Out of the past: Sept. 13

1993

The National Weather Service has revised the level and date of the 1993 record flood crest that occurred last month along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers; the preliminary record flood crest for Cape Girardeau was revised upward to 48.49 feet, nearly one-half foot higher than the 47.9 foot flood crest first announced Aug. 7; the revised flood crest here also occurred one day later, on Aug. 8.

St. Louis Bungy Jump Inc. entertains dozens of daredevil jumpers and hundreds of spectators on the second day of the SEMO District Fair; the jump, new to the fair, lets patrons plummet from an elevated perch 125 feet off the ground, secured only by a reinforced rubber band.

1968

Thousands are at Arena Park for All Counties Day at the SEMO District Fair; along with the Blue Grass Shows, the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show will perform this evening in front of the grandstand.

Ray S. Duncan, a semi-retired employee of the Ralston-Purina Co., and former owner and operator of Cape Egg and Feed Co., files in the morning as a candidate for Cape Girardeau City Council; today is the last day for filing as candidate for the seat vacated by J. Ronald Fischer.

1943

Actual purchases in the Third War Loan drive in Cape Girardeau are reported by county chairman Walter H. Oberheide as totaling $397.600; the city's goal in the drive is $769,000.

Lawrence Urhahn of Benton, Missouri, is without a doubt the happiest father in Southeast Missouri; a son, Gunner's Mate Gregory Urhahn, who was reported missing in action a year ago in the Pacific, walked into his father's home Saturday night, very much alive; young Urhahn was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese made their first attack and since that time has served in virtually every sector of the Pacific action.

1918

H. Colmar, a Cape Girardeau who volunteered for military service on May 7, 1917, and landed in France with the first Pershing forces on June 26, 1917, and was over there 13 months, has returned to Cape Girardeau to visit his parents for a few days; Gen. Pershing is sending back to the States a large number of experienced men to take the places of English, French and Belgian officers who were here to train recruits; Colmar will next be assigned to Camp Dix, New Jersey.

Despite predictions, yesterday was a record-breaker at the Cape Girardeau Fair; not only was the attendance record broken, but a Sikeston, Missouri, horse owned by Nall and Arterburn, broke the track record in one of the greatest pacing records ever seen here.

-- Sharon K. Sanders