Out of the past 11/10/14

1989

The first phase of a $12 million to $15 million, 70,000-square-foot expansion of Southeast Missouri Hospital's Harrison Annex is expected to start after the first of the year; the addition, to house clinical services, will be added to the north front of the Harrison Annex, which faces Lacey Street.

The Cape Girardeau Regional Commerce and Growth Association announces the appointment of Walter B. Wildman as its new executive director.

1964

The city council's efforts to put more bite into its dog-control law unmuzzled a full-scale debate yesterday between city officials and critics of the proposed ordinance; the city would repeal its existing dog ordinance and replace it with a broader, more detailed legislation suggested by the police department; a major critic of the proposal is kennel operator Lucille Meystedt, who voiced general dissatisfaction Monday with the proposal and with the city's dog pound operation.

Officials of Missouri-Illinois Broadcasting Co. report that an application has been filed with the Federal Communications Commission for a Class B FM station for Cape Girardeau; Jerome B. Zimmer, general manager, says construction of the station depends on FCC approval; the company has been assigned call letters KZIM for regular AM broadcast services.

1939

Cape Girardeau and district get a glimpse of a part of Uncle Sam's motorized army; traveling in 175 trucks and 20 passenger cars, the First and 20th Infantry, composed of 1,250 men and officers, pass through here en route from Fort Francis E. Warren in Wyoming to Camp Jackson in South Carolina.

Under a WPA application approved by the board of regents, the Teachers College will receive government aid on a project to do miscellaneous repair work over the campus; the application provides for work on the tennis courts and repairing of sidewalks, curbings, particularly on the plaza in front of Academic Hall, and other items of that nature.

1914

C.C. Grassham, counsel for a large company of Chicago, and K.O. Grassham of Paducah, Kentucky, arrive in the morning for the purpose of opening a large bottling plant here; they plan to manufacture a well-known soft drink; it is said the pair has leased the Morrison building on South Spanish Street.

With characteristic energy, Mrs. J.H. Himmelberger is going after a picture show for the blacks of this city; blacks are currently barred from all white theaters in the city.

-- Sharon K. Sanders