Out of the past 4/27/10

25 years ago: April 27, 1985

Rotarians from throughout Southeast Missouri gather in Cape Girardeau for the District 609 convention; several hundred Rotarians take part in activities, which feature a speech in the evening by Carlos Cirilio of Monterrey, Mexico, Rotary International's special representative.

Having just returned from Atlanta where they met with Coca-Cola distributors from over the nation, Charles Sander, executive vice president, and Bruce E. Miller, general manager, of Coca-Cola of Southeast Missouri, are optimistic about the just announced "new Coca-Cola" product; they describe it as "the finest cola flavor ever put in a bottle."

50 years ago: April 27, 1960

Filing time expiring at midnight last night turned up five more candidates in Cape Girardeau County to contest in the primary election Aug. 8 and automatically returned the district's state senator and Common Pleas judge to office; no one filed against state Sen. Albert Spradling Jr.; Judge W. Osler Statler will continue as judge of the Common Pleas Court, which is now part of the new 32nd circuit that includes Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties.

Estimates based on preliminary reports indicate Cape Girardeau to have a 1960 population of 24,238.

75 years ago: April 27, 1935

Remodeling of the interior of the Hirsch Bros. Co. grocery department, 238 S. Sprigg St., begins in the evening; four shifts of workers will be used in an effort to get a new floor laid by the time the store opens for business Monday morning; after the floor is put down, the department will be refurnished with new refrigeration equipment, new fixtures and new wall shelves.

A reunion of present and former athletes of State College, sponsored by the Varsity Club last night at Houck Field house, was climaxed with the organization of the Booster Club of Southeast Missouri.

100 years ago: April 27, 1910

Charles H. Gelven of Sedalia, Mo., a member of the firm of Gelven & Son, for years the leading florists of Central Missouri, has been in Cape Girardeau several days looking for a location for a big florist and seed plant.

The foundation work for Dr. M.A. Grissom's flats on Spanish Street, near Broadway, has been started.

-- Sharon K. Sanders