St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 52

4S Frl, Jan. 17,1969 DentalOHice Police Plan Kirkwood Voles fax st. louis post-dispatch Shreivsbury IVIehlville rw ri a i On $3,250,000 in FROM PAGE ONE Studies UHF Agreement from $3,462,500 to cent, Bonds Tuesday Station Plan To Be Heard Kirkwood city council $8,741,400. A comparison of the increases in assessed valuation and the corresponding increases in revenue over the 20-year period shows only one four-year period, between 1952 and 195G, when the value of assessed real estate and personal property increased by a rgeater percentage than revenues. In that period, assessed valuation rose 97.6 per cent while revenues rose 89.7 per cent.

From then on the gap between the growth of taxable property and revenues has widened. Between 1964 and 1968, the increase in assessed valuation of real, estate and personal property rose more than 25 per cent, but revenues, reflecting rising tax rates, were up almost 55 per cent. The proportion of tax revenues from each source has re- Kirkwood residents will vote Tuesday on a proposed $3,250,000 bond issue, which requires a two-thirds majority for passage. Approval of the bonds would not require a tax increase the first year, but a 6-cent boost probably would be necessary in 1970. Proceeds of the bond issue would be used to finance four projects improvements to the i 's electrical, water and street systems, and the first phase of a proposed civic plaza project.

Kirkwood plans to spend $900,000 for electrical depart-ment improvements; $350,000 on the water department, $1,150,000 for streets and $500,000 on the civic plaza project. Polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday on an amended petition by Dr.

Louis J. Sin-delar Jr. to rezone a third of an acre on the west side of Tesson Ferry road north of a i i a drive from 7500 square foot residential to planned commercial district so that he can convert a residence on the property into a dental office. The petition, when originally filed early last year, r.sked for a rezoning to C-2 shopping district, but was amended later to C-8 1 a commercial because the latter would give the Planning Commission greater control over the use of the land and insure that it would be occupied only by a dental office in the future. The hearing will be in the County Council chambers on the first floor of the County Courthouse at Clayton.

The Mehlville Board of Education and the Mehlville Com-m i Teachers Association have approved a teacher-administrator-board procedures agreement. The procedures, for discussions on matters of mutual concern, were developed over a four month period, and consist of four major parts. The principles, as a part of the total procedures agreement, describe the roles, outline the areas of responsibility and specifically characterize the relationship among the teachers, administrators and school board. Under the agreement, the board recognizes the MCTA as the representative organization of the teaching staff for purposes of talks to arrive at agreement on matters which effect the quality of professional services of the certificated staff, salaries, welfare provisions, working conditions and other areas of mutual concern. Recognition of the MCTA does not prohibit any other group or individual from approaching the board.

has adopted a resolution accepting recommendations made by the St. Louis County Law Enforcement Officials Association. The council resolved that keeping of central records, po-1 i training for recruits and service personnel and police laboratory functions would best be performed by the St. Louis police department on a contract basis. In other action, second reading was given a bill authorizing the city to levy tax assessments against a number of residents for litter removal and weed cutting.

Mayor Robert G. Reim said that no decision had been reached on a request by Sunray DX Oil Co. for a special use permit to build a service station on the south side of Big Bend boulevard near Interstate Highway 244. Nearly 10Q residents have signed petitions opposing the request. The council will meet again at The Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen has taken under advisement a request by the St.

Louis Archdiocese to have a part of the Kenrick Seminary property rezoned from multiple family to light industrial. The archdiocese plans to lease about 35 acres of the seminary property to operators of ultra high frequency television stations on channels 24 and 30. St. Louis has no operating UHF stations at present. Mayor Robert C.

Wehner said that about 30 persons attended the meeting, and so ne voiced opposition to the rezoning request. He said that operators of a 1 24 and 30 want to erect towers on the site. The Mayor said that some of the residents who spoke in opposition to the proposal apparently came to the meeting thinking that the rezoning was being sought for cable television operations. Last November it was an-nouncedin Washington that Channel 30 planned to go on the air in a and had purchased the old KMOX-TV building at i and Cole streets for use as a studio. Channel 30 hopes to build a 1600-foot transmission tower on the seminary grounds.

At the time of the announcement the Federal Communications Commission had not acted on a request for approval of the tower The castle clock-tower on Union boulevard at the eastern mained relatively constant over 'Evening of Harmony' the past years. Since 1960, real -B estate taxes have accounted for A "Evening of Harmony" slightly more than 77 per cent will be presented by the Kirk-. of tax revenues, personal prop-wood chapter of Sweet Adelines, erty taxes about 13 per cent, at 8 p.m. Feb. 1 at Kirk- merchants and manufacturers wood High School, 801 West Es- about 3 per cent and railroads sex avenue.

