EXCERPTS FROM THE ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEOMOCRAT ARTICLES


"Fire-breathing dragon to lead Chinese New Year parade"

February 8, 1979
"There was dancing in the street," he recalled, "and my father didn't have to go to world. It was something special that would impress a small child," he [Warren Der] added. "It was a very happy time spent with your family," she [Chi-Lui Der] recalls. We dressed in our best clothes when we got up in the morning and bowed to the elders in the house. We then brought oranges to friends," she said. She explained that oranges are a Chinese symbol of prosperity, good fortune and longevity."

"The Chinese Celebrate the New Year"

February 8, 1959
"After the ringing of the gong to signify the New Year (no females allowed at this celebration), the males pay homage to Gwan Gung by lighting aromatic joss sticks which they prop in sand...with that over the gong sounds again."

"Chinese Here Search for "Kung His Fa Tsai"

February 8, 1959
"The young people aren't interested in it. Once in a while the old-timers get together to chew the fat and play a fast game of Fan-Tan, but the people my age and younger play poker in their rathskellers and talk about all the things all Americans talk about."
- Charles Quin Jr. (real name Chu Wah Chu)