Out of the past: Aug. 11

1991

Two full days of horseshoe pitching come to an end at Scott City, where a field of 455 teams was reduced to just eight champions in the 11th annual Missouri State Knights of Columbus Horseshoe Tournament; organizers said it probably was the largest horseshoe tournament in the nation.

Rust & Martin Inc. which evolved from an upholstery shop during the early Depression years to one of the notable furniture and interior design businesses in the immediate Midwest, is expanding to a new Cape Girardeau location; the new, 25,700-square-foot structure will be on Route K, next to the new Applebee's restaurant, which already is under construction.

1966

The first books are moved into the State College's new Language Arts Building by the English department, one of three departments that will occupy the building at Pacific Street and Normal Avenue; the speech and foreign language departments will move at a later date.

Charles K. Wright, 25, has been granted a Fulbright scholarship to teach school at Sir Walter St. John's School in London, England; Wright is a 1962 graduate of State College and a 1959 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School.

1941

No respite appears in sight for Girardeans as they go into their 29th consecutive day of 90-degree temperatures in a record-shattering heat wave that reached its peak yesterday, soaring to 101 degrees.

The Cape Girardeau County Court fixes Tuesday, Sept. 9, as the date for a county-wide election at which voters will pass on a proposal to issue $85,000 bonds for the construction of an airport near Dutchtown; a two-thirds majority will be necessary for approval of the proposal.

1916

Before adjourning yesterday, the County Court ruled the request of petitions that the people of the county be permitted to vote on the question of retaining the farm adviser couldn't be granted; the decision was given after the county attorney, J. Henry Caruthers, furnished an exhaustive opinion to the effect there is nothing in the law that gives the court authority to submit a question relative to employment of a farm adviser to the people.

Extra cars are required on every train leaving Cape Girardeau in the afternoon to carry the summer-term students of the Normal School to their homes; the Memphis and Gulf trains each have large crowds, and the St. Louis train is filled to capacity.

-- Sharon K. Sanders