Tickets may be re- and utilities slightly more than served by calling VI 3-0718. 5 per cent. Shop Center Favored The commission announced its recommendation of approval entrance to Washington terrace. The tower, built in the 1890s is maintained by the Washington Terrace Asso-riation, one of the many such neighborhood groups in St. Louis and St.

Louis country. Gateway Glimpses Neighborhood Groups Tear Down 'Fences' With apologies to Robert Frost, good fences are not necessary to make good neighbors in the St. Louis area. Neighborhood associations groups of people who pool their Interests and resources to deal with specific community problemshave enjoyed a steady rise in popularity in the last two for a change of zoning on 10.3 acres fronting on the north side 8 p.m. Feb.

6. Valley Park Water Study of Lindbergh boulevard and the west side of Mueller road from 7500 square foot and C-2 shopping i i to C-8 planned commercial. The southwest corner of the tract was rezoned last year from residential to C-2 at the request of the same petitioner, A. I. Fihn, who intended to build a furniture and an interior decorator store on the small site.

However, he canceled these plans when the remainder of the 10.3-acre tract was included in The Valley Park Board of Aldermen has accepted a proposal of R. W. Booker and Associates for a study of the city's water system. The study, to be completed in 60 days, will cost $6000. years, Sale tne Year A Now Going on At All 3 Stores 1 KtSSJ -AfiaL fWt? I Their avowed purposes for ex isting are varied to solve sewer problems, keep watch on stray dogs, reduce vandalism, plant trees, stabilize neighborhood racial balances, enforce housing standards.

But associations seem to provide a stronger, more subtle benefit for people who belong to them: They tear down the "fences" of unfamiliarity that another rezoning petition for an i i ii i mm ii a mm iu bw a i n. ui automobile agency. That petition, by James Lap- OUR YEAR'S LOWEST PRICES ON AMERICA'S 1 pas, was later withdrawn and Fihn filed a new petition to re- zone the whole 10 acres to II PLEASE COME EARLY FOR BEST SELECTIONS. jS III OFF I I planned commercial for a shopping center that would include a junior department store with 40,000 square feet of floor space and several other retail facilities. Vote Split 5 to 4 The commission's recommendation of approval was by a split 5 to 4 vote.

The majority said the planned commercial procedure would1 provide a better -a 1 1 scheme for the tract, with a screened buffer and its site. The Federal Aviation Agency has indicated that it would waive its right to object to the tower if there are no local objections. Mayor Wehner said the site is within the FAA's designated an-etnna "farm," that is, the tower would not be in the glide path of any airport. He said that the television towers of the two stations would be on a parcel of land adjacent to property along Highway 66 that is zoned commercial and light industrial. Wehner pointed out that several commercial television stations here had towers in the area of the proposed UHF towers.

The Mayor said the board might hold a special meeting Jan. 28 to act on the rezoning request and to i the city's 1969 budget. He said the budget would contain substantial pay boosts for city employes. Miss Peggy Geary, city clerk, announced that applications for candidates for the board were being accepted at the City Hall, 4400 Shrewsbury avenue. A filing fee of $15 is required.

Application forms may be obtained at City Hall. The deadline is Feb. 20. The terms of First ward Alderman Eguene A. Stumpf and Second ward Alderman Gerald G.

Sommer, expire in April, she said. The terms are two years. ON ALMOST ALL OUR ENTIRE COLLECTION OF LAMPS, PICTURES, WALL ACCESSORIES, SMALL ACCESSORIES OF ALL SORTS. strip to protect nearby homes and a traffic circulation plan tied into the widening of Lind bergh by the State Highway, De partment in 1971. The minority said there were many' vacant The water system, which is 20 years old, has been described as in need of complete rejuvenation.

Part of the study will be to determine whether it would be cheaper to buy water from St. Louis County Water Co. and discontinue the service provided by the city. The board enacted1 two ordinances. The first exempts two locations from an ordinance prohibiting parking on an angle on city streets.

The two locations are in front of Valley Park High School on Highway 141 and on Front street in front of Mer-amec Valley Bank. Angle parking in those two places, it was felt, would not interfere with the flow of traffic. The second ordinance increased the cost of garbage and trash collection by Valley Park from $12 to $15 a year for each home or apartment unit. Revenue from the increase will go toward the purchase of new hauling equipment. First and second readings were given to a bill that would fix interest rates for the repayment of bonds to be issued for sewer construction.

A bond issue Of $410,000 was approved by Valley Park voters last June. The board asked John Henard, of 1 Oak Tree lane, to resubmit his plans for a commercial building to be constructed at 25 Vance The board said the plans, which Henard submitted in December, did not show a paved access road to the proposed building. Course for Actors Newcomers are invited to attend the second session of a course in basic stage techniques being sponsored by the Theatre Guild of Webster Groves on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Guild, 517 Theatre Lane. There is no charge.

