Out of the past 7/12/14

1989

A consultant with Coffman Associates of Kansas City, Missouri, has recommended that the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport terminal building be renovated, but not replaced at this time; he also calls for the construction of new airplane hangers to house ever-more-expensive general aviation aircraft.

An Environmental Protection Agency official says cleanup of the PCB-laden soil at Missouri Electric Works Inc., on South Kingshighway, and on nearby properties to which the contaminated soil has moved, should be performed early in 1991.

1964

Fifteen years of service to St. Vincent's Parish and Grade School here will culminate Aug. 15, when the Rev. Joseph P. Dyra, C.M., is transferred to St. Louis; his successor will be the Rev. Wendelin Dunker, C.M., of St. Catherine Laboure Parish in Sappington, Missouri.

The Rev. James M. Thomson of Scotland is visiting Jackson; he delivers the sermon at the First Presbyterian Church; Thomson and his family lived here during the summer of 1957, when he served the church as an exchange minister.

1939

A proposal that the city establish parking meters on busy downtown streets to serve the double purpose of making some small change for the city and relieving parking congestion was discussed informally by City Council members yesterday; a St. Louis firm proposes to install the meters free of charge, with the city getting a percentage of the change taken in.

Gov. Lloyd C. Stark late yesterday announced adjustments intended to bring the 1939-40 legislative appropriations within his estimates of the state's general revenue; the adjustments include holding up $35,500 appropriated for the biennial budget of the Teachers College here.

1914

Dies, Mrs. Mary C. Bergmann, wife of William C. Bergmann, at age 62; she was born Feb. 25, 1852, near Dutchtown, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benedict Eggimann; she married Bergmann in 1869, and they had nine children, eight of whom survive.

Five hundred National Guardsmen of the First Regiment of St. Louis and about 150 from three companies of the Sixth Regiment arrive here for their encampment south of the city on the Houck farm; accompanying the soldier boys are St. Louis Mayor Henry Kiel, Charles Daues, and Cols. Martin Collins and C.C. Butler.

-- Sharon K. Sanders