Out of the past 5/1/10

25 years ago: May 1, 1985

A new anti-drug and alcohol abuse group, composed of the remnants of Jackson and Cape Girardeau's Chemical People, announces it is seeking 30 area volunteers to undergo training as instructors to implement a program called Project Charlie, aimed at curbing student drug and alcohol abuse.

The Cape Girardeau City Council, in an unusually brief meeting, decides to table the request of a developer for a special use permit to construct senior citizen apartments rather than reject it outright; Glen Kinder wants to build two, six-unit apartment buildings on two small, adjacent lots at 29 S. Sprigg St.

50 years ago: May 1, 1960

Mitchell Crites, son of Dr. and Mrs. W.W. Crites of Jackson, placed in the Missouri Baptist Bible sword drill in Springfield, Mo., Friday night; in June the youth will take an award trip to Ridgecrest, N.C., to compete with the association winners from all over the South.

A cross-model hot rod which four Cape Girardeau youths -- David Erlbacher, Tom Miesner, David Dugan and Bob Windisch -- spent nearly two years in building proves its worth in its first drag race at Sturgis, Ky., copping the first-place trophy in the B-C class.

75 years ago: May 1, 1935

In an annual May Day celebration at Teachers College, Grace Houck of Shelbina, Mo., a junior at the school, is crowned queen by Mary V. Johnson, the 1934 reigning beauty.

Mike Shaltupsky has signed a long-term lease with the Decker Hotel Co. for a ground-floor location on the Broadway side of the Idan-Ha Hotel building, where he will establish a store retailing cigars and other tobacco products, and wine and liquors in the package.

100 years ago: May 1, 1910

Martin Oberheid, manager for the Capahas, demonstrates that you can't play ball without practice; his team hasn't played together this season and, in fact, some of the players have never been in a game here before; the Capahas fall to the Roberts, Johnson & Rand team, 5-2.

At Centenary Methodist Church, 31 persons are baptized; 21 are received into the church by letter and five others by profession of faith; one is converted at the evening service.

-- Sharon K. Sanders