Out of the past 10/19/14

1989

Trans World Express, which only recently reinstated a fourth daily flight here, is once again planning to cut back on its flight schedule; TWE has announced it will drop its 2:16 p.m. flight, effective Oct. 29; the move leaves Cape Girardeau with three flights daily to St. Louis.

Cape Girardeau officials are considering the creation of a new position on the city staff to deal with the collection of overdue taxes.

1964

Curtis Perry, 44, of Ponca City, Oklahoma, suffered serious injuries and two Iowa men sustained minor injuries last evening, when their single-engine aircraft crashed only minutes after taking off from the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport; the four-seater Beechcraft Bonanza crashed about 450 yards southwest of the airport runway.

Those of the Nell Holcomb School District who want the district's common boundary with Cape Girardeau to stay where it is take their case to the city council and are told that their views will be weighed in the final decision on annexation.

1939

With a favorable early attendance at the opening session, the annual meeting of the Southeast Missouri Teachers Association gets underway, with general meetings in the morning and afternoon and departmental conferences in the evening; nearly 2,000 teachers are here for the two-day meeting.

With a rambling, fast-moving Army tank highlighting the visit, Army officers and enlisted men are here from Jefferson Barracks to better acquaint the public with Army life and to enlist young men for the service; headquarters are pitched in Courthouse Park and on a vacant lot across Lorimier Street, from which the tank makes frequent sallies, giving Girardeans rough rides and keeping a crowd at the park.

1914

Manager Dep Barenkamp of the Capahas baseball club receives a telephone call from St. Louis stating that the Cardinals baseball club will be here next Sunday for a game with the Caps; Barenkamp has been trying to arrange such a contest for several weeks.

J.H. Friant, who for some time has been reported on the verge of moving to California with his family, has decided not to go, but will continue to live here; he has severed his connections with the Himmelberger-Harrison Lumber Co.

-- Sharon K. Sanders