Out of the past 4/19/14

1989

DEXTER, Mo. -- International Hat Co., with plants here and at Marble Hill, Mo., is under new management; the two facilities are being acquired by Paramount Cap Co., a 60-year-old firm headquarter at Bourbon, Mo.; both of the plants -- employing a total of more than 400 people -- were scheduled to shut down.

NEW HAMBURG, Mo. -- Four Kelso Consolidated School District students receive minor injuries when the school bus in which they are riding is struck by a pickup truck west of here; all are treated at a Cape Girardeau hospital and released; the driver of the pickup is in serious condition at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

1964

The final phase of a fund-raising campaign at Christ Episcopal Church concludes; the money raised will pay for an addition between the present church and parish hall; it will include a sacristy, rector's study, and choir and acolyte robing room.

Dr. E.D. Owen serves as supply pastor at First Baptist Church; the pastor, Dr. W.T. Holland, is participating in the Australian Baptist Crusade from April 19-May 10; Owen served as pastor of First Baptist from 1929-1934 and retired in 1961.

1939

U.S. Marshal William B. Fahy has received instructions to resume the use of the county jail at Jackson as a place to house federal prisoners, at least for the present; like all others in the district, the Jackson jail was recently taken off the government's approved list for housing federal prisoners.

The Lions Club makes a smash hit with its Pancake Day; held to raise money for its milk fund for needy school children, the event proves a grand success, serving 225 persons at breakfast; at noon, patrons fairly swamp the ground floor of the H.-H. Building, where the pancakes, syrup, butter and coffee are served.

1914

No preaching services are held at the Presbyterian Church, as the pastor, the Rev. J.F. Lawson, is attending the sessions of his presbytery at Farmington, Mo.; he should return to Cape Girardeau tomorrow evening.

The organization of the new Southeast Missouri Baseball Association advances a step with the selection of Sol S. Thompson of Portageville, Mo., as the league's president; his choice nearly guarantees the success and permanency of the league.

-- Sharon K. Sanders