St. Louis Globe-Democrat Photographs: Missouri Towns

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: Brentwood Spring Festival; Grace Ferguson, Brentwood, Missouri shows some of her hand crafted lapidary (polished stone jewelry) to Mrs. Charles Simmons, Kirkwood and Mrs. Fletcher Anderson, Ladue. A wide variety of crafts were available to the public at the fair.

: Brentwood Traffic Signs; Sign of Better Driving Times - New signs along Brentwood boulevard tell motorists that better times are ahead. The City of Brentwood will change electric traffic signals at Pine Avenue. White avenue and Eulalie avenue-Litzinger road to eliminate unnecessary left turn arrows and speed the flow of traffic along the heavily traveled north-south artery.

: Brentwood Vacant Apartments; Vandals' Work - Doors are missing, furnishings damaged and debris scattered in and about empty apartments in a section of Audubon Park that is being converted to condominiums. Tenants in the Brentwood housing complex complain the empty buildings pose a safety threat.

: Brentwood Varsity Football Club Fair Helmets; Ahead of the Game. Unaware that he is competing with $1 football helmets, 11-year-old Allen Westenbarger leans against a brick wall at the concession stand during a recent festival in Brentwood.

: Brentwood Zoning Meeting; Miss Bonnie Rasmussen, chairperson of Planning and Zoning for Brentwood and Mrs. Berry Lane dialog during Tuesday night meeting - Mayor J. Marvin Shelton stands at left rear.

: Brentwood's Thomas Madden; Brentwood was known as Maddenville for awhile after this man, Thomas Madden, who started with a small farm and ended by almost literally owning the town. Madden built - though he did not run - many of Brentwood's first shops, quarried stone, built roads and even ran a tavern. He is shown here about 1910 with one of his granddaughters.

: Brentwood, L'Overture School; L'Overture School, closed since 1962, has been put up for sale in Brentwood.

: Brickeys, MO Mill; Reminder of a prosperous past, this old mill, built in the early 1840s by slave labor at Brickeys Landing, is one of only three buildings surviving from the once-flourishing town.

: Bridgeton 50 Yard Dash; Seven year youngsters dash down a field for the 50 yard dash. Ritesh Jariwala (far right) won the race.

: Bridgeton Barn; Antique wood from this old barn on a park site acquired by the city of Bridgeton will be traded for drawings of former city mayors. James D. Pigg, owner of a custom frame shop in Maryland Heights, approached the city with the proposal several months ago. The city counsel is in the process of approving the agreement. Pigg will sell the wood to other artists.

: Bridgeton Boat Purchase; Image shows Bridgeton MO. Mayor Edwin C. Swan (left) and Police Chief Roy L. Beck accepting titles to a 14-foot Dura-Craft Aluminum Rescue Boat from Robert Pete Branneky (right), owner and manager of Pete's Boat and Motor Company. Bridgeton purchased the boat, complete with a 10-horsepower motor and trailer, for use by the Police Department along the western boundary of the town which is the Missouri River. Bridgeton Police have responsibility for approximately 3 3/4 miles of shoreline, much of it is not accessible by road, and for islands offshore. The boat will be used in any rescue work done in the town or, if requested, in neighboring areas.

: Bridgeton City Hall; Bridgeton's new City Hall dedicated at 2 pm Sunday. The building, located at 11955 Natural Bridge, was open for tours until 5 pm.

: Bridgeton Comfort Station Construction Site; Image depicts housewives Jeanne Borders (left) and Ginny Mannino looking at plumbing pipes that mark the site of a comfort station under construction in Spanish Village Park. They say the station is too close to their homes. They want the city to halt the project and build the restroom elsewhere. One city official says to do would cost too much money.

: Bridgeton Community Center; Bridgeton Community Center in the late 1970s early 1980s.

: Bridgeton Cowmire Creek; Glenn Maschmidt stands by MSD sewage lagoon discharge into Cowmire Creek in Bridgeton. Maschmidt claims most of the wetlands on his property is the result of Bridgeton runoff and MSD Sewage discharge.

