Out of the past 5/2/13

1988

Southeast Missouri Hospital holds a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the morning to open its new facility, "The Work Place"; it features an instructional area with equipment to simulate on-the-job tasks for injured workers.

Work begins on the removal of the Wilson Road Bridge over Cape LaCroix Creek at the entrance to Shawnee Park; those using the south end of the park will have to make a lengthy detour and double back over a gravel road to reach the park; removal of the bridge is part of a privately-funded flood-control project of the Cape LaCroix-Walker Creek Levee and Flood Protection District.

1963

Carl Ritter, all-time high scorer in State College basketball history, has been drafted by the St. Louis Hawks professional cage team, according to the St. Louis Globe Democrat.

The blacktop road leading from Cape Rock Drive to Egypt Mills is slated for improvement by the State Highway Department, which will seek the necessary right-of-way during the next fiscal year; Route V serves Trail of Tears Park and carries a large volume of traffic.

1938

In a three-hour session, quitting only when the 6 p.m. whistles are about to blow, the Cape Girardeau City Council tables the West End storm sewer proposal, takes preliminary steps toward improvements on North Sprigg Street and hears a delegation's request for a park and playground for black families; the delegation is led by the Rev. Ellis Green and Edwin Goins.

A Cape Girardeau Baptist Association Brotherhood is formed at a dinner meeting of 300 Baptist men of Cape Girardeau and Perry counties at First Baptist Church.

1913

Subscribers to The Republican newspaper are getting their papers right on time, thanks to a new system of delivery; owing to the new state of affairs in the operation of trains on the Cape Girardeau Northern, a train leaving Cape Girardeau at 3:30 p.m. carries The Republican to the county seat; a carrier boy is on hand to meet the train at 4:15 and immediately delivers the papers to subscribers; all newspapers should be delivered at Jackson within an hour.

The Little River Drainage District project became a reality yesterday, when the dredge of H.V. Hursey began digging at Grey's Ridge, Mo.

-- Sharon K. Sanders