Out of the past: Aug. 25

1991

Elroy Heimsoth is installed as lay minister of music and parish ministries during the morning worship service at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson; he comes here from Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

The Rev. Patricia Williams of Cape Girardeau has agreed to serve as interim priest at Christ Episcopal Church, while the church vestry considers the selection of a new rector; Williams was ordained last November and has been serving at the Church of the Advent in Crestwood, Missouri, in addition to functioning as an assistant to the diocesan deputy.

1966

Six days of entertainment is in store for those attending the SEMO District Fair, Sept. 13 to 18; entertainment will include the Blue Grass shows, the Porter Wagoner Show and the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show.

Cape Girardeau County Court members discuss advertising for bids for a 140-foot radio tower, radio equipment and an emergency generator for a Civil Defense communications center; the estimated cost of $8,000 would be partly paid by the federal government.

1941

Edward W. Barenkamp resigns as Cape Girardeau police chief, after heading the department 13 months; Barenkamp will take a job Sept. 2 as a special police captain in St. Louis; the job is with the Western Cartridge Co., which will operate under the U.S. War Department, manufacturing ammunition.

The L.A. Tucker Truck Line lets a contract to F.W. Kurre for construction of a brick terminal building on Independence Street, just east of the Landgraf Lumber Co. plant, with the structure to cost between $7,000 and $8,000; the Tucker terminal and office will be transferred to the new location from the present quarters on Spanish Street.

1916

After viewing a rough pencil sketch of a proposed plan of beautification of Fairground Park, the Cape Girardeau City Council last night adopted the plan and ordered a landscaping gardening and engineering firm of St. Louis to perfect its proposal.

Parisian Dry Cleaning Co. has installed one of the most modern dry-cleaning machines on the market; it is known as the Mateen laundry, dry cleaning and garment dyeing machine, and is used by all the big establishments in the larger cities; it was necessary to have a concrete building constructed especially for this machine to meet the requirements of the insurance laws; manager of the company is Roy Schuck.

-- Sharon K. Sanders