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Fred Lynch retired in 2018 after capturing images for the Southeast Missourian since 1975, in that time moving from black-and-white to color, from film to digital and to video. The blog title is a nod to an earlier era of news photography and the 4x5 Speed Graphic: It's more important to be there for the shot than to worry about technical details.
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Iona School near future State Park

Posted Monday, January 3, 2011, at 7:30 AM

Southeast Missourian, Jan. 28, 1956

A Place of Rugged Beauty

This picture, made more attractive by the coating of snow, shows the hill country in and about the area in east central Cape County where it is proposed to establish a State Park. In the immediate foreground is the Iona School, which sits in the southwest corner of the 3000-acre tract. The park area itself lies generally east, or to the right, of the school, but is surrounded by rolling hills, some of which may be noted in the photograph. A farm to market road provides access to the school from both Cape Girardeau and Jackson; the two towns being almost equidistant from the park area. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)

Editor's Note:

Iona School was established in 1891. It was situated off Route V west of the Highway 177 intersection at the southwest edge of Trail of Tears State Park. The school was closed and the district became part of the Nell Holcomb R-4 School District which opened in 1960. The Iona School building no longer exists.

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From The State Historical Society of Missouri:

Place name: Iona School
Description: A rural school in the northeast part of Randol Township. A place known as Iona existed as early as 1873, although the name is preserved only in the rural school's name. Probably named for the wife or daughter of an early settler. (Putz)
Source: Hamlett, Mayme L. "Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938.

May 15, 1958 Southeast Missourian. Pupils at Iona School, one of the rural schools in the R-4 District north of Cape Girardeau, pose for a picture at the end of the term. From the left, front row: Kaye Schenimann, Layton Gohn, Marietta Heise and Mary Odom; back row: Mrs. Peggy Barks, teacher; Vicki Ward, John Schenimann, Sue Sides and Jon Heise. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

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