"Progress or property tax waste" is the caption given to this image which was one of four when printed. This image shows a car on a creek drain in the 3600 block of East Edgar which has no guardrail. Thought to have been a waste of property taxes, it was defended as progress by those on opposite sides of a heated race for four trustee positions.
3600 block of East Edgar which has no guardrail. Image also shows the Bel Nor school and new blacktop paving on a driveway to an apparently unused garage.
Image depicts what was the current Village Hall at 8765 Natural Bridge. There was a hassle to over plans to move city hall operations to a community center in the park. Employees said that it was too small for village business and was in desperate need of repair. Trustees later voted to move Village Hall and police operations to Bel-Ridge's Arrowhead Park.
Image depicts the youth center in Bel-Ridge MO. Above the door it says R. I. Harris -- T. O. Turner Community Center. To the left of the image are the names of several founders and to the right, the dedication date is listed. The building was dedicated in October of 1966. The community center is in the park where some would like to move city operations to.
The graciously inviting tree-shaded Bel-Ridge Park House, which overlooks two small lakes in lake Arrowhead Park, will be among eight homes on the house tour which is annually sponsored in conjunction with "Fete de Normandie." The tour was conducted from noon until 5 pm on Sunday, September 19.
"John Stepanek, (left) serves senior citizen Ollie Bohlman 70 years old a turkey dinner at the Bel Ridge Community Center on Natural Bridge road. Stepanek is with the Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity of UMSL who sponsored the meals."
"Some of the senior citizens line up to receive left over turkey and trimmings at the Bel Ridge Community Center sponsored by the Sigma Tau Gamma of UMSL."
