Out of the past 12/7/14

1989

City Councilman Frank Bean won't seek re-election to a second term, saying it's difficult for someone involved in local business to serve longer than four years; also, Mary Wulfers, a vocal critic of the city's Lexington Avenue arterial project, files as a candidate for the council.

The Area Wide United Way needs to collect an additional $10,000 to reach its goal of $425,000; officials with the United Way will conduct a mini-campaign of directed appeals to some businesses.

1964

James A. Finch, Cape Girardeau lawyer, is named by Gov. John M. Dalton as a judge of the Missouri Supreme Court; he succeeds Judge C.A. Leedy, 69, who is retiring; Finch is 57.

The Missouri Commission on Higher Education and its Advisory Council endorse the need for a junior college district in the Bootheel, but has reservations about a senior college in that area; a consultant had recommended that two junior college districts be established in Southeast Missouri.

1939

Going out of control while traveling east on Broadway at 5:30 a.m., a delivery motor truck takes off on the hill and ends up by banging up against the west side of the General Baptist Church, damaging the brick building and nearly demolishing the front and top of the vehicle; the machine is owned by the General Parcel Delivery Co.; the driver isn't badly injured.

The first Christmas trees of the season are on sale in Cape Girardeau as the visit of Santa Claus draws nearer, the weather to the contrary notwithstanding; a large vacant building on Main Street is almost filled with spruce trees from the Pacific Northwest and pine trees from the Ozarks; the prices range from 50 cents to $2.50 for the spruce and 15 cents to $1 for the pine.

1914

Dr. S.T. Adams, a young dentist who has been residing in Washington, Missouri, arrived here a few days ago and will open a dental office in the near future; Adams' wife, who was Miss Bessie Snider before her marriage, lived in Cape Girardeau most of her life and finally persuaded her husband to move here.

The Cape Girardeau City Council votes power to the mayor to appoint a committee composed of five men and five women to supervise a municipal Christmas tree.

-- Sharon K. Sanders