St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 51

Park Plan For Creve Coeur Site ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Fri, July ll, 1969 3N 7- vy ill' li" i i rrnvMl' i Edward J. McGuiggan, right, the last enlistie to be issued a military service number, is congratulated by Capt. Oliver Stephens, left, and Maj. Donald J.

Dabbert. Notes on Servicemen St. Charles Nun praying in the chapel at fhe Convent of trie Good Shepherd. Quiet Island in Bustling City to Vanish When Good Shepherd Convent Moves 4 Creve Coeur has announced plans for the disposition of the 116-acre Creve Coeur Golf Club near the heart of the city. Part of the land will be developed into an office park, resembling Monsanto Co.

Another 58 acres will be leased or purchased by the city from the developer for a recreational area. The office park will be developed by arson Properties, which plans to purchase the golf club, if a re-zoning of the property is granted by the board. The planning and zoning commission has recomm ended beard approval of the rezoning. The developers have requested a change from the present mix of commercial and residential zoning to a new type district called "office park." Under an agreement between developers and the city, 56 acres would be initially leased and later possibly sold to the city. Creve Coeur would seek voter authorization to issue bonds for the purchase of the land and for improvements such as tennis courts, a skating rink and a community center.

"In the span of time the community is formulating and deciding upon future actions regarding the site," said Mayor Harold L. Dielmann in a public statement, "the city would plan to maintain and operate a nine-hole public golf course on the 56-acre tract." Henry W. Heck, vice president of Lindbergh-Warson, said that the office development would consist of one to three-story buildings that could house district offices of national companies. Cool Valley To Continue in League of Cities The Cool Valley Village Board of Trustees this week voted to renew the village's membership in the St. Lous County Municipal League.

Cost to the i 1 1 a will be $300. The league provides services to cities and villages in the county, including representation of municipal interests at Jefferson City. The board ordered weeds cut in some vacant lots of Cool Valley. A village ordinance gives residents two weeks to cut weeds that grow to heights above 18 inches. If the weeds are not cut within the two-week period, the village has the weeds cut, and assesses the property owner.

Mrs. Marian Schneider, the assistant village clerk, now works full time in the village office. Mrs. Eileen Kapeller, a new member of the board, is the official village clerk. Mrs.

Kapeller replaces the late James A. Estes, board member and village clerk before his death last fall. O. E. Tinsley Elected In Northwoods Orlando E.

Tinsley has been elected to the Northwoods Board of Aldermen. The election, held July 1, was to fill a vacancy created when Third Ward Alderman Vernon L. Meckfessel was elected Mayor. ter of Mr. and Mrs.

Walter Reinschmidt, 6641 Bartmer avenue, University City. Air Force Capt. PATRICK T. GIBBONS, the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Harold J. Gibbons, 4466 West Pine Boulevard, has graduated with a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. He studied under the Air Force Institute of Technology program that provides selected Air Force members with train-i in scientific, engineering and other specialized fields. Gibbons has been reassigned to Westover Air Force Base, with the Air Force Special Projects Production Facility, a unit of the Air Force Systems Command. The captain, who has completed a tour of duty in Vietnam, is a graduate of Kirkwood High' School and the University of Missouri.

DONALD ROEDER, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frapfc M. Roe-der, 6270 Rocket Drive, Florissant, is taking flight training at the Naval Air'' Station, Saufley Field, Pensacola, Fla. Raeder a member of Training Squadron One.

He has flown his first solo flight in the T-34 Mentor training plane, completing his first step towards becoming a naval aviator. Street Bill An ordinance making the city engineer responsible for issuing permits to alter culverts, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, driveways and public has been enacted by the St. Charlss City Council. The council repealed an ordinance that prohibited any person from altering or destroying culverts, crosswalks, curbs or streets without the authority of the City Council. Under the new ordinance the city engineer may issue permits to homeowners to make alterations to city streets to construct driveways.

The bill gives the city engineer authority also to approve construction of driveways leading to private property. In other action, the council adopted a resolution to sell $750,000 in waterworks improvement bonds. Bids will be received July 29. On April 1 St. Charles voters approved an $850,000 bond issue to increase the capacity of the Elm Point waterworks plant from 7,000,000 to 10,000,000 gallons daily.

i EDWARD J. McGUIGGAN of East Alton is the last enlistee from the St. Louis area to receive a United States Army service number. The service number has gone the way of the Army mule. On July 1, the Social Security account number replaced the service number for all military personnel, whether active, retired or reserve members.

