Out of the past 1/28/08

25 years ago: Jan. 28, 1983

Flooding caused about $580,000 damage to Cape Girardeau County roads and bridges last month, but the county won't be receiving a dime of federal disaster aid; Federal Emergency Management Agency officials have denied the request for disaster assistance money.

"Missouri in Motion" will be the theme for the fifth annual Riverfest celebration in mid-June; serving as co-chairs for the event will be Judy Buerkle and Brent Spaeth.

50 years ago: Jan. 28, 1958

The appointment of Jay Nations of Springfield, Mo., as juvenile officer for the 28th Judicial Circuit of Missouri and for the Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas is announced jointly by Circuit Judge Marshall Craig and Common Pleas Judge Robert G. Brady; Nations is a native of Caruthersville, Mo.

Common Pleas Court Judge Robert G. Brady, former legislator from Cape Girardeau County active in a wide range of community affairs, was presented the annual Jaycees' Distinguished Service Award last night.

75 years ago: Jan. 28, 1933

After a valiant, nine-week fight, during which he underwent nine blood transfusions and a major operation, Edwin A. "Teddy" Mason, Jackson High School football star, died last night at a local hospital; Mason, the son of Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Mason, was stricken Nov. 26, the day following the Jackson-Central Thanksgiving Day football game, in which he played.

Rush H. Limbaugh, former legislator and member of the state committee on taxation and governmental reform, has completed drawing up a bill to be presented the legislature to create a state budget department.

100 years ago: Jan. 28, 1908

Mayor W.C. Patton explains in a letter to The Daily Republican his use of the word "rotten" in describing the state of the city's books; according to Patton, "It was intended to describe the hopeless confusion of the city's records, and not as a charge of dishonesty"; the ongoing audit, says Patton, is not meant to fix guilt upon any official, but to untangle the mess the city's books are in.

Herman Buck announces the Whitmore-Sherwood Orchestra will play a special engagement at his Dreamland Theater on Main Street this evening.

-- Sharon K. Sanders