Out of the past: Sept. 28

1990

American Red Cross officials from St. Louis came to Cape Girardeau after Wednesday's earthquake to find out if people are prepared for disasters; what they found made them cautiously optimistic; a Red Cross spokesman said public and local government reaction to quake preparedness is improving.

Jim Maurer, manager of Rhodes Oil Co., has started work to either remove or fill an unused fuel tank that's the suspected source of a gasoline leak discovered in the Fountain Street right-of-way; the abandoned tank is situated on the property of the Rhodes fuel station at 407 Morgan Oak St., but Maurer says he doubts the tank is the source of the contaminant found in the area.

1965

Test borings are being made at Broadway and Fountain Street for Cape Girardeau's perspective new federal building; the test drilling, which will locate rock formations and help determine load-bearing qualities of the earth, are being done on the east side of the present Federal Building by Bruce Williams Consulting Engineering Co. of Joplin, Missouri.

Drawings and plans of Cape Girardeau's Hawthorn School, under construction on Hopper Road, have been selected to be exhibited at the convention of the National Council of Schoolhouse Construction; the school was designed by John L.E. Boardman, Cape Girardeau architect.

1940

Cape Girardeau's revival of its district fair, after a lapse of 11 years, swings into its final stages, with every indication today will see the greatest outpouring of patrons of the entire week; highlighting the closing program this evening, and again tomorrow afternoon, will be the horse show.

Displaying a versatile attack on the ground and in the air, the Teachers College Indians drove to their first football victory of the season in two games by defeating the Rose Polytechnic Engineers of Terre Haute, Indiana, 20-0, last night in Houck Stadium.

1915

The farewell reception tendered Dr. and Mrs. I.L. Holt at Centenary Methodist Church last night was more like a funeral than a reception; when it came time to bid the Holts goodbye, the several hundred friends present were greatly affected; hardly a person was able to go through the ordeal without tears.

J. Henry Caruthers, E.W. Flentge, George Cross and Harry Naeter leave on the early morning train for St. Louis, where they will attend the Republican meeting; Edward F. Regenhardt went up Monday morning, so as to be sure to get there in time to take in all the doings.

-- Sharon K. Sanders