Out of the past 7/11/09

25 years ago: July 11, 1984

An underground gasoline leak at the Mobil Oil Co. terminal at South Sprigg Street and Highway 74 forces the company to transfer about 1.3 million gallons of gasoline from one tank to another, which is expected to take about 17 hours; about 12,000 gallons of gasoline leaked.

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Chaffee Alderman Reece Brown will be appointed to the new post of city administrator here pending approval by the board of aldermen next week; Brown is a former teacher and school administrator with the Chaffee School District.

50 years ago: July 11, 1959

Four Civil Air Patrol cadets from Cape Girardeau will leave Monday for a 10-day encampment at Whiteman Air Force Base; Robert Lamb, Fred Lincoln, John Lynch and Michael Palsgrove will be flown to Dexter, Mo., where they will be transported to Whiteman in Air Force C-123 "Providers."

Cape Girardeau County deputy sheriff James O. Barks will go to Rolla, Mo., tomorrow, where he will begin training as a state highway patrol trooper; Barks has served with Sheriff John C. Crites for 1 1/2 years.

75 years ago: July 11, 1934

Highway engineer Dwight Little yesterday began the construction of a 20-foot steel-and-concrete bridge span at the Louis Gerecke place on the Perryville Road; next week, he well re-erect the bridge that formerly spanned Dillard's Creek at Gravel Hill; the bridge will be rebuilt at the Pete Holmes farm south of Gravel Hill.

A reorganization of what had been known as the Emmanuel Baptist congregation has been effected, and the church's name now is South Side Baptist Church.

100 years ago: July 11, 1909

The members of the Presbyterian Church inaugurate a new and pleasant feature of their Sunday evening service; during the hot, sultry weather, they will hold "Twilight Services" on the church lawn at 7 in the evening.

The Athletics of Cape Girardeau failing to materialize in Jackson for a scheduled baseball game, a bunch of farmers from Cane Creek offer to play the Jackson team, and play they do; the ending score is 9-6 in favor of the farmers.

-- Sharon K. Sanders