Out of the past: Feb. 4

1990

John and Zelma Bennett of Cape Girardeau recently sold their house here and have gone to Boston, where they will spend 18 months as missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Rev. Audie Long begins his duties as the new pastor at First General Baptist Church at Cape Girardeau; Long has been a chaplain with the Army the past six years.

1965

Speaking to the annual meeting of the Highway Engineers Association of Missouri, M.J. Snider, chief engineer for the Missouri State Highway Department, outlines a detailed highway beautification plan that will include all of the state's proposed interstate routes and the primary and urban systems where the department controls traffic access.

Hostility toward the proposal to extend Cape Girardeau's city limits was voiced again last night by residents of the Nell Holcomb, Campster and Marquette school districts, each of which would be partly annexed; the Kage School District would also be part of the annexation, but the only spokesman from that district was in favor of the extension.

1940

A memorial service is held in the morning at the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church near Fruitland for the Rev. George L. Washburn, who died Jan. 17 at Petersburg, Illinois; Washburn was pastor at the Fruitland church from 1929 to 1930 and also was pastor of the Apple Creek Church during the same period.

Members of 13 American Legion Auxiliary units in the 14th District attend a quarterly district meeting held at the Legion Hall here all day; more than 80 auxiliary members are present to hear Mrs. Harry I. Smith of Kansas City, past state department president and now national committee woman.

1915

The rapid rise of the river in the past 24 hours is causing quite a lot of consternation among contractors doing construction work on the levee, as the water is filling in quickly at the point just a few feet south of the foot of Independence Street; it's threatening to cause another cave-in at the Frisco tracks there.

Dr. Anita E. Bohnsack has opened offices in the Himmelberger-Harrison Building for the practice of osteopathy; for several years, she was one of the most efficient and popular teachers in local public schools; she then went to a school for osteopathy, where she graduated with a splendid record.

-- Sharon K. Sanders