: Bridgeton Crime Scene Vehicle; Image depicts Bridgeton detective Terry Ennis and Patrolman Al Wirt display what's inside a Crime Scene Vehicle, acquired this week by the Bridgeton Police Department. Both officers just completed extensive training in the use of the vehicle and its equipment at Sirchie's Crime Scene School in Philadelphia. The vehicle should make it possible to conduct complete crime-scene investigations of crimes.

: Bridgeton De-Roofed Apartment; Images shows the view looking over de-roofed apartment on Airplane Dr. in Bridgeton MO. towards Henry VIII Motor Lodge which also lost a portion of its tiled roof to Monday night's storm.

: Bridgeton Dog Quarantine; In enforcing a quarantine of dogs, Gordon E. Morgan, a rabies control officer in Bridgeton picks up an unconfined animal during a patrol. The dog will be taken to the Bridgeton dog pound, Long road and St. John Lane. Nearly 200 dogs and cats have been caught in the community in the past month. Two of the dogs were rabid.

: Bridgeton Essay Contest Winners; Image depicts the winners of an essay contest on drugs for Bridgeton fifth and sixth graders. Judges David R. Spitznagel, (left) chairman of the contest and Sgt. James R. Harpole, (right) juvenile officer of the Bridgeton police department stand with the winners. From the left is Linda Robinson who won 3rd place and $25, Kimberly Barrett, first place winner and recipient of $75 check, and Larry Callahan who won second prize and a $50 check. The contest was sponsored by the Bridgeton Business and Professional Men's Association. About 100 youngsters participating in the contest received certificates of appreciation.

: Bridgeton Payne-Gentry Home; Image depicts the century old Payne-Gentry home at 4211 Fee Fee Rd in Bridgeton being restored by the Bridgeton Historical Commission. The one story, red brick cottage housed Dr. William Elbridge Payne's office (door on the right) where patients came for care at all hours of the night. Donations were made to the City of Bridgeton Historical Fund and tours of the house were arranged through the Historical Commission chairman, Doris Baruzzini.

: Bridgeton Pierce News Building Fire; Image shows a firefighter soaking the smoldering rubble of the old Pierce News Co. warehouse in Bridgeton Thursday.

: Bridgeton Police; Image shows a Bridgeton Police officer enjoying a cold beverage

: Bridgeton Police Catch an Animal; Police officers or city officials catch an animal that appears to be a dog while a young boy watches from afar.

: Bridgeton Proposed Municipal Pool; Image depicts an architect's sketch of Bridgeton's proposed municipal swimming pool complex to be constructed in Gentry Park. When completed the 16-acre park, located on Fee Fee Road will contain tennis courts, fishing ponds, handball courts, baseball and football fields, a picnic area and nature woods.

: Bridgeton Road Sign; Image depicts the speed limit and population on a particular road in Bridgeton Missouri in 1959.

: Bridgeton Terrace Residence Sign; "For Bridgeton Terrace Residents Only" sign in an open field by a residential area.

: Bridgeton Terrace, MO Amberg Awards; Scene at the U.S. Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center at 10180 Natural Bridge Road where the annual awards presentation of the Richard H. Amberg awards and the Globe-Democrat Achievement Awards honoring the Naval, Marines and Coast Guard reserves.

: Bridgeton Terrace, MO Amberg Awards 2; Award Winners: Frontl-r: Richard H. Amberg, Jr. of Globe and Capt. USNR, and wife of SKC James C. Elgin USNR-R Judy Elgin accepting award for her husband winner of Amber award as Enlisted Reservist of the year, and Naval Reserve Unit award to Capt. Dale I. Reece, Commanding Officer of Military Sealift Command. Back, L-R: Globe-Democrat Achievement Awards: James B. Griffitts, USNR-R, Cpl. Daniel P. Raney, USMCR, MSI Curtis C. Overbey, Sr., USNR-R, BMCM William L. Giessman, USCGR, and YNC Thomas C. Givan, USNR-R.

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