Out of the past: June 10

1991

Cape Girardeau basks in a bit of nostalgic Americana with the arrival of "The Greatest Show on Earth"; elephants, camels, llamas and horses that are part of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Baily Circus parade along Broadway and Sprigg Streets, en route to the Show Me Center; the Grand Walk occurs four hours earlier than had been scheduled because of the heat.

BENTON, Mo. -- A Kelso, Missouri-area family has been cut off from its home since a bridge washed out in December; following a three-hour meeting between Robert and Betty Ressel and their supporters and Scott County officials who are responsible for rebuilding the bridge, the Ressels say they will seek a declaratory judgment in Scott County Circuit Court.

1966

Thirty-six school administrators tour Louis J. Schultz and Hawthorn schools and meet at an informal dinner meeting here; the informal gathering to share ideas is attended by officials from Poplar Bluff, Dexter, Jackson, Cape Girardeau and Sikeston, Missouri, schools.

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- The Ste. Genevieve Tourist Bureau has chosen the name "Jour de Fete a Ste. Genevieve" for the coming festival to be held Aug. 13 and 14.

1941

A revised milk ordinance is considered during a special meeting of the city council, but no action is taken; Dr. C.T. Herbert, Dr. C.A.W. Zimmermann and Dr. W.F. Oehler, members of the City Health Board, and six milk producers -- G.M. Short, J.Q. Adams, Louis Gerecke, George Schwab, Bern Lewis and F.A. Keller -- attend the meeting.

Several Broadway stores are getting makeovers; new fronts are being installed on the Auto Tire & Parts store at 501 Broadway and the Dormeyer drug store in the Idan-Ha Hotel building; J.H. Metzler also is having an improved front constructed at his shoe repair shop, 514 Broadway.

1916

Mrs. Eli J. Forsythe, wife of the evangelist who is conducting a big revival here, spoke to a gathering of Cape Girardeau's businesswomen and members of Centenary Methodist Church last evening; concluding the get-together were several vocal selections by Charles and Roy Forsythe.

Commencement exercises at St. Vincent's Young Ladies Academy will be Monday and Tuesday; it not only commemorates the 77th anniversary of the school in Cape Girardeau, but it marks a record year in school attendance; graduating from the Sisters of Loretto school will be Louise Schaefer, Grace Campbell, Gertrude Finney and Lucille Roberts.

-- Sharon K. Sanders