Out of the past 1/10/10

25 years ago: Jan. 10, 1985

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- The Perryville Board of Education was advised last night that it must begin immediate repairs on the old high school building if classrooms are to continue to be used; an architect told the board the old building is structurally sound, but there are many areas that need quick attention.

The city of Cape Girardeau has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Missouri Clean Water Commission to help finance sewer improvements, contingent upon local voter approval of a $1.4 million sewer revenue bond issue Feb. 5.

50 years ago: Jan. 10, 1960

The Rev. G.O. Kraemer, pastor of Salem Lutheran Church at Farrar, Mo., speaks in the morning at a special mission service at St. Andrew Lutheran Church; before coming to Farrar, Kraemer served 39 years as a missionary to Argentina for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

The Third Baptist Church, which was organized Nov. 22, has called the Rev. Ray Barnes of Whitewater as pastor.

75 years ago: Jan. 10, 1935

Adding their voices of opposition to those who have spoken out against Gov. Guy Park's proposal to merge the Teachers Colleges of the state with the University of Missouri are Southeast Missouri legislators; Sens. J.F. McDowell of Charleston, Mo., and George A. Rozier of Perryville, Mo., are both against the plan, as is Rep. R.M. Talbert of Cape Girardeau County.

Julius Stern, owner of the Broadway Fruit Market building, 616 Broadway, which was wrecked by an explosion yesterday, said rebuilding of the basement and front of the structure will begin at once.

100 years ago: Jan. 10, 1910

Samuel Ward, now a resident of Renner, Texas, but who was a resident of Cape Girardeau County up to a few years ago, is in Cape Girardeau visiting relatives; he is staying at the home of his niece, Mrs. G.M. Short, in the west end.

Since the Cape Girardeau City Council placed the responsibility of the Adams orphans home on the shoulders of the town's board of health, the institution seems to be prospering; two more children were recently received at the home and five more are expected soon from Illinois.

-- Sharon K. Sanders