St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 83

SECTION Pages 7-12 west area post Second Of Two Sections: More West Area News After Section A SportsPages 11-12 Aug. 2, 1 984 SI LOUIS POST-DISPATCH St. Louis Wards Sherrill Battles Douglas For Votes In 17th Ward Ball win Boarding Home Sold 27 2 23 Zr for the past year and a half. He says a committeeman has to live in the ward full time to serve it properly. Although the city is dominated by Democrats, Republicans can help themselves with an effective orgaizdtion, Sherrill said.

One step in that direction, Sherrill said, is the joint effort of the organizations of the 17th and 28th Wards to carry the Republican message in the West End. Douglas, 60, lists his address in the ward as 4460 Greenwich Court He said he has subleased the apartment until his return to the city. Douglas is divorced. He has two children and one grandchild. He said he would establish a tax consulting business when he returns.

He has a bachelor's degree from St Louis University. Douglas ran unsuccessfully for the state House of Representatives in 1982. Sherrill, 38, is an orthopedic technician at St. Mary's Health Center. He is married and lives at 4437 Vista Avenue.

He ran twice, unsuccessfully, for alderman of the ward. In the 23rd Ward in southwest St Louis, Bernice Gilcrease, who has been Republican committeewoman since 1976, is being challenged by J. Charline Sherrill, office manager for a magazine. Redistricting has put the ward's incumbent Republican committeeman, Walter Groeteke, in the 24th Ward. He and wife Dorothy are running unopposed for committee posts in that ward.

Running for Republican committeeman in the 23rd Ward are Edwin J. Kohner, a lawyer who is active in Republican politics and is a former Republican director of elections in St. Louis County. He is opposed by Robert Ackerman, a respiratory technician and student at the University of Missouri at St Louis. Mrs.

Gilcrease, 64, is a delegate to this year's Republican national convention in Dallas. She pointed to her experience in Republican politics. She is married and has three children, and lives at 6569 Marmaduke Avenue. Mrs. Sherrill said the party needs vigorous, younger leadership.

Mrs. Sherill, 41, is office manager of St Louis Home Magazine. She is married and has two children. She ran unsuccessfully for state representative in 1980. She has an associate's degree from Meramec Community College and lives at 7002 Hancock Avenue.

Kohner, 35. also cited the need for a vigorous party organization. He is single and lives at 6436 Oleatha Avenue. He has a bachelor degree and a law degree from Washington University. Ackerman said he wants to give young voters a voice in the Republican Party.

But he said he could work with older elements in the party. Ackerman is single. He lives at 7052 Pernod Avenue. In the 10th Ward in the area just south of the Cherokee Street business district Charles Laber is seeking his sixth four-year term as Republican committeeman. Opposing him is William Sherrill of 3631A Nebraska Avenue.

Laber, 45, said his job is to help people in the area. He said he knows the ward well because he has lived in the same place 3012 Chippewa Street for the last 30 years. Laber ran unsuccessfully for city sheriff in 1 977 and 1978. He is married and has four children. He is semi-retired.

William Sherrill complained that party leaders are not keeping in touch with the rank and file. This gap hurts the party's effectiveness, he said. Sherrill, 33, is a manager of a firm that manufactures stoves and gutters. He is married and has two children. He lives at 3631 A Nebraska Avenue.

Gayle Whitaker, who was appointed committeewoman in April, is seeking the post by election. She said she would try to bring more people into Republican politics. Mrs. Whitaker, 40, is a flower decorator. She is a widow with three children.

She lives at 2916 Miami Avenue. Linda Hughes, a supervisor for Southwestern Bell Telephone is By Judith Vandewater Of th Post-Dispatch Staff The Pine Crest Adult Boarding Facility for the Aged, a Ballwin boarding house that has been cited numerous times for violating state regulations, has been sold to Claire Payne for an undisclosed amount Neither Ms. Payne nor Alice Bopp Ringwald, who has operated the facility at 417 Manchester Road for 49 years, would comment on the transaction. But R. Jon Bopp, Mrs.

Ringwald's attorney, said his client would retain ownership of the real estate and buildings. Ms. Payne will lease the facility and operate it under the name Ballwin Manor. Bopp said Ms. Payne had bought the business an entity he defined as goodwill, fixtures and furniture.

