Out of the past 11/27/10

25 years ago: Nov. 27, 1985

Sealing and tuck pointing work is being done on the brick exterior of Cape Girardeau's City Hall; the $12,500 project, being done by Kenneth Foeste Masonry Inc., should be completed soon.

Documents are signed finalizing the sale of the Buckner-Ragsdale building at Broadway and Main Street to a group of investors who have formed a limited partnership called Riverview Investments Ltd., and who plan to convert the former clothing store into a restaurant and lounge.

50 years ago: Nov. 27, 1960

Arthur Oberman of Dutchtown scares away two thieves from his barn during the night, but not before they get away with gasoline and a log chain; Oberman has been watching for prowlers since gasoline was stolen from a pump on his farm recently.

J.W. McBride, Cape Girardeau commissioner of parks and finance, has been granted a sub-lease to manage the Jaycees public golf course; McBride will manage the course entirely on his own with no connection with his city job.

75 years ago: Nov. 27, 1935

Approval by the Public Works Administration at Washington yesterday of a grant of $3,888 for sewer extension in Cape Girardeau is interpreted by city officials as a grant for lateral sewers in the Koch suburb; the grant is about 45 percent of the total cost of the Koch project.

Fern Crews is selected football queen at Central High School; Crews resides with her sister, Mrs. Roy Carney.

100 years ago: Nov. 27, 1910

The young ladies of Cape Girardeau did their part yesterday in making collections for the Provident Association fund; $170 was collected to aid the city's poor.

J.A. Horrell of Pasadena, Calif., a former resident of Jackson, is in Cape Girardeau in the morning visiting friends; he leaves on the noon train for points south to look after land matters in which he has an interest.

-- Sharon K. Sanders