For more information, call Bob Doll at 644-2212. This once-a-year sales event enables us to clear out all our discontinued items, odd lots, samples, one-of-a-kind items and slightly damaged It also makes! rbont for us to buy the mati'y wonderful new items of furniture and acces- sories jusl arriving on the- market. It enables you to. buy at great savings some of America's finest furniture and accessories at ih.is great once-a-year event, Shop early before selections are depleted. commercially zoned tracts al-ready in the area, The commission recommend- ea approval oi a rezoning re quested by Adrian Koch for 17 acres on the north side of Mat We have all forms and all kinds of citizen involvement." MRS.

MILLER emphasized that solving the racial balance of neighborhoods was not the only function of neighborhood groups. "If you look on the neighborhood association as just a problem-solving tool," she said, "It can be depressing. We view it as an opportunity to put down roots in a community, to be creative. This gets a lot more response." Aided by the printing facilities of the city government, the Uni-versity City associations publish newsletters that reveal the wide and informal range of their interests. Columns are a "Let's Chat," "Housewifery" and "Family of the Month." Coverage is given to plans for block parties, "old-fashioned picnics," garden clubs and voter registration drives.

Often, the columns are written by councilmen. "Most of us attend all the meetings of the groups in our own ward," said Mrs. Harriett Woods, a councilwoman. "I tell them, and I mean it, that this is one of the best ways for a city official to get a sense of what the people's concerns are. "NEIGHBORHOOD groups solve a yearning, common to city dwellers, to control their own lives and affairs.

This runs against the trend to federal domination of tax money and programs. The neighborhood groups seize on very specific things, such as getting a barricade on a street. This may seem small, but it leads to a feeling of accomplishment." Neighborhood groups in other parts of the county, and in St. Louis, have, been in the news recent months. Mrs.

Rosemarie White, a Vel-da Village housewife, has orga-nized a number of homeowners to combat panic-peddling in the white neighborhoods of the north county experiencing an influx of Negro families. Mrs. White is leader of the North County Improvement Association. The group has grown, she said, to nearly 400 mem-bers. It has sponsored stabilization measures in an area north of University City, east of Lucas-Hunt road and south of the Mark Twain Expressway.

A battle of an entirely different nature, yet just as important to community spirit, was fought and won recently by the Washington Heights Neighbors Improvement Association. IN FEBRUARY 1967 the group satisfactorily concluded a six-month struggle to give the statue, "Flight," to the City of St. Louis. The statue had been turned down as unsuitable by tis road, west of Interstate 55 and east of Villa Knoll drive, from 15,000 square foot to 10,000 square foot residential. Koch plans a subdivision of about 50 LEMAY FERRY STORE ONLY OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY Just for Broivsing 1 P.M.

to 5 P.M. homes. The commission noted that nearly all surrounding land was tend to isolate neighbors from one another in the fluid, transient and anonymous maze of metropolitan living. This is true whether the association is as old as the Washington Terrace Association, established in 1892, or as new as the Monaberry Heights Neighborhood Association of University City, which had an organizational meeting recently. "In society nowadays, people just don't communicate with each other," said Mrs.

Marge Mayer, a University City resident active in the newly formed group. "We're afraid to say hello to people we don't know. Neighborhood groups, with their block parties and meetings, help us to get around these A Washington University professor supported Mrs. Mayer's view. "THERE IS no question of the importance of this," said Mrs.

Kathryn Wallace assistant professor at university's George Warren Brown School of Social Work. "Neighborhood associations give people a sense of belonging, of being a part of a community in which they can be important." Larry Stone, community rela-tions 1 1 a for the St. Louis Department of i Safety, estimated that more than 65 such groups exist in the city. "Many of these organizations have existed for the last decade," he said, "although there has been a flurry of organization in the last couple years. "Typically, they form to solve a controversy that has arisen in their particular neighborhood.

"For instance, the Cheltenham organization sprung up recently because urban renewal was proposed for that area. Whether urban renewal happens or dies out, this group will continue to exist as a watchdog for other problems." All neighborhood groups that are formed in the city are under the jurisdiction of the Public Safety Department, Stone said, and use the same set of bylaws Otto Faerber, chairman of the Washington Terrace Association, said of the group, "It's a remarkable experience. The people who live on our street f5 COLONIAL MANOR Resubmission Of Maplewood Bonds Put Off Milton W. Bierbaum, superintendent of the Maplewood-Rich-mond Heights school district, said that the Board of Education would not resubmit soon a $325,000 bond issue that was defeated last week. Bierbaum said that there were no plans to submit the proposal in the near future, say zoned 10,000 square foot and said a new zoning district line between the two densities would be more realistically moved to the east along Mattese creek, which runs near the northeast corner of the tract and' intersects 1-55 to the east.

