Out of the past 4/13/10

25 years ago: April 13, 1985

Missouri Gov. John D. Ashcroft praises the employees of the LeeRowen plant in Jackson, invoking their example as indicative of "Missouri's hard-working citizens" in a speech at a morning groundbreaking ceremony for the newest addition to the facility; when the new 58,000-square-foot plant is completed, it is expected to add another 50 to 60 jobs to the Jackson area.

Charles Kruse, new director of the Missouri Agriculture Department, speaks at the annual spring banquet of the Southeast Missouri State University Department of Agriculture in the evening.

50 years ago: April 13, 1960

Maj. Gen. William A. Carter, nominee as the next governor of the trouble-plagued Panama Canal Zone, leads an entourage of U.S. Army Corps of Engineer personnel, including Col. Charles B. Schweizer, to Cape Girardeau for an inspection of Mississippi River flood structures; the group arrives in Cape Girardeau aboard two helicopters, which land at Capaha Park shortly after 11:30 a.m.

The Mississippi River crested in Cape Girardeau yesterday at a stage of 38.4 feet and today is falling slowly.

75 years ago: April 13, 1935

Approximately 275 girls from 28 Southeast Missouri high schools are in Cape Girardeau to participate in friendly competitive events in the seventh annual play day held at Houck Field House and stadium; folk dancing competition will be followed by track events, end ball, cover ball, nine-court ball, balloon ball, challenges and snatch, baseball, relays and swimming.

The 1935 circus season in Cape Girardeau will begin Monday, when the Russell Bros. Circus makes its debut at Fairground Park.

100 years ago: April 13, 1910

A petition signed by nearly all the resident property holders of Upper Broadway was presented to the Cape Girardeau City Council last night; by unanimous vote, the council granted the petition, which asks for paving of the street with vitrified brick and creosoted wood blocks between the streetcar tracks.

In other action last night, the city council appropriated $900 to help pay the cost of erecting a bridge across Sloan Creek in the northern part of town.

-- Sharon K. Sanders