Out of the past 10/3/11

25 years ago: Oct. 3, 1986

Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep, speaking at the First Friday Coffee of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce, stresses the importance of ignoring city and county boundaries and working together for the good of the area.

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. has added a new prefix, 339, locally; it's a prefix assigned to each of the 1,500 student dormitory rooms at Southeast Missouri State University.

50 years ago: Oct. 3, 1961

Commissioner John Hayden of the street department has asked for authority to purchase a new mud-jacking machine to replace a worn-out machine of 1922 vintage; the equipment is used to raise dropping sectors of paved streets.

A state highway crew has spread chat on a new roadbed from North Farmington Road in Jackson to U.S. 61 and passing by the 12 acres of Jackson Industrial Development Corp., including the new Kroger egg-grading plant.

75 years ago: Oct. 3, 1936

A survey shows that the new city license tax of 1 cent per gallon on gasoline sold in Cape Girardeau, which was to go into effect yesterday, has not been added to the retail price; gasoline dealers are refusing to collect the levy.

A 72-acre farm -- located near Millersville and close to U.S. 61, with a good orchard, buildings on it and plenty of land for cultivation -- will be sold Saturday during the Cape Girardeau Trade Days free auction at Fairground Park.

100 years ago: Oct. 3, 1911

The Rev. L.D. Lowe has been transferred from Cape Girardeau to the Methodist Church at Caruthersville, Mo., while the Rev. I.L. Holt of University Church in St. Louis has been transferred to Centenary Church here; the Rev. O.J. Ferguson was reappointed to the Giboney Church here.

The city council decided last night to bring suit against the Cape Girardeau & Thebes Terminal (Houck) Railroad to oust it from its right of way through the city; the city claims promises made by its predecessor, the Missouri and Arkansas Railroad, when the franchise was granted have gone unfulfilled.

-- Sharon K. Sanders