On December 8th and January 19, six alleys between Des Peres and Skinker were swept and cleaned by neighborhood residents and area boy scouts.
The Pershing-Waterman and Waterman-McPherson alleys were done on December 8th, while on January 19th the McPherson-Kingsbury, Kingsbury-Westminister, Westminister-Washington and Washington-Delmar alleys were cleaned.
Trucks from the Beautification Commission, which were driven by area residents, collected and hauled junk and debris from the alleys on both days.
Scouts from Troop 98 of St. Roch’s helped sweep the two alleys on December 8th; scouts from Troop 144 of Delmar Baptist and Troop 31 of Grace Methodist pitched in on January 19th.
The troops used rakes, brooms and plastic bags from the Beautification Commission.
Many thanks are in order for the residents who drove trucks and swept the alleys but there are too many to name. So, until the next clean-up, KEEP YOUR ALLEY CLEAN AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PROBLEM BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE.
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Original photograph printed with Alley Clean-up, The Paper, February 1974, page 3. Photographer and individual subjects not captioned.
Originally published in The Paper, February 1974.
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