William Arthur Snow-- Part 2: World War I Service and Engineering

World War I:  Engineer with American Expeditionary  Force and wounded.

1926-1930:  District engineer at Wilmington, North Carolina.

1930: Major and living in Harnett,  North Carolina.

1930-1935:   District and division engineer in St. Louis, Missouri.

Lieutenant Colonel:   September 25, 1940.

Died at Washington, D.C..

An Interesting Tidbit on Cubs Attendance in 1965

From Baseball Refernce.com.

In these days of the Cubs selling out Wrigley Field most games, here is something interesting about attendance back in 1965.

The Cubs opened the season at home against the rival St. Louis Cardinals.  You'd have to figure a sellout.

Game 1 vs. Cardinals:  Attendance;  19,751  This game ended in a 10-10 tie
Game 2   9,358  Won 3-1
Game 3   3,569   Won 7-3

Game 8 vs. Cincinnati Reds  6.752   Lost 9-2
Game 9   3.813   Won    3-2
Game 10  vs. Milwaukee Braves   4,281   Won  3-1

Where'd All These Current Cub Fans Come From?  --Cooter

Michael Joseph Blassie (Formerly Unknown Vietnam Soldier)-- Part 3

The remains stayed at the Tomb of the Unknowns until 1998.

All along, there was the thought that the remains may have been those of Michael Blassie.  A CBS news report in January 1998 claimed it was Blassie.  His family secured permission and Blassie was exhumed on May 14, 1998.

DNA testing proved the remains were his.

On July 10, 1998, the remains were sent to St. Louis and reinterred at Jefferson Barracks national Cemetery.  The Medal of Honor, however, was not transferred.

From Find-A-Grave:  The grave is in plot section 85, Site 1.

St. Louis' Gateway Arch

From the August 5th Chicago Tribune "Improving Arch could prove to be tall order" by Blair Kamin.

Architect Eero Saarinen built the 630-foot-tall arch (the tallest national monument in the US) as a tribute to American westward expansion. It is impressive, but the grounds around it definitely are not.

Security barriers erected after 9-11 take from the experience the nearly 2.5 million who visit each year.

The City Arch River 2015 Foundation wants to change the Arch's surrounding and even the view of East St. Louis across the Mississippi River and are hosting a design competition. Five teams are finalists and will be presenting their designs this coming Tuesday and a winner will be announced September 24th. The foundation wants to have the revamp completed by the Arch's 50th anniversary, October 28, 2015.

This arch is impressive and we've been seeing it more of late because of our Route 66 travels. One alignment goes right by it. And, you can easily see it at the old Chain of Rocks Bridge north of town.

We visited it once, but found out you'd better pre-order your tickets if you want to go to the top of it. Nice visit anyway. Impressive museum at the base.

Looking Forward to Seeing the Designs. Cooter

Some Good Reasons to Visit St. Louis

Besides having several different alignments of Route 66 through it, Ted Drewe's ice cream, and the Chain of Rocks Bridge, there are some more reasons to visit the Gateway City.

Of course, there's the 630-foot high Gateway Arch. Tickets to the top are $10, but you'd best get them in advance. I know, I visited and didn't get to go to the top as they were all sold out for the day.

Nearby is the old courthouse where slaves Dred and Harriet Scott argued for their freedom and was just another in the incidents dividing the country before the Civil War.


MUSIC

Besides being one of the birthplaces of the blues, St. Louis has been the residences of Scott Joplin, Ike and Tina Turner, and Chuck Berry, who still performs once a month at the Blueberry Hill restaurant and club.


HISTORIC CEMETERIES

CALVARY-- General William Tecumseh Sherman, Tennessee Williams, Dred Scott.

BELLEFONTAINE-- Gen. William Clark (of Lewis and Clark), Adolphus Busch (Anheiser-Bush), James Eads (inventor and engineer, Mary Marsha Rexford (Red Cross worker and first woman to land on Utah Beach on D-Day) and William Burroughs.

From April 5th Chicago Tribune. Cheryl Wittensauer AP.

Things Other Than the Cardinals. --Cooter