PREPARING FOR EASTER EGG HUNT are members of the Hazelwood Fire Department, who are cooking and coloring 240 dozen eggs for the event, which starts at 2 p. m. Sunday behind the Hazelwood City Hall, 9150 Highway 66. They are Charles Hauck of 617 Holiday Ave., chairman of the hunt; Capt. Joseph McNamara, 7113 Fordshire la.; Wayne Sanders, 803 Bellflower dr.; Bernie McGuire, 7109 McGuire la.; and
Dredge as it advances through canal cut at station 17+50. Total advance to date: 4,000 feet. Total production 859,260 cu. Yards. Approx 1,700 feet to dredge yet. Kansas City District, channel diversion.
Long rated as one of the state's crack National Guard units, Light Battery A had its banner hanging from a tree to mark its camp ground and to guide visitors about the company's section in CampStephens.
Leveling rifles for Boehl's camera is a company of the Seventh Regiment, U.S. Volunteers, a unit authorized by Congress. Idea was to enlist recruits in Missouri and southern states where yellow fever had been severe. Theory was they were immune to disease, which was claiming more lives than guns. The 7th was recruited among Negroes in Missouri and neighboring states for what might very well have turned out to be a deadly assignment, five years prior to Dr. Walter Reed's discovery of the yellow fever cycle.
Two original captions: "This map of Jefferson Barracks shows how the land is being divided there. The proposed new housing is near the west gate; the old barracks used for housing now, which will be demolished, are north of this. The 232 acres (No. 2 on map) requested by the county to add to its 147-acre park (No. 1 on map) is west of the present park." "NB: Area outlined in red now being sought
Camp Stephens, Jefferson Barracks, showing some of the youngladies and gentlesmen of St. Louis visiting with their friends who have gone into camp for the Spanish-American War.
"Modern Doughboys: In the midst of past and present entanglements, American doughboys keep in trim, forming the bulwark of American defense in a time of peace. These soldiers are part of the Sixth Infantry at Jefferson Barracks."
Missouri editors learned camouflage technique first-hand from Capt. William C. Pahlmann, commanding officer of Jefferson Barracks camouflage school, whose troops gave a practical demonstration to some 250 state editors, members of the Missouri Press Association, who were "inducted" into the army Friday for a 24-hour period. From left, Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Miller of the Carl Junction Standard, Capt. Pahlmann, H. H. Coffee of the Western Newspaper Union, Mrs. C. L. Blanton Sr. of the Sikeston Standard and H. M. Jungbluth of the Western Newspaper Union, discussing the demonstration.
Mrs. Alfred Chance of Akron, Ohio, visited her son, Clarence, 25, at Jefferson Barracks yesterday on Mother's Day and shortly after her arrival found herself playing mother to nearly 25 service men. In the above picture Mrs. Chance plays piano for soldiers in the Hostess House. Her son stands behind her.