Highlighting a year of progress in St. Louis were the completion of the Gateway Arch and the exterior of Busch Memorial Stadium. In front of the new stadium, which will be ready for baseball in May, is Stadium Parking Garage East, which opened Thursday. Located at Broadway and Walnut, it is one of the world's largest self-parking garages with spaces for 2800 cars.
Mayor Alfonso J. Cervabtes (front left) leads an inspecting delegation through an alley between Washington and Delmar boulevards Monday to open Operation NEAT (Neighborhood Effort - Action Today). The mayor's program is designed to solve problems that are causing unsanitary condition and deterioration in neighborhoods. Monday's emphasis was on rat eradication. With Mr. Cervantes are members of inspecting teams in rat eradication, sanitation and building, and members of area beautification committees.
Beer gardens got their real start when the great German immigration begain to flow into St.Louis in 1848. In a matter of a few short years, beer gardens were as much a part of St. Louis as the Mississippi. One such garden was at the "Grand Centre" on Gravois.
"100,000th Separatee of Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Private Donald T. Wardrip, 5923 S 6th St, St. Joseph, Missouri, was the 100,000th man to be discharged from the Separation Center, Jefferson Barracks, 8 December 1945. Private Wardrip, who is 22 years of age, has been overseas 23 months. He joined the 3rd Army on 1 November 1944 and was a machine gunner in the "B" company, 37th Tank Battalion