Image shows five men at the annual Boys Town of Missouri dinner at the Bath and Tennis Club. From left to right is St. Louis Juvenile Court Judge Laurance M. Hyde, President of Boys Town Harry G. Neil, St. Louis County Juvenile Court Judge Michael J. Carroll, chairman of the board of Boys Town Bill James and former St. Louis Juvenile Court Judge David A. McMullan
Pictured are the new officers of Boys Town of Missouri. Seated left to right are Vice President Jack Zemel, Board of Chairmen William F. James, President Harry G. Neill Jr., and Vice President James O. Holton Jr. Standing from the left are Vice Presidents William T. Dean Jr. and James E. Baker, Secretary and assistant Treasurer W. K. Warner, Treasurer John A Durfaux and Vice President Bernie Gruber.
Lighting gas lamp in Gaslight Square is acting Mayor Donald Gunn. Flanking him are H. Reid Derrick (right), president of the Laclede Gas Company and… J. McKearin, the firm's sales manager.
Patrick Mernah, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mick Mernah, admires the new set of World Book Encyclopedia he won for submitting a question which will be answered by "Ask Andy."
"Scaffolding stands ready at City Hall for a $78,883 pigeon-proofing, cleaning, and tuckpointing project. The work will be done by the Vitteret Building Cleaning Company, which was low bidder."
This seven-story building at 10th and Lucas streets is being demolished and a parking lot will be built on the site, according to a spokesman for the Hayden Lumber and Wrecking Co. of East St. Louis.
"Fireman Pete Carapella of Hook and Ladder Company 6 climbs to the top of a 90-foot flagpole between City Hall and the Municipal Court Building to free the flag which became caught in a broken metal sleeve and could not be lowered by City Hall maintenance men."
"A section of the North wall of the foundry of the Controlled Casting Company at 2018 South Third st. collapsed last night, but no one was injured. A 75-foot section of brick, 15 feet high, fell, taking along with it a 25-foot row of windows."
"Efforts to revitalize St. Louis' aging neighborhoods by the city and the public are discussed by a four-member panel on the 'Operations Progress' program over radio station KWK. Seated, from left, are Mrs. Eugene McCabe, secretary of the Hyde Park Area Community Council; William Coibion, director of planning for the City Plan Commission; Justin L. Faherty, KWK public afffairs director and assistant to the publisher of the Globe-Democrat; Rev. Elmer Helling, vice president of the Cherokee Council for a Better Community, and Joseph P. Sestric, Director of Public Safety. The announcer, standing rear, is Mike O'Brien."
"18th Century Attire: Dressed in eighteenth century attire, these Washington University Students are among those in the cast of 100 in Wednesday's Globe-Democrat Bicentennial Pageant of Fashions at Kiel Auditorium. At right is Mrs. Josephine Anthoney, fashion expert and an assistant professor at WU., who will be one of the show commentators. Students, left to right, are Susan Holmes, Jeri
"Rehearsing for Fashion Show: Two of the participants in Wednesday's Globe-Democrat Bicentennial pageant of Fashions at Kiel Auditorium, Bonnie Schroeder (left) and Marilyn Mueth, model attire of the 'Frontier Days.' A cast of 100 went through a final rehearsal Tuesday for the show, which will be presented in afternoon and evening performances in the convention hall. Women's fashions will be
Photograph of the last Norfolk and Western passenger train leaving St. Louis. The city of St. Louis pulls out of Union Station on its last trip to California.
"Guests at Doctors' Medical Foundation benefit dinner dance, sponsored by the Women's Organization, chosen as winners in the novelty hat contest included(from left): Mrs. Leo Lewis, whose headdress, Fox and Grapes, was awarded the sweepstakes; Mrs. Richard Horner, who designed her hat, The Queen and I: Mrs. Harry Kessler, most original, and Mrs. Francis Fabick, most exotic."
Fireman Pete Carapella of Hook and Ladder Company 6 climbs to the top of a 90-foot flagpole between City Hall and the Municipal Court Building to free the flag which became caught in a broken metal sleeve and could not be lowered by City Hall.
Sally Clemens, daughter of Mr. of Mrs. John Clemens, 630 South Berry rd., Webster Groves, points to San Francisco on the World Globe she received for being a winner in the Ask Andy Contest.
"Discussing how 'Ol' Man River Doubles in Brass -- Business and Recreation' on KWK and KWK-TV's 'Operations Progress' (from left): Coast Guard Capt. Charles Carlstedt; President A. C. Ingersoll of the Federal Barge Lines; Moderator Justin L. Faherty, director of public affairs for the stations and assistant to the publisher of the Globe-Democrat; Fred Hume, assistant to the publisher of the Waterways Journal, and Commodore Maurice Napper of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. The program was simulcast yesterday."