Pictures of the Past #54

April 8, 2014

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/

June 19, 1954 Southeast Missourian. Off to Boys State. This group of local youths, joining a delegation of 54 youngsters from southeast Missouri, went to Warrensburg today by bus to participate in the annual Boys State event sponsored by the American Legion. From the left, kneeling, are Terry Popp, Donald Wachter, Don Abla, Robert Hunt, Raymond Ritter Jr. and Malcolm Schack. Standing, Donald McElmurry of Fornfelt, Joe Davis James Jr., Larry Wills, William H. Wescoat, Louis Meisenheimer and James Patmore. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

Oct. 6, 1961 Southeast Missourian. Characters from the stories of many countries are set in mural pattern in the new children’s library at the Public Library. The library attracts a large number of children. Looking over books in the foreground are Martha Bacon, Donald Hellwege, Hollis Headrick and David Headrick, while the librarian, Miss Peggy Kearney, helps the youngsters in their book selections. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

A dragline was used to load dirt into one of contractor C.A. Hood's trucks.

May 23, 1961 Southeast Missourian. “Beating the Salvation Army’s big bass drum is more than a one-man job in our town.” This is the theme for National Salvation Army Week which began here Sunday and will continue through next Sunday. Shown doing his part in the drum beating is Fowler Jones, chairman of the Advisory Board. Other board members and officers are from the left: Capt Lee Hickam, corps officer, Mrs. Hickam, Mrs. W.E. Davis and Mrs. E.M. Bartlett, secretary. Viewing a poster are Willard Estes, treasurer, and Charles Rhea, ex-board chairman. They are in the Salvation Army’s new Recreation Center, a gift of the late Mrs. Clara Patton. The center will be dedicated in June. Board members not shown are: Fred Elfrank, vice chairman, Dave Graves, George Bader Jr., Forrest H. Rose, E.H. Scarlett, George Alt, Rush H. Limbaugh, Dr. Paul Nussbaum, Arthur S. Carey, Oscar Hirsch, Louis J. Schultz, W.E. Walker Jr. and Mrs. L.W. Simmons. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

Can anyone identify this judge?

City fathers and city workers admire newly-installed playground equipment at Capaha Park.

Small Rate Cab, 534 Good Hope St., was operated by Claude Kelley III in the 1960s.

Published Feb. 2, 1963. It wasn't Christmas at the postoffice Friday, but this mass of boxes made a scene similar to one during the holidays. However, when a huge 40-foot trailer dumped 27,000 pounds of free soap samples to be delivered by carriers in Cape Girardeau and district towns, it was an incident not eagerly awaited by the clerks. Here clerks Silas Dohogne and Perry Krekel prepare the shipments for district communities. Foot carriers then have to lug the stuff from house to house.

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