Out of the past: Sept. 1

1993

Local law enforcement representatives yesterday honored departing U.S. Attorney Stephen B. Higgins, the man they credit most for attaining a satellite federal prosecutor's office in Cape Girardeau; Higgins plans to return to private practice with the St. Louis law firm, Thompson and Mitchell.

The start of school in Delta has been postponed another week, to Sept. 13; a combination of flooded homes in the district and construction delays at the elementary school building has prompted the district to delay the first day of classes a second time; originally, Delta students were scheduled to begin their studies on Aug. 19.

1968

Dr. Thomas S. Messer, director of the Baptist Student Union at State College, is the guest speaker at the First Presbyterian Church in Cape Girardeau; he fills the pulpit in the absence of the pastor, the Rev. Edwin C. Brasington, who is on vacation.

Dedication services for the new Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel have been announced by the pastor of the congregation, the Rev. Walter C. Loeber; Sept. 15 has been set as the day for dedication, with the service to begin at 10 a.m.; Loeber will lead the congregation in the rite of dedication and deliver the dedication sermon; at 3 that afternoon is scheduled the festival service of dedication, with the message to be delivered by the Rev. Walter Stuenkel, president of Concordia College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1943

The extent to which milk produced in Cape Girardeau County is being sold to a St. Louis company is indicated in the statement of a local dairyman that 34 producers in the county and one in Chaffee, Missouri, are disposing of their product in the city; about 60 percent of this milk formerly was sold in Cape Girardeau.

The Washable Uniform Co. of St. Louis is preparing to locate a branch factory in Jackson, if at least 50 women can be secured to operate the machines in the factory; negotiations for the lease of the Mueller Building, corner of West Main and Second West streets, has been completed; this isn't a wartime plant, but will be a permanent institution making uniforms for bands, athletics and organizations of all kinds.

1918

Four black men leave Jackson in the morning to go into training at Camp Dodge, Iowa; only a few relatives and close friends are present to see the men off; Rufus Curlee Burgess is leader of the squad, the other three being Cobie Sides, William Brewer and Harrison Hill.

The Cape Girardeau Bartenders Union meets in the afternoon to discuss wage increases, but nothing at all is said about a strike in case saloon owners refuse to increase bartenders' wages; the scale of wages for bartenders has been $15 per week, and some are demanding it be increased to $19.

-- Sharon K. Sanders