Out of the past: Nov. 12

1991

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Advisory Board has formally approved a motion to request city tourism funds to develop a sports complex at Shawnee Park; voters last year rejected a tax hike to fund the five-field softball facility at Shawnee.

Every program in Cape Girardeau public schools is "fair game" for the budget ax that is set to fall this spring, says superintendent Neyland Clark; the school board heard a report about an upcoming $1 million budget cut at its meeting last night; Clark outlined the process planned for recommending where cuts and reductions will be made.

1966

Cape Girardeau County's first large election with the use of voter registration generally went smoothly, reports County Clerk Rusby C. Crites; however, there were a few mix-ups, including at least six persons reported to Crites who were apparently unaware that they had to be registered to vote.

Seven Cape Girardeau barbers were arrested yesterday and charged with operating barber shops on Veterans Day, which is specifically prohibited in a city ordinance enacted in 1950; at least two of the barbers have consulted attorneys and intend to levy resistance toward being penalized; the penalty can be a $5-to-$100 fine or a 30-day jail sentence, or both, if found guilty in City Court.

1941

Two successive nights of freezing weather have brought an appeal for assistance from those in need of clothing, fuel and food; the county social security office, Salvation Army and Red Cross all ask the public for donations.

A contract is let by the Cape Girardeau Board of Education to S.R. Smith for construction of a training shop at Central High School on a low bid of $4,978; work is to be started on the brick annex Friday.

1916

The Rev. J. Burnett Easley of Memphis, Tennessee, a candidate for the pastor's position at the Christian Church, preaches at both morning and evening services there; Easley is a young man, married with two children; he is currently pastor of one of the best Christian churches at Memphis and has a splendid reputation.

The first automobile funeral ever seen in Jackson is held in the early afternoon; 41 cars, headed by the auto hearse, are in the cortège that conveys the body of William C. Sander, 78, to its last resting place at the cemetery near the Gordonville German Methodist church; Sander died Friday night at the home of his son, John H. Sander, in Jackson.

-- Sharon K. Sanders