Out of the past 6/27/10

25 years ago: June 27, 1985

A survey is being conducted by Cape Girardeau school officials to determine whether parents of children in the Alma Schrader School want to see a change in the method of placing the elementary school youngsters in classroom groups.

The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce would take in at least $117,000 annually from its license bureau operation under a new state law increasing the handling fees for each transaction; the Jackson Chamber of Commerce would take in more than $42,000 a year from its license bureau operation; in both cases, the increase would be dramatic.

50 years ago: June 27, 1960

Route V, which runs from Cape Rock Drive past Egypt Mills and Trail of Tears State Park, is getting a new blacktop surface from Egypt Mills to near the park entrance; this portion of the road fell into disrepair during the winter and is now being rejuvenated.

C.W. Knauts, 25-year-old lawyer from Piggott, Ark., fired a record-breaking two-over-par 142 for 36 holes to take the title of the Cape Girardeau Invitational Golf tournament over the weekend.

75 years ago: June 27, 1935

At least 1 1/2 miles of levee, built along the Mississippi River and Cape LaCroix Creek, will be necessary to give adequate protection to the southern end of Cape Girardeau from future river floods, engineers believe; a survey is being made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to determine how the protective embankment can be built.

Organization of a Kiwanis Club in Cape Girardeau has been suggested by Dr. C.B. Holman of St. Louis, lieutenant governor of the Missouri-Kansas-Arkansas district of Kiwanis International.

100 years ago: June 27, 1910

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Ochs entertained their friends with a dinner in their elegant new home, just completed, on South Pacific Street yesterday; those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kelly and children, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vogelsang and children, William Oberheide and family, Emil Drusch and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Drum, Ella Wall Rodney and George Popp Sr.

The Herald Publishing Co. of Jackson will be sold at public auction July 30, unless a private sale is made before then.

-- Sharon K. Sanders