Out of the past 9/16/14

1989

A deluge of cars yesterday evening took SEMO District Fair officials by surprise; 2,675 cars were parked in a two-hour period as 20,910 visitors came to the fair yesterday, possibly setting a record for the number of daily visitors.

East Perry Lumber Co. yesterday purchased the Black Forest property at a public auction foreclosure sale conducted by Mercantile Bank; the company plans to carefully manage the timber on the 1,041-acre tract north of Cape Girardeau and hopefully lease the area where the replica German villages and lodge are.

1964

Clarence N. Crites, Jackson city superintendent, died unexpectedly last night at his home; Crites, employed by the city for 36 years, was in many respects Jackson's city manager, although the town uses the mayor-council form of government.

At Arena Park, a record District Fair crowd sees judging of 4-H, FFA and open-class non-livestock exhibits; the heavy turnout boosts this year's fair to a new two-day record of 8,523.

1939

As the five-day police school wound up here yesterday, district officers in attendance arranged to organize a Southeast Missouri peace officers' association; trooper Percy R. Little of Cape Girardeau was named temporary chairman, and an organizational meeting will be at Sikeston, Missouri, on Oct. 12.

A new concrete bridge has been completed by the Cape Special Road District in the Houck grove on Bloomfield Road; the bridge has a 22-foot roadway and takes the place of an old, narrow bridge.

1914

The ladies of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daughters of the American Revolution are making preparations for a pretentious observance of the 100th anniversary of the "Birth of the Star Spangled Banner" Friday evening at the Park Theater.

J.H. Cronan of St. Louis, representative of the St. Louis Basket and Box Co., arrived at Delta in the morning on business; he says a company has been formed to take over the land from which the company is removing the timber and to put it on the market in units of 40 acres; the land will be sold on long terms with a small down payment.

-- Sharon K. Sanders