Out of the past: July 24

1990

Jackson police chief Robert "Red" Clifton says motorists are using the center turn lane of U.S. 61 from the Shawnee Boulevard intersection eastward to the end of the current four-lane pavement improperly; motorists leaving businesses on each side of the four-lane highway are using the center turning lane illegally as an acceleration lane before merging into traffic.

Bill Masterson of Cape Girardeau will participate in the World Horseshoe Pitching Tournament being held this week in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

1965

Girardeans fan, splash, loll in the comfort of air conditioners and imbibe in tall, iced drinks, all in an effort to beat the heat; yesterday's reading was a season high of 99 at the municipal airport, and there is no abatement in the torrid, muggy weather today.

Off-campus housing now open to State College students won't be enough to accommodate the increased enrollment expected this fall; college enrollment here is expected to reach more than 4,800.

1940

The American Legion Junior Baseball team assembled a grand-slam season of 10 victories and no defeats; the Louis Muegge-coached team will represent the southern part of the state in the Junior Legion tournament next week at Trenton; members of the team are Allen Marshall, Paul Bock, J.H. Mosley, Howard Childs, Ivan Hente, Bob Bohnsack, Vernon Landgraf, Nat M. Snider Jr., Leslie Turner, Robert Hagen, Jack Hinton, Pete Summers, Garnett Williamson and Kenneth Vangilder.

Some National Guard officers are called to the 140th Infantry Regiment headquarters at Sikeston, Missouri, and are given promotions; Percy R. Little advances from captain to major and is transferred to the regimental staff; he is succeeded as commanding officer of Service Company here by Herbert F. Wickham of Sikeston, formerly of Cape Girardeau and until recently commander of Headquarters Company here, who also advances to the rank of captain.

1915

Nearly 50 men, employees of the Vogelsang Brothers, contractors, are making things hum at the new central school building on Pacific Street; they're going the limit to finish the main floor and basement by Sept. 1, when classes begin.

W.W. Stubblefield, trustee for the Glenn bankrupt estate, sells the remainder of property at public auction at the courthouse here; the lot at the corner of Fountain and Merriwether streets, appraised at $900, is sold to B.F. Davis for $860.

-- Sharon K. Sanders