Headed overseas before Christmas, Pvt. George A. Posey wistfully spent his last few minutes in St. Louis yesterday at Union Station with his girl friend, Miss Margaret Scheer, 226 Fannie ave., Luxemburg, as the Southwest Hight School Choir strolled through the station singing Christmas carols. Posey, who had been stationed at the Army Medical Depot here, was off for Seattle and duty overseas.
Harris Teachers College has its cafeteria in a basement corridor, so crowded that it must be used as a "one-way street." A cafeteria and a gymnasium are the school's critical needs which would be met through the school bond issue to be voted on May 26, the same date as the St. Louisans will vote in the $110, 639,000 municipal bond issue. The two will be on separate ballots.
"August A. Busch Jr. (left) extends greetings to members of Quarter-Century club of brewery for long service at Hotel Jefferson dinner Sept. 23, 1950. Others from left are: August S. Preusch, chief of staff of guides at brewery; Oscar F. Miller, and Henry Boekelmann. The three men are 50-year employees."
Photograph of the street signs posted at the corner of Boyle Avenue and Olive Street, also known as Gaslight Square in the Central West End of St. Louis.
The Carling Brewing Company of Cleveland bought out Griesedieck Western Brewery Company, makers of Stag, on Nov. 1, 1954. Since then they have closed the St. Louis brewery and consolidated operations at the Belleville plant.
Shielded by bullet-proof glass, a teller in the drive-in booth at the Jefferson-Gravois Bank Friday ignored and ran from gunman who said he would "shoot to kill" if he didn't get money. He got nothing. The teller, Mrs. Edna L. Sudmeier, 48, told police a well-groomed young man drove up at 12:55 p.m. and handed her a note, saying "This is a holdup. Put $5, $10, and $20 in the tray. One sound and
Inching across the Meramec River on U.S. Highway 66 at Sylvan Beach, two miles west of Lindbergh boulevard in St. Louis County, this 1102-foot bridge is nearing completion. When finished it will carry the eastbound traffic lane of the transcontinental highway. This bridge is part of an improvement project on 129 miles of roads in the state in 41 counties and the City of St. Louis.
Heavy steel guard rails at the curb line protect curves on the east approach to MacArthur Bridge, where three persons have been killed in less than eight days.
OLD AND NEW CARDINAL FACES. Veteran lefthander Curt Simmons (above) will pitch Wednesday night's home opener for the Cardinals against the champion Los Angeles Dodgers at Busch Stadium.
Blocking police truck trying to enter the parking lot of the Jefferson Bank and Trust Company are demonstrators who included Alderman William L. Clay and Lawrence Woodson and State Representative Hugh J. White.
"Driving piles for a new state office building here is underway at Broadway and Washington. The three-story structure on the northwest corner of the intersection will be in contemporary style with a facade of glass, concrete and light-colored marble. It will house the St. Louis office of the Missouri Division of Employment Security."
Three Winners Split $1,000 prize in last week's Globe-Democrat Crossword Quizzer contest. They are from left Michael Schwartz of Riverview, Mrs. Delsie McCaleb of Berkeley and Mrs. Lane Anderson of 3414 South Broadway.
Broken wall tiles and cracked floor paving, temporarily remedied since they appeared at the Cass Avenue Health Center, at Jefferson and Cass avenues, remain although nearly $25,000 was appropriated for permanent repair.
