Out of the past 7/19/14

1989

Digging at an undisclosed location in Bollinger County last weekend, fossil hunters found a single tooth, the first evidence, they say, that a relative of Tyrannosaurus rex once roamed the land that is now Missouri; the man who made the discovery was David Peters, 35, of Kirkwood, Missouri.

In "Wild West" action yesterday, the 24-barge tow of the 5,600-horsepower towboat Gloria G struck an underwater shoal and broke up in the Mississippi River, two miles north of Cape Girardeau; during the mishap, many of the barges, 15 loaded with grain, broke free and began floating downstream; like old West cattle drovers, the towboats John C. Byrd and Gloria G, and Missouri Barge Lines fleet tugs Curtis Moore and Bill Wyndham rounded up the barges.

1964

Members of St. Andrew Lutheran Church have learned that the Rev. Louis H. Launhardt of Cairo, New York, has accepted their call; Stanley Grimm, president of the congregation, says the new pastor will be installed Aug. 23.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Two men -- Yeura Elrod, 50, and Norwood Haney, 53 -- were hospitalized and farm equipment, including six tractors, were destroyed yesterday evening in a liquid petroleum gas explosion and fire on a farm in the Pinhook, Missouri, community; the men are employees of the Dearmont Oliver farm, on which the fire occurred.

1939

Jess Stacy, pianist for the Benny Goodman orchestra, and his son, Fred, are visiting Stacy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Stacy of Cape Girardeau.

A group of 71 WPA men in Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties will likely be taken off works projects this weekend, says Preuitt Roberts, supervisor of the two counties; probably a larger number of men will be off the roll before Aug. 1; the changes are in line with the new law providing a 30-day leave period for all who have worked on WPA continuously for 18 months or longer.

1914

An argument between the contractors and the architects on the new central public school building on Pacific Street has tied up work for several days and threatens to delay the construction of the building for some time; Arthur Krien, the architect's representative on site, has refused to pass favorably on the reinforcing steel that has been received and which the contractors, Vogelsang Brothers, wish to use; Krien says the steel doesn't comply with the specifications for the building.

The Capahas are trimmed up rather handily by those confounded Chaffeeites, to the tune of 7-5; it wasn't so much the talents of the Chaffee, Missouri, team that won the game, but rather the pitching of Barney Pelty of Farmington, Mo., one-time star hurler of the St. Louis Browns.

-- Sharon K. Sanders