Out of the past 11/7/07

25 years ago: Nov. 7, 1982

The memorial fountain in Common Pleas Courthouse Park, erected in 1911, is formally rededicated in the afternoon; special recognition goes to the Cape Girardeau Fire Department for its work in restoring the community landmark; also recognized are Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Harrison, whose initial interest in the continuing function of the Civil War memorial spurred its rehabilitation.

The Rev. Paul Spitz, president of the Missouri District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, is guest preacher at Mission Festival services of Trinity Lutheran Church.

50 years ago: Nov. 7, 1957

Fred A. Groves has sold the former Groves Home on College Hill Place in Cape Girardeau to Clarence Shirrell, who expects to move his family there; Mr. and Mrs. Groves now reside at 2425 W. Cape Rock Drive.

Members of the Cape Girardeau City Council approve a measure giving the auxiliary police $100 a month for its service; the added financial support will make the organization a more integral part of the city's regular police establishment.

75 years ago: Nov. 7, 1932

Cape Girardeau's Sturdivant Bank fails to open for business in the morning; a notice, posted on the doors of the banking room in the H.-H. Building, says the institution has been placed in the hands of the state banking department; the board closed the bank because of "frozen loans."

Workers begin the removal of furnishings from a one-story building at 16-18-22 N. Main St. in preparation to raze that structure along with another, a three-story building on Water Street, to make room for the new department store building of Montgomery Ward & Co.

100 years ago: Nov. 7, 1907

John Rudert, the blacksmith and wagon maker of Tilsit, is in Cape Girardeau with his brother, Sgt. Ben Rudert, who recently arrived home from the Philippines, where he was a member of the 8th Cavalry band.

Members of the Cape Girardeau Commercial Club will meet tonight to discuss the smelter situation; not long ago, several creditors of the Southern Metal and Manufacturing Co. filed suit against the concern; the case will be called on Nov. 11.

-- Sharon K. Sanders