Out of the past 4/26/09

25 years ago: April 26, 1984

The 19th-century architecture of many of Cape Girardeau's downtown buildings would be stressed under a proposed redevelopment plan that would include erection of a reproduction of an old street clock at Themis and Main streets and construction of an open-air market.

Both Republican Rep. Mary Kasten of Cape Girardeau and Democratic Rep. Marvin E. Proffer of Jackson were among the majority of Missouri House members who voted yesterday in favor of putting to a vote the question of whether Missouri should have a state lottery.

50 years ago: April 26, 1959

A record crowd attends the second annual Jaycee Home Show over the weekend to get a glimpse of the wares being offered by local merchants; the show opened Friday at the Arena Building and continues through today.

Little League Baseball continues to grow in Cape Girardeau; within the six years the program has been existence, it has grown to include about 400 boys each summer; a new ballpark for the major league is under construction in Arena Park; when it is completed, the two diamonds formerly used in Capaha Park will be turned over to the minor league.

75 years ago: April 26, 1934

ST. LOUIS -- Dr. William G. Patton, superintendent of the St. Louis County Hospital and formerly of Cape Girardeau, has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the congressman from the new 12th Missouri District.

For the second time in less than six months, Otto Kranawetter, 18, of near Pocahontas sustains a compound fracture of his right leg at the ankle when a log rolls on him; the accident, which occurs near Pocahontas, is almost identical to one he had in the winter.

100 years ago: April 26, 1909

W.B. Crites is at home in Cape Girardeau after a term of school at the Abernathy district Friday; the school is six miles south of the city and is one of the best rural schools in the county.

The remodeling of the old Shivelbine building on Main Street is a great improvement to the city; the work has been done by the Vogelsang brothers.

-- Sharon K. Sanders