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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Southeast Missourian Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Photos by Fred Lynch
The 100th anniversary of the founding of the Southeast Missourian by Fred and George Naeter was celebrated with a block party on Oct. 1, 2005. The building was built in 1925 and named to the National Register of Historic Places earlier this year.

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Redmond O'Colonies, American Champion Crier, set the stage for the Southeast Missourian centennial celebration Saturday as newspaper employees dressed in period costumes stood outside the refurbished building at 301 Broadway.

Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson and Jackson Mayor Paul Sander rode in a parade to kick off the Southeast Missourian centennial celebration.

Jon K. Rust, right, publisher of the Southeast Missourian, addressed the crowd from the gazebo at Common Pleas Courthouse Park with, from left, Jackson Mayor Paul Sander, Cape Girardeau Mayor Jay Knudtson, and Rust's wife, Victoria and their 12-week-old daughter, Yuliana.

Jerry Ford led his brass band in the march style of John Phillip Sousa at the Southeast Missourian centennial celebration Saturday.

Darryl Morgan, Cape Girardeau's new town crier, presented his first cry to the crowd at Common Pleas Courthouse Park Saturday.

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