Out of the past 12/7/13

1988

The Ohio Valley Conference, to which Southeast Missouri State University hopes to gain admission as part of a move up in athletic affiliation, has decided not to expand; a league official, however, says expansion could be reconsidered in June.

A hydraulic excavator tipped over yesterday morning, when the foundation of the house it was resting on slipped away; Eagle Excavations of Cape Girardeau was tearing down the house at Normal and Henderson avenues, when the incident occurred; no one was injured; the house is being removed to add parking and green space.

1963

Christmas shopping gets off to a bumper-to-bumper start; automobiles jam the business sections of Cape Girardeau and bring out a force of police officers to direct traffic; Broadway is lined with vehicles that move slowly toward the Main Street business areas; similar traffic congestion is reported in the other shopping areas.

SEDGEWICKVILLE, Mo. -- Construction of a municipal water system for Sedgewickville will need only a favorable vote by residents when plans are approved by the Farmers Home Administration; plans for the project have been forwarded to the state FHA office; approval of the plans is needed to make the town eligible for an FHA-guaranteed loan to construct the system.

1938

Ducks are flying just now and at night they congregate in great flocks of thousands on Big Island, near Commerce, Mo.; the hunting season being over, conservation agents are spending nights in fields there to protect the birds.

A crew of a dozen men, directed by Joe Booth and W.L. Newcomb, steel construction workers, is preparing to pull down the 40-foot brick walls and the 46-foot steel beams remaining after fire destroyed the Elks building a week ago; the treacherous walls that remain are a threat to the St. Charles Hotel on the east and other surrounding buildings.

1913

A fine congregation greets the three speakers in the evening at the First Baptist Church; the meeting echoes the great Anti-Saloon League convention, which met a few weeks ago at Columbus, Ohio, nationwide in its representation and at least 5,000 strong; speakers were Professor H.S. Moore of the Normal School, B.C. Hardesty and Judge Benjamin G. Davis of the legal profession.

Jesse Lyle, the old Capaha baseball catcher, visits here; he now resides in Perryville, Mo.

-- Sharon K. Sanders