November 10, 2016

Captured on Film #89

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 Oct. 16, 1991 Lee "Chick" Buchheit of the Old Appleton Bridge Committee was shown next to the Pratt truss bridge under construction at Old Appleton, Missouri. The committee had acquired a small crane to help with the work on the bridge that was destroyed by flooding in 1982. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Dec. 17, 1991. Assistant Fire Chief Jim Niswonger, right, pinned a firefighter badge on the uniform shirt of rookie firefighter John Ryan, as fellow rookie firefighters Bill Crump and Jeff Banken looked on. All three newcomers had prior firefighting experience. (David Hente ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Nov. 22, 1991. Alan Journet rolled out a list of endangered species to illustrate the need for the Department of Natural Resources to expand state parks and to create new ones. The DNR gathered comments from citizens at a public meeting at City Hall. (Fred Lynch ~ Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Oct. 31, 1991 Alden Field, center, who portrayed Thomas Becket in the play "Murder at the Cathedral," rehearsed his lines as Steve Weiss, left, assistant director, and Robert Dillon, director, looked on. The play was performed at Old St. VincentŐs Church. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Sept. 1, 1991. Cape Girardeau Public Schools Superintendent Neyland Clark, right, talked with Sheldon Tyler, left, Cape Girardeau Civic Center educational director, and Calvin Bird, Civic Center executive director, prior to a Back to School Everyone program. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Nov. 7, 1991. Stacey McCallister, left, a Southeast Missouri State University student from Gideon, Missouri, and Deanna Ives of Arnold, Missouri, teeter-tottered in front of the University Center. Members of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity held a 48-hour teeter-totter-a-thon to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Published Nov. 28, 1991. Literacy programs administered by agencies of the Area Wide United Way received about $4,182 of the money raised by the YELL for Newspapers campaign. From left, seated, were Kim McDowell of the Southeast Missourian, one of the program's sponsors; Susan Wallis of the Association for Retarded Citizens, $1,500, and Nancy Stiegemeyer of the Lutheran Family and Children's Services, $810. Standing were Craig Felzien, president, Area Wide United Way; Sheldon Tyler of the Cape Girardeau Civic Center Learning Society, $750; Mary Burton of the American Red Cross, $315, and Millie Turner of the Otahki Girl Scouts, $621. Also, the Jackson R-2 Children's Fund received $186. (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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