NEW SOAP BOX DERBY REVIVES A BYGONE ERA

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Friday, September 15, 2000

In July 1947 on the 10th anniversary of the All American Soap Box Derby in Cape Girardeau, William Shivelbine led the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band in a pre-race parade from the Broadway entrance of Fairground Park -- now called Capaha Park -- to the top of Perry Avenue, renamed Derby Hill.

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