Pictures of the Past #61

May 27, 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/

This picture may have been taken at the Cape Girardeau shoe factory. Does anyone recognize the place or a face?

Boats, motors, paddles and "Flap-o-Matic" duck decoys were for sale at this unidentified store. Bill Stone wrote: "I think looking out the window, I would be looking at the corner of Sprigg and Morgan Oak. I believe there was a boat and motor business there some 30 plus years ago."

These ladies are displaying what every modern woman wanted in her home in the 1950s: A color telephone.

Published Saturday, Oct. 31, 1959 New equipment at Southeast Missouri Hospital. One of the first units of its kind in out-state hospitals in Missouri, is this cardiac monitor and pacemaker, which will be used extensively in surgery to detect heart changes during surgery, and also can be used in treatment of cardiac conditions. Provided as part of the community service program by the Missouri Heart Association and local heart clinic, the unit is being demonstrated here, Dr. Charles McGinty, serving as the patient, while Dr. Alter M. Estes explains the unit's operation. At the right is R.A. Fulenwider of Jackson, hospital board chairman. Other board members were present for the presentation and demonstration.

The first worship service of the new St. Andrew Lutheran Church was held Sunday, Oct. 6, 1957, at the church property on Kingsway. Approximately 650 attended the service including members of the new church and a number from Trinity congregation and churches throughout the district. In the foreground is the newly organized 30-voice choir which is under the direction of Mrs. C.A. Bohnsack.

On Oct. 6, 1957, the first worship service was held at the future site of the newly formed St. Andrew Lutheran Church on Kingsway. Around 650 persons attended the outdoor service, including members of the new congregation and a number from Trinity Lutheran and other churches throughout the district. The Rev. Louis L. Pabor of Houston, Texas, formerly pastor of Trinity was the speaker and the Rev. Ralph C. Fessler was the liturgist.

Cornerstone laying services were held Sunday, Aug. 11, 1958, at the St. Andrew Lutheran Church building being erected on Kingshighway near Broadway. Shown placing the cornerstone are Herman Hill, brick contractor, at the left, and Otis Adams, foreman for the general contractor, Sides Construction Co., with Rev. Francis Roschke, the pastor.

Aug. 16, 1961 Southeast Missourian. Buyers for peaches come from far and wide. Thousands of bushels of Elberta, J.H. Hale and Belle of Georgia peaches are being harvested at the Pioneer Orchard Co. tract west of Jackson and sold at its roadside stand. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

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