Out of the past 11/16/13

1988

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Advisory Board is recommending advertising signs be allowed on the outfield fence of the Capaha Park baseball field; the signs would carry the names of corporate sponsors; those sponsors would help fund continuing improvements to the field.

At a meeting last night of the SEMO District Fair Association, fair board president Don Strohmeyer reported the 1988 fair profit was $17,807.61; it was considerably lower than that of the 1987 fair, which realized a gain of $50,712.71.

1963

More than 60,000 gallons of water a day -- the sole source of supply for many farm families -- are being hauled to farms in Cape Girardeau County, and there is little sign of relief from the grip of an autumn drought that is entering its third month; not since Sept. 12, when a cloudburst enveloped much of the county, has there been rain of sufficient quantity to do more than briefly settle the dust.

Negotiations for the possible sale of the Town Plaza shopping center are in progress; the center is owned under two corporations; one is composed of Burton J. Gerhardt and Mr. and Mrs. Albert M. Spradling Jr. and involves the major part of the property; the other involves only the Sears-Roebuck Co. building and is made up of Gerhardt, Mr. Spradling and Charles N. Harris.

1938

F.J. Noonan for Sikeston, Mo., has resigned as division engineer of the State Highway Department in the Southeast Missouri area; Noonan, who has been division engineer since April 1936, says he isn't ready to announce his future plans.

The State Highway Department calls for bids to construct a bridge across the diversion channel to connect up ends of a farm-to-market road west of Delta built two years ago; the farm route, designated as SN, will connect Bollinger and Cape Girardeau counties, but has been practically useless for through travel because of the lack of a bridge over the drainage ditch.

1913

A large crowd enjoys a sermon by the Rev. A. Kistler at the Presbyterian Church; Kistler, who formerly was pastor at the Presbyterian Church here, now pastors a church in Bristol, Tenn.; he and his wife will be returning to Bristol on Monday.

C.M. Hay of St. Louis speaks on "The Church of the Future and the Liquor Traffic" at a union service held in the evening at Centenary Methodist Church; the address is given under the auspices of the Men's Club and the Woman's League.

-- Sharon K. Sanders