Out of the past: Sept. 1

1991

Around 150 persons from around the country attended the Lincoln/John S. Cobb School 7th School Reunion at the Arena Building last night. Guest speaker was Ina Boone, regional director for the NAACP. The reunion is held every three years.

Members of the congregation of the Mount Auburn Christian Church celebrate the completion of the church's education wing with a ribbon cutting. The new wing will house Sunday-school classrooms and two offices.

1966

SEMO District Fair president LaRoy Roper reports livestock tents are in place and crews are moving rapidly to get the fairgrounds ship-shape in time for the exposition's opening Sept. 13. With more people than ever expected for the fair, Arena Park's existing roads have been resurfaced, and new roads have been built in the south end of the park.

The Golden Troopers may march no longer, but a modern version soon may be parading Cape Girardeau's streets. The American Legion's Louis K. Juden Post 63 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Lloyd Dale Clippard Post 3838 are jointly sponsoring a junior drum-and-bugle corps for boys and girls.

1941

Motor bus traffic in Cape Girardeau reached an all-time high over the weekend as a record number of Labor Day vacationers swarmed out of the cities to visit friends and spent the holiday away from metropolitan centers. The run started Friday, when all motor bus schedules were more than trebled, about 70 buses operating during the day through Cape Girardeau.

The average amount per individual unchanged, 766 aged people in Cape Girardeau County will receive a total of $7,975 in old-age assistance from the state to live on in September. The total for the month is just $40 more than that received last month, but two persons were removed from the list.

1916

A chest of carpenter tools valued at $100 or more was stolen from Gerhardt & Boren at the new home of Edwin Rudert on North Sprigg Street sometime last night or early this morning. The contractors miss the tools when they go to the house at 7 a.m. to begin the day's work. Pink Davis' bloodhound is put on the case but fails to sniff out a trail.

Frisco Railroad officials have engaged accommodations for 35 guards at the Aquamsi Hotel on Independence Street, near Main Street. The men will arrive here tomorrow evening and will stay at least three days and possibly longer if the anticipated railroad strike should ensue. The guards will protect railroad property here.

-- Sharon K. Sanders