The Board of the Washington Heights Neighbors Association and Horace and Anna Busch who were host and hostess for the WHN Barbecue Social, May 12, 1974, thank everyone who volunteered to make the event a success.
Tag: Community Organizing
Before memories of Art Fair '74 had begun to fade, a number of interested residents met to review the Mother's Day Weekend in order to share what was learned (and earned) and to plan any needed improvements.
WHN functions over Art Fair weekend proved quite profitable.
Originally published in The Paper, Summer 1974.
A proposed summer program for the Skinker-DeBaliviere area has been jointly submitted to the Mayor's Office by a number of local groups, including the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council, the People's Community School, Delmar-Baptist Church, the Grace and Peace Fellowship, and the People's Clinic.
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.
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.
There was a surprise visitor at the second WHN meeting on housing—Mayor Poelker!
An April 18th meeting of the Rosedale Neighborhood Association Executive Comm. resulted in a $1600 budget for the 1974-75 fiscal year.
