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- Mayor Ford, Kiwanis light up Capaha Park's diamond (4/16/24)1
- The rise and fall of Capaha Park's wooden grandstand (4/9/24)
- Death of Judge Pat Dyer, prosecutor of the famous peonage case here in 1906 (4/2/24)2
- A third steamer Cape Girardeau was christened 100 years ago (3/26/24)
- Cape Girardeau christens its namesake (3/19/24)
- The humanist philosophy of Lester Mondale (3/12/24)1
- Cape Osteopathic Hospital opens its doors (3/5/24)
From the Morgue
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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Bonus blog: Tourney pic causes stir
Posted Friday, January 3, 2020, at 12:00 AM
This photograph, featured in advertisements for the recently concluded Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament, caused a bit of a stir among readers.
There were apparently a few wagers floating around on when this picture was taken by Missourian photographer G.D. Fronabarger. It took a bit of detective work and help from reader Anita Uelsmann, whose husband, Jim Uelsmann, is in the photograph playing for the Illmo-Fornfelt Rams, but I think I've got it figured out.
According to Anita, Jim played for the Rams in 1955 and 1956. With that information, I searched Missourian microfilm for those two years. While this particular photograph was not published in the Southeast Missourian, I believe Frony took it during Illmo-Fornfelt's game with the Malden Greenwave on Dec. 28, 1955. The jerseys of the Rams' opponents appear to have a name beginning with "M" on them. Malden is the only team fitting that description that played Illmo-Fornfelt in 1955 or 1956.
Sadly, Malden eliminated Illmo-Fornfelt from the tournament during that game by a score of 79-57.
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