Out of the past: Feb. 18

1990

MARSTON, Mo. -- A five-month-long dispute over terms of a new work contract at Noranda Aluminum Inc. is resolved when plant workers ratify a proposal that was submitted to them after federal mediation.

James L. "Butch" Amann is the new, regional investigator for the Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office assigned to the Cape Girardeau area; Amann, 37, will reside in Jackson; he will work with other state fire marshal's office investigators in Poplar Bluff and Potosi, as they assist law enforcement agencies and fire departments in the eastern part of Missouri with their investigations.

1965

Preliminary plans for a juvenile detention home and treatment center are presented to the Cape Girardeau County Court by two men from the County Welfare Committee, William Rushing and Ray Trickey; the proposed three-level building would cost about $135,000 plus furnishings and would be more than the minimum juvenile detention facility required by law for a second-class county; Cape Girardeau County will become second-class in 1967.

School officials are pleased with the bids received for the new elementary school on Hopper Road; while no contract is awarded, Burton J. Gerhardt Construction Co. of Cape Girardeau turns in the lowest bid for the general contract: $276,980 for an 18-classrom structure.

1940

Returning for a third year, Mrs. George Thurm of South Bend, Indiana, arrives here and readies for The Missourian's 14th annual Cooking School; Thurm will preside over the four-day school, which will open Tuesday at the Broadway Theater.

Climbing into a second story room through a rear window at the Hotel Idan-ha last night, a prowler with a yen for cleanliness, gave himself a good scrubbing in one of the suites of rooms; all he left behind was a heavy ring of grime in the bath tub.

1915

Workers in Jackson have begun erecting the steel light posts at the north entrance of the county courthouse, thus beginning the establishment of a white way around the square.

The large audience attending the Burke-Hobbs revival at McKendree Methodist Church in Jackson in the evening is crowded to suffocation; scores must stand or sit on steps or railings to hear the Rev. Steve Burke preach and the music of the Rev. Hobbs.

-- Sharon K. Sanders