Out of the past 8/30/13

1988

PATTON, Mo. -- A parking lot and access drive in Patton used for the last 100 years were closed during the weekend, angering residents of this small community; the property was purchased at auction by a Perryville, Mo., man; over the weekend he erected a barricade, closing off an area that has been considered community property.

Gov. John Ashcroft and Rep. Betty Hearnes talk about their visions for the state of Missouri in separate campaign appearances in Cape Girardeau.

1963

An estimated 350 district football fans attended a free barbecue last night sponsored by the State College's Boosters Club; fans were on hand from Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Chaffee, Mo., Perryville, Mo., Sikeston, Mo., Charleston, Mo., Poplar Bluff, Mo., Dexter, Mo., Kennett, Mo., Delta, St. Louis, Anna, Ill., and one -- Bill Parker -- from Augusta, Ga.

A parked car owned by Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Crabtree is extensively damaged at Jackson when a railroad car jumps the rails at the end of a spur and collides with the parked vehicle.

1938

McCarthy Bros. Construction Co. of St. Louis is the low bidder on a proposal to build a new library and museum building at Teachers College; McCarthy also is erecting the new Saint Francis Hospital addition here.

Workers begin removing the old concrete floor preparatory to replacing it with a new one in the larger of two rooms of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department headquarters; the floor will contain a drain so trucks may be washed inside; members of the department and WPA workers are doing the work.

1913

Jackson Homecomers is beginning to wind down; aviator George A. Rawson had bad luck again yesterday; he hadn't gone more than 15 or 20 feet in the air, when he noticed his engine wasn't working correctly; suddenly the machine dropped to the ground and smashed into a wire fence, demolishing the propeller and otherwise injuring the plane; Rawson was uninjured and promises to fly again today.

The first shipment of ice cream by mail ever heard of here is sent out on the noon train; I. Ben Miller sends a half gallon, stored in a can made on the order of a thermos bottle, to Charles McMullin and family at Sikeston, Mo., by parcel post.

-- Sharon K. Sanders