Out of the past 2/8/14

1989

An explosion and fire at the HAVCO Wood Products plant north of Scott City results in minimal damage, but will force a shutdown while repairs are made; no one is injured; the explosion occurs at 8:42 a.m., when very fine sawdust in the bag tower, or dust collector, ignites.

Drill rigs and monitoring wells are being place on property adjacent to the Kem-Pest laboratory site north of Cape Girardeau; the wells will be used to track ground water samples to determine if there is a migration of contamination from the site.

1964

The Jaycee Follies drew a near-capacity crowd to Central High School's auditorium last night, and show officials expect a packed house for the final presentation tonight; the Follies' theme this is year is "There's No Business Like Show Business," with acts outlining a history of entertainment in America.

The last of three strains of Sabin oral polio vaccine will be dispensed in Cape Girardeau and the area Sunday, Type I having been fed in November and Type III in January; all three strains are necessary for complete protection against polio.

1939

During a meeting yesterday with the City Council, the Cape Girardeau Board of Education reported the Broadway School building won't be made available for use as headquarters of the Social Security staff; the board deemed it best not to lease the building for use as the offices and storage center of the organization; the $83 per month offered for leasing the structure wouldn't cover the cost of opening and maintaining the building and for damage that might result.

The city is free to regulate by license operation of the walkathon amusement place on South Main Street, as Common Please Court Judge Lee L. Bowman yesterday dissolved a temporary injunction restraining the city from interfering with the operation of the place; the city had refused to allow the walkathon to operate on Sundays.

1914

The farm boy fund, which is seeking to raise enough money for tuition to send a Cape Girardeau County farm boy to the Normal School's nine-month agricultural course, was boosted a notch yesterday by $5; that amount was given by the Cape County Milling Co. of Jackson, through its president, John L. Mabrey.

The Rev. J.D. Dillard of St. Louis, a representative of the National Benevolent Association of the Christian Church, spends the day here; he presents his work to the First Christian Church in a very forceful way; Dillard was formerly pastor of that church.

-- Sharon K. Sanders