NewsMarch 11, 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/

An "injured" man gets a smiling escort to an ambulance parked in front of the Hotel Marquette.
An "injured" man gets a smiling escort to an ambulance parked in front of the Hotel Marquette.
Sept. 23, 1954 Southeast Missourian.
These 985 persons at the record Trinity Lutheran loyalty gathering Wednesday night at the Arena were served a turkey dinner within a 45-minute period, under direction of Charles Schneider. All persons were seated at once for the unusual dinner, the largest ever held in Cape. Fifty girls did the serving. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)
The Trinity Lutheran members and friends gathered to hear the expansion program explained to them by laymen of the church.
Note the tables set up on the raised basketball floor.
State College and Central High School basketball games had always been played at Houck Field House until that building was destroyed by fire in February 1948.
A temporary hardwood basketball floor was brought in to the Arena Building from the former Weingarten, Mo. prisoner of war camp. That floor was 60 feet by 90 feet which was larger than the floor at the field house.
Sept. 23, 1954 Southeast Missourian. These 985 persons at the record Trinity Lutheran loyalty gathering Wednesday night at the Arena were served a turkey dinner within a 45-minute period, under direction of Charles Schneider. All persons were seated at once for the unusual dinner, the largest ever held in Cape. Fifty girls did the serving. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive) The Trinity Lutheran members and friends gathered to hear the expansion program explained to them by laymen of the church. Note the tables set up on the raised basketball floor. State College and Central High School basketball games had always been played at Houck Field House until that building was destroyed by fire in February 1948. A temporary hardwood basketball floor was brought in to the Arena Building from the former Weingarten, Mo. prisoner of war camp. That floor was 60 feet by 90 feet which was larger than the floor at the field house.
Sept. 16, 1959 Southeast Missourian.
The queen and her court, Miss Pamela Weber of Dexter, named queen of the SEMO District Fair, is shown with her court, girls chosen as ladies in waiting and princesses, Tuesday night. From the left are Misses Jaxine Kinder, Cape; Karen Campbell, Dexter; Jeanine Knight, Cape; Diane Watkins, Benton; Janice Sirclum, Elvins; Mary Ann King, Oak Ridge; the queen Miss Pamela Weber, Dexter; Barbara Bean, Illmo; Mary Ellen Hesskamp, Cape; Judy Bridges, Bertrand; Vickie Crites, Jackson; Carolyn Girley, Cape; Marilyn Cooper, Bernie; Eleanor Fuess, Dexter. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)
Sept. 16, 1959 Southeast Missourian. The queen and her court, Miss Pamela Weber of Dexter, named queen of the SEMO District Fair, is shown with her court, girls chosen as ladies in waiting and princesses, Tuesday night. From the left are Misses Jaxine Kinder, Cape; Karen Campbell, Dexter; Jeanine Knight, Cape; Diane Watkins, Benton; Janice Sirclum, Elvins; Mary Ann King, Oak Ridge; the queen Miss Pamela Weber, Dexter; Barbara Bean, Illmo; Mary Ellen Hesskamp, Cape; Judy Bridges, Bertrand; Vickie Crites, Jackson; Carolyn Girley, Cape; Marilyn Cooper, Bernie; Eleanor Fuess, Dexter. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)
These medical people are working in cramped quarters. Perhaps some kind of mobile medical office?
These medical people are working in cramped quarters. Perhaps some kind of mobile medical office?
April 18, 1956 Southeast Missourian.
Plans for the house-to-house canvass of Cape Girardeau for the local chapter of the American Cancer Society were made by this group of workers. The house calls will be made Tuesday as a part of the chapter’s campaign for $5,000. Gerald B. Rowan, campaign chairman, looks on as Mrs. Donald Metcalf, chairman of the house-to-house division, explains material. Seated in the front row, from the left, are Mrs. Oscar Lamb, executive secretary, and ward chairmen Mrs. Edward L. Downs, Mrs. LeRoy Sykes, Miss Maxine Bryant and Mrs. James Allen. Ward chairmen in the second row are Mrs. Kermit Gerhardt, Mrs. John Brennan and Mrs. Peyton Patrick. In the third row are Mrs. Paul Miles, Miss Francina Peters, Mrs. Albert Cottle, Mrs. Robert Earley and Mrs. James Warren. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)
April 18, 1956 Southeast Missourian. Plans for the house-to-house canvass of Cape Girardeau for the local chapter of the American Cancer Society were made by this group of workers. The house calls will be made Tuesday as a part of the chapter’s campaign for $5,000. Gerald B. Rowan, campaign chairman, looks on as Mrs. Donald Metcalf, chairman of the house-to-house division, explains material. Seated in the front row, from the left, are Mrs. Oscar Lamb, executive secretary, and ward chairmen Mrs. Edward L. Downs, Mrs. LeRoy Sykes, Miss Maxine Bryant and Mrs. James Allen. Ward chairmen in the second row are Mrs. Kermit Gerhardt, Mrs. John Brennan and Mrs. Peyton Patrick. In the third row are Mrs. Paul Miles, Miss Francina Peters, Mrs. Albert Cottle, Mrs. Robert Earley and Mrs. James Warren. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)
Workers were laying a sewer pipe in this photograph. Unfortunately, there's not enough detail to indicate where the picture was made.
Workers were laying a sewer pipe in this photograph. Unfortunately, there's not enough detail to indicate where the picture was made.
An unidentified worker adjusts a guy wire on a utility pole.
An unidentified worker adjusts a guy wire on a utility pole.
Sept. 6, 1960 Southeast Missourian.
Thousands of Cape Girardeau public school children, ending their summer vacations, trekked back to the schoolrooms today. This scene at the city’s newest school, Alma Schrader School in the northwest part of the city, was duplicated at all others in the system. In the big group were many first year pupils and others whose families have moved to Cape Girardeau during the summer. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)
Sept. 6, 1960 Southeast Missourian. Thousands of Cape Girardeau public school children, ending their summer vacations, trekked back to the schoolrooms today. This scene at the city’s newest school, Alma Schrader School in the northwest part of the city, was duplicated at all others in the system. In the big group were many first year pupils and others whose families have moved to Cape Girardeau during the summer. (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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