PAST PASTORS AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

RM19

For March 1

football team

Tough guys

The Jackson High School football team on Nov. 27, 1919 at Cape Girardeau. Front row (from left to right) Herbert Illers, Lilburn Halley, Carleton Hoffmeister, Harold Deck, Robert Illers (captain), Edwin Sander, Walter Goodwin, Henry Boss and Rex Caldwell. Back row (left to right) Coach George Doyle, Gus Allen, Clarence Caldwell, Bryce Goodwin, Earl Stovall, Wes Grant, Medley Priest, Tump Peterman and Henry Illers. The schedule and scores for 1919 were: JHS 19-Cape Normal 0, JHS 49-Perryville 0, JHS 38-Charleston 0, JHS 34-Cape High 0, JHS 0-Sikeston 13, JHS 1-Perryville 0 (forfeit), JHS 14-Sikeston 6, JHS 73-Charleston 0 and JHS 25-Cape High 0. JHS scored 253 points to opponents 19 points. Submitted by Bernard Schaper.

March 8

The Long and short of it

Cadets in the Jackson Military Academy in 1904. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

March 15

Working on the railroad

The crew of men who laid the track for Houck's railroad. The man in the coat and tie was probably the superintendent of the project and the man next to him looks to be the foreman of the section gang or construction crew. The vehicle on the rails was a hand car used primarily for transportation and was propelled by two men pumping the handle of the machine up and down. This was taken in 1905. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

March 22

That's an old house

The "Old Kneibert House," was built in 1856 of hand fired brick by the father of Jacob H. Kneibert. Jacob Kneibert joined the Missouri State Guards in 1861 when the Civil War broke out. This outfit marched to Bollinger's Mill to join the Confederate forces and Mr. Kneibert deserted. After he learned that bushwackers had taken his uncle, Casper Loos, and six of his neighbors and killed them near Tilsit he immediately joined the Kentucky Volunteer Infantry and fought on the Union side. The house, located at Jefferson and South High streets, was razed in 1963 to make way for the Baptist Church parking lot. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

March 29

The Houck rail line comes to Jackson

In 1905 Louis Houck completed the basic lines of the Cape Girardeau and Northern Railroad. The line reached Jackson in November 1904. This railroad extended from Thebes Railroad Bridge through Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Oak Ridge and Perryville to a connection with the Frisco lines into Chester, Ill. This is a view of the train in front of the Jackson Railroad Station and looking west on Main Street toward the old courthouse in the background. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

April 5

Stand at attention men

The Missouri National Guard Provisional Company "I" while encamped in Nevada, Mo., in the early 1900s. Left to right, Ray Miller, who later became partner with Sherman Cracraft in the Cracraft-Miller Furniture Co. of Jackson, Ed Seabaugh, who had a monument works in Jackson and Mr. Vera G. Taylor who was a plumber in Jackson. Taylor is wearing the uniform of an officer. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

April 12

School Daze 19th century style

The schoolhouse in Jackson was erected in 1881 and opened for school January 1882. This photo was taken after a remodeling of the school in 1901. In 1904, the Jackson public system was extended to offer two years of high school and until a separate high school building was secured in 1909, the classes of both schools used this building. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

April 19

Smile for the camera now

A class in the Jackson public school in about 1890. The teacher was Miss Minnie Steel and the arrows in the photo point to Byrd and Allen Oliver, sons of Senator and Mrs. R.B. Oliver. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

May 10

Working on the railroad

Houck's Cape Girardeau and Northern Railroad escavation of the roadbed required hard manual labor. This is thought to be near Greensferry Road in northeast Jackson. The line reached Jackson in 1904 and was extended through Oak Ridge, Perryville and Chester, Ill. These men were removing rock that had been blasted with dynamite. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

May 17

Marching to New McKendree

On Sept. 25, 1910, the entire congregation of McKendree United Methodists marched from the old building in back of the courthouse to the New McKendree United Methodist Church building on South High Street. Part of the old courthouse is visible in front of the present courthouse. A few of the people in the forefront of the marching group have been identified as W.D. Henderson, M.T. Haw, Chas. Behrens, R.M. McCombs, C.H. Wolters, Mrs. Nettie Howard, Mrs. Chas. Behrens, Gilbert Heinberg, Ruby and Nina Spradling, J.W. Wagner, Ella McCombs and Mrs. John Mabrey. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

May 24

Hometown banking in the Depression era

The Jackson Exchange Bank's interior when it was located in the south center of the first block of West Main Street in the 1930s. (Left to right) unknown, Lawrence C. Snider, Mrs. Marie (Bodenstein) Weiss, Louis F. Wagner and Fred Elbrecht. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

May 31

Check out the cars

The west side of South High Street in uptown Jackson in 1937. On the left is Ideal Grocery, then the Palace Theater, the Palace Cafe and Blick's Saloon & Pool Hall. Check out the variety of automobiles. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

June 7

Dedicating a historic site

The dedication ceremony of the Bollinger Mill and covered bridge in Burfordville on July 23, 1961. This is looking west toward Burfordville. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

June 14

Sunday School photo session

A Sunday school class from the 1880s gathers in front of what was then Emmanuel Evangelical Church in Jackson. The church is now known as Emanuel United Church of Christ. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

June 21

Past pastors at First Presbyterian Church

Former ministers of the First Presbyterian Church in Jackson gathered for the church's Centennial Celebration in May of 1964. Seated (left to right) John W. Cowan and H. Thomas Foley. Standing (left to right) Dr. Bruce C. Boney, Dr. S. H. Salmon, Ted A. Jaeger, W.J. Gammon and James H. Brown. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

June 28

Emanuel United Church of Christ's 1930 confirmation class

On April 20, 1930, these 14 young people became members of Emanuel United Church of Christ members. Seated (left to right) Olga Loos, Vera Jean Wilhelm, Lorene Ruppel, Elsie Voges, Leora Schaper, Leona Mantz and Verda Loos. Back row (left to right) Randolph Schaper, Kenneth Wagner, Marvin Meler, William Sander, the Rev. C. Jankowsky, Albert Heider, Henry Soehlig and Manford Schwab. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

July 5

They knew all the gossip

These ladies were very early telephone operators at the switchboard in Jackson when the telephone was an oak box with a crank or handle on the right side to signal the operator. They are unidentified. Some of the early operators were Lettie and Helen Kuellmer, Gertrud Horne and Bernice Tisdale, Mrs. L.H. Milde and the Scherer sisters. This was taken sometime in the early part of this century. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

July 12

Say what's the big idea taking my picture?

These two gentlemen are Emanuel Milde, Jr., on the left and his brother A.D. Milde. They are across the street from the E. Milde Bottling Works on Barton Street east of the courthouse. Their business later became the Milde Coca Cola Bottling Company. In the background is the Henry Gockel Livery and Feed Stable. This was taken in 1909. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

July 19

Cooling off

The old swimming hole was a favorite place for youngsters in the early 1900s to cool off. This unidentified photo shows a stream has been dammed to form a pool for people to swim in. Submitted by Bernard Schaper

July 26