Out of the past 8/26/14

1989

Jackson customers of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. step into the computer age, when the company's new, computerized digital switching system goes into operation in the morning.

S. David Patterson has retired from Colonial Federal Savings and Loan Association, based in Cape Girardeau; Allan R. Thoren is Colonial's new president, chief executive officer and board chairman.

1964

Varying amounts of rain fell on most localities in Southeast Missouri yesterday afternoon and early this morning, beating another dent in the drought that has gripped the area through the summer; while downtown Cape Girardeau measured less than an inch, parts of Perry County were soaked with four inches of rain.

The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce has written Gov. John M. Dalton urging his support in reinstating the marina project at Trail of Tears State Park for early construction; the missive called the marina an asset and said, "great injury has been done to the Trail of Tears development by this withholding of funds."

1939

The talk of a war in Europe has increased the demand for army mules; a number of buyers have been here purchasing mules at the Cape Girardeau Horse & Mule Commission Co. barn; they demand animals that fit army regulations as to size and age, the color making no difference.

The Cape Girardeau Business College closed Friday for a short vacation, and will reopen Sept. 5 for the fall term; Emma Latimer, owner of the school, is in Owensville, Missouri, visiting her son, Dr. S.S. Barnes, who practices medicine there.

1914

Jacob Schaefer has begun building a new home in Dutchtown; he has lived on a farm nearby for many years, but thinks he would like to try town living.

St. Vincent's College, through its president, the Rev. James Murtaugh, secures a temporary injunction in circuit court at Jackson preventing the county court from selling an island just north of Cape Girardeau; as the property lies just off the college farm, with only a small chute of water separating it from the farm, the college takes the stand that the island is part of the farm.

-- Sharon K. Sanders