Although strawberry growers and outdoor recreation enthusiasts couldn't be happier with the sustained period of fair and dry weather, area farmers are concerned with the lack of rain; agricultural officials say the area needs at least a couple of inches of rain in the next week or so, or serious crop and livestock problems could develop.
Declaring his opponent is out of touch with average Missourians, Jeremiah "Jay" Nixon formally announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate yesterday; Nixon spoke to about 60 supporters at the front entrance of Common Pleas Courthouse.
The Blessing of Seed and Soil is enacted in the morning at St. Andrew Lutheran Church; the ceremony marks Rogation Sunday, a day of prayers for an abundant harvest; Christ Episcopal Church observes the day with a service at Trail of Tears Park, followed by a parish picnic.
The Rev. H. Thomas Foley assumes his pastorate of the Presbyterian Church at Jackson; he and his family moved from McGehee, Ark.
Representatives of a large motion picture company are here conferring with property owners on Main Street, seeking to establish a new theater in the downtown district; this is the second group that has been here recently and another party is expected this weekend; downtown merchants agree, the city needs a modern picture house.
Jack O. Knehans, local attorney, files for the Republican nomination for prosecuting attorney, subject to the Aug. 2 primary.
Charles Gelven, the florist, has offered some beautiful plants and flowers to the ladies of the Civic Improvement Association, to be planted in the two large urns the city of Cape Girardeau is having placed at the top of the stairs on the east side of Courthouse Park; the urns formerly stood at the foot of the steps leading to the park, but were removed to make room for the two clusters of lights that have been installed there.
Property owners on the east end of Merriwether Street -- A.C. Jaynes, George Patton, Mrs. L.J. Albert and others -- petition the Cape Girardeau City Council to proceed at once to improve that street, opening it from Aquamsi Street to Sprigg Street.
-- Sharon K. Sanders
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