Out of the past 1/25/02

10 years ago: Jan. 25, 1992

Work to replace front columns on historic Common Pleas Courthouse in Cape Girardeau got under way yesterday; wood columns deteriorated from rot and from siege of woodpeckers that have hammered away at posts on and off over last few years.

State Sen. Danny Staples says he will withhold action on bill that would give voters in Perry County opportunity to decide on whether to adopt 1-cent sales tax to pay for lake and to establish authority to oversee such facility; Staples decided to delay measure after receiving number of calls and letters against lake plan.

25 years ago: Jan. 25, 1977

Distribution of State Department of Transportation survey form will take place Wednesday as planners for mass transit study of Cape Girardeau seek information on feasibility of setting up bus system here; forms will go to about 11,500 households in Cape Girardeau; it will also be in The Missourian.

Maximum figure of $30 a front foot to property owners, with city picking up remainder of tab for paving Independence Street west of East Rodney drive, brings audible gasps from some residents who attend public hearing.

50 years ago: Jan. 25, 1952

Two-day school for instructors of civil defense auxiliary fire and police corps in Cape Girardeau and 19 other Southeast Missouri cities will be held next Thursday and Friday at Presbyterian Church education building.

Lorimier School's Parent-Teacher Unit will take its Happy Hollow cleanup campaign before City Council Monday, and No. 1 topic on agenda will be open sewer which winds through low basin southwest of school; concerned parents won't ask council to help close Happy Hollow Cave, as it looks as if owners of property, Missouri Pacific Railroad, will take care of cavern.

75 years ago: Jan. 25, 1927

With complete resumption of electric power practically assured for early this evening and telephone service being restored throughout city, Cape Girardeau is showing quick recovery from severe weekend sleet and ice storm, which crippled communications and almost paralyzed half of city's lighting system.

Formal announcement is made of plans for construction in West End residential section of two eight-family efficiency apartments to be built by David Shaltupsky, Main street merchant; one building will be built on Park avenue, between Harmony and Broadway, while other, directly east of it, will face on Henderson.

- Sharon K. Sanders