Out of the past: Sept. 14

1993

Promus, a Memphis, Tennessee-based gaming company, has decided not to locate a riverboat at the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority near Scott City; Promus had been discussing a $30 million project with port officials.

Two storm cells bring nearly 1 1/2 inches of rain and wind gusts of up to 35 mph to the Cape Girardeau area in the afternoon, causing scattered power outages and wiping out events at the SEMO District Fair; a moderate-sized crowd attending the fair takes cover in tents and the A.C. Brase Arena Building when the first rains come shortly after 3 p.m.; when the second storm cell comes through at about 5:30 p.m., fair official begin advising people to leave.

1968

LeGrand Garage, 1237 Water St., operated by Ben W. LeGrand, is the first garage or service station in the 14-county area of Troop E of the State Highway Patrol to be certified for vehicle inspections under a new program that becomes effective Jan. 1; under the statute, all motor vehicles trailers and motorcycles must undergo a compulsory state inspection before they can be licensed for use on Missouri roads.

The SEMO Shrine Mounted Patrol of Sikeston, Missouri, presents a precision drill performance in the evening at the SEMO District Fair; the patrol performs during intermission of the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show.

1943

Application has been made to the Civil Aeronautics Board by the Marion Trucking Co., Inc., of Marion, Indiana, for certificates of convenience and necessity to operate post war air cargo and air transport service over a group of state routes, one of which includes Cape Girardeau; helicopters would be used on a feeder route running between Cape Girardeau and St. Louis and connecting with Cairo, Illinois, and serving such Missouri points as Fredericktown, Farmington, De Soto and Festus.

The Rev. A.H. Schmidt, pastor of the Lutheran church at Egypt Mills since 1924, has submitted his resignation to the congregation and will leave early in October to become pastor of the Eagle Rock Lutheran Church in Los Angeles, California.

1918

Maj. Pat Frissell's squad of fliers gives a great exhibition over the city at noon; the two planes dart and dive and turn to the amazement of thousands of people attending the Cape Girardeau Fair; one of the aviators is Lt. Dave Cunningham, a Cape Girardeau boy.

John E. Fletcher, the Cape Girardeau Northern Railroad engineer who was injured last week when the big trestle over Williams Creek gave way under a train, dies at Saint Francis Hospital in the morning; he was born in Ohio in 1868 and is survived by his wife, the former Amelia Koch, and a brother, who is in the Army.

-- Sharon K. Sanders