Out of the past 7/22/13

1988

The city of Cape Girardeau and the U.S. Geological Survey will conduct a long-range precipitation and storm-water survey of three major waterways here in developing a comprehensive storm-water management plan; the survey will study Ramsey Creek, Cape LaCroix-Walker Creek and Sloan's Creek.

Ray Price, Lynn Anderson, Jim Stafford, Earl Thomas Conley and Janie Fricke lead the entertainment for the 133rd SEMO District Fair in September.

1963

Tenth District Rep. Paul C. Jones has joined with other representatives in Congress to ask President Kennedy to take the necessary steps for a quota system on the import of shoes from other nations to halt the decline in employment in the industry.

Workers of the R.B. Potashnick-D.L. Harrison Co. begin pouring concrete for Cape Girardeau's urban Highway 61 project; by the end of the day, a slab 1,065 feet long and 25 feet wide is in place near the north city limits; the two new lanes of the highway are being built to the west of the existing roadway.

1938

Dr. and Mrs. John Nevitt, who recently purchased the Lila Drew Farm owned by the late I. Ben Miller on North Sprigg Street Road, have moved to Cape Girardeau and have begun the operation of the Cape Dairy; the veterinarian also has established the Cape Animal Hospital and Cape Kennels on the farm.

Dr. A.D. Blomeyer, 72, for many years active as a physician at Cape Girardeau, dies at his home, 216 N. Ellis St.; Blomeyer bought the first automobile brought to Cape Girardeau and was the first to drive a car from Cape Girardeau to Jackson.

1913

The city council has instructed police chief D.A. Nichols to notify the manager of the Haarig theater that he must remove at once all the paint signs that were placed on the sidewalks of the city Sunday night; many residents have complained about the paint smeared on the city's walks.

The people living in the little houseboats and shacks on the levee near the Frisco Railroad shops have been served with notice by the Frisco special agents that they must vacate the houses in 10 days; the people are making a great fight to save their small homes.

-- Sharon K. Sanders