Young McGuiggan earned the distinction of 1 1 i an old number because he entered the service by the June 30 deadline. The Social Security number has no prefix or suffix. It does not indicate grade, sex, method of entry into service or active or reserve status. The service number system began on Feb. 28, 1918.

MSgt. Arthur B. Krean was the recipient of ASN 1. Officers did not receive the number until June 1921. They were distinguished by the prefix Capt.

NORMAN L. BOWERS has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement in the i a War. Bowers, who is the husband of Mrs. Brigitte Bowers of 10368 Verhaven drive, Overland, is with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. He is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. S. Loyd Cantley of Cuba, Mo. He graduated from Cuba High School and Southwest Missouri State College. The citation with the medal commends Bowers for his "ex emplary professionalism and in itiative in obtaining outstanding against a deter mined and aggressive enemy." Air Force Lt.

Col. FRED E. KUHLENGEL, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H.

Kuhlengel, P000 Dever drive. Jennings, is on duty at Nha Trang, Vietnam. Kuhlengel, a pilot in the Pacific Air Forces, attended Fer-; guson High School and served in World War II. Air Force S.Sgt. KENNETH D.

BONZO, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Bonzo, 4449 Osceola street, is on duty at Korat Royal That Air Force Base, Thailand. He is an aerial photo-: graphic systems technician, and is issigned to a unit of the Aerospace Audio Visual Service.

His wife, Faye, is the daugh- others," Sister Gertrude said. Pool and Orchard Outside the buildings are several courtyards, where the girls play Softball and badminton. There is also a swimming pool. To the northeast of the power plant there is a garden and in the extreme rear of the property what remains of an orchard can be seen. "We've gotten some good fruit from that orchard," Sister Gertrude said.

The courtyards as well as other parts of the grounds contain many oak and maple trees and an abundance of purple leaf P'uti and mimosa trees. A commercial laundry that for many years was very busy has been shut down after being run on a reduced scale in recent years. At present, there are 29 Sisters of the Good Shepherd and about 45 girls, 13 to 17 years old, at the convent, but not all of the nuns will be going to Marygrove. "It will be a smaller, much more compact operation," Sister Gertrude commented. The nuns who don't go to Marygrove will be reassigned.

Both the sisters and the girls seem eager to move to the new t. At Marygrove each girl will have her own room, in keeping with the current concepts of child care. Although the sisters are looking forward to their new convent, some have a few pangs of regret. A sister who was a postulant at the convent when it was the provincial house in 1915 and who returned here in 1950 commented in a brief conversation: "I'll miss the atmosphere." Sister Gertrude remarked, "Some very holy women have lived here." Requiem Mass Here To Honor Tom Mboya A Requiem Mass for Tom Mboya, assassinated minister of m. BIG sizes One of several heavy ornamental iron gates in the high concrete wall that encloses three-fourths of the convent.

(Post-Dispatch Photographs) t. Jouli 705 WASKIHCTON ch.i jssi hop (hurt to 8:30 pm ctayton 7814 FORSYTH pa. I-789S thop fn. to 9:30 pm (t.tnnHI KORTHWEST PLAZA im hop daily tiJO lo MQ By JOHN R. BROPHY Of the Post-Dispatch Staff A quiet, secluded island in the midst of today's noisy, quick-paced life soon will disappear from the St.

Louis scene, re-m i a massive landmark, but not a proved guidance program fof maladjusted teen-age girls. Some time this if there are no snags, about 120 nuns and girls will pack up and move out of the Convent of the Good Shepherd which has been at 3801 Gravois Avenue since 1895. for the furnishings and some a the entire building complex will be turned over to the buyer intact, said Sister Mary Gertrude Scanlan, superior of the convent. "We'll be taking such things as refrigerators, stoves and oth-- er household furnishings that we can use at Marygrove, the new home of the in Florissant. Taking Some Shrubs "We're taking what we can," said Sister Gertrude, referring to the many shrubs and trees that surround the convent.

