Pictures of the Past #37

December 10, 2013

G.D. Fronabarger left the Missourian boxes and boxes of negatives. What he didn't leave were IDs for them. Pictures of the Past features some of Frony's images we've partially identified. We're hoping you can help fill in the blanks. Contact librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com, if you recognize a place or a face. Mystery Galleries may still be viewed on our History Page, http://www.semissourian.com/history/

Coffee, anyone? Help us identify this coffee maker. An anonymous reader wrote: "Certainly photo 1 is from a Lion's Club pancake day. Bill Brune is back left." A.D. Hoffman II wrote: "This looks like my grandfather John Robert 'Jack' Hoffman. He owned the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Cape Girardeau. He was in the Lions and this may have been at one of their events."

Published Sept. 14, 1961. The SEMO District Fair featured the work of these 4-H members. Stephen Meier of the Jackson club tells how he built the lamp shown. Lamps made by other club members are displayed. From left are Carol Birk of Tilsit, Frances Lukefahr of Daisy, Judy Sievers, Donna Sievers, Sharon Birk and Lonnie Sievers, all of Tilsit. (G.D. Fronabarger, Southeast Missourian archive)

This looks like an addition to Southeast Missouri Hospital under construction. An anonymous reader wrote: "Not shown in the SE Hospital shot is the destruction of Hospital Hill as part of the expansion project - the best sledding location in Cape - discounting the danger of running onto Broadway." Bill Stone wrote: "I could be wrong but on Photo #3 the reader thought it was the front of Southeast Hospital, but I believe this is actually the back, shot from the corner of Keller and Sunset looking east."

Dec. 11, 1963 Southeast Missourian. It isn’t the season for strawberries, but it is the season of holiday goodies. Both are being made at the home of Mrs. George T. Peters. Her skillful hands create the strawberry confections that add both color and interest to the tray of Christmas cookies, containing Pecan Slices and Date Nut Crumb Roll. The tiered tree on the left holds more of the bright red sparkly strawberries. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

June 21, 1963 Southeast Missourian. High school pupils from the Cape Girardeau area went by bus to Mexico Sunday to participate in the annual Freedom Forum. From the left, kneeling: Mike Seyer, Dennis Byrne, Mike Daniels, Jim Reynolds and Roger Meinz of Cape Girardeau, George Parker of East Prairie, and Eddie Graham of Charleston. Standing: Wayne Reichert of Caruthersville, James McCullum of Steele, Carolyn Kiefer of Illmo, Dorothy Lee Pottinger of Charleston, Ruth Ann Bartels of Cape Girardeau, Mary Rolwing of Charleston, Nancy Dodson and Becky McGinty of Cape Girardeau, Ann Hemphill of East Prairie and David Ludwig of Jackson. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

A long line of sailors examined artwork on display at Houck Field House.

While one unidentified girl explains electroplating, another describes "nature's great outdoor factory -- soil." The photo was probably taken at a regional science fair. Phil Davis wrote: "I believe ... the girl explaining electroplating is Mary Lou Rawlins." Cindy Shepard Rawlins confirmed that ID: "(This) is Mary Lou Rawlins (married name Barclay), who was my sister-in-law. She is the one with the electroplating poster. We do not know the identity of the other girl, as Mary Lou passed away several years back. Her brother suggested that someone could look in the 1968 Girardot high school year book as she was in the same class as Mary. We think she was maybe 10 years old in the photo."

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