Out of the past 5/6/13

1988

Speaking at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee, Tom South, a representative of Air Midwest Inc., says Trans World Express expects to increase its passenger load out of Cape Girardeau, possibly to 300 passengers a month.

Without increased revenue in coming years, the city of Cape Girardeau will be facing a financial crunch, says Assistant City Manager Al Stoverink; he discusses projected budget figures during the two-day city council retreat at the Black Forest conference facility.

1963

The Cape Girardeau County Court opens bids in the morning for rewiring the Jackson courthouse; Acme Electric Co. of Cape Girardeau wins the contract with a low bid of $813.

Walter Joe Gist and Kirby Joe Keller are on their way to Albuquerque, N.M., to represent Southeast Missouri at the annual National Science Fair International; Gist was the winner from the high school at Poplar Bluff, Mo., while Keller represented Campus High in the Regional Science Fair here in March.

1938

The clock atop the tower of Trinity Lutheran Church, a community standby for 35 years, is getting a face lift; a committee composed of Robert Vogelsang, Elmer C. Stehr and A.A. Vogel will have the timepiece repaired and will install new dials, hands and numerals that will be a bit larger.

The Capaha Arrow, the student newspaper at the Teachers College, wins a national first-place ranking in the Associated College Press Contest; faculty director for the newspaper is Lynn Swearingen.

1913

A petition from property owners was presented to the city council last night; it requested Good Hope Street be paved from Spanish Street to Sprigg Street; the council ordered the city engineer and the street and wharf committee to prepare plans and specifications for the work.

Frieda Rieck is preparing to leave tomorrow for New York, from where she will sail next week for Germany; she will be met at Hamburg by Nora Naeter, who with Flora Drusch has been in Berlin for about a year. Rieck will remain in Berlin for three months; there she will study violin under one of the great masters.

-- Sharon K. Sanders