Out of the past: Aug. 18

1991

Members of the congregation of the Cape Bible Chapel and its building committee break ground for an 8,200-square-foot expansion, which will house Sunday-school rooms and a youth-assembly room; the addition should be completed in December.

Virgil Elfrink of Cape Girardeau has been elected president and Jackson Mayor Carlton Meyer vice president of the board of directors of the Regional Commerce and Growth Association.

1966

Workers this week are unloading water-main pipe for the Cape County Public Water Supply District No. 1, and actual laying of lines is expected to start next week; the water main of asbestos cement is being stored along U.S. 61 from Fruitland north at present; in all, the district stretches along 24 miles of U.S. 61, from Longtown, Missouri, to near Jackson.

The Cape Girardeau County Court goes on record to confirm it will accept the Bollinger Mill property at Burfordville as a county park, when it is deeded; the Cape County Historical Society, the present owner, plans to transfer the mill to the county when it meets Aug. 30.

1941

Following a tip where seven typewriters and three electric phonographs, which were stolen in a burglary here two weeks ago, could be found, police go to a spot on a side road off Big Bend Road near the northern city limits and find the cache; the loot, taken from Carron Typewriter Exchange, 628 Broadway, and the St. Louis Band Instrument Co. store next door, is valued at about $750.

A city budget, calling for an outlay the same as for last year, amounting to $107,750, is approved by the city council during its regular meeting; while the budget for last year was $107,750, actual expenditures ran $125,179.94 for the 12 months.

1916

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- In an effort to promote amity between Cape Girardeau and Chaffee, J.P. Flynn of the Chaffee Commercial Club has proposed inviting representatives of the two clubs to ride a float in Chaffee's Labor Day parade, along with a large hammer; at an appropriate time, the hammer will be buried, symbolizing the end of hostilities between the two towns.

This is the hottest day of the season, according to readings at the Normal School; the mercury rises to 98 degrees in the afternoon; other thermometers in the city register over 100 degrees, and some as high as 104.

-- Sharon K. Sanders