Cleveland High School - Beacon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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neu. mm., f.rs'r. Louis Puauc Lmmnv FORE ORD ln this year, 1964, the city of St. Louis cele- hrates the 200th anniversary of its founding. This great city has experienced two full cen- turies of growth, following its founding by Chouleau and Laclede. The people of St. Louis have observed many changes as time has passed. ln honor of these Iwo hundred years of prog- ress, we have chosen as the theme of the J Beg an lag SL Louis Bicentennial. E 'I .ffflxjclv Wgfip wh04f2,.,?W'i1X v ZMU. UD S sg? QCD' or NSQSESZ ia ww x ' R173 l,U'l'J?lfB'M? Q