St. Louis Globe-Democrat Photographs: Missouri Towns

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: Bellefontaine Neighbors Recreational Center; Construction of the new Bellefontaine Neighbors Recreational Center. Image depicts is at near 80% completion. Image shows a front and end view of the 1.4 million structure which was built with funds from a bond issue passed in 1973.

: Bellefontaine Neighbors Town Hall Meeting; Image shows a crowd attending a town hall meeting at Bellefontaine Neighbors Community Center. Those in attendance discussed economic problems caused by population losses and reduced federal grants. A majority of the assembly approved a utility tax increase, which would be put on the November ballot providing that the suggestion be approved by the Board of Aldermen.

: Bellefontaine Neighbors Unwanted Trucks; Homeowners along Jennings Station Road in Bellefontaine Neighbors have waged an unsuccessful six-year battle to ban heavy trucks, like the one pictured, from using their residential street as a short cut.

: Bellevue Presbyterian Church; Members of the congregation of the Bellevue Presbyterian Church at Caledonia, Mo. will observe the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization of the church and the sixty-ninth anniversary of the church edifice, above, this month. The church was founded August 3, 1816, and is the oldest Presbyterian Church west of the Mississippi.

: Bemiston Tower Building Prospective; Building prospective of The Bemiston Tower at 231 South Bemiston in Clayton, MO.

: Bemiston Tower, Clayton, MO; Workers board the elevator after lunch to ride upward to their work on what will be the 14-story Bemiston Tower at 231 S. Bemiston Ave., Clayton. The project cost is estimated at $20 million.

: Benton Bus Collision; Three children were killed when an 18-wheel tractor-trailer truck smashed into the rear of this Benton MO. school bus. Dense fog is listed as the cause of the crash which killed three and seriously injured three others.

: Berkeley Airport Property Cleanup; Berkeley to push cleanup of airport-owned property - City Manager Nancy Shevey was instructed to contact the proper airport official to get the vacated properties cleaned up. There are two proposals for redevelopment of the properties: to use the lower end for active recreation and the upper end for a picnic and airport viewing area or to put the acreage to light-industrial use.

: Berkeley Athletic Center; Image of the Robert C. Minks Athletic Center prior to its dedication

: Berkeley Booster Club; Booster club formed - Louise Looper and William Belton are members of the "Berkeley Boosters" parents group, which says the city's schools are not the educational equals of others in the Ferguson-Florissant School District.

: Berkeley Citizen Yard Work; Berkeley, Missouri (10 July 1986) Jackie Couch, 8226 Canyon Drive Berkeley does some fence mending and yard work.

: Berkeley High School Football Players; George Brown, Keith Johnson, Mike Richards, Leon Powell - Berkeley High School

: Berkeley House Lottery; Berkeley's first "homestead" lottery house, 6142 Jackson Ave. in the Kinloch-Park subdivision. It will be occupied next spring by the Michael Scallions family, which will be responsible for bringing it up to city code requirements within six months. "We will be moving into the house about the same time my wife has her second baby," said Michael Scallions, 24, jubilant winner of the first $1 house lottery staged in St. Louis County.

: Berkeley Neighborhood Watch; Eyes and ears: Berkeley police Sgt. Denis Beaudoin, left, and street department worker Wayne Staff recently put up Neighborhood Watch program signs in four Berkeley neighborhoods. The Berkeley City Council recently approved the program designation for six residential blocks after residents had received crime prevention and Operation I-Dent training, Beaudoin is the city's crime prevention officer.

: Berkeley Police Community Relations; Flanked on both sides by commercial establishments, the center is the first of its kind in the county and is patterned after the storefront centers operated by the St. Louis city police department. "It's time to change the image that kids have that a policeman is just a guy with a blue shirt, a shiny badge, and a big gun on his hip. Once we convince them we're on their side, the problem is almost solved." That quotation from one of the Berkeley Police Department's juvenile officers highlights the chief reason why the city has become the first county municipality to establish a police community relations center.

: Berkeley Police Department Ad; Sign painters complete this promotional message for the Berkeley Police Department on an outdoor advertising billboard on Airport road near the Berkeley city hall.

