Out of the past 3/31/13

1988

Aides, friends and colleagues are expressing surprise over Rep. Bill Emerson's admission to a drinking problem, but support for his respnse; Emerson has admitted himself to the Betty Ford Clinic in California for treatment of alcohol abuse.

The Cape girarddeau County Commission appoints Walter K. Dillon of Cape Girardeau to a position on the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority's board of commissioners; he is appointed to the post on the board which is rotated between Cape and Scott counties.

1963

The Rev. W.A. Rempfer is installed as minister of Eisleben Lutheran Church in the afternoon; the Rev. G.B. Seboldt of Gordonville delivers the sermon and the Rev. Victor Grimm of Cape Girardeau is liturgist; the Rev. Walter Keisker of Jackson, counselor of the Cape Girardeau Circuit, administers the rite of installation.

A reasonably heavy turnout is expected at Cape Girardeau polling places Tuesday in a dual city-school election; they will decide the makeup of one-third of the school board, the school tax rate for another year, the city library tax levy, and the county superintendent of schools.

1938

Spring tornado storms, whipping through Southeast Missouri yesterday afternoon andnight, brought death to four persons and inuries to 30 in the Neelyville community, south of Poplar Bluff, Mo., caused $20,000 damage at Gidoen, Mo., demolished at least four farm dwellings in the Barnes Ridge area southwest of East Prairie, Mo., and killed a youth on a farm near Crowder, Mo.

Advocating the establishment of a city playground for the Smelterville suburb, City Commissioner L. H. Butler is seeking a site away from heavily-traveled streets for the proposed play center; a 6 year old child, running from an existing playground near Sprigg Street, was fatally injured Tuesday night, this tragedy serving to call attention to the need of a recreation area away from the street.

1913

A petition has again been filed with the county court asking for a license so the old Anchor bar on the levee can be reopened; that place has a bad history; a man was killed there, there have been fights and gambling and debauchery without end.

Quite a number of people from Jackson and other neighboring towns spent Sunday in this city; many people came here to see the high river water.

-- Sharon K. Sanders