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In my previous post about the Air Force Academy Chapel, mostly fabricated at two Maplewood companies, Mississippi Valley Structural Steel and Cupples Products Company, I expressed regret that while researching my first Maplewood history book I had not been able to interview anyone who worked at either of those places. That turned out to be a good thing to mention as it was seen by the son of a man who had worked at Cupples. His name is Robert Myers.
Maplewood resident Bob Weidenbenner kicked off his trash-a-thon to benefit Joe’s Place, and Cornerstone Center in the Shaw neighborhood last July. He’s raised more than $2500 for the charities so far he reports in an update.
Maplewood Mayor-Elect Nikylan Knapper reached out to the MapleGOOD group to post a short survey to help her to prioritize the issues facing the city. She also agreed to have it posted on 40 South to reach as many residents as possible.
Maplewood City Council on Tuesday passed a resolution to authorize a special election for the vacant seat of Ward 2 Councilmember Eleanor Pardini, who resigned her post for personal reasons on Friday, April 9, 2021. The special election will be held August 3.
The city of Maplewood announced Friday that Councilmember Eleanor Pardini (Ward 2) resigned her seat on the city council effective Friday, April 9. The city posted her letter of resignation.
You’ll soon find out. It still is ultra modern even though it was made in Maplewood quite a long time ago.
News sources reported that a Wildwood woman was killed in a collision Tuesday morning with a tractor-trailer on the eastbound I-64 Big Bend exit.
Nikylan Knapper has become the first African American in the history of Maplewood, MO, to be elected its mayor. With all polling places reporting, Knapper defeated incumbent mayor Barry Greenberg 822 to 588 votes, winning 58.3% of the vote, according the St. Louis County Election Board.
From various sources recently: the Kerry Cottage has closed in Maplewood after 33 years in business, an MRH junior golfer wins, and more.
The long unseen image of James C. Sutton, first published in my last post Rarer than Rare, took my breath away. Hope it did yours as well. Far too many times to recall I have been able to share with my readers images and documents that have never been seen in public. Often they have never even been photographed prior to their being posted in my blog.
I feel that the following information is an accurate account of what happen on 40 South News. The “Jackie” commenting implies that she is the mother of Ryan Hummert. The actual Jackie Hummert said she did not make the comments.
The following is an email sent to 40 South News editor Doug Miner, unsolicited, received March 24, from Kurt Becker, 4th District Vice President, IAFF (International Association of Fire Fighters) Local 2665.
Maplewood resident and artist Bill Perry has opened a exhibit of life-size portraits of immigrant women living in St. Louis. The portraits celebrate the women’s “fortitude, ambition, dedication and resilience,” Perry says. It took him two years to complete the work.