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.

Turkeys in Sedgewickville

Posted Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at 12:00 AM

These turkeys are being shipped for holiday market by Clyde Whaley of Sedgewickville, probably in the 1950s. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)

Read about the turkey business in Sedgewickville in this previous blog.

Out of the Past, Feb. 21, 1949

Cape Girardeau County's $750,000 annual poultry industry was given once-over here Wednesday by 400 farmers and their wives who attended second annual Poultry Improvement Day under sponsorship of county extension office and Jackson Chamber of Commerce; meeting was held in grade school; one of highlights of day was exhibition of turkey tom weighing 39 pounds; it was owned by Clyde Whaley, assessor of Bollinger County.

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