Out of the past: Feb. 26

1991

Survey boats from the Army Corps of Engineers took depth soundings recently in the John L. Wescoat Marina and Mississippi River Access Point at Trail of Tears State Park; the results will determine whether modifications made nearly four years ago to a wing dike on the north side of the harbor have reduced the sedimentation problem that has kept the marina from opening since it was constructed in 1974-1975.

A police and fire training center, complete with a handgun firing range, will be developed on a 7 1/2-acre site on South Sprigg Street; the property, formerly Central Foods, was purchased by the city of Cape Girardeau from Boatmen's Bank; the bank donated the money, $25,000, back to the city for improvements at the location.

1966

More than 380 Jaycees and their wives from Missouri and seven other states are participating in the Jaycees state board meeting here this weekend.

Superior Electric Products Corp. will be an old industry taking on a new look in the year ahead; a new plant to house the entire operation is under construction in the industrial park south of Cape Girardeau along Nash Road; Superior Electric was established in St. Louis in 1923 and moved to Cape Girardeau in 1938; its present location is 1507 Independence St.

1941

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Forrest C. Donnell is inaugurated Missouri's 40th governor in the afternoon; even as he takes the office, his Democratic opponent of last November, Lawrence McDaniel, is readying a petition challenging Donnell's slim vote majority on the official returns; the fight over the results of the election delayed Donnell's inauguration 44 days.

The first snow of importance this winter fails to keep Cape Girardeau women away from the second daily session of The Missourian Cooking School; approximately 1,000 are on hand for the school, being held at Broadway Theater.

1916

The grand old boat Cape Girardeau arrives here almost before daybreak on its initial trip of the season; the boat looks better than ever; with a snow-white coat of paint and the words "Cape Girardeau" painted in red and green on the covering over the side wheels, the boat looks like a new one.

Democratic leaders have received word W.D. Vandiver will open his campaign for governor at Cape Girardeau between March 18 and 25; Vandiver, although not a resident of the Cape for several years, still claims the river town as his home.

-- Sharon K. Sanders