Out of the past 11/5/09

25 years ago: Nov. 5, 1984

Cape Girardeau County voters may go to the polls in record numbers tomorrow; according to county clerk Rodney Miller as many as 27,000 voters, or 77 percent of the county's 35,000 registered voters, may cast ballots; along with the presidential race, a plethora of state and local ballots, from parimutuel betting and state lottery proposals to Blue Law repeal, are sparking interest in the election.

One of Cape Girardeau's best-known musicians, Louis A. Kassel, died Saturday at age 90; his work in music spanned more than 40 years.

50 years ago: Nov. 5, 1959

Two huge boilers are being installed at Saint Francis Hospital, replacing smaller and outmoded equipment; each boiler is 9 feet high and 8 feet wide and weighs 18 tons.

In view of the approaching Yuletide season, Cape Girardeau firemen begin their citywide drive for discarded toys that are still in good shape and may be repaired and remodeled to bring joy to children who may otherwise be forgotten on Christmas morning.

75 years ago: Nov. 5, 1934

Permits for two frame buildings to be built on Pecan Street in the Smelterville suburb are issued by the city engineer; one is for a building to serve as a house of worship for the Church of God and Christ congregation.

County voters will go to the polls tomorrow in the biennial off-year election to select 11 county officers and to ballot, on the election of national and state candidates; in addition, they will vote on three proposed amendments to the Missouri Constitution.

100 years ago: Nov. 5, 1909

Street paving on Broadway hill and elsewhere is receiving a great setback because of the delay in lowering the lines of sewers on either side of the Broadway hill.

Jack McCammon purchases of E.W. Flentge the lot and two houses at the southeast corner of Merriwether and Sprigg streets; the price paid is $2,000.

-- Sharon K. Sanders