Out of the past 7/12/10

25 years ago: July 12, 1985

Calling the Missouri Legislature "a big, huge card game," state Rep. Mary C. Kasten says Southeast Missouri has been winning its share of the "stake" in state appropriations; "I think we did very well," Kasten tells those attending the Chamber of Commerce First Friday Coffee.

Transportation proposals ranging from an interstate highway between Southeast and central Missouri and a new Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau are presented at a meeting of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission in Jefferson City; the proposals are presented by the Southeast Missouri Regional Growth Association.

50 years ago: July 12, 1960

John I. Rollings, president of the Missouri State Labor Council, and Vernon Cook, vice president of the 2nd District, International Association of Fire Fighters, are the speakers at the opening session of the Missouri State Council of Fire Fighters convention; 70 delegates and guests are in attendance for the two-day meeting.

Drilling crews complete making borings on the property at 312-314 Broadway owned by Oscar C. Hirsch; the site is planned as the location of an office building that will also house studios of KFVS radio and TV.

75 years ago: July 12, 1935

A new asphalt tile floor is being laid at the Cape Girardeau Public Library; despite the inconvenience, librarian Lenore Rafferty says the library will remain open during the installation; the checking desk has been moved to the ground floor in the auditorium of the building.

Work of weather stripping and caulking windows and doors of the St. Mary's High School building on South Sprigg Street is underway by employees of the Chamberlin Metal Weather Stripping Co.; other workers of the company are repairing and caulking windows of the H.-H. Building on Broadway.

100 years ago: July 12, 1910

The latest news from the scene of the sunken steamer Cape Girardeau differs little from yesterday's reports; Capt. William "Buck" Leyhe and Capt. Henry Leyhe tell The Republican that they hope to save the big steamer, but they won't be surprised to see it break in two at any minute.

Cape Girardeau's two gun clubs have been consolidated, giving the newly organized Capaha Club a membership of 36 crack shots.

-- Sharon K. Sanders