The commission recommended approval also of a request by Norman E. Friedmeyer to re-zone two-fifths of an acre on the east side of Telegraph road south of Jeffersonian drive from 6000 square foot residential to shopping district for a small sporting goods store. I "JI here the Charm of Yesterday is the Style of Today" NORTH WEST SOUTH 11444 ST. CHARLES RD. 10001 MANCHESTER RD.

3177 LEMAY FERRY RD. M2 Blocks West of Lindbergh at Sappington Road I Mile Northeast of Soufh County Shopping Center Open Nites 'til 9. Sat. 'til 6 P.M. ing that "it is no life and death matte Bierbaum stressed that when he said near future he was talking in terms of months and not years.

The proposed $325,000 bond is sue would have been used to fi- nance construction of classroom additions at West Richmond and Sutton schools. I he proposal needed a two-thirds majority for passage, but only got a 54 per cent majority. A 35-cent tax increase proposal on the same ballot was ap proved. feel that they are in an oasis tho QtiHmnrlfG and TTrhan Dp. with the city all around them.

si Commission on the ground Women's Gym Course illCj lt lacked "sutticient artistic vai- Magdalen Center I neignDornooa. ue neighborhood. Registration for a 's gym class will be held Wednesday at Magdalen Youth Center, 4354 South Kingshighway. Reg istration will begin at 7 p.m. Classes will be held every Wednesday from 7:45 to 8:30 p.m.

Sessions will i of rhythmics, dancing and fundamental free exercises, and isometric exercises. Volleyball will be played from 8: 30 to 9: 3p p.m. Classes are under the direc tion of AI Eberhardt, director of physical education, Missouri School for the Blind. For further information call FL 1-4578. "I love my house.

I love it because of its crystal door handles; because of things that you couldn't buy today." THE ASSOCIATION consists of 44 houses in a two-block area of Washington terrace. Recent accomplishments by the group i 1 a $2100 tree planting program, in which sugar maples and pin oaks have replaced the aging sycamores, and spending $7000 for a streetlighting system. The group's annual budget is about $13,000. In St. Louis county, University City appears to be the city in which neighborhood associations are most popular, "We have about 25 associations as such, and in addition there are four or five subdivi-Slons with trusteeships that function in the same way," said Mrs.

Judith S. Miller. Mrs. Mill-e is community organization consultant for the city. "Some groups go 'way back, about 12 or 15 years," said Mrs.

Miller, "but the great bulk have organized in the last two years. The stimulus is the fact that people here feel challenged by the trend toward 'abandonment of neighborhoods, brought about by racial fears. "In our city there is a tremendous devotion to homes and neighborhoods. Instead of run-ning from the problem, our people have taken a second look. Finally the Board of Aldermen, by a vote of 27 to 1, authorized the city to accept the statue.

Alderman Joseph P. Roddy Seventeenth ward, said, "I would like to trade some of the muggings and holdups in the city for young people getting involved like this." The statue was placed on a triangular plot at Laurel street, Waterman boulevard and De-Giverville avenue. Two years ago, when Jacques L'Ecuver was named executive director of the i -D e-Baliviere Community Council, the Post-Dispatch hailed the move editorially by saying it betokened "a shift from aspiration to action in a neighbrohood which has long been one of the city's most desirable residential sections," but which had been touched by blight. The Lindenwood Homeowners Association, i southwest St. Louis, requested in 1967 that al-d from the area vote against a recommendation by the City Plan Commission that buildings as high as 400 feet be allowed near the Gateway Arch.

THE OAK HILL Neighborhood Association has long been active in helping eliminate zon-lng and housing violations in a 70-block area immediately south of Tower Grove Park. About 20,000 persons live in the area. Perhaps the Handbook for NOW $075 -Z i now $JIftfl ONLY tal Jf 1 Jit ONLY TtIIU Sylvanla Mint-Max 508K in, I "fLJLsi Rustic Early American 102 Sq. In. Viewable Picture Jmrm--'' TTl SYLVANIA'S PRICELESS COLOR TV tSr? AFC-ZtuninI FEATURES INCLUDE: Advanced Gibraltar chassis In Color bright 85 picture tube with Automatic color purifying lie- Colon are easier to tune end most consoles with plug-In transls the industry's sharpest picture con- gaussing) circuit, they stay tuned with automatic tors for easy maintenance.

trast every set has one, color level monitor, SKIM Furniture I Ip planes 5531 S. GRAND VE. 2-0704 Neighborhood Associations published by University City, best expresses the a for the popularity of neighborhood as sociations. The booklet says, "Many neighborhoods are composed of streets where individual farm- lies hang their hats, live their own lives, tend their properties, and let it go at that. "The absence of a sense of community or real communica- tion between neighbors some times means that residents have put down few roots in their neighborhood.

They might tend to pull up stakes when conditions are not to their liking, instead of staying put and correcting them..