Out of the past 6/30/13

1988

Lamenting the quirks of nature and the shallow waters of Midwestern rivers, officials of the American Waterways Wind Orchestra have postponed tonight's riverfront concert in Cape Girardeau; it is also announced that the Point Counterpoint II barge won't make the trip to Cape Girardeau; instead, the concert has been rescheduled for Saturday evening at Capaha Park.

Officials with Biokyowa Inc. announce a $15 million expansion of the company's feed additive production plant in Cape Girardeau; construction will get underway immediately.

1963

Ronald Feuerhahn of Cape Girardeau has received a call to be a pastor for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England; one of a class of 105 graduated from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Feuerhahn is ordained at Trinity Lutheran Church in the morning; he and his future bride will leave for England on Sept. 13.

The Rev. H. Thomas Foley is installed by a commission of the Presbytery of Potosi as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Jackson; Foley comes to Jackson from McGhee, Ark.

1938

No more applications for jobs will be received at the new Superior Electric Products Corp. plant, it is announced; more than 800 applications for jobs have been received, and the firm has already selected about 100 employees for positions at the factory.

Jackson postmaster Charles G. Macke sustains a fractured left arm at the wrist, when the automobile he was pushing out of a garage rolls against him, pinning him against the wall of the building; helpless, he is rescued a few minutes later by neighbors C.B. Looney and J.R. Short.

1913

The Orpheum Amusement Co. of Chicago takes charge of the old Grand Theater, which recently was overhauled and 1,000 comfortable opera chairs installed; the company will run a first-class show here during the entire summer.

Fred Hahn of Egypt Mills left Thursday for Gettysburg, Pa., to attend the 50th anniversary of that great Civil War battle.

-- Sharon K. Sanders