Out of the past: Oct. 11

1991

Local voters surveyed this week voiced support for Proposition B and the Cape Girardeau utility measures on the Nov. 5 ballot. The survey was commissioned by the Southeast Missourian newspaper.

Gary Schemel wasn't on the winning side during yesterday's annual Cape Girardeau Central versus Jackson football game, but the Jackson High senior still had a memorable night. Schemel's uncle by the same name played for Central during the early 1960s. Prior to last night's game, young Schemel was presented an American flag and his uncle's 1964 Central Tiger letter jacket. The elder Schemel was killed while serving in the Vietnam War.

1966

Construction of a vocational and technical school in Cape Girardeau has been returned to the top of the priority list of a five-year school development program. The school board revised the priorities last night after it was learned federal matching funds probably will be available in this fiscal year for acquisition of a site and construction of the building.

James F. Kirkpatrick, a graduate of State College, has been named a Peace Corps Volunteer after completing 14 weeks of training at Boston. He has been assigned to India and will work with small industries there.

1941

On the basis of a government report issued this week, Southeast Missouri's cotton crop will add more than $35,000,000 to the district in one of the greatest seasons the crop has known; 435,000 bales of cotton are expected this fall in Missouri. The prevailing price is about 17 cents a pound.

Pastors of three of the four Methodist churches in Cape Girardeau are returned to their charges under appointments announced in St. Louis at the closing session of the St. Louis Conference. The Rev. Don E. Schooler is returned to Centenary, the Rev. W.H. Wolfe to Grace and the Rev. W.E. Hill to Third Street. The Rev. J. Wilson Crichlow is reappointed superintendent of this district. The Rev. J.E. Isbell is assigned to Maple Avenue Church.

1916

A country club for Cape Girardeau was given some impetus yesterday when landscape engineer and architect Henry Wright of St. Louis visited the college farm grounds north of the city with A.M. Tinsley, Louis Juden and Harry L. Albert. For a year or two, Tinsley has been working quietly on the project to secure the farm as a site for a nine-hole regulation golf links and modern country club.

The chief engineer of the Frisco has advised the contractor of the riverfront project to put more men on the job so it can be completed as soon as possible. The contractor has been having difficulty getting enough laborers, but Monday, he increased wages from $2 to $2.25 a day.

-- Sharon K. Sanders