Out of the past: May 20

1990

A reception for the Rev. and Mrs. Ernest L. Jordan is in the evening at Evangelical United Church of Christ; the Jordans are retiring after 40 years in the ministry, 22 of which have been at the church here.

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- The opportunity of seeing a distinguished Marble Hill lawyer sworn in as a Missouri Court of Appeals judge drew nearly 400 people to Woodland High School yesterday; Kenneth W. Shrum took the oath of office in a late-morning ceremony.

1965

A Cape Girardeau group yesterday organized the Cape Girardeau Association for Mental Health; a 34-member board of directors was named and a set of bylaws adopted; formation of the organization could be a step toward the establishment in the community of mental treatment facilities.

Scum is again defacing the surface of Capaha Park Lagoon, and park commissioner Harry A. Siemers is seeking an answer to the problem; he tried chemicals on the vegetation last summer with only limited success; this summer he is groping for a new approach.

1940

Packing closing activities into two full days, 167 graduates of Teachers College hold their commencement exercises in the morning at Academic Hall auditorium; the commencement is also the occasion for delivering teachers' certificates to a large group of underclassmen, announcing of awards, and delivering diplomas to the 30 members of the senior class of College High School; commencement speaker is Dr. Jay W. Hudson, professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri.

Mayor Hinkle Statler is authorized to purchase a new police patrol car, and the city council is promised immediate delivery of its new street sweeping machine during a council meeting; the new patrol car will replace a Ford car with approximately 130,000 miles on it.

1915

Conrad Schade, the popular High Street tavern owner, is out of business, his dramshop license having expired last night; the Jackson man has sold his stock to Schaper & Voges, who will continue the business at the same location.

R.M. Dorrance, treasurer of the barbers' state board of examiners, and J.H. Faust, secretary of the board, are in Cape Girardeau inspecting the barber shops and examining the new barbers who have settled here since their last visit; the new barbers include W.L. Denton, C.A. Rogers, Peter Calliot and Frank Smith.

-- Sharon K. Sanders