Out of the past 5/13/13

1988

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- The new Chaffee post office is a victim of the budget crunch; plans for the new Chaffee post office, to be constructed at the intersection of North Main and Dame streets, have been put on indefinite hold because of a cutback to Postal Service capital improvement funding.

A joint meeting scheduled for this morning by the Cape Girardeau and Bollinger County commissions to sign a contract for a feasibility study of a proposed recreational lake is delayed on the advice of Larry Ferrell, attorney for the Cape Girardeau County Commission.

1963

Harvest of Cape Girardeau County's strawberry crop -- described as good this year despite some late frost damage -- has begun and is expected to reach its peak next week.

Officials in Cape Girardeau agree that U.S. 61 should be widened to four lanes at least from Cape Girardeau to the existing four lanes at the Interstate 55 interchange; the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce is pushing for a four-lane U.S. 61 between Cape Girardeau and Jackson, as well as a solution to the problems at Cape Rock Drive and U.S. 61.

1938

Forty-eight officers of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, under the personal direction of the commander, Col. Marvin Casteel, will be stationed in Cape Girardeau from Sept. 3 to 5 during the American State Convention; the troopers will direct traffic on the highways and assist local police with traffic control and other needs; the troopers will be housed at Viaduct Court.

MARYVILLE, Mo. -- The Cape Girardeau Teachers College reigns for the fourth consecutive year as track-and-field champion of the Missouri Interscholastic Athletic Association; paced by Bill McLain, the Teachers take 10 first places and collect 64 points to win the meet.

1913

At 4:15 a.m., it is found that the LaPierre-Sawyer Handle factory in Jackson is ablaze; despite the prompt appearance of the fire department and its heroic work, the large plant is practically a total loss.

Carpenters are at work on the Crescent lunch room on Main Street, installing a new glass front; C.M. Freeman, proprietor of the popular restaurant, says he will have the finest looking lunch room in this part of the state.

-- Sharon K. Sanders