Out of the past 6/5/11

25 years ago: June 5, 1986

The Cape Girardeau Public Library has announced it will see a six-cent increase in the library's municipal tax levy; voter passage of the measure would put the library tax levy at 20 cents.

Hoping to safeguard the recently installed ornamental clock in the intersection at Main and Themis streets, as well as pedestrians and motorists, the city council has reversed an earlier decision to approve placement of stop signs at the intersection.

50 years ago: June 5, 1961

The Cape Girardeau City Council sets July 11 as the tentative date for a second election on issuance of municipal bonds to finance construction of a sewage disposal system to end Cape Girardeau's portion of Mississippi River pollution; no amount is stated, but it is believed the council will stand pat on the $1,598,000 cost figure set in the engineer preliminary report.

Four hundred fifty-nine people have chest X-rays taken while the mobile X-ray unit -- brought here by the Cape County Tuberculosis Association -- is parked on Main Street; tomorrow, it will be in Oak Ridge, Friday at various locations in Cape Girardeau and Saturday at the courthouse square in Jackson.

75 years ago: June 5, 1936

President Roosevelt has signed a measure to rebuild levees in three Illinois drainage districts along the Mississippi River in the immediate area at the expenditure of $1,300,000.

Aileen Lorberg has resigned as a teacher at May Greene School to accept a position in the fall in the Clayton High School in St. Louis County, where she will teach English and Latin and do special coaching in these subjects and mathematics.

100 years ago: June 5, 1911

The number of invalids lining South Sprigg Street lately makes that end of town look like Hot Springs, Colorado Springs or some other health resort; the walking wounded include: Frank Ruh, broken leg; Charles Moeder, sprained ankle; J.E. Robins, mashed foot, and J.P. Seabaugh, lacerated foot.

The 74th annual session of the Missouri Christian Missionary Society convenes in the evening with devotional exercises at Academic Hall, conducted by Mrs. J.W. Buck of Farmington, Mo.

-- Sharon K. Sanders