Out of the past 6/20/10

25 years ago: June 20, 1985

W.C. Mulcahy, a Scott County health official, says the water in the Scott City pool is safe, despite recent complaints from some area residents who say children have been bothered by the chlorine in the water; previously, the pool was closed for two weeks due to leaks in the main drain line.

Officials with the SEMO District Fair announce this year's lineup of stars: Jerry Reed, Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty and Jessi Colter.

50 years ago: June 20, 1960

Eight Cape Girardeau youths leave to attend a two-week encampment for Civil Air Patrol cadets at Whiteman Air Force Base in Sedalia, Mo.; they are: Michael Griffin, Clyde Huff, James Kuehn, Robert Lamb, Kathy Lee, Fred Lincoln, Dorlis McDaniel and Kenneth McElreath.

Frisco passenger trains at noon start using the new passenger depot facilities in the freight building opposite William Street; work has been completed on an asphalt platform 370 feet long and ranging from 10 to 14 feet wide to provide an all-weather surface on which passengers may alight.

75 years ago: June 20, 1935

Charles G. Macke, former circuit clerk at Jackson, is appointed deputy marshal of the U.S. District Court, Southeastern Missouri Division, in Cape Girardeau; he succeeds John P. Meyers, who died about three months ago.

Expansion of the Federal Building in Cape Girardeau, which houses the post office, U.S. District Court offices and courtroom and other federal offices, or the construction of an entire new federal unit here to house consolidated government offices are being considered by the government.

100 years ago: June 20, 1910

The Cape Bell Telephone Co., having outgrown its quarters, has arranged for a new home; it will shortly move into the elegant Stone Building on upper Broadway at the corner of Ellis Street; the company has bought the building and will use the entire structure, except the store room, lately occupied by Stone Grocery Store.

Mrs. M. Elizabeth Allen announces she has quit nursing and purchased the Tallent beauty parlor; she is conducting the same in Room 204 of the H.-H. Building.

-- Sharon K. Sanders