Out of the past: Nov. 18

1991

With the nine-day deer season starting in Missouri on Saturday, the weekend saw fewer deer killed in Southeast Missouri than last year; hunters in Cape Girardeau County tagged 408 deer over the weekend, down from 477 killed in the first weekend of the season last year; weather likely had more to do with the lower number than an actual decline in the deer population.

Bob Hahn, vice president of development for Mid America Hotels, tells the Cape Girardeau City Council excess tourism funds should be used to build a multipurpose building on Cape Girardeau's northwest side; he said a 24,000-square-foot facility could be developed along with other recreational facilities on a 75-acre tract along Mount Auburn Road, between Hopper Road and Kingshighway.

1966

Production workers of the American White Cross Laboratory here go on strike in the morning, setting up a picket line in front of the establishment at 1 College St.; the workers are members of the International Chemical Workers Association; the plant manufactures absorbent cotton.

Four citizens were naturalized yesterday in a ceremony at the U.S. District Court here, presided over by Judge James H. Meredith; the new citizens are Norma L. Potashnick of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Argentina; Yolanda Koury of Steele, Missouri, formerly of Colombia; Mariko K. Brown of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Japan; and Lisa M. Bohnert of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Germany.

1941

Girardeans, rising to the needs of national defense, and at the same time making a safe investment of their own, have purchased a total of almost a quarter of a million dollars' worth of defense bonds since the government inaugurated the sale a bit over six months ago.

May Greene School, with two decades of service to the community behind it, observes its anniversary in the evening; present are the school's namesake, May Greene, and school board members of 20 years ago and today; a former pupil of Miss May, Allen L. Oliver, is the principal speaker for the celebration.

1916

Frank Fithin, an armless man driving an automobile around the United States, arrives in Cape Girardeau in the morning with his wife in a fine big, red automobile; he gives demonstrations on his driving abilities, drawing crowds to his car every few blocks; he sells postcards with pictures of himself and the auto on it, doing a land office business.

The Cape Girardeau Business College moves from its old quarters in the Cahoon Building to its new home in the Buckner-Ragsdale building at Main Street and Broadway.

-- Sharon K. Sanders