Out of the past 11/29/08

25 years ago: Nov. 29, 1983

A hearing conducted in Cape Girardeau by the Children, Youth and Families Committee of the state legislature draws both criticism and praise for Missouri's juvenile system and day care licensing program; the frankest testimony comes from former state representative and 33rd Circuit Judge Tony Heckemeyer of Sikeston, Mo.

Four Cape Girardeau police officers are injured early in the morning when they arrest a man after receiving a complaint about a disturbance at a Broadway tavern; Lt. Dennis Dolan is treated at a local hospital and released; the three others don't require hospital treatment.

50 years ago: Nov. 29, 1958

The temperature dips to its lowest reading of the winter season early in the morning, a frigid 13 degrees, as traffic begins to move with more assurance over ice-encrusted streets left by yesterday's 8 1/4-inch snowfall.

The steady increase in enrollment of the Jackson School District caused its board of education to take an option on a parcel of 35.5 acres; the land lies just west of the city limits on Highway 70.

75 years ago: Nov. 29, 1933

The Cape Girardeau Board of Education will take no further steps to secure government funds for building purposes in the city, says A.M. Spradling, president of the board; the school proposition was defeated in a recent election, with the biggest majority against the issue being recorded in the district which would have benefited the most by the rebuilding of Lorimier School.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Allotment of $5,623,300 for distribution to all counties under the civil works program in Missouri has been announced; of that amount, Cape Girardeau will receive $38,400.

100 years ago: Nov. 29, 1908

Trinity Lutheran Church celebrates the first Sunday of Advent; the pastor preaches in the morning on "Behold Thy King Cometh Unto Thee"; the service is in the German language; there is no evening service.

The small, but palatial, residence of Charles Miller of Neelys Landing burned to the ground last week during a rain and thunder storm; the house was perched at the top of the high bluff at Neelys and was admired by all passengers on the Frisco.

-- Sharon K. Sanders