Out of the past 2/13/13

1988

Three property owners in the vicinity of a proposed route for the extension of Silver Springs Road have requested the city proceed with the project; the Cape Girardeau County Association for Retarded Citizens Inc., West Cape Development Co. and Joe A. Burk would like Silver Springs Road extended between Themis and Independence streets, with the construction of a 40-foot-wide, paved street.

Southeast Missouri State University football coach Bob Smith, 1987 MIAA Coach of the Year, has resigned his post to become assistant coach at the University of Illinois.

1963

The Jackson Board of Education has renewed the contract of R-2 School District superintendent R.O. Hawkins; the coming year will be Hawkins' 34th year with the public school system and his 25th year as its superintendent.

The International Shoe Co. will close its Cape Girardeau No. 2 plant about mid-March, putting about 300 employees out of work; the move won't effect the operation of the No. 1 plant, which employs about 700 persons; the No. 2 plant, established in 1955 for the production of casual shoes, is in the north end of the factory building on North Main Street.

1938

A choir and orchestra have been organized at the Assembly of God Church on South Sprigg Street, and during the past month the attendance at services has almost doubled, according to the pastor, the Rev. Paul R. Gaston.

Just 30 years ago today, the electric lights were turned on at Jackson for the first time; a breakdown in the plant caused a delay in the street lighting, but it followed the next night.

1913

It's being noised about Main Street that an effort will be made to reopen the old Anchor bar; this notorious place was conducted for several years on the levee between the Albert and Dempsey stores, and was always a source of annoyance to the police.

A telegram received yesterday revealed that Mrs. Delia James, the founder of the town of Ancell, died that morning at Los Angeles, Calif.; she resided in California several years, but still owned more than 200 acres of valuable land adjoining the town, as well as property in town.

-- Sharon K. Sanders