: Berkeley Police Station; Berkeley police will move into their new two-story headquarters at 5850 N. Hanley rd., Friday or the beginning of next week. The $460,000 brick masonry structure was funded out of a bond issue passed in Nov., 1972, and an additional $71,000 from the federal government for a Civil Defense emergency communication's center in the basement.

: Berkeley Rabies Control; City of Berkeley Rabies control truck and a person handling a black dog.

: Berkeley Recycling Center; Smiles of success are beamed by Berkeley High School Ecology Club members and Berkeley officials at the newly-created recycling center at the Berkeley city garage, 5860 Middleway - open 24 hours a day. From the left are - Councilman Nick Congemi, Mayor Ronald Taylor, Linda Whitmore, Debbie Laburay, Paul Price, Jim Wyre, Mark Williams, Shawn Keller, Mrs. Paul Price Sr. and Rep. William Friese.

: Berkeley Tree House; Nine-year-old Nicholas Dorsen, his brother Robert, 12, and sister, Wendy, 2, don't appear to be having much fun in their tree house, and it's probably because Berkeley city officials have told their dad the tree house must come down. The Dorsens are shown in their yard at 3810 McKibbon rd.

: Berkeley Vocational Training Center; Training for trades: Participating in recent dedication ceremonies for the Vocational Training Center's newest location, in Berkeley, are, from left, Steve Lasky, educational director; Curtis Greer, a member of the St. Louis Football Cardinals; Nancy Quigle, city manger of Berkeley; Barbara Riley, director of the new center; J.R. Davidson, executive director; William Fisher, assistant director of planning and outside activities; and Marshal Lasky, president. The location of the center, a private trade school, is 6317 Garfield Ave. and 5021 Fyler Ave. The centers are accredited by the National Association of Trade and Technical Schools.

: Berkeley Youth Center; Berkeley setting up 1st of 5 centers for youths - The first of five neighborhood youth centers - one for each ward in the City of Berkeley - has been purchased from the Doddlesdale subdivision and moved to Jackson Park in the second ward. Berkeley bought the Doddlesdale home for a bargain price of $350, because the homeowner, Frank Kruger, former mayor of the city, interceded in the sale to benefit Berkeley's youth. The Jackson Park center is scheduled to open in about 30 days, together with another youth center planned for a 4-acre site at 8635 Evans Lane.

: Berkeley, MO; Berkeley officials want to buy the former Berkeley Junior High School, above, for $1 from the Ferguson-Florissant School District. A preschool program is currently operating in the building. The city wants to use the building for a city hall and community center to bring all the city's departments under one roof. The existing city hall, right, is too small, city officials say.

: Berkeley, MO; The Berkeley City Hall 1982

: Berkeley, MO; Berkeley, MO (5-14-84/06): CITY BUDGET MEETING - Gregg Blumenfeld directs the live broadcast of the Berkeley City budget meeting from the mobile production van of the American Cablevision of St. Louis, Inc. Blumenfeld is production coordinator for the cable TV company. (GLOBE DEMOCRAT PHOTO BY RICK STANKOVEN)

: Berkeley, MO; Berkeley, MO (5-14-84/05): CITY BUDGET MEETING -- Berkeley EMS Officer William Fix uses a chart to tell the tale of the EMS calls handled by the department. The City Budget Meeting was broadcast live by the American Cablevision of St. Louis, In. Feat. (GLOBE DEMOCRAT PHOTO BY RICK STANKOVEN)

: Berkeley, MO; Berkeley Police Chief Robert E. Woerther, right, and Police Lt. Ward F. Stall discuss patrol assignments for Special Enforcement Unit Police, who wear plain clothes and travel in unmarked cars.

: Berkeley, MO Bicentennial Dedication; Berkeley's Bicentennial Dedication of Independence Park and a memorial plaque to the city's war dead took place Sunday in the park. Holding the park's dedication flag, from left, are Mayor Ronald D. Taylor, John Stoffel of Amvets Post 3. Councilman George E. Twellmann and the Rev. Edward J. Filipiak, past national chaplain of Sad Sacks, the honor and fun group associated with Amvets.

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