Diane E. Felix, an attorney for the Missouri Department of Social Services, said the state expected to issue Ms. Payne a temporary license to operate the boarding home for elderly, ambulatory patients. Ms. Payne was described by Ms.

Felix as a nurse who lives and works in the area. Before issuing an annual license to Ms. Payne, the state will seek to determine Ms. Payne's financial situation. Inspectors will visit the home to judge the level of patient care and to see if the home complies with fire safety codes.

The state refused to renew Mrs. Ringwald's operating license in May. But Mrs. Ringwald appealed the decision and won a temporary restraining order from Circuit Judge Edward L. Sprague of St.

Louis County for the duration of her appeal before the Administrative Hearing Commission. In June, the state and Mrs. Ringwald entered into a consent agreement which gave Mrs. Ringwald until Dec. 1 to sell the home or to transfer all but two of the remaining 22 residents.

No new residents were to be accepted in the interim and Mrs. Ringwald agreed not to reapply for a license. Bopp said the facility is licensed to house up to 36 residents. The 22 people living in the home now are expected to remain, he said. Bopp is a cousin of Mrs.

Ringwald. In May, when the state refused to renew the operating license, Rick Westphal, director of the Division of Aging, tied the decision to a fire at the facility in November. The blaze caused injury to one resident and resulted in the death of another. Westphal said Pine Crest's fire See HOME, Page 8 her opponent. She said the Republican Party in the city needs more young people.

She said her brother. Jay Cruise, who is active in Republican politics in Maryland Heights, encouraged her to enter politics. Mrs. Hughes, 40, is married. She between the parking lot and Olive Boulevard.

The owners also agreed to eliminate any outdoor activity, among other concessions to neighbors, King said. The large two-story house would be Historic Homes Win lives at 3 1 28 Winnebago Street. Two of the three Sherrills running for Republican party offices are distant relatives. They are William Sherrill in the 10th Ward and Mrs. Sherrill in the 23rd.

Ron Sherrill in the 17th Ward said he is not related to the other two. Approval open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays through Saturdays. Some rooms would be renovated and furnished with antiques from the period so that visitors could get a flavor of mid-1 9th century life in the See MASON, Page 9 you It limits commercial use to a 25-seat tea room and a crafts shop.

John P. King, the attorney for the owners, said they also had agreed to huild the parking lot at the rear of the building, provide heavy landscaping around the parking lot and plant a fruit orchard Campaign '84 By Phil Sutin 01 tht Post Dispatch Staff Can Walt Douglas effectively serve as Republican committeeman of St Louis's 17th Ward when he holds a full-time job with the state in Jefferson City? Republican voters in the ward will consider that question Aug. 7 when they select their party committeeman. Barbara Ulrich is running unopposed for Republican committeewoman. Douglas says he can work at both jobs effectively.

Besides, he said, he would be back In St Louis in January when he loses his patronage job to a friend of the next governor. But Ron Sherrill, his opponent said he doubts Douglas can be much of a committeeman when he is out of town most of the time. "The main issue Is that I'll be here, and he won't" Sherrill said. The ward generally runs between Grand Boulevard and Kingshighway just south of the city's central core. Parts of the ward go north to about Lindell Boulevard.

It is a mixed ward with white and black residents, those who are poverty-stricken and some who are young professionals living in recently renovated housing. Douglas is director of the division of labor standards of the Department of Labor. He was appointed by Gov. Christopher S. Bond in 1981.

Bond cannot run for re-election this year. The voters will select his successor in November. Douglas said he Is in the ward weekends after spending weekdays In Jefferson City. Next year, he said he would open an office in the ward where residents having problems with any level of government could get help. "That's what a committeeman is supposed to do look after his constituents," Douglas said.

As a former state official and a former agent for the federal Internal Revenue Service, Douglas said he has experience with many levels of government. Sherrill has been committeeman Plans To By Margaret Gillerman Ol the Post-Dispatch Staff Two groups seeking to renovate historic homes in west St. Louis County have been given the go-ahead by the St. Louis County Planning Commission. At a meeting Monday, the commission ended months of controversy by approving development plans for Queatham House, at 14319 Olive Boulevard, and the Thomas Mason House, which is on eight acres just south of the main entrance of Queeny Park, on the east side of Weidmann Road.

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