Out of the past 5/3/10

25 years ago: May 3, 1985

Members of a newly formed Committee for Community Improvement, which is working for passage of the city's proposed $1.9 million sewer bond issue, deliver a pep talk on the subject at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee; the Cape Girardeau Public Schools tax transfer proposal is also discussed.

Reassessment appeal requests at the Cape Girardeau County Reassessment Office increased substantially this week because the first commercial "impact notices" were mailed.

50 years ago: May 3, 1960

Friends of Scouting over the Southeast Missouri Council have pledged $16,000 of the anticipated $45,000 cost of a new swimming pool at Camp Lewallen; Dr. Raymond A. Ritter, president of the council, says the pool will be 100 feet long and 40 feet wide.

ORAN, Mo. -- Elwood Thompson has received his confirmation as postmaster of Oran by the Senate in Washington, D.C.; he has been acting postmaster for several months.

75 years ago: May 3, 1935

A three-year lease on the building at 45 S. West End Blvd., formerly occupied by the Cape Laundry Co., has been signed by the Consolidated Products Co. of Danville, Ill., announced J.A. Rigdon, owner of the building; the firm is affiliated with Sugar Creek Creamery Co. and manufactures food products from milk.

The Cape Girardeau Optimist Club has decided to establish a scholarship at State Teachers College for the "most deserving" member of the graduating class of Central High School.

100 years ago: May 3, 1910

The matter of a ferryboat for Cape Girardeau was thoroughly discussed at last night's city council meeting, and a way was found by which the situation can be bettered by using E.M. Hobbs' big gasoline boat, the Lorena Booth, until a steam ferry can be secured by A.C. Jaynes, who holds the ferry franchise here.

A great deal of business was transacted by the city council last night; after the electric lights went out at 11 p.m., two barn lanterns illuminated the proceedings.

-- Sharon K. Sanders