Ken Steinhoff, Cape Girardeau Central High School Class of 1965, was a photographer for The Tiger and The Girardot, and was on the staff of The Capaha Arrow and The Sagamore at Southeast Missouri State University. He worked as a photographer / reporter (among other things) at The Jackson Pioneer and The Southeast Missourian.
He transferred to Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, his junior year, and served as photo editor of The Ohio University Post. He was also chief photographer of The Athens Messenger.
He was chief photographer of the Gastonia (NC) Gazette for a long 18 months until he could escape to The Palm Beach Post, where he served as a staff photographer, director of photography, editorial operations manager and telecommunications manager. He accepted a buyout in 2008, after 35 years at the paper.
Most of the stories are about growing up in a small Midwestern town on the Mississippi River, but there’s no telling what you might run into.
Please comment on the articles when you see I have left out a bit of history, forgotten a name or when your memory of a circumstance conflicts with mine.
(My mother said her stories improved after all the folks who could contradict died off.)
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I recognize Lee Dahringer, Central High School Class of 1965, trying to tie a tie, but I have no idea why he’d doing it or why I’m taking his picture. Lee was active in Central’s drama clubs, so maybe it was for a role in something or other. (Note his Senior ring.)
The next picture poses even more questions:
Looks like Beth Hayden to me.
I was waiting a day to see if anyone who knew or remembered, could identify the tie tying activity. In Mrs Ruby Davis’ speech class, one of the required speeches was to demostrate how to do something. It appears Lee is demostrating how to tie a tie. The young lady is a representative from the class and the hand appears to be that of a female as the watch on the arm is a thin banded woman’s watch. Could that be the hand of Mrs Davis? Just a thought!
But you must admit,I had an excellent case of acne!
I didn,t see the reply. Must have been out of town. I can assure you that isn,t Mom,s hand. Must have been someone helping add intrest to the photo.It does sound like her though.How she loved all her students. I must say sometime it was with a dramitic air.
Bill Hopkins and I will testify that it was TOUGH love.
I ran across some of her critiques of my speeches and debates.
She should could rap your virtual knuckles. But, I’ll never say “warsh” or some of the other SE MO colloquialisms because of her.