Out of the past 4/22/14

1989

The Family Learning Center, a community agency providing help for children and families, is asking for help itself; the center's board of directors has voted unanimously to propose a merger between the Family Learning Center and the Community Counseling Center.

Along with the usual army of volunteers cleaning up and painting at the fourth annual Friends of the Parks Day yesterday, Virgil "Hoppy" Hopkins helped dedicate the restored locomotives in Capaha and Arena parks; Thomas M. Meyer spearheaded the effort to "Save the Trains" after asbestos was discovered in them.

1964

An outbreak of measles among children in the northwest section of Cape Girardeau this week has cut deeply into attendance at Alma Schrader schools; 90 pupils, mostly in the lower grades and kindergarten, were absent because of measles yesterday.

Former Jackson mayor Walter A. Kasten, 66, died yesterday at a Cape Girardeau hospital; at the time of his death, Kasten was the chairman of the Cape Girardeau County Red Cross, in which he had been active for more than 20 years.

1939

Undaunted by 2,000 horsepower competition, the steamer Golden Eagle will start its 128-mile dash against time down the Mississippi River from St. Louis to Cape Girardeau promptly at 5:30 p.m., Capt. William H. "Buck" Leyhe at the helm; the Eagle, with 300 horsepower, will race the Delta Queen and Delta King, Pacific coast boats, against the clock.

G.L. Meyer announces the purchase of the Cape Girardeau branch of the Goddard Grocer Co. of St. Louis by the Meyer-Albert Grocer Co. of Cape Girardeau.

1914

The old Kage livery stable is to be made the best in Southeast Missouri; F.A. Kage and Charles Huttman have sold the outfit to Otis Goza of Advance, Mo., and A.J. Crawford of Brownwood, Mo., both experienced men in the business; 11 good horses will be added, giving the stable 21 head; several new rigs will be added as well.

Vogelsang Brothers, contractors, began work yesterday on the new Washington School; in order to have the addition and other improvements on Lincoln School completed before September, work will be started there in a short time.

__-- Sharon K. Sanders__