Out of the past: April 24

1991

Rep. Bill Emerson heard a first-hand account of the situation in the Middle East from Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf during a congressional visit to the Persian Gulf region; he returned home Monday.

Local ice skaters Matt Buttrey and Sarah Booth placed second in the U.S. Figure Skating Association National Intermediate Championships held recently at Monsey, New York; it's the highest honor ever achieved by the pair.

1966

In the absence of the Rev. C.E. Mount, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. William T. Magill is speaker at the morning worship service; he is a recently retired Presbyterian minister and resides in Farmington, Missouri.

LUTESVILLE, Mo. -- The Rev. Norma Schlobohm has been called to serve the United Presbyterian Church here; Schlobohm, assistant minister of the Affton Presbyterian Church in St. Louis County, will begin her ministry here May 1.

1941

The farm planting season in Southeast Missouri, bolstered by fair weather mixed with moderate rains, is in full swing and the outlook is generally favorable; farmers are well advanced with their work, with hay and grain crops promising normal or better yields; planting of corn is nearly done in the lower reaches of the district and will be half done in the northern counties by the end of the week.

The plan of allotting state political jobs on the basis of the Republican vote cast in November will give Cape Girardeau County about 41 positions, political observers figure; so far, however, none have been appointed, chiefly because the contest over the governor's race is holding up such appointments; it has been announced the jobs will be apportioned on a pro rata basis of each county's vote for Gov. Forrest C. Donnell.

1916

The Knights Templar of Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area celebrated Easter Sunday with services at the Normal School auditorium; they paraded from the lodge hall on lower Broadway to the auditorium in the early afternoon in full regalia; about 50 of them participated, probably the largest attendance ever here.

The Cape Girardeau architecture firm of Parlow and Deas is making the plans for a new school building to be constructed at Morley, Missouri, replacing one that burned some time ago; it will contain four rooms and will be semi-fireproof.

-- Sharon K. Sanders