There has been a lot of publicity about city employees shirking their duties, but here's one man who went beyond the call of duty.
Category: Community Organizing
On May 9, 1974, the St. Louis Federation of Block Units Community Organization Department of the Urban League of St. Louis, Inc., organized the 6000 block of Washington as Block #663 Area A.
Virgil Wright was re-elected chairman of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council, Inc., at the May meeting.
The neighborhood Crime Committee and the local police are asking all residents to display their street number clearly both on the front of their homes, and on the back of the house or garage.
On very short notice eight neighborhood women participated in a market research test on May 29, 1974, for the benefit of The Paper, which will receive $3.00 per participant.
ACTIVITY: To recruit vibrant, enthusiastic women to cheer on to victory, the 28th Ward Slow Pitch Softball team.
The S-D Board has approved a three month trial plan of alley cleaning by a private contractor.
A plan to spruce up the front of the building occupied by the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council at 6008 Kingsbury is being studied by the Board.
On May 18th the editors of The Paper, Christina Lange and Marjorie Weir, in conjunction with the editors of The Acorn, the Oak Hill neighborhood's newspaper, Leon and Mary Lou Woodward, will host a conference on urban neighborhood newspapers.
The Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council would like any resident who has had an ident tool for sometime to please return it to the Council (6008 Kingsbury) or Andy Bender (6150 Kingsbury).
The Skinker-DeBaliviere Art Fair will once again be graced with the sweet aroma of the Men's Lib Cake Sale.
The Garden Club met at Sylvia Stahl's home in April and Nancy Cohen taught terrarium planting.