Out of the past: June 29

1991

It was announced this week by the Washington office of U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., that the U.S. Justice Department will open a satellite U.S. Attorney's office in Cape Girardeau.

Firefighters from at least six departments battle what is reported as a toxic chemical burn during the night at the Industrial Fuels and Resources plant in Scott City; the plant reclaims waste solvents and converts the materials into fuel for use in cement kilns; as a precaution, the Scott City Mid-Summer Festival in the city park is closed shortly after firemen are called to the fire at 8:55 p.m.

1966

Scattered showers in the area overnight provide a modest break in drought conditions, and a stirring of northerly air is expected to drop temperatures somewhat, after the season's hottest weather was experienced yesterday; the thermometer hit the 101-degree mark at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport Tuesday to climax a week-long climb of the mercury.

The Cape County Parks and Recreation Board last night endorsed the plan by the County Court to place the County Farm under the USDA cropland adjustment program in 1967; the board also approved a plan to try to bring the Bollinger Mill at Burfordville under the jurisdiction of the county.

1941

A meeting is held at Old McKendree Chapel in the afternoon for young Methodist people; Mrs. Clarice Andrews of Fredericktown, Missouri, formerly of Jackson, wrote a program for today's service that follows as closely as possible the services held at McKendree when it was a new church 122 years ago; main speaker at the meeting is the Rev. W.L. Meyer of Jackson.

Sunday worship services of the Church of Christ are held in the tent at Lorimier and Themis streets instead of in the quarters of Cape Business College; the Rev. L.C. Heron, the local pastor, is in charge of services; the Rev. J.D. Harvey, the evangelist who has been conducting the tent services, is at his home in Paducah, Kentucky, but should return here Monday.

1916

The wedding of Bertha Rector and Julian Friant at St. Vincent's Catholic Church is a pretty affair; the church is crowded with friends and relatives assembled to witness the ceremony, performed by the Rev. Thomas Levan, pastor.

About 600 children and adults of the Sunday schools of the Christian, Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist churches take part in a parade in the afternoon, one of the largest ever seen in Cape Girardeau; following the Schuchert Band, the children, their parents and teachers march with small American flags and parasols from the courthouse to the Forsythe Tabernacle, where Dr. Eli Forsythe speaks to the crowd about Sunday school work.

-- Sharon K. Sanders