Out of the past 4/13/13

1988

The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps unit at Southeast Missouri State University, originally slated to close next year, will remain open at least until completion of the 1990 spring term.

The Blue Ribbon Committee, a group dedicated to passage of a Cape Girardeau school referendum, kicked off its campaign last night; the committee supports a proposed 48-cent levy increase; voters will decide the issue June 7.

1963

The Cape Girardeau County Historical Society is making plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Cape Girardeau; tentative plans are being made for veterans and reserve members of the armed forces here to assemble on the courthouse grounds April 28 to hold a ceremony and parade.

The proposed money bill which emerged from the House Appropriations Committee Thursday would give State College $7,736,633 from state tax sources for the next two years; the committee's recommendation in respect to the college follows that of Gov. John M. Dalton's almost to the letter.

1938

Ruling in the first test case involving old-age pensions to reach a court in Southeast Missouri, Judge Frank Kelly in Circuit Court at Benton, Mo., sustains the Social Security Commission of Missouri in its contention assistance should be granted only those who have no other means of support.

High school pupils of the district take over in Cape Girardeau as they begin their competition in the annual three-day Southeast Missouri High School Meet; there are 1,752 pupils scheduled to compete during the day in the first contests, being the advance delegation of 3,246 students to be here for the three days, representing 82 high schools from St. Louis County to the Arkansas line and west into the Missouri Ozarks.

1913

W.J. Duffield, representing the Pain Fireworks Display Co. of Chicago, arrives early in the day and leaves in the evening; his presence here causes renewed interest in the state convention of Elks, which will be held here in May; Duffield meets with locals to discuss logistics of staging the "Mexico" spectacle at the fairgrounds.

The North End baseball team goes over to Jackson in the afternoon and tackles the Jackson Giants in their opening game of the season, getting whipped by the county seat boys, 11-10.

-- Sharon K. Sanders