Out of the past: April 24

1990

Trans World Express, which serves the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport, has introduced a news British Aerospace J-31 Jetstream aircraft here; the new plane features a stand-up cabin; climate control, which operates even while the aircraft is on the ground; and more seats.

Representatives of the I-66 Project Inc. -- Walter Wildman, Lonnie Haefner and Glen Dockery -- testify before two U.S. House subcommittees in an effort to obtain federal funding for a feasibility study on the proposed east-west interstate highway.

1965

Time in Cape Girardeau and most other district towns will skip a beat tomorrow at 2 a.m., robbing residents of an hour's sleep they won't get back until October; it will be the start of Daylight Saving Time, instituted by ordinance in Cape Girardeau this spring for the first time since 1947, when it was given a brief trial.

A Committee for Preservation of the Nell Holcomb School has been formed in opposition to the city of Cape Girardeau's plan to annex part of the school district's territory; one of the first acts of the committee was to erect a sign on Bend Road at what the committee says would be the new city limits should the annexation proposal be adopted; the reverse of the sign gives reasons the committee is opposed to the annexation plan.

1940

Establishment of a wild turkey and deer management area in the northeast section of Cape Girardeau County is proposed by the State Conservation Commission; the protected area might include more than 8,000 acres.

Fairground Park is being put into shape for the summer season under the direction of commissioner Raymond E. Beckman, with Harry C. Rabe actively in charge of the work; the Eddie Schindler Memorial has been restored, and a small fountain is in operation; the memorial, which was placed several years ago, had been damaged by vandals.

1915

Teachers for the next school year in the public schools were chosen by the Cape Girardeau Board of Education last night; all but seven positions were filled, and teachers for these places will be recommended by superintendent J.N. Crocker at a later date.

The Henry J. Martens property at the corner of Broadway and Sprigg Street will be sold by the sheriff at the courthouse in Jackson on May 4, to satisfy a mortgage held by the County Court for the school fund.

-- Sharon K. Sanders