Out of the past: April 7

1999

They don’t have a site yet, but the Lutheran High School Steering Committee has selected its name; Saxony Lutheran High School is expected to open its doors, wherever it might be, by fall 2000; the name was selected from 35 suggestions submitted by school-age children; the name reflects the region’s Lutheran heritage.

Cape Girardeau business man Jim Drury has sued Cape Girardeau in an effort to block the use of motel and other city tax money for Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus project; in a letter to Missouri lawmakers, Drury said the project also would waste state tax money; city and Southeast officials say the lawsuit could make it harder for the university to secure state funding for the project; Drury and his MidAmerica Hotels Corp. filed the lawsuit Monday in Cape Girardeau County Circuit Court.

1974

Palm Sunday. Blessed palms are distributed at both St. Mary’s Cathedral and St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church at all Masses; at First Christian Church, the membership class is baptized.

Gov. Christopher S. “Kit” Bond asked support of the Missouri State Medical Association in urging the Legislature to give high priority to a maternal and child health care bill when he spoke last night at the association’s annual banquet in Kansas City; two Girardeans were honored at the banquet; Dr. Glenn J. Tygett was among 25 Missouri medical doctors honored for completing 50 years in the practice of medicine; he was unable to attend; Reginald E. Mitchell, a staff writer for the Southeast Missourian, was awarded a plaque and $150 prize for distinguished medical reporting.

1949

The Cape Girardeau Board of Education reorganizes in the evening, following the election Tuesday of two new members; taking their places are John F. Cargle and Carlston A. Bohnsack; they replace Walter H. Oberheide and Hugo Lang, both of whom had given 15 years of service to the school system; Professor A.C. Magill is re-elected president of the board and J.A. Heilig vice president; Elizabeth Walther is re-elected secretary.

According to school superintendent Louis J. Schultz, a mild type of measles is making the rounds in the schools; it generally lasts only three days; Schultz says there are about 107 children remaining at home with measles and a few others with mumps.

1924

Martin E. Krueger officially takes over his duties as a Cape Girardeau city commissioner, and his first formal request is for the hearty cooperation and assistance of his fellow officials and residents; Louis Wittmor, in turn, closes more than six years of service on the board and retires from public life.

S.P. Loebe, newspaper publisher, billboard operator and capitalist of Charleston, is spending considerable time in Cape Girardeau these days extending and improving his billboard space; he is building several new boards and rebuilding most of those he has had here several years; he is building a board on lower Broadway, which will cover the lot formerly occupied by the old livery barn near Main Street; flowers will be planted in front of it, and it will take the place of an ugly spot that for may years was a blight on the town.

Southeast Missourian librarian Sharon Sanders compiles the information for the daily Out of the Past column. She also writes a blog called “From the Morgue” that showcases interesting historical stories from the newspaper. Check out her blog at semissourian.com/history.