Out of the past 1/3/15

1990

Property along a 5,890-foot-long stretch of Cape LaCroix Creek is being appraised as the first step toward acquiring land needed for part of a $30 million flood-control project; the appraisal work is being done by the Corps of Engineers at a cost to the city of Cape Girardeau of $45,000.

Johnny C. James has filed for a one-year term on the Cape Girardeau Board of Education; he is currently serving on the board, having been appointed in August to fill the seat of Harold Haas, who resigned in June.

1965

State College's Golden Eagles Marching Band, with colorful capes swinging in the balmy breeze off Miami's beautiful Biscayne Bay, thrills a capacity Orange Bowl crowd and a nationwide television audience with a stirring halftime performance at the National Football League Playoff Bowl; it's a great day for Missouri, with the St. Louis Cardinals winning a superlative victory over the Green Bay Packers, 24-17.

Bears in Cape Girardeau County? There's at least one report of a black bear being sighted southwest of Trail of Tears State Park.

1940

Sen. R.L. Dearmont won't make the race for the Democratic nomination for governor of Missouri at the primary election next August, in the opinion of close friends of the former senator; just eight years ago he was defeated for the nomination by the power of the Kansas City Democratic organization.

Florence Carvin arrived in Jackson yesterday to take up the duties as home economics demonstration agent in Cape Girardeau County, succeeding Berniece Wood, now Mrs. C.M. Christy, who resigned.

1915

In order to get the best results during the year, Commercial Club president J.H. McPherson meets with members of the special ways and means committee, the club's elective officers, and the new board of trustees to select the members of the various committees that will have charge of club activities during the year; there are 18 standing committees, and each committee is made up after a careful consideration of each name suggested, so the best men might be selected.

Chief of Police D.A. Nichols, the newly elected clerk of the Common Pleas Court, will take charge of that office tomorrow morning; Thomas A. Juden, the retiring clerk, spent his last day Friday and has everything in readiness to be turned over to Nichols; during his short term as clerk, Juden has established a great reputation and won praise from every lawyer practicing in the court.

-- Sharon K. Sanders