Out of the past 12/15/14

1989

Cape Girardeau escaped yesterday's snowstorm with just a dusting; the St. Louis area was hardest hit in the state with 7 inches and a temperature of 3 degrees; Cape Girardeau's morning low is 8 degrees.

City park board and pool committee members plunged ahead last night with planning for a recreational swimming pool, agreeing with a consultant's suggestion that an aquatic center should be built on the site of the Capaha Park pool.

1964

Four labor union representatives last night raised objections to the school board's decision against awarding a general contract for the renovation of the old junior high school; the board intends to act as its own contractor and has hired Eugene O. Oliver of Sikeston, Missouri, as the superintendent for the duration of the project.

The Cape Girardeau Fire Department's annual "Operation Santa Claus" is still in need of toys; several hundred toys have been donated, but more are needed.

1939

An office for the federal district census bureau has been opened in the old Sturdivant Bank building at Main and Themis streets; W.G. Wicker, district director, says the larger room on the second floor of the building will be adequate for the bureau.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Damage estimated at approximately $75,000 is caused in the evening when fire rages through the main building of the East Prairie Milling Co. here, wiping out the frame and metal building, a stock of flour, and flour- and feed-processing equipment.

1914

Professor A.C. Magill reports that yesterday's low in Cape Girardeau was a frigid 14 degrees below zero; the temperature moderates somewhat this morning, sinking to only 12 1/2 degrees below zero.

Preparations for the municipal Christmas tree celebration are going forward in fine shape; Mrs. E.G. Gramling, chairwoman, met last evening with professor John S. Cobb and Mayor Fred Kage to settle the arrangements for the black children's participation; with Cobb saying he didn't believe black children would care to hold a separate celebration on Christmas Day, it was agreed to send ornaments and presents for all the black children in the city to two churches, where Christmas gifts will be distributed.

-- Sharon K. Sanders