Out of the past: June 16

1991

Members of the congregation of Centenary United Methodist Church have broken ground for a Family Life Center; the center will be adjacent to the church on North Ellis Street.

To the U.S. Park Service, wild horses don't belong in the 60,000 acres of wilderness making up the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in southern Missouri; but to many Shannon County residents, the wild horses are a colorful part of the scenery along the Current and Jacks Fork rivers; the future of the animals will be decided by U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh, who heard the park service's plans Friday to trap and remove the horses.

1966

Byford L. Lowry, 39, of Cape Girardeau is injured when his light airplane crashes into a field near Fruitland; observers say he suffered a broken nose and was complaining of back pain.

The Cape Girardeau City Council last night pushed the Hopper Road construction project a step further by accepting plans and specifications and enacting a grade ordinance; the question of widening Hopper from Highway 61 to past the new Hawthorn School and the installation of sidewalks along the street has been a leading issue before the council for the last several weeks.

1941

George L. Meyer, president of Meyer-Albert Grocer Co., a wholesale firm, and a leading Cape Girardeau citizen for more than a quarter century, dies in the morning at age 67.

The Golden Eagle, last remnant of the steamboat age, likely has made its last cruise; the sturdy boat, which for 38 years served on the Mississippi River as a packet steamer, sank Saturday night in the murky waters of the river, 30 miles from shore, at a point 2 miles north of Chester, Illinois; resting in 20 feet of water with a gaping hole in its stern, the boat likely will be abandoned.

1916

Ode Yarbrough, Cape Girardeau's oldest restaurateur, plans to open a new eating house on Main Street the later part of this month or early in July; he has rented the Bryan building on Main Street, next door to the Commercial Barber Shop; Yarbrough has been feeding Girardeans for nearly 20 years.

The paving of North Frederick Street, from Broadway to Normal Avenue, and of North Fountain Street, from Washington Avenue to Olive Street, is being delayed because the water company hasn't installed water pipes on those streets; contractor F.W. Keller said he's ready to start paving the minute the pipes are installed.

-- Sharon K. Sanders