Out of the past: Oct. 23

1991

For the first time in more than six years, motorists soon will be able to cross Juden Creek on East Cape Rock Drive near Highway 177; a new, one-lane bridge over the creek is scheduled to open some time next week; the span replaced one built over the creek in 1922 by the Cape Special Road District.

Thanks to experimental eye surgery at Saint Francis Medical Center, a Southern Illinois man may be able to discard his eyeglasses; Cape Girardeau ophthalmologist Dr. Charles H. Cozean uses a new Eximer laser to sculpt the surface of Scott Gibbs' eye in an effort to correct his vision problems.

1966

In advance of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, two bishops of the church con-celebrate a Mass in the afternoon at Notre Dame High School; they are the Most Rev. Ignatius J. Strecker, bishop of this diocese, and Bishop Marion F. Forst of the Dodge City, Kansas, Diocese and former pastor of St. Mary's Cathedral here.

As part of a special "Chain of Missions" being held in Methodist churches in eastern Missouri through Thursday, Bishop Ralph T. Alton of Wisconsin is guest preacher in the morning at Centenary Methodist Church; in addition, Alton speaks at a Missionary Rally in the afternoon at New McKendree Methodist Church in Jackson.

1941

The federal government will file formal condemnation proceedings to secure title to the proposed site for the new post office building in Courthouse Park, said District Attorney H. Blanton; Blanton, here for the Federal Court term, was instructed by the attorney general in a letter to file the condemnation suit.

A business building is to be erected in the immediate future by John L. Davis on a lot at the west side of Highway 61, a short distance south of the Broadway junction; the one-story building will be leased for business purposes.

1916

Walter Bellow, an employee of the Brissenden baseball bat factory in the north end of the city, suffered a broken leg Saturday morning when he fell from a pecan tree near the mill; Bellow and several companions were in the tree beating nuts from the limbs when a branch gave way under Bellow's weight; he fell 30 feet to the ground.

G.O. Kinder has purchased the old Jack Bean farm, just north of Whitewater, from Mrs. Bean; the price was around $5,500; the farm contains 100 acres and is one of the oldest places in the county; Bean once owned more than 1,000 acres contiguous to this tract, but 100 acres is all that is left of the original place.

-- Sharon K. Sanders