Out of the past 2/3/14

1989

Southeast Missouri State University officials and friends of Marvin Rosengarten gathered yesterday at the Show Me Center to honor Rosengarten, as he retires as the university's athletic director; Rosengarten held that job for 10 years, during which time athletic fundraising jumped from $32,000 in 1979 to over $385,000 in 1988.

Sleet turns Cape Girardeau's streets icy, as a cold wave sweeps the area; many area schools are closed for the day, including Cape Girardeau's public and Catholic schools.

1964

Results of a geological study made in the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau during the summer of 1962 are released by the University of Wisconsin's Geophysical and Polar Research Center; the tests, which included the setting off small explosive charges on the river bottom, show an area of very dense substance near the base of the earth's crust.

The Missourian's composing room, where all mechanical operations of the newspaper are performed, begins work in new, more spacious quarters after a weekend move.

1939

In the grip of the worst snowstorm in 21 years, Cape Girardeau and the lower part of Southeast Missouri are struggling to climb through 8 inches of snow; the snow began falling yesterday at 4 p.m. and continued until 1 p.m. today; it was the longest period of snowfall since the winter of 1917-1918.

The V.J. Clemens Jewelry Store has moved from 43 N. Main St. to the new Clemens Building at 137 N. Main St.; it had been at its old location 16 years.

1914

A telegraph operator at Ancell was fired one day last week without explanation, but it is believed he was discharged because he joined the Order of Railroad Telegraphers; other operators along the line have been discharged for the same reason; operators may strike, if fired operators aren't reinstated.

Bellevue Street property owners are petitioning the Cape Girardeau City Council to pave that street at the owners' expense.

-- Sharon K. Sanders