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1989

If all goes according to schedule, Scott City will increase its size by nearly two square miles later this week; that's when Scott County Circuit Judge Tony Heckemeyer is expected to sign a paper certifying the results of Tuesday's election, which passed overwhelmingly; new area of Scott City will extend from the northern edge of the old city limits to the east side of Interstate 55 and the south side of Nash Road.

Around 200 Cape Girardeau residents attend a town hall meeting under the branches of an old beech tree on the grounds of St. Vincent's College; Mayor Gene Rhodes and Thomas L. Meyer both suggested ways to preserve the historic buildings and site.

1964

The new Assembly of God Church on Highway 72 west in Jackson is expected to be completed in the next few months, says the pastor, the Rev. C.J. Upchurch; the interior of the church is almost finished and is already being used for services and Sunday School.

The Rev. George Schrader is ordained and installed as pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church at Tilsit; ministers participating in the service are the Rev. Patrick Boots of St. Louis and the Rev. Harold Belsheim of Sikeston, Missouri; the sermon is delivered by the Rev. Edgar H. Behrens of Arlington Heights, Illinois.

1939

There are 187 families, including 431 persons, fewer on direct relief in Cape Girardeau today than there were at the corresponding time last year, says Edna Ruth Davis, county supervisor for the Social Security Commission.

Linus Penzel and Son Construction Co. has been awarded the contract for the construction of Jackson's first apartment building, to be built by Hinkle W. Wilson; excavation begins in the morning on the eight-family apartment house, which will be on a lot just south of the H.A. Ueleke home.

1914

Harry Minton, bookkeeper in the First National Bank, leaves for Dawson Springs, Kentucky, where he will spend a few weeks for the benefit of his health; Minton believes a round at the well-known springs will put him right.

Six hundred fans pay to see the baseball game between the Capahas and Sikeston, Missouri, team here; the locals win in the 10th inning on a home run by Henry, the shortstop, on the first pitch; the final score is 3-2.

-- Sharon K. Sanders