Out of the past: Aug. 16

1993

With the flooding Mississippi River continuing to fall, the city of Cape Girardeau is distributing packets to flood victims detailing the cleanup program that will be initiated once the receding water allows; dumpsters will be placed in seven locations in both north and south Cape Girardeau to help with the removal of flood debris.

Students attending Scott City Schools must earn at least a C-minus grade average to participate in school sports and other activities; the new "no pass, no play" policy takes effect this school year.

1968

Roy Smith, Rufus B. Kluesner and Douglas M. Kitchen are the latest men to toss their toppers into the ring, filing for the Cape Girardeau City Council seat left open when J. Ronald Fischer resigned to become a county judge; the number of candidates now stands at five.

More than an $11,595-increase in premiums will be offered to exhibitors at the SEMO District Fair this year over those of 1967; the fair, entering its 113th year, will be held Sept. 10-15 at Arena Park.

1943

Coming as a climax to one of the hottest days of the season, a series of wind, electrical and rainstorms sweeps Cape Girardeau and the district for five hours early in the day; communications are interrupted by tree limbs blown down; small streams are flooded, Cape Girardeau receiving 1.65 inches of rain and Jackson 3.7 inches.

An amended petition in the post office site condemnation case is filed in Federal Court by the government; the petition is similar to one filed Nov. 22, 1941, except that it states directly that the federal administrator of public works acted jointly with the postmaster general in approving the Courthouse Park site as location for the proposed building; defendant Iska W. Carmack had contended that it wasn't shown that the administrator of public work had a direct part in the action, a point the Circuit Court of Appeals sustained in reversing the case.

1918

The western outskirts of Cape Girardeau were visited by a fierce windstorm yesterday afternoon; several silos were blown down, roofs lifted from barns and sheds, one garage blown over, trees torn apart and cornfields nearly wrecked; the wind swept from the northwest and hit with the most force along the Perryville Road, just where it leads off from the Jackson Road.

Fire Chief Barney Kraft shipped a large basket of tomatoes to his sister in St. Louis Thursday, which he raised on the ground just back of the fire station; during his spare time last spring and this sumer, Kraft cultivated the unused grounds and raised quite a lot of produce.

-- Sharon K. Sanders