http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/downtown-cape-girardeau-aerial-photos-from-the-60s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=downtown-cape-girardeau-aerial-photos-from-the-60s Coming of Age in Cape Girardeau Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:01:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/downtown-cape-girardeau-aerial-photos-from-the-60s/comment-page-1/#comment-1416 charlie Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:19:17 +0000 http://www.capecentralhigh.com/?p=1473#comment-1416 Madeline: Do you remember my great Aunt Marie Beattie that worked at Penney's forever? Madeline: Do you remember my great Aunt Marie Beattie that worked at Penney’s forever?

]]> http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/downtown-cape-girardeau-aerial-photos-from-the-60s/comment-page-1/#comment-825 Bill East Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:52:20 +0000 http://www.capecentralhigh.com/?p=1473#comment-825 St. Charles Hotel--sounds like some of the establishments we stayed at on speech and debate trips. The one in Lone Oak comes to mind. St. Charles Hotel–sounds like some of the establishments we stayed at on speech and debate trips. The one in Lone Oak comes to mind.

]]> http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/downtown-cape-girardeau-aerial-photos-from-the-60s/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Ken Steinhoff Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:30:27 +0000 http://www.capecentralhigh.com/?p=1473#comment-793 In these days of 24 / 7 shopping (and Internet shopping), who would believe the feeding frenzy that keeping the stores open past 6 PM would cause. In these days of 24 / 7 shopping (and Internet shopping), who would believe the feeding frenzy that keeping the stores open past 6 PM would cause.

]]> http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/downtown-cape-girardeau-aerial-photos-from-the-60s/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Madeline DeJournett Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:58:36 +0000 http://www.capecentralhigh.com/?p=1473#comment-790 I was a SEMO junior in 1963, working part-time at the old J.C. Penney's store on Main Street, when I saw the Midnight Madness events from the office above the main floor just inside the front door. At 5 p.m. the men's short-sleeved dress shirts went on sale (seems to me the price was $5.00). The floor manager went down with a big box of shirts, which he dumped out on the table. The crowd of women surged forward, almost knocking him down, snatching and grabbing shirts, as many as they could carry. I guess they sorted through the sizes after they had their shirts, trading with the other women for the sizes they wanted. I had never seen anything like it and was quite horrified! It was a wonderful store, with kind-hearted employees who helped me with my wedding in March, 1963, and who told stories from the then not-so-distant past, when Main Street flooded. I was a SEMO junior in 1963, working part-time at the old J.C. Penney’s store on Main Street, when I saw the Midnight Madness events from the office above the main floor just inside the front door.
At 5 p.m. the men’s short-sleeved dress shirts went on sale (seems to me the price was $5.00). The floor manager went down with a big box of shirts, which he dumped out on the table. The crowd of women surged forward, almost knocking him down, snatching and grabbing shirts, as many as they could carry. I guess they sorted through the sizes after they had their shirts, trading with the other women for the sizes they wanted. I had never seen anything like it and was quite horrified!
It was a wonderful store, with kind-hearted employees who helped me with my wedding in March, 1963, and who told stories from the then not-so-distant past, when Main Street flooded.

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