Out of the past: Aug. 9

1990

Circuit Court judges A.J. Seier and Stephen Limbaugh Jr. have reinstituted a policy disallowing plea bargaining in the 32nd Judicial Circuit in Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties; Seier announced the policy from the bench in Cape Girardeau yesterday.

Days after Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep proclaimed the proposed Cape-Bollinger County Lake concept "dead," members of the lake committee meet to discuss ways to resuscitate the project.

1965

Osco Drugs, a national drugstore chain, will establish a modern, self-service store in Cape Girardeau by next March, according to Ross Young Jr., owner of the buildings to be torn down to make way for the new business; construction of the new store will necessitate the razing of two structures on the east side of the first block of North Main Street.

Leonard R. Thomas, Cape Girardeau labor official, becomes a candidate for the first city council under the council-manager system; Thomas, 50, is the 15th candidate for the office.

1940

A few new regulations, including the re-inauguration of the military salute for major officers, have been put into effect by the Cape Girardeau Police Department; under the rule, patrolmen must salute Mayor Hinkle Statler, chief of police E.W. Barenkamp, and Sgts. Leo B. Hill and E.W. Hirsch; the salute was in vogue during the C.G. Wilson administration two years ago, when H.V. Wickham was chief of police, but fell into disuse during the succeeding Edward Drum administration.

St. Mary's Catholic Grade School here will continue this coming term without tuition; the St. Joseph's School Association has voted to contribute $150 a month to keep the school operating without tuition.

1915

John F. Lilly is the new cashier of the Sturdivant Bank; he was elected to that post by the bank's directors Saturday night and begins his new duties this morning; Lilly has been with the bank nearly 12 years, being taken in by his uncle, the late L.J. Albert, who spent his life working for the institution.

Louis Houck is released from Saint Francis Hospital, having recovered from injuries received in a buggy accident, with the exception of his eye; there is very little to be done for the injured eye; if the sight has been damaged by a blood clot, there is a chance for saving it, but it will take time.

-- Sharon K. Sanders