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Oldest neighborhood newspaper in St. Louis · Independent and all volunteer-run since 1970

Category: Back Issues

Now that the April clean-up campaign is over and the gras seed sown, it’s time to think about your garden.
Bill Triplett, star halfback for the Detroit Lions football team, will be a featured guest at the Des Peres Branch Library, 6003 Kingsbury Ave., at 4:30 Thursday afternoon, May 7th.
Neighborhood issues, such as clean up campaigns, beautification, even the lingering Jack-in-the-Box problems, took a back seat to the panel discussion on real estate practices in the Skinker-DeBaliviere area at the joint meeting of the Rosedale-Skinker and Washington Heights Neighborhood Associations, April 14 in the St. Roch’s Assembly Hall.
Virgil Wright, area resident and co-chairman of the Neighborhood Citizens Committee, asks Mr. Henry Lewis, a local pro-owner, “Who put them there,” referring to the number of tenants crowded into small apartments. The occasion was a panel discussion on neighborhood real estate problems. (See page 8 for story on the meeting’;)
Virgil Wright, area resident and co-chairman of the Neighborhood Citizens Committee, asks Mr. Henry Lewis, a local pro-owner, “Who put them there,” referring to the number of tenants crowded into small apartments. The occasion was a panel discussion on neighborhood real estate problems. (See page 8 for story on the meeting’;)
Perhaps the least known organization in the neighborhood, the Committee for Environmental Information is making its presence felt nationally every day.
Foodmaker, Inc. has agreed not to proceed with plans for a Jack-In-The-Box Restaurant on the corner of Skinker and Delmar.
Mr. Corliss Billups, 5800 block of DeGiverville (south side); Mr. Percy Armstrong, 5800 block of Pershing (North side); Mrs. Jane Davis, 5800 block of Pershing (North Side); Mrs. Sarah Whitehead, 5900 block of Pershing, (south side); Mrs. Ruth Devenport, 5900 block of Pershing (north side) Mrs. Justyne Davis, 5900 block of Waterman, (south side); Mr. Steve Lukens, 5900 block of Kingsbury, Mr. Robert Arbuthnot, 5900 block of McPherson.

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Community Council Highlights

A $4,500 tax liability, the resignation of the Council’s project manager, and a way forward for the Westminster 1035 Garden highlighted the…

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Arts & Community Calendar

St. Louis International Film FestivalHi-Pointe Theatre, Saint Louis Art Museum, WashU & moreNovember 5-15festivals.cinemastlouis.org/sliff2026 Dia de los MuertosMissouri History Museum, Forest ParkFri.…

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Why Not Vote?

by Jo Ann Vatcha [Editor’s Note: Fifty years ago, longtime Times editor Jo Ann Vatcha wrote this reflection on voting and the…

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Editor’s Notes

Anyone who knows me knows that I believe that voting is not just a fundamental right of Americans, but that it is…

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Fall Leaves: Know Where They Go

Did you know that St. Louis collects leaves during regular street sweeping between November 2 and December 31? On your scheduled sweeping…

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