1989

Highlighted by the public singing debut of U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep was roasted last night by six of his friends; over 200 people witnessed the fundraiser, with proceeds going to the Arthritis Foundation.

KENNETT, Mo. -- An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale shakes six states at 11:48 a.m., but causes no apparent damage nor injuries; the quake is centered in the New Madrid fault, between Caruthersville, Mo., and Steele, Mo., almost directly under Interstate 55.

1964

Although threatening weather kept a few people away, this year's Dogwood Tour, held yesterday, was still a success, says Jerry Stone, Jaycee manager of the event; over 1,000 people turned out to take the drive through Trail of Tears State Park despite overcast skies.

Deimund Construction Co. of Cape Girardeau is awarded the contract for resurfacing and rebuilding furniture, paneling the judges' chamber and painting the circuit courtroom in the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse at Jackson; McCombs Furniture Store gets the contract for carpeting the courtroom.

1939

The record set by the steamer Golden Eagle in its nine-hour, 10-minute cruise down the Mississippi River from St. Louis to Cape Girardeau on Sunday lived but a day; the big towboat steamer Iowa, making a run downstream under similar conditions Monday, set a time of 8 hours 15 minutes for the 128-mile run.

A school bus load of 41 people, including five teachers and 36 juniors and seniors of the high school at Delta, start on a three-day tour of Missouri; the group will tour Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Hannibal, Columbia, Jefferson City and Lake of the Ozarks.

1914

S. Campbell, a young man working for the Mutual Wheel Co. in South Cape, is painfully injured when a piece of timber gets away from him and strikes him in the forehead, inflicting a small gash; he is treated by a Haarig physician.

The contract for the big central school building isn't let by the school board, as had been planned; all the bids exceed the estimate of the architect and would run the price of the completed building more than the board can pay.

__-- Sharon K. Sanders__