Out of the past 2/16/14

1989

A proposed historic preservation ordinance was presented to City Manager J. Ronald Fischer this week; the ordinance, drafted by a committee of seven local preservation leaders, is an attempt to set up a formal procedure for preserving historic sites and buildings in the community.

John Renner M.D., director of the Department of Community Health at Trinity Lutheran Hospital in Kansas City, is one of the keynote speakers for the Healthy Lifestyles Conference being held at the Show Me Center.

1964

Restoration has begun on Eisleben Lutheran Church's tower and steeple, built 50 years ago and destroyed by fire April 20; work on the Illmo church is expected to be completed in two months.

Thirty-nine Southeast Missouri boys receive the rank of Eagle Scout during a Court of Honor held in the afternoon at State College auditorium; sponsor of the class is Charles E. Whittaker, retired associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

1939

Voluntary subscriptions to revive the Cape County Fair will be opened to the public tomorrow, with those who pay a $10 fee to be charter members of the reorganized fair association; there has been widespread interest in reviving the fair.

Brothers Sylvester and Herbert Berkbuegler of Perryville, Mo., are in Cape Girardeau conferring with Lester Rhodes about purchasing his Brown Derby establishment, 409 Good Hope St.; while the deal hasn't been consummated, Sylvester Berkbuegler has secured a 3.2 percent beer license from the city clerk's office.

1914

Robert Lamkin, manager of the Buckner-Ragsdale Store, is back from an extended stay in New York, where he went with other members of the Buckner-Ragsdale chain of stores to buy spring goods.

N. Shepherd & Sons, the Main Street electricians, are fitting up a special show room that will be new to Cape Girardeau; the room is fitted up like a parlor, the walls and ceiling being beautifully decorated; from the ceiling hangs a large number of beautiful electric chandeliers of every style and pattern.

__-- Sharon K. Sanders__