Out of the past 11/5/13

1988

It is announced at a news conference that officials with Southeast Missouri Hospital and Saint Francis Medical Center have initiated formal discussions about a possible merger of the two institutions.

Change of command ceremonies are held by Headquarters Company Personnel of the 135th Engineer Group of the National Guard, based in Cape Girardeau; First Lt. Roger F. East, formerly of Cape Girardeau, assumes command of the company from Capt. Leslie Spradling Jr., of De Soto, Mo.

1963

A proposed ordinance regulating sanitation in Jackson eating establishments moved toward passage last night; speaking in favor of the ordinance was J. Lawrence Hoffmeister, operator of Wib's Drive-In, who said he believes most other restaurant owners in town also support the measure.

UNION CITY, Tenn. -- John Honeyman, a 55-year-old Illinois river pilot, slipped or tripped over a low guard railing on his boat early yesterday and ended up in the Mississippi River; he managed to keep himself afloat and drifted downstream until he reached the Missouri bank near Dorena, Mo., in Mississippi County, where he was spotted by a search airplane.

1938

Midwest Dairy Corp., 25 S. Spanish St., has secured a city permit to build a $5,000 annex to be used as a storage building and garage.

A case of mistaken identity is being blamed for the fist battle during the football game at Houck Field Stadium yesterday; thinking Teachers College end Paul Jones was a player who had been accused of rough play in a game five weeks ago at Carbondale, Ill., two Carbondale players jumped on Jones as he entered the game; Reece Hay, another Indian player, came to Jones' rescue; soon the crowd started out of the stand onto the field, but officials and police were able to check the melee.

1913

Thebes, Ill., the railroad town at the east end of the big bridge, eight miles below Cape Girardeau, voted out its three saloons yesterday; 129 women voted in the election, 25 in favor of saloons and 104 against.

Mrs. George S. Bell returns from a visit in the East; she accompanied her daughter, Dorothy, back to school in Boston; she also went to Cobham, Va., to visit the Alts.

-- Sharon K. Sanders