Out of the past 1/26/07

25 years ago: Jan. 26, 1982

A veteran member of the Cape Girardeau Board of Education has announced her intention to retire from that post; Mary Kasten, who is entering her 20th year as a member of the board, announces she will retire; she has filed as a candidate for the 156th District state legislative seat.

A notice from Ozark Air Lines to the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington, D.C., announces Ozark will discontinue its flights from the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport, a service which began in 1951.

50 years ago: Jan. 26, 1957

Officials of the Cape Girardeau sub-office of the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers report that specifications for construction of the T-type floodwall for Main Street flood protection have been placed in the hands of prospective bidders; the section for which bids will be sought extends south from the Frisco passenger station to the traffic bridge.

A suggestion is advanced for the construction and operation of a 28-bed nursing home for the aged, which, when paid for, would be turned over to the city of Cape Girardeau or a sponsoring organization.

75 years ago: Jan. 26, 1932

Federal prohibition agents, completing a drive yesterday against illicit liquor stills on islands in the Mississippi River with the use of their new motorboat, confiscate nine stills, 3,000 gallons of mash and 75 gallons of whiskey; five men, including three caught near Cairo, Ill., were arrested.

Gwen Harness and Audrey Ducey, both of Cape Girardeau, leave for St. Louis where they will enter training as nurses at City Hospital.

100 years ago: Jan. 26, 1907

Letters have been received by the Cape Girardeau Commercial Club from two manufacturing concerns; the W.Q. O'Neal Metal Culvert Manufacturing Co. of Crawfordsville, Mo., wants to locate a factory here, as does a Grand Rapids, Mich., firm, which makes wood carvings and furniture ornaments.

Julius Meyer Jr., living northwest of Cape Girardeau, is in the city to sell hoop poles he has been cutting; off of 10 acres, he has already cut 1,000 small poles; his efforts will keep coopers in town busy for some time.

-- Sharon K. Sanders