Out of the past 4/4/06

25 years ago: April 4, 1981

When Cape Girardeau voters go to the polls Tuesday to cast their preferences in the city council and charter commission elections, they will find a long list of candidates; there are 37 candidates for city government offices, plus seven school board candidates, bringing the number of local candidates to 44; most of the hopefuls -- 35 -- are vying for the 13 openings on the proposed Cape Girardeau Charter Commission.

Cape Gardens, a 60-unit apartment complex in two connected buildings in the 700 block of South West End Boulevard, has been completed and is nearing its capacity of elderly inhabitants.

50 years ago: April 4, 1956

In uncontested elections, Dr. A.C. Magill and Walter H. Oberheide were re-elected to three-year terms on the Cape Girardeau Board of Education yesterday.

In the election in the Jackson R-2 School District Tuesday, only 595 votes were cast; the voters elected to the board of education Dr. W.W. Crites and Richard Davis; Crites and Davis succeed William K. Sander and John Hartle.

75 years ago: April 4, 1931

A fourth name has been added to the list of school board candidates in Cape Girardeau; voters Tuesday will elect two to serve three-year terms; the most recent candidate is J.C. Cole, justice of the peace and Red Star merchant; others in the race are Mrs. C.A. Vandivort, Judge W.J. Kies and R.B. Baker.

Clarence "Tubby" Koch will leave Sunday for Fort Smith, Ark., where he will join the pitching staff of that baseball club; this will be Koch's third season with Fort Smith; last year he won 11 games and lost seven; his season was cut short by injuries, and he returned home to Cape Girardeau to recuperate.

100 years ago: April 4, 1906

In what is said to be the quietest election ever held in Cape Girardeau, the entire Citizens' Ticket was elected yesterday; elected to the board of aldermen were Chris F. Betten, First Ward; Joseph Jaeger, Second Ward; Dr. John D. Porterfield Jr., Third Ward, and Thomas J. Gill, Fourth Ward.

The election in Jackson yesterday resulted in a victory for the "east-siders"; residents were divided on the location of the waterworks plant and put the matter to a vote; the new wells will be bored on the east side of the city; elected to the board of aldermen were Herman Miller, Charles Macke, T.J. Browning, Dr. Vinyard, Otto Huffman and Fred Kies.

-- Sharon K. Sanders