Out of the past 12/21/07

25 years ago: Dec. 21, 1982

Local lawyer Edward E. Calvin has been appointed by the Cape Girardeau City Council to succeed Municipal Judge Vernon Auer, who will retire next week; Calvin, 51, will be the first attorney to serve as Municipal Court judge here.

Mrs. W.S. Keller, 84, of 302 N. Park Ave., who every school day waves from her front porch to children en route by bus to Schultz School, suffered a broken hip two days ago, when she was entering the sanctuary of First Baptist Church.

50 years ago: Dec. 21, 1957

Operations of the Dredge Kennedy, engaged in channel-clearing work on the Mississippi River north of Cape Girardeau, were viewed yesterday by city officials and others, who were guests of Capt. Wallace R. Grieshaber and his crew for dinner at noon.

Neighbors are pitching in at Millersville, helping each other repair damage done to buildings by Wednesday's tornado; Lawrence Stearns, Earnest Wallis and Ray Propst made temporary repairs to the roof of the Methodist church at Millersville; the edifice is leaning slightly and may have to be replaced.

75 years ago: Dec. 21, 1932

Eugene Medcalf, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Medcalf of Cape Girardeau, is resting comfortably, after breaking his left leg below the knee Sunday while coasting on a bobsled; with some other boys, he was coasting on North Middle Street near Washington School when the accident occurred; no one else was injured.

John Graves, who has been associated with the law firm of Dearmont & Russell for several years, has moved to the Cahoon building, where he will have his own office.

100 years ago: Dec. 21, 1907

A large crowd is on hand for the bazaar being given by the ladies of the Baptist church; so many beautiful things have been contributed for the sale, it will be continued through Monday.

Inasmuch as Cape Girardeau's city officials are too busy to have the street crossings cleaned, some of the merchants have hired a man to look after Main Street; there is no election scheduled, and evidently the officials aren't concerned about the people.

-- Sharon K. Sanders