Out of the past: Aug. 8

1994

A former Cape Girardeau resident and 28-year veteran of the Missouri Highway Patrol has been named chief of the Nevada Highway Patrol, headquartered at Carson City; Capt. G. Paul Corbin, who will be a colonel in his new position, will be over a department of 349 officers.

Desma Reno and her son Jonathan traveled to Washington, D.C., last week to tell people about their desire for universal health-care coverage; the Renos were among riders on the Health Security Express, a caravan of buses traveling across the country to persuade Congress to pass health-care reform; Reno, a nurse at Saint Francis Medical Center, returned home early Monday morning after meeting President and First Lady Bill and Hillary Clinton and Vice President Al Gore and being interviewed on national television with Tipper Gore.

1969

City Engineer Robert J. Hahn reports West Cape Rock Drive, which is being widened and paved, is open to traffic from Highway 61 to the Ridgeway-Howell intersection, and one-way traffic is in effect at the Perryville Road intersection; two to three more weeks will be required to complete the project.

A field survey of Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport will be started Monday by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; covered in the survey, which will take two weeks to complete, will be a circular area around the airport and fan-shaped approaches to the runway; within this area the field party will determine and charge the character, elevation and location of obstructions to air traffic and the position of all aids to air navigation; the runway lengths will be measured exactly.

1944

Preliminary plans for an organized celebration the day word comes Germany has quit the war were discussed at a meeting of a community committee last night at the American Legion Hall; Ivan Fisher, commander of the post and temporary chairman of the celebration committee, says the purpose is to formulate plans for an organized program of celebration to supplement the spontaneous outbreak certain to come as an announcement is made of an armistice.

Repairs must be made at the combination police and fire departments building on Independence Street, it was decided by the City Council Monday; a new roof is to be installed on part or all of the building, since the old one leaks badly; bids also probably will be asked for painting the exterior trim; guttering is to be replaced.

1919

One hundred and ninety-one students receive diplomas and certificates of graduation at Teachers College in the evening, the commencement program being held on the college campus; guest speaker was to have been Sam A. Baker, superintendent of Missouri schools, but he misses connections, his train running four hours late; speaking in his stead is Professor R.S. Douglass.

Dr. C.P. McRaven and his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.S. McRaven, arrive here to make Cape Girardeau their home; the doctor has rented the Jack McCammon property at 624 Merriwether St., and will reside there; he hasn't chosen his professional location yet.

-- Sharon K. Sanders