Out of the past 04/01/09

25 years ago: April 1, 1984

The congregation of First Assembly of God Church, 750 Mount Auburn Road, celebrates the dedication of its new educational building; the Rev. George W. Westlake Jr., senior pastor of the Sheffield Assembly of God of Kansas City, Mo., and former pastor of First Assembly here, is the special guest speaker.

Plaza Tire Service is razing its old buildings and replacing them with a new and larger structure on William Street in Cape Girardeau; owners of the business are Vernon and Edward Rhodes.

50 years ago: April 1, 1959

The fifth candidate and the first woman is in the race for a place on the Cape Girardeau School Board, subject to the election next Tuesday; the name of Ruth Rueseler Knote is placed on file by friends.

The Cape Girardeau City Council authorizes the acquisition of Grace Methodist Church under a lease-purchase agreement for conversion into police department headquarters and a municipal courts building; the transaction is subject to approval by two church bodies, the quarterly conference and the congregation; the city would pay $45,000 for the property.

75 years ago: April 1, 1934

Climaxing a month's campaign, Cape Girardeau's Sunday schools and churches have near record crowds in attendance for Easter services; there are 302 people in 21 Sunday schools, and 12,410 people attend other services during the day in those churches.

The John S. Cobb School basketball team won its second consecutive tournament championship within a week by defeating the Poplar Bluff, Mo., team 30-17 in the finals of a tourney held in that town yesterday.

100 years ago: April 1, 1909

Cairo, Ill. — Bird's Point, across from Cairo on the Missouri side, the railroad village that has caused so much uneasiness of late for fear that the Mississippi River would wash it away, won't need government protection after all; in fact, there is nothing left to protect, after fire yesterday swept through the entire town; it is likely the place will be abandoned by the railroads.

Ethel Volker of St. Louis plans to open a beauty parlor in the Himmelberger-Harrison Building.

— Sharon K. Sanders