"We did have them looked over by a 'landscape architect and it was jdecided that many of the trees -iVere too old and it would be expensive to move them." Many persons have speculated bout the inside of the convent 'fyhich includes a chapel; a complete school, with principal's office and library; a gymnasium; a score of individual living Tunits; plus a power plant, laun-Jdry and courtyards for numerous recreational activities. News of the impending move -(Jf the convent to a 50-acre site the Missouri River .80 Mullanphy Road in Florissant has stirred much interest. we've had quite a jfew inquiries from people just frim the neighborhood, wanting 3o see the inside. You know Tvhen people just see the outside get a grim picture of the place," Sister Gertrude said. She remarked that one worn-, jin commented, "I've walked this place for 50 years, but 3 have never seen the inside." Move Has Begun Actually, the move to Mary-Hgtove already has begun.

Some -furnishings and equipment have removed from the old Sisters of the Good Shep---herd will move into the new jbonvent as soon as construction is completed. Some buildings will be finished after the najor move, which is expected -fto take place later this month ir in August. Sister Gertrude said, "We'll have to play it by ear," noting -that no contract had been "signed yet with a moving firm. A i i at the institution, "'which dominates the skyline in -She Gravois-Gustine Avenue Jrea, has stepped up in connec-tion with the move. seminarians last ltveek talked with Sister Gertrude about a number of stat-Tues.

Later they were seen straining to remove the statues which Sister Gertrude said 'eventually would be sent to mis-ions in Mexico. Massive Staircase A massive wooden double I 'staircase dominates the main 'Entrance area of the institution. entrance gives a i i iome idea of the size of the 1 x. It consists of three irchways that lead to three doorways, but Sister Gertrude said that only one doorway was t-jised. Terrazzo and tile floors com-i-plement the polished interior walls of white and red at main entrance.

The cost of Jremovingor replacing such floors today would be prohibi--rtive, Sister Gertrude said. A visitor entering the big chapel might think he had tstrayed into St. Louis Cathe--draI. The architecture contributes to the atmosphere of old world reverence. The chapel, 'which is in the shape of a cross, actually is four chapels in one, facing an impressive marble al- HOW $75 CAN BUY YOUR FAMI A YEAR'S vY A said, because this will eliminate filling.

In the corridors, which are fairly dark in the daytime, arched and round windows line the long brick walls. The round windows are trimmed in oak and the arched windows have heavy, slanted wooden window sills. Some corridors even have tongue-and-groove wood ceilings and firehose cabinets. Signs of earlier days at the convent remain, with iron bars and steel mesh screens visible On most of the windows. Walking up one of the many wooden staircases, Sister Gertrude not-et! that the fire department had been concerned about the barriers.

The size of the buildings becomes apparent in the dormitories, where ceilings range in height from 10 to 14 feet. Painting and repairing the rooms and hallways are costly jobs, Sister Gertrude remarked. Certain areas of the convent have not been used for some time and arc in need of major repair. The size of the rooms and of the complex has made heating troublesome. "The heating problem is such that when all of these buildings are heated some places are comfortable and you suffocate in tar surrounded by big statues.

The main chapel section consists mostly of marble and terrazzo materials, except for the rows ot pews that face each other across the center of that section. They are built with individual seats and movable kneel-ers, reflecting the cloistered atmosphere of the convent. Living and worshiping at the convent, unknown to most people, is the religious order of the Contemplatives of the numbering 44 at present. The order is a branch of the Congregation of the Good Shepherd. The cloistered order lives in one of the buildings of the massive complex.

"They make mostly altar breads and do some fine sewing," said Sister Gertrude. High above the floor of the main chapel section is a choir loft that contains a large organ. "The organ pipes will remain because like so many other parts of the they would be too costly to remove, and too, most music experts say that they should be built into a building," sTie said. None of the buildings in the convent complex has a basement. The developer who plans to build a $4,000,000 shopping center on the site was delighted to learn this, Sister Gertrude VACATION Do you long for a un hideaway that's near 44 to 66 mr.

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Sunday in St. Bonaventure Friary, 4012 Washington Boulevard. The Mass will be under the auspices of the St. Louis Committee on Africa and the Pan-African Students Organization of the Americas, Inc. The Rev.

Edwin V. Granger OfM Conv. (Conventual Franciscan Fathers) will be the celebrant. The Rev. Donald B.

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