Out of the past 9/6/14

1989

Cape Girardeau County Presiding Judge Gene Huckstep last night took Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 officials from Kansas City to task over their public comment procedure during a hearing on how pesticide-laden soil should be removed from the Kem-Pest Laboratories Superfund site; Huckstep challenges the EPA to clean up some it own "bureaucratic procedures" before trying to clean up the Kemp-Pest site.

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that Cape Girardeau County's population stood at an estimated 62,200 on July 1, 1988, an increase of 5.7 percent since 1980.

1964

Two teachers and a vicar are added to the staff of Trinity Lutheran Church during a morning worship service; Kendall Lampe is installed as director of music at Trinity Church and as teacher of one of the 8th grades at Trinity School; Norma Schroder is installed as Trinity School's 5th grade teacher, and Roland Kroll is inducted as the church's new vicar.

Scout Barney Hartline is presented the God and Country Award at the evening service of First Baptist Church; he is an Eagle Scout and a member of Troop 10, which is sponsored by the church.

1939

Patrons of Cape Girardeau retail stores, fearing Europe is in for a prolonged war, have begun slightly heavier buying of staple foodstuffs, store managers report; with the memories of high prices during the World War days still vivid in their minds, families are laying in augmented supplies of basic foods.

The Blattner auction barn on Highway 61 at Bloomfield Road intersection has been leased by R.C. Keihne, Jess Palmer, Carl Kraatz and Chris Bennett, who will operate the place under the name Cape Auction Co.; the new company will auction off any type of livestock, farm equipment or other miscellaneous items.

1914

J.H. Strain has sold his Princess Theater on Main Street to R.M. Cowan, until recently a member of the stock company which operates the new Park Theater; Cowan will now operate the Princess; Strain intends to remain in Cape Girardeau.

Sen. R.B. Oliver Sr., receives a cable from his daughter, Marguerite, who has been spending the summer abroad, saying she has safely arrived in London.

-- Sharon K. Sanders