The October issue of The Paper carried an article asking for help in locating old copies of The Paper.
Marjorie Weir
October 21, 1975, is something of a milestone in St. Louis city politics.
Rosedale Neighborhood Association's Casino Night on February 22, 1975, may have whetted a few local appetites for the tables of Las Vegas, but over all there seems to have been no corrupting effect.
Stained glass windows are among the most cherished features of houses in the Skinker-DeBaliviere area.
No doubt everyone in the neighborhood is by now aware of the sad condition of the Tot Lot at Pershing and DesPeres.
It is properly the first business of neighborhood organizations, such as the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council, Rosedale-Skinker Improvement Assn., Washington Heights Neighbors, and the Parkview Assn., to deal constructively with problems affecting their domains, but there is a hazard in allowing this to become the only business of such groups.
Judging from the number of people seen at the display houses and a monetary intake of $527. it seems that this year's Skinker-DeBaliviere House Tour was again a success.
The 1973 House Tour features 6 homes in the Skinker-DeBaliviere area.
Overheard at a neighborhood gathering recently, Wrigley Wrymouth, Executive Director of the Brotherhood of Eirons and Alazons, suggested that our area would be perfect for a midwinter festival.
As someone whose home has been burglarized, I know the frustration of talking to the police only to be told both in word and attitude that I needn't expect to get anything back and that I should know better than to live in this area and so I deserve it.
Globe-Democrat circulation must be ’way down in the West End.
I propose that we admit defeat as soon as possible.
