Out of the past: Oct. 27

1990

Voters in Cape Girardeau County by a wide margin say they would re-elect U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson and state Auditor Margaret Kelly, according to a poll taken last week. Sixty-nine percent of voters surveyed said they would vote for Emerson, while 31 percent favored his Democratic opponent, Russ Carnahan; 83 percent of those polled favored Republican Kelly, and 17 percent supported her Democratic rival, Connie Hendren.

The consultant hired in July to conduct a superintendent search for the Cape Girardeau Public Schools has been hired to conduct a similar search for the Perry County School District; conducting the searches is Dr. W. Deane Wiley, a retired dean of the department of education leadership at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.

1965

Two Cape Girardeau Girl Scouts, who without regard for their own safety rescued a woman from drowning on the Castor River last summer, will receive the Bronze Cross, Girl Scouting's highest recognition for bravery. Receiving the award will be Jennifer Darter, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Darter, and Emily Blattner, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blattner.

An error by The Missourian in the legal publication for the city's airport bond issue election has forced a postponement of that election, which had been set for Nov. 9; the newspaper omitted two voting wards and the signature and seal of the city clerk in the last of three legal notices published.

1940

The Rt. Rev. William Scarlett of St. Louis, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, visits Christ Episcopal Church; he administers the rite of confirmation and delivers a sermon at the morning worship service.

The Rev. W.F. Isler, a former pastor at Whitewater and in St. Louis who is now retired, is the guest speaker in the morning at Grace Methodist Church. He has been spending a few days at his farm in Whitewater.

1915

Cape Girardeau will host several conventions and meetings in the next few days. At the Normal School, delegates of the Southeast Missouri-Northeast Arkansas Highway Association are meeting. A products show is being staged at the gymnasium in the main Normal School building, and preparations are being made for the annual teachers meeting, also to be held at the Normal.

The Frisco Railroad will begin filling in back of the concrete river wall next Monday. The water in the river has been low enough for the work for some time, but the start has been delayed until the start of the new month.

-- Sharon K. Sanders