1988

Dr. Rick Bradley is the new pastor at Bloomfield Road Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau; Bradley, 32, is a native of Houston and has been preaching since he was 13.

The Cape Girardeau Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dedicates the latest addition to its meeting house at 1048 W. Cape Rock Drive; speaking at the afternoon service is Bishop Stratton Long, state president David E. Payne and stake patriarch Ivan Kramer.

1963

Reinholdt & Gardner of St. Louis and Cape Girardeau was selected by the Jackson R-2 School Board last night to buy bonds for the construction of a junior high school; district voters approved the $715,000 bond issue last November; the funds will pay for land, construction and equipment for the junior high.

Right-of-way clearance for the Highway 61 reconstruction through Cape Girardeau is expected to begin early next week; contractor for the total $1,672,698 road improvement is the R.B. Potashnick-D.L. Harrison Co. of Cape Girardeau; when completed, the highway will be four lanes of undivided pavement with an asphalt surface.

1938

Palm Sunday. Eight individuals are confirmed at Christ Evangelical Church during the morning worship service: Vernelle Graden, Della Koechig, Jane Moore, Marie Ringwald, Madeline Senn, Paul Blattner, Nelson Kasten and Van Arden Sander; the Rev. Ralph E. Weisser, pastor, is in charge.

Final plans are being made for a three-hour service to be held Good Friday afternoon at Christ Episcopal Church; seven ministers from various Cape Girardeau churches will participate in the service.

1913

A young lady named T.L. Quackenbush has opened an office in the Houck Building for the purpose of collecting delinquent bills; she says she represents a national collection agency headquartered at Washington, D.C.

The first butter made by the new Jackson creamery is on the market and is selling at 35 cents per pound; it is put up in a neat, attractive package and is pronounced equal to any "Elgin product" ever seen.

-- Sharon K. Sanders