Out of the past 9/9/14

1989

Last preparations are being made for tomorrow's opening of the 134th annual SEMO District Fair; Sunday's Sneak a Peek at the fair offers free admission, a horse show beginning at 2 p.m., and midway rides from 1 to 6 p.m.

Lightning knocks down a primary electric-distribution line at Independence and Broadview streets in the afternoon, causing a widespread power outage; power is interrupted in most of Cape Girardeau west of Kingshighway, along Route K between here and Gordonville, in Gordonville, between Gordonville and Jackson, and west of Jackson to the Lakeview Subdivision.

1964

Enrollment opens in the morning on the State College campus for day students who will begin their classroom work Friday, the day after the start of evening classes at the college; meanwhile, the large freshman class and other newcomers to the campus are continuing their orientation, taking tours of the campus today and tomorrow.

Ozark Air Lines has advised the Municipal Airport Board that it is engaged in a program that could give the company an all-turbine fleet by the end of next year; Ozark urged the city to upgrade its airport to keep pace with the development, including a longer runway.

1939

Excavation has started at 234 Mill St. for the basement of a church building being constructed by the Cape Pentecostal Church, of which the Rev. C.E. Barringer is pastor; he is superintending the work.

A big splurge of hot, dry days is welcomed by Southeast Missouri cotton farmers; warm and dry fall weather is preferred for cotton harvesting; the heat so far hasn't hurt the crop, but it may bring the cotton out so fast that pickers fall behind with the harvest.

1914

Work has commenced in the public schools at Jackson, the first day's enrollment numbering 380; that large number is taxing the classrooms; the fact that the Ursuline convent and the Evangelical parochial school both have suspended operations accounts largely for the increase in enrollment; the Lutheran school is the only parochial school left in Jackson.

W.C. Bahn returns home from an extended trip on the Pacific coast; he says he enjoyed his two-month vacation, but is glad to be back in Cape Girardeau.

-- Sharon K. Sanders