Out of the past: Jan. 2

1991

A new pay classification plan took effect with the new year for about 120 Cape Girardeau County employees; for some, the plan will result in pay raises of up to about 25 percent phased in over the next two years; for others it will be 5 percent or somewhere in between; the ultimate goal is to provide an equitable compensation and benefits program for county workers.

Jackson Alderman Paul W. Sander, 35, has announced plans to file for reelection; Sander is completing his second term representing Ward 1.

1966

Despite a drenching, day-long rain, more than 1,000 fishermen were on hand at Lake Girardeau near Crump in West Cape Girardeau County Saturday for the opening of the new impoundment; fishing, however, was poor, and only a few fish were taken.

Officers for St. Andrew Lutheran Church for 1966 are installed at the morning service by the pastor, the Rev. Louis H. Launhardt; officers are president, Walter G. Hick; vice president, Wilver H. Wessel; secretary, Kevin Gerlach, and treasurer, Weldon D. Hilpert.

1941

Advance detachments of the National Guard depart from Cape Girardeau and Bloomfield, Missouri, in the morning for Camp Robinson, Arkansas, taking supplies and equipment; the Guardsmen are expected to arrive late in the day at the big Army camp, where the 140th Infantry will train, along with nearly 38,000 other soldiers, for a year.

It's discovered that thieves carried off a valuable walnut bed owned by Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Taylor, 1112 Harmony St.; the bed, more than 100 years old, was stored in the top of a garage, back of the Adams house on Broadway, and near the Taylor dwelling; a lock on the garage door was forced open and the bed, having an intrinsic value of at least $75, was taken, perhaps a week or more ago.

1916

Tom H. Moore, traveling representative in this district for a large paint house and who has been living in Cape Girardeau for several years, left Sunday for South Dakota, where he has been transferred; Mrs. Moore and little daughter will remain here probably until spring, before leaving for their new home.

J.H. McPherson is preparing his household goods for shipping and will leave with his family this week for Memphis, where he will make his home; the committee appointed to nominate a new secretary for the Cape Girardeau Commercial Club tried in vain to persuade McPherson to remain, but he said his affairs in Arkansas and Tennessee need his personal attention.

-- Sharon K. Sanders