August 19, 2014

Pictures of the Past #73

G.D. Fronabarger left the Missourian boxes and boxes of negatives. What he didn't leave were IDs for them. Pictures of the Past features some of Frony's images we've partially identified. We're hoping you can help fill in the blanks. Contact librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com, if you recognize a place or a face. Mystery Galleries may still be viewed on our History Page, http://www.semissourian.com/history/

Central coach Lou Muegge was lifted on the shoulders of his players, after they won the 1954 state high school basketball championship. The game was played at Houck Field House on March 6, 1954. The Tigers defeated the Christian Brothers Cadets of St. Louis 79-55. Lou Muegge died July 14, 1955 at a hospital in St. Louis where he had gone for a physical examination a week earlier. He was 51. He had suffered a heart attack five months earlier while playing golf at the Country Club.

Can anyone identify these Central High School cheerleaders? They gathered outside the school to celebrate the 1954 Tigers basketball team winning the state tournament.

Coach Louis W. Muegge speaks to Central High School students, with his 1954 state champion Tigers basketball team behind him, following the 79-55 win over the Christian Brothers Cadets of St. Louis. It was the first state basketball title for Central. The game was played at Houck Field House on March 6, 1954. Read the story here: <a href="http://www.semissourian.com/blogs/flynch/entry/33455">www.semissourian.com/blogs/flynch/entry/33455</a>

A big group of husky of State College freshmen reported Aug. 28, 1960, at Houck Field House to receive football equipment for the grid season. At the right, Coach Kenneth Knox held a bundle of shoulder pads and seated at the desk was an assistant, John Schneider. Standing above him was Jim Hamby, also of the coaching staff.

Al Hoskin, field service agent for the Conservation Commission, instructed Judy Schabbing and John Lohmeier on how to handle a bow and arrow at Club Camp on Lake Wappapello in the summer of 1958.

Can anyone identify and explain this rather odd photograph?

Grins were plentiful as a group of unidentified Girl Scouts roasted marshmallows. Does anyone recognize these girls? Kathy Swan wrote: "In the photo of the Girl Scouts roasting marshmallows, I think the blonde - second from the left - is Gail Tibbles Smith Hennecke, and the small dark-haired girl on the right is Beth Slinkard."

This undated photo shows a dance at the Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. It might have been The Parade of Bands held Nov. 7, 1957 sponsored by The Coffee Drinkers Friendship Club. The band on stage is likely the Bob Sisco band which entertained at the event, as well as The Westerners and the bands of Pete Probst, Jack Kinder, Herb Suedekum and Bob Rosenquist. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

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G.D. Fronabarger left the Missourian boxes and boxes of negatives. What he didn't leave were IDs for them. Pictures of the Past features some of Frony's images we've partially identified. We're hoping you can help fill in the blanks. Contact librarian Sharon Sanders at ssanders@semissourian.com, if you recognize a place or a face. Mystery Galleries may still be viewed on our History Page, http://www.semissourian.com/history/

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