Out of the past 6/1/13

1988

Three people were injured, one seriously, in a four-vehicle accident on Highway 177, about five and one-half miles north of Cape Girardeau, yesterday afternoon; the accident occurred when a northbound cement-mixer truck struck the rear of a small sports car; the impact knocked the car into the southbound lane, where it was struck head on by another car; a station wagon following the southbound car then skidded into it.

The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce has endorsed a 48-cent school tax levy which will go before voters Tuesday.

1963

Seven women are retiring this month from the Cape Girardeau public school system, with a total of 280 years of teaching among them; retiring are Edna Haman, Irma Huters, Clara Krueger, Mrs. Clayton Short, Mrs. Ruth N. Deevers, Mrs. Walter Bohnsack, and Mrs. Alma Younghouse.

Eleven changes in Methodist pastorates in the Cape Girardeau-Farmington District for the coming year are announced, two being in the immediate Cape Girardeau area; the pastor of Hobbs Chapel will be the Rev. H.R. Tate, who also will fill the newly created post of curator at McKendree Chapel; the new pastor of the Oak Ridge Circuit will be the Rev. Lorin Shorey.

1938

E.M. Gould, for 14 years quarry superintendent for Marquette Cement Mfg. Co., has resigned to enter the field of private contracting in well-drilling operations; his is succeeded at Marquette by his former assistant, N.L. Harwell, who has been with the firm 13 years.

Construction of an electric line by the Missouri Utilities Co. from Cape Girardeau to Dutchtown is set to begin as soon as the State Public Commission issues a certificate of convenience and necessity.

1913

Plans are being made for improvements at the Cape Girardeau jail and fire station; along with a new coat of paint for the interior of the building, a new door will be installed at the entrance of the jail room, one with a large enough opening to permit food to be passed through it easily; the biggest change in the building will be in the fire station; a hole will be cut in the second floor at the front of the building and a pole installed down which firemen may drop when an alarm is sounded at night and they are in bed.

Evangelist Lincoln McConnell declares war on the "chief devil, imps and agents in and around Cape Girardeau" as he launches the big tabernacle meeting.

-- Sharon K. Sanders