Out of the past 10/23/13

1988

Apparent Halloween pranks staged at Bel Air Drive and Bertling Street have prompted Cape Girardeau police into keeping closer tabs on the area; last week, police received complaints about two incidents in which dummies were placed in the road at that intersection.

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- John Johnson, the Marble Hill city administrator, says he has resigned because of a political power struggle; after the merger of Marble Hill and Lutesville, Mo., Johnson was hired as the city's first administrator, a position Johnson says isn't needed.

1963

Two Norwegian youths who began a trip in a 16-foot kayak at Portland, Ore., in May, paddling more than 25,000 miles on United States' rivers, land here after spending three days on the Mississippi coming from St. Louis; Kaare Andersen, 23, and Bjorn Braaten, 22, both students at the University of Oslo, left their native country in March.

The 41-day drought is getting serious in Cape Girardeau County, causing a few wells to go dry and many to run low on water; the drought has ruined fall pastures, forced watering of shrubs and gardens, created severe fire hazards and may be jeopardizing next year's wheat crop.

1938

The cornerstone for the new Sunday school and education building at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church is laid in the afternoon; Dr. Fred M. Bailey, superintendent of the St. Louis district of the denomination, is the speaker and presides at the ceremony.

Dr. M. Marguerite Fuller has been elected second vice president of the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, which met last week at Hannibal, Mo.

1913

A shower of rain and of china greet Amanda Schrader at her home at 520 S. Sprigg St. last night; about 40 young people of her set gathered at Schrader's home, presenting her with china to last a life time; it was all in preparation for her marriage to Floyd Couchman on Oct. 29.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- In spite of the stormy weather, 225 Southeast Missouri teachers gather here for the first session of the annual meeting of their association; the main speaker is F.G. Blair of Springfield, Ill., superintendent of Illinois schools.

-- Sharon K. Sanders