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Sharon Sanders
The Southeast Missourian's resident historian Sharon K. Sanders blogs about interesting pieces of local history pulled from the newspaper's morgue -- the place where our old editions are kept.
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Boys will be boys, and other mischief

Posted Thursday, November 7, 2013, at 12:00 AM

Under the heading of "Boys will be boys," I collect stories of mischief gotten into or odd little items that give me pause. I think it's appropriate to share some of these stories in this first blog after Halloween, the night of all nights for mischief making.

I don't know if schools in the area had "show and tell" in 1938, but if they did, Junior Gerhardt must have won the prize for the most unique thing ever brought to Central High School. Here's his tale:

It makes me wonder what became of the bird after all the art students finished sketching it. Hopefully, its wing healed and it was allowed to fly home, wherever home was.

This next item was also centered at one of Cape Girardeau's public schools.

And, finally, we get to the "Case of the missing barber poles." You don't see too many of the red-and-white-striped tonsorial parlor icons any more around Cape Girardeau. Maybe they're out of vogue, or maybe they just got pinched in the 1930s...

Dec. 19, 1936:

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  • I guess the toilet paper wars of the '60s didn't make the paper.

    http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/toilet-paper-wars/

    -- Posted by ksteinhoff on Thu, Nov 7, 2013, at 1:13 AM

  • If I can find that story in the Missourian, I'll save it for "Boys Will Be Boys, Part II!"

    Thanks,

    Sharon Sanders

    -- Posted by GenealogyBuff on Thu, Nov 7, 2013, at 7:03 AM

  • To be considered in the same class as Junior Gerhardt - Dad will be proud.

    -- Posted by JTL on Fri, Nov 8, 2013, at 6:56 AM

  • Great photo of my Uncle Junior. Sadly he died before I was born. My mother told me some wonderful stories about him and he was very much missed by his family and friends. Thanks for the lovely memory of my uncle.

    -- Posted by Christine Owen on Fri, Dec 11, 2015, at 1:16 AM

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