RecordsOctober 3, 2013
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A "new" recreational facility that could host basketball and volleyball games and other youth activities is being proposed for the Arena Building; the Cape Girardeau Evening Optimists are leading a drive to make better use of the building; three chandeliers in the building, however, prohibit such sports activities...
1988
A "new" recreational facility that could host basketball and volleyball games and other youth activities is being proposed for the Arena Building; the Cape Girardeau Evening Optimists are leading a drive to make better use of the building; three chandeliers in the building, however, prohibit such sports activities.
The Cape Girardeau City Council moves ahead with the lighting of Route K, unanimously deciding to have specifications prepared and bids taken on lighting the street from Kingshighway to Interstate 55.
1963
The State College Board of Regents yesterday ratified an agreement by which the college will borrow an additional $3 million from the federal government to finance a new dormitory complex near the Magill Hall of Science; two six-story dormitories and the companion dining and social hall are planned.
A riverfront beautification effort involving the planting of flowers and shrubs west of the floodwall from Broadway to Independence has begun under the sponsorship of the Downtown Merchants Association.
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1938
Joseph A. Vaeth, a former professor of modern languages at the Teachers College and a brother of Edward Vaeth, the college registrar, dies at his home at Tuckahoe, N.Y., a suburb of New York City.
The Cape Girardeau Police Department is working out a plan of operation with 10 men on duty instead of a force of 12; along with the elevation of E.W. Hirsch to the chief's position, the city council yesterday dismissed two patrolmen.
1913
The streetcar company is trying in every way to give the people of Cape Girardeau the best accommodations possible; this is evidenced by the resumption of streetcar service along the Frederick Street line, which had been discontinued in January.
The committee appointed by the Cape Girardeau Commercial Club to begin a campaign here for better schools decides to circulate a petition asking the board of education to call an election for the passage of a bond issue for $125,000 for the building of a new central school and north-end school, and the enlargement and improvement of Lincoln School.
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