Out of the past: Dec. 4

1991

Show Me Center director David Ross says construction of a 30,000-square-foot addition to the center would provide needed convention and meeting space; in a proposal to the city, Ross suggested some of the motel and restaurant tax revenue be used to help fund construction of an addition on the south side of the Show Me Center.

Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep called a 1992 budget request for the juvenile office "mind-boggling" yesterday, and said it would be absurd to even discuss the kind of increase requested.

1966

Opening Thursday evening at the College Theater will be Shakespeare's "Richard III," in which prominent roles will be played by Campus School pupils Benny Lewis and Gary Leaton; the Prince of Wales, played by Lewis, and the Duke of York, played by Leaton, are obstacles to the ruthless Richard's obsession with being king of England.

Military service, most of it in the National Guard, covering a period of 42 years, was recognized last night with the presentation of a certificate of appreciation to Dr. S.S. Barnes, who will retire Christmas Day as a colonel in the 135th Engineer Group, Missouri National Guard.

1941

A sweeping change in the setup of the National Youth Administration in Missouri will consolidate the six area offices into three and make Cape Girardeau a sub-area center under new headquarters at St. Louis; the regular staff employees at the Cape Girardeau office will be reduced to Edward Hanlon and a secretary.

Despite reports a deal whereby Alexander County, Illinois, had purchased the traffic bridge here at a reported price of $2.5 million, there is no confirmation forthcoming from any source.

1916

H.L. Bridges, representative-elect of Cape Girardeau, appears before the County Court and presents a proposal to secure a gang of convicts to do county road work next summer; Bridges states a gang of 40 to 50 convicts, under the control of one guard, could be secured for work on the roads, provided the county pay the guard $85 a month salary, furnish tents, teams, implements and all necessary equipment for the work, and supply the provisions.

After transacting 45 minutes worth of business, the city council adjourns to meet Thursday morning in connection with a hearing commissioner Edwin J. Bean of the State Public Service Commission will hold to determine the merits of a request of the Missouri Utilities Co. that the plans for an intake tower in the river above Cape Girardeau be changed to an intake pipe only.

-- Sharon K. Sanders