Out of the Past 11/21/14

1989

The disqualification of Cape Girardeau and Jackson municipal judges in local court cases has put an added burden on the circuit court system, says Presiding Circuit Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr.; Limbaugh told the city council last night that it should consider hiring a second part-time municipal judge.

The Jackson Board of Aldermen has approved the master plan for Bent Creek Golf Club and Estates; the 170-acre, 18-hole Jackson golf course is basically complete and will be opened in June.

1964

The Southeast Missourian's two-day art exhibition opens in the evening; 72 artists from 23 community are displaying work in this 18th annual exhibit at the business offices of The Missourian and Missourian Litho & Printing Co.

CHARLESTON, Mo. -- In spite of brisk winds and temperatures in the 40s, many people gathered here yesterday to welcome home Gov.-elect Warren Hearnes and Mrs. Betty Hearnes; they were greeted by hundreds of people who lined the streets for a parade that followed the dedication of the Charleston water treatment plant.

1939

Assignments of new troopers of the State Highway Patrol in the Troop E area by Capt. Albert D. Sheppard include placing of two, John R. Morris of Huntsville, Missouri, and Grey M. Swingle of Kansas City, in Cape Girardeau; one report has Trooper Herbert F. Wickham of Jackson being transferred to Sikeston, Missouri.

The Jackson post office will have a proper mural after all, thanks to the efforts of A.E. Kies and Congressman Orville Zimmerman; the pastoral mural designed by artist Fred Conway will be switched for a drawing made by James B. Turnbull of Maplewood, Missouri, showing a local cattle-loading scene.

1914

For some reason, Lincoln School was so cold this week that pupils were obliged to wear their wraps to keep warm while studying or reciting; it seems the second-hand boiler, installed in the old school over the summer, is unable to heat the building properly.

While Joe Linton and John Freund were hauling gravel from the gravel pit at Benton, Missouri, one day last week they came near to being crushed to death by a huge cave-in; Freund had just stepped to the back end of his wagon for a drink and Linton had walked away a few steps, when 50 tons of sand and gravel turned loose with a roar, covering the wagon and crushing the team harnessed to it.

-- Sharon K. Sanders