Out of the past 6/2/11

25 years ago: June 2, 1986

Construction of the new $3 million Cottonwood Treatment Center begins with a groundbreaking ceremony on the Southeast Missouri State University campus; when completed, the center will be operated by the Missouri Department of Mental Health.

A 4,200-square-foot Kingdom Hall for the Cape Girardeau congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses will take shape within hours later this week as a volunteer force of some 600 people converges on the construction site; the hall will be at 605 Northview Drive near the intersection of Mount Auburn and Bloomfield roads.

50 years ago: June 2, 1961

A record number of marriage licenses were issued in May, reports Hope E. Morton, Cape Girardeau County recorder; last month, 53 licenses were issued; the previous record was set in June 1960, when 49 couples obtained licenses.

Mike Shaltupsky says he is retiring after 47 years in business in Cape Girardeau; he was in the retail shoe business for 21 years at 411 Broadway; Shaltupsky started here in 1914, taking some time out to serve Uncle Sam during World War I and returning after the war.

75 years ago: June 2, 1936

The Cape Girardeau School Board has set a special school election for June 23, at which voters will consider a bond issue of $85,000; money obtained through the issue, if approved, will be used to construct and equip a new elementary school on the site of old Lorimier School.

Irvin Keller, 21, sustained a broken left leg above the ankle yesterday while trying to halt a runaway team in the barn lot of his home; he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Keller.

100 years ago: June 2, 1911

The Jackson baseball team has been winning all its games in a canter this year, so players will come over Sunday to try their skills against the Cape Girardeau Stars; as the locals have lost only one game so far this season, they, too, think they can show the county seat bunch a few things in ball playing.

Henry Mueller Jr. of Jackson comes to Cape Girardeau to take charge of the Mueller butcher shop, owing to the illness of his brother, Albert.

-- Sharon K. Sanders