Out of the past: Oct. 7

1991

Sunday hours proved to be popular with users of the Cape Girardeau Public Library; director Terry Risko says 115 people visited the library yesterday, which had Sunday hours for the first time.

The FISH food pantry at Maple Avenue United Methodist Church is in much better shape after yesterday's community food drive; area churches donated between 400 and 500 bags of food to the pantry.

1966

Voting separately on a new contract with International Shoe Co. last night, shoe workers from the Florsheim factory in Cape Girardeau accepted the pact, while those at Jackson rejected it; results of the balloting will be sent to the head office of the United Shoe Workers of America in St. Louis, with each union throughout Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas allowed one vote.

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Marvin J. Snider, chief engineer of the Missouri State Highway Department, spoke at a joint dinner meeting last night of the Southeast Missouri Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers and the Sikeston Chamber of Commerce; he discussed future highway plans for the district, including two new interstate highway bridges to be built northeast of Charleston, Missouri, and south of Caruthersville, Missouri.

1941

The city of Cape Girardeau is ready to submit a proposal to Frisco that the railroad pay $300 per month for the privilege of operating on city property; its the latest proposal in the ongoing railroad franchise and easement discussions; Frisco's franchise to operate here expired more than a year ago.

Members of the fair board have been told that after all bills have been paid, the two years of the revived SEMO District Fair have left the fair association with a balance of around $3,500 in cash and about $4,300 worth of paid-for equipment, usable in future fairs.

1916

J.H. Crockett's seven-passenger Chandler automobile caught fire on the Rock Levee Road yesterday evening and was destroyed; the flames started somewhere around the engine, and when Crockett discovered them, he and several passengers were compelled to leave the car and stand nearby and watch the flames consume the vehicle.

Scott County Court is advertising for bids for the construction of a bridge over the Ramsey Creek diversion channel on the Rock Levee Road north of Kelso, Missouri; both the court and the Little River Drainage District contend the other should pay for the bridge.

-- Sharon K. Sanders