Out of the past: Nov. 23

1991

Replacement of one of the largest bridges in the Cape Girardeau County road system, which has been in the works for seven years, will get underway next year; the 122-foot-long bridge over the Diversion Channel is between Whitewater and Delta; the span, known as the "Bund Bridge," will cost about $430,000 based on engineer estimates.

A water line leak, which caused some Scott City residents to go without water in their homes for nearly two days, has been isolated; city officials estimate between Thursday morning and this afternoon, several million gallons of water poured from a lead in one of the city's newest 10-inch water lines.

1966

Picketing, apparently the result of a jurisdictional dispute, is started in the morning by union steamfitters at the Newth Rubber Co. plant, where iron workers were unloading production equipment from railroad cars; the iron workers and steamfitters unions had argued over which craft would perform the task, according to a company official, with the company deciding in favor of the iron workers this morning.

The Jackson City Council has urged city police to begin a crackdown on rolling stops and other traffic violations; Alderman William Schloss said the purpose of the formal action on the recommendation of the street committee is to inform the public the crackdown is coming.

1941

The Rev. John A. Abel preaches his final sermon as pastor of the Christian Church here; the Rev. and Mrs. Abel and their small daughter, Rita Kay, will go to Neosho, Missouri, on Tuesday, where he will assume the pastorate of the church there.

The Rev. Galen C. Fain, new pastor of Centenary Methodist Church, arrived in Cape Girardeau on Friday from Dyersburg, Tennessee, and preaches his introductory sermon at the morning worship service; Fain and his wife have a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Hammond, who resides in Jackson, Tennessee.

1916

Harold Lewis of Cape Girardeau County, living a few miles southwest of this city, won second place in the Southeast Missouri corn-growing contest held every year by the Normal School's agricultural department; Lewis, 15, grew 97 bushels and 3 1/2 pounds of corn on an acre; Joseph Job was present when he gathered the corn and weighed it.

Chief of police Jeff Hutson and his force in the morning start a crusade against the milk men who haven't paid their licenses; four drivers are arrested, and they will be tried in police court tomorrow.

-- Sharon K. Sanders