Out of the past: Oct. 30

1991

Representatives of the New Life World Outreach Center's ACT-45 television station last week petitioned the Citizens Cable TV Committee to add the Christian station to Cape Girardeau's cable programming; a petition with 3,000 signatures supporting the move was presented to the committee; however, Robert Harms, manager of TCI-Cablevision of Missouri, has said there are no broadcast slots available for the station.

Two of the three Cape Girardeau city councilmen whose terms expire next spring say they will seek re-election; they are Al Spradling III and Hugh White; David Barklage, who previously indicated he wouldn't run again, now says he is undecided.

1966

About 100 people attend the dedication of Klaus Park, the first public park developed by Cape Girardeau County; the dedication is led by the Rev. Walter Keisker, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church at Jackson and takes place at the new monument in the park to former County Court Judge Alvin F. Klaus.

The congregation of Trinity Lutheran Church at Egypt Mills celebrates the anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation at its morning worship service.

1941

Extension of electric service in rural areas in Cape Girardeau County under the government-sponsored program is being delayed because of priorities established on materials needed for construction of the line; the Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid Cooperative likely will have to wait until there is a break in the defense situation before continuing its work.

It had been planned to re-open numerous work projects in cotton-producing counties about Nov. 1, but rain has delayed cotton picking and other work, and the jobs won't be re-opened until the last part of November or later.

1916

The funeral service over the body of Charles E. Booth will be held at the family residence, 1025 Bloomfield St., tomorrow afternoon; an automobile procession, the first in Cape Girardeau, will escort the body to Lorimier Cemetery for burial.

Work begins in the morning on the new theater building to be constructed on Good Hope Street, just west of the C.W. Stehr Mercantile Co., by contractor Tony Haas; the building will be a two-story structure and will be 45 feet wide by 112 feet deep; it will have a balcony and will seat about 900 people; Henry Sanders and Clarence Nenninger, who are operating the Orpheum Theater, have taken a lease on the new building and will operate it when completed.

-- Sharon K. Sanders