Out of the past 4/20/07

25 years ago: April 20, 1982

Doyle Wood, the superintendent of schools in Iberia, Mo., near the Lake of the Ozarks, has been selected to replace Dr. Jerry L. Waddle as superintendent of the Delta School District; Waddle resigned his post at Delta effective at the end of the school year to become the superintendent of the Kelly School District in Benton, Mo.

More than 600 young mathematicians converge on the Southeast Missouri State University campus for Math Field Day; 30 area high schools are represented in the event.

50 years ago: April 20, 1957

Business firms in Cape Girardeau County that collect sales tax enjoyed the best business year in their history in 1956; figures supplied by the Missouri Department of Revenue reveal that retail income in the county was up $2,986,377 over the record-breaking 1955.

Keith "Bud" Miller announces he has purchased the Thompson Drive-in, 324 N. Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau, from Russell Hartley; Hartley has operated the business for the past 15 months.

75 years ago: April 20, 1932

The bonded indebtedness of the city of Cape Girardeau, according to the semiannual financial statement published by city clerk W.C. Kaempfer, with an assessed valuation of $12,500,000 is only $11,700, or less than the bonded indebtedness of any of the churches which have been erected here or have made improvements recently.

Appointment of L.L. Dalton as city health officer, approved Monday by the Cape Girardeau City Council, was rescinded the following night.

100 years ago: April 20, 1907

Suit has been filed in the Court of Common Pleas against M.T. Lowman & Co., of Louisville, Ky., by Edward F. Regenhardt for $450, being a claim for stone used in construction of the new county courthouse at Jackson; Regenhardt claims that the account has been due for six months or more, and that repeated attempts to collect the bill have been fruitless.

Word is received that the Rev. Joseph Pope, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died March 30 in Europe; Pope for many years was pastor of St. Mary's Church and left about 34 years ago.

-- Sharon K. Sanders