January 27, 2015

Pictures of the Past #96

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/

March 29, 1956 Southeast Missourian. Mrs. Gene Harris of Cape Girardeau shows how she makes Easter cookies in a food feature photo. She owns a collection of cookie cutters. “It’s fascinating to watch them come to life,” she commented.

Bill Stone wrote: "This is the 1961-62 Cape Central basketball team. Standing, left to right: Curtis Williams, Jack Crowe, Greg Niehart, John Hirsch, Ron Wright, Paul Ebaugh. Kneeling, left to right: Jerry Suedekum, Gary Kinder, Jim Stovall, Paul Banks, Allen Kesterson, Steve Mosley. The team only lost two games that year to Advance, who went to State in their class and finished third. The other loss in the District was to Sikeston, after most of the team had fallen victim to the Asian flu. Not pictured was Kermit Meystedt."

Nov. 19, 1958 Southeast Missourian. Mrs. Joseph J. Russell and her daughter, Carol Anne, pose for a picture with a shoe cake made of sugar and spice and everything good to eat. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

This unidentified woman is slicing bread into small pieces for an unknown recipe.

Do you know these two barbecuing beauties?

Eugene "Sunny" Young, left, and Clyde Huff are shown after they captured first place in the Missouri State bowling doubles tournament at St. Louis in December, 1957. Huff rolled 698 and Young 681. The picture was taken at the Knights of Columbus lanes in Cape Girardeau. It was published in the Southeast Missourian on Dec. 6, 1957.

An attentive audience listens as a tour guide explains the workings of the Marquette Cement Mfg. Co. plant in South Cape.

May 3, 1954 Southeast Missourian. A train ride from Cape Girardeau to Chaffee Saturday noon was a treat given by leaders for members of Brownie Troops 49 and 55 of St. Mary’s Church. The girls were accompanied by some of their leaders and the return to their homes was made by automobiles. From the left in the front row are Alice Sapienza, Joyce Schabbing, Joan Fornkohl, Deanna Moll, Jerette Davis, Mary and Janie Meyer, Linda Kay Sides, Mary Rose Campbell of Troop 55, and Mary Nean Meyer of Troop 49. Second row: Marilyn McCart, Patty Auer, Patty Fee, Wanda Boyd, Patty Scherer, Kathy Moll, Janet Campbell, Janice Berry, Mary E. Essner, Margaret Farrar, Martha Sue Jarosik and Carol Jean Littleton. Leaders in the background are Mrs. William Berry, a committee mother; Mrs. Manuel Campbell and Mrs. Gene Sides of Troop 55, and Mrs. Harold Haas of Troop 49. Mrs. Adolph Fee, not present, is another Troop 49 leader. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

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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/

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