February 18, 2016

Captured on Film #51

Captured on Film galleries feature Southeast Missourian photographs taken mainly in the 1960s through the 1990s, before the age of digital photography. Comments or questions about these images should be directed to librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com.

Published Feb. 10, 1991. Sculptor and author Tom Runnels worked on a horse sculpture in his workshop in Marble Hill, Missouri. Runnels practiced his artistic crafts in a pleasantly remote little corner of his native Bollinger County known as the Cat Ranch. (Mark Sterkel ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published May 25, 1989. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Kenny Hulshof was "arrested" as part of the American Heart Association's "Cardiac Arrest" fund raising event. Taking the prosecutor into custody was Al Bisher, an officer with the Southeast Missouri State University Department of Public Safety. Hulshof was among 15 people who were arrested and asked to raise "bail" money for the Heart Association. The event raised $6,000. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Feb. 26, 1989. Students at L.J. Schultz School experienced the wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin during a one-man theater production held at the school. Actor Read James portrayed Franklin in scenes from the summer of 1787. The production was sponsored by The Southeast Missourian, Schultz School's Adopt-A-School partner. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Jan. 24, 1991. Warming temperatures encouraged many people to deal with the dirt on their cars, including Teresa Denton of Cape Girardeau, who scrubbed away weeks of grime at a local car wash. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Jan. 27, 1991. Martha Estes was pictured with Thomas L. Meyer of Thomas L. Meyer Real Estate and Insurance. Estes had recently retired as office manager, after working at the Meyer firm almost 37 tyears. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Oct. 28, 1988. Kathleen Keesee, right, president of the Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary Council 1111, presented a check in the amount of $1,000 to the Notre Dame High School Education Fund Foundation. The foundation transfered funds to help the school with its operating costs. Receiving the check was Dale Gerecke, chairman of the foundation's fund raising drive, and Sister May Ann Fischer, principal of Notre Dame. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published May 16, 1988. Alma Schrader School's first principal, Vince Raddle, center, was honored at a retirement tea. He is shown with his wife, Peggy, and Dr. Art Turner, Cape Girardeau superintendent of schools. Raddle was the school's principal from 1959 until 1966 and was then director of elementary education. (Joel House ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

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Captured on Film galleries feature Southeast Missourian photographs taken mainly in the 1960s through the 1990s, before the age of digital photography. Comments or questions about these images should be directed to librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com.

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