Out of the past 12/17/11

25 years ago: Dec. 17, 1986

The Missouri Highway and Transportation Department's report on projected transportation needs for the next 15 years includes only two major projects in this immediate area: A new Mississippi River bridge here and the widening of Highway 61 to four lanes between Cape Girardeau and Jackson.

Pleased with results of a review of Southeast Missouri State University president Bill W. Stacy's job performance, the university Board of Regents has offered a five-year extension to his contract, which he accepted.

50 years ago: Dec. 17, 1961

Joseph H. Quatmann Jr., president of Superior Electric Products Corp., says negotiations for transfer of the firm to Corning, Ark., have been dropped, and it will continue operating in Cape Girardeau.

After 33 years as secretary-treasurer of the Southeast Missouri Teachers Association, L.H. Strunk of Cape Girardeau has asked that he not be considered for reappointment when his present term expires on June 30, 1962; Strunk was first appointed to the office in 1929, two years after he became professor of education at State College.

75 years ago: Dec. 17, 1936

Sale of the Cape Girardeau traffic bridge to the city, as requested by the Retail Merchants Association and petitions of citizens, is rejected by Frank D. Stranahan of Toledo, Ohio, president of the company that owns the span.

Supt. C.C. Conrad and members of the Jackson school board -- A.E. Kies, John R. Mabrey, Dr. D.I.L. Seabaugh, C.W. Knox, Martin Wagner and Frank Hines -- traveled to Sikeston, Mo., yesterday to confer with WPA officials concerning the construction of a stadium at Jackson.

100 years ago: Dec. 17, 1911

The Rev. W. Borchers, who is city missionary of the Lutheran churches in St. Louis, has accepted a call as pastor from the congregation at Friedheim, Mo.; the present pastor, the Rev. A. Gassner, has accepted a call to the church at Washington, Mo.

Charles Grohsman and Wilbur Spradling of Jackson spend the day in Cape Girardeau visiting friends.

-- Sharon K. Sanders