Out of the past: Aug. 7

1991

Terry Risko, director of the Cape Girardeau Pubic Library has launched an effort to repeal a 26-year-old state law that bars some residents from the city's library district; Risko is attempting to garner support for legislation that would rescind state regulations prohibiting cities from expanding library districts beyond their 1965 boundaries.

Although the Cape Girardeau County Senior Services Board won't have any money to distribute until early next year, it is accepting requests for funds from agencies and organizations that provide services to county residents older than 60.

1966

Capt. Richard Crane and his wife, Edwana, have taken over command of the Cape Girardeau Salvation Army Post at 215 Broadway; they arrived here at the end of June from Joplin, Missouri; Crain succeeds Capt. George Collins, who was transferred to Quincy, Illinois.

Between $4,000 and $5,000 is being spent for paint, carpeting and tile, to renovate the Baptist Student Center, 909 Normal Ave.; the remodeling project was started in June and is expected to be completed in early September.

1941

Stringent regulations to safeguard the public health will be enforced at the SEMO District Fair, Sept. 16 through 21, and all fairs in the state, manager H.V. Beal is informed in a communication from the State Board of Health; among the regulations is one stating all concessions handling food must be screened in to keep away flies and insects; each stand must have a door opening outward and must have a fan at the entrance to force flies and insects away from the entrance to the enclosure.

In spite of the hot weather, harvest of the crop of peaches, which promises to be large, has been delayed by slow ripening of the crop; general harvest of peaches won't get underway until early next week; quality of the fruit is good, and prices, so far, are mainly $1 to $1.50 per bushel.

1916

The newly installed pumping apparatus at the Jackson power house works like a charm, and the city council there should be congratulated; Jackson now has an unlimited supply of the purest water on earth.

Dr. George W. Walker receives notice his new X-ray machine has been shipped from Chicago and should arrive in Cape Girardeau either tomorrow or Wednesday; the machine, which will be the only one of its kind in this section of the state, will be installed in Saint Francis Hospital.

-- Sharon K. Sanders