Out of the past: Nov. 1

1991

Edward M. Spicer, associate to the president at Southeast Missouri State University, died Wednesday of an apparent heart attack at age 60. Spicer had been at Southeast since 1977, returning to his hometown from a post at the University of Wisconsin.

Staff members of the District 32 Missouri Public Defenders office are moving from the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse to new offices across the street. The move was necessary because of limited space available in the courthouse.

1966

For the first time, a guest artist in the annual Missourian Art Exhibition will be from the Cape Girardeau area. M. Charles Rhinehart of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, and Jacob K. "Jake" Wells of Cape Girardeau will be the professional artists featured during the Nov. 19 to 29 art show.

A splash of winter is being forecast by the weatherman. There is a chance of the first snow flurries of the season tonight, and the temperatures are expected to dip to the upper 20s overnight.

1941

Rep. Frank Lowry says he expects to be called into active service with the U.S. Army about Dec. 6. He will be taken into service as a captain, attached to the judge advocate general's staff and sent to the Seventh Corps headquarters at Omaha, Nebraska, for 28 days. From there, he doesn't know where he'll be sent.

Revamping the structure for greater convenience, workers are constructing a 20-by-30-foot addition to the service department of the Firestone Auto Supply and Service store at Main and Independence streets. The outside of the building, exposed when the canopy fell during a heavy rainstorm, is being stuccoed, and a new drive is to be constructed to Main Street. Gasoline pumps will be moved closer to Independence.

1916

The price of coal in Cape Girardeau has reached $4 a ton and will advance considerably more, local dealers say. The only reason for this is a lack of rail cars, the coal-mine owners say. They claim the shortage of cars keeps them from marketing their coal, and therefore, they must increase the price.

C.D. Kage, son of Mayor F.A. Kage, announces he will engage in a general-store business on Good Hope Street in the near future. The mayor intends to construct a building on his property between Frederick and Middle streets, which the son will occupy as soon as completed.

-- Sharon K. Sanders