Out of the past: July 25

1991

Bollinger County Presiding Commissioner Elwood Mouser this week officially notified the Cape Girardeau County Commission that his county won't be calling an election for a proposed 7,700-acre recreational lake in the two counties.

Despite several problems that delayed progress on Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department projects, work on the sand volleyball courts in Arena Park is going forward; the courts are to be adjacent to the tennis courts, between Optimist and Rodney drives.

1966

Architect Fred E. Dormeyer presents specifications for the installation of an elevator in the county courthouse at Jackson to the Cape Girardeau County Court; the elevator is to be a hydraulic type and have a capacity of 1,500 pounds; bids for the elevator will be opened Aug. 18.

Rush H. Limbaugh, Cape Girardeau attorney, is named by Gov. Warren E. Hearnes as a member of the State Commission on Human Rights; he will replace the Rev. Arthur C. Fulbright, Dexter (Missouri) Methodist minister, who resigned.

1941

Cape Girardeau's three aluminum bins, serving their second day, have been virtually filled with a wide variety of kitchen utensils and other articles; those in charge of the aluminum scrap drive say Girardeans are extremely cooperative; the scrap aluminum will help divert higher-grade aluminum to airplane-building efforts for defense.

Judge Edward D. Hayes, a native of Cape Girardeau County and former congressman from the old 14th Missouri district, died last night at his home in Bethesda, Maryland; he was born April 28, 1872, on a farm near Oak Ridge, the son of John W. and Mary J. Hays, who came to Missouri from Pennsylvania in 1866.

1916

E.D. Levy, general manager of the Frisco Railroad, has sent out advertisements to the effect that applications will be received for all train, engine and switching crew positions on the road, because the present crews are voting on the proposition of a strike; employees are asking for an eight-hour work day.

Whit Dodge, carpenter foreman on the Frisco, is building a new frame depot at Commerce, Missouri, to take the place of one that burned about six months ago; work started on the new building a week ago, and it is expected to be finished about the first of September; the 20-by-56-foot building will cost $2,100.

-- Sharon K. Sanders