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otherNovember 1, 2021

Scooting out of the escape hatch at the bottom of the four-story tubular fire escape at Cape Girardeau Junior High was quite a thrill for Peggy Lehmann in October 1957. Others who had already made their descent were Elizabeth Propst, Marcia Millers, Louis Luebbers, Judy Cotner, Lana Austin, Mark Michel, Trenton Boyd, Bill Drum and Ronald Propst...

Curated by Sharon Sanders, Southeast Missourian Historian
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(G.D. Fronabarger ~ Southeast Missourian archive)
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Scooting out of the escape hatch at the bottom of the four-story tubular fire escape at Cape Girardeau Junior High was quite a thrill for Peggy Lehmann in October 1957. Others who had already made their descent were Elizabeth Propst, Marcia Millers, Louis Luebbers, Judy Cotner, Lana Austin, Mark Michel, Trenton Boyd, Bill Drum and Ronald Propst.

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