May 28, 2013

Pictures of the Past #9

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/

We've identified this G.D. Fronabarger photo. It was published May 20, 1957, and shows Marcia Kay Hughes, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Hughes of Illmo, admiring an arrangement made by the Franklin School kindergarten for the Rose Festival at Houck Field House.

Cape Catholic High School appears to be almost ready to open its doors in 1954. Still lacking are the lawns, the baseball field and the parking lot.

It looks as if this budding artist is painting a goose decoy.

Dec. 2, 1961 Southeast Missourian. “Passez moi le….” quips a voice as members of this French Club at Central High School stage a “Cafe de Girardeau” scene, like the sidewalk cafes of Paris, as one of their projects to intensify interest in the French language as taught at the school. The club is assisted by Mrs. Paul Sivia, French instructor, and the youngsters here, some serving as patrons and others as waiters, enjoy a snack of French cheeses and soft drinks. The Tiger Den is the scene for this activity. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)

All dressed alike, these youngsters are assembled in front of the cafeteria at the newly opened Town Plaza Shopping center, circa 1960.

Two harried men work on the loading dock of the Cape Girardeau Post Office. They may have been sorting packages during the annual Christmas rush.

Aug. 18, 1955 Southeast Missourian. They had winning ways. Winners in the district women’s golf tournament at Country Club got together in a mutual admiration group late Wednesday and from the left, are Mrs. Paul Heckemeyer, Sikeston, Class B winner; Mrs. Albert Cottle, Cape, second in Class C; Mrs. Alma Medley, Sikeston, second in Class B; Mrs. Ruth Stewart, Poplar Bluff, Class A winner; Miss Margie Hinkle, Jackson, tourney champ; Mrs. Herbert Moore, Poplar Bluff, runner-up in the championship flight; Miss Sally Conran, New Madrid, Class C winner; Mrs. B.L. Golladay, Sikeston, second in Class A. (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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