Out of the past 7/27/07

25 years ago: July 27, 1982

A former Jackson police officer has been appointed director of security at Southeast Missouri State University; Mike Murray, 32, has been named to the position vacated earlier this summer by Ken Peoples; Murray, a native of Perryville, Mo., was a patrol officer with the Jackson Police Department for the past 6 1/2 years.

Eighth District congressional candidate John L. Woodward takes his campaign to service station customers by pumping gas for four hours at Cut Mart 66 Station on North Kingshighway; Woodward says he began working when he was 12 at a service station for 35 cents an hour.

50 years ago: July 27, 1957

All but two of Cape Girardeau's 61 dealers in alcoholic beverages have renewed their licenses and in doing so have paid the city a total of $10,924.50 in fees.

Defending champion Joplin, Mo., is out to make it two in a row at the State Babe Ruth League Tournament in Capaha Park starting Wednesday; with 16 teams entered, this will be the largest tourney in state Babe Ruth League history.

75 years ago: July 27, 1932

Dr. Asa Barnes, who recently finished his internship at the U.S. Marine Hospital in New Orleans, is opening an office at 801A Broadway in Cape Girardeau; he and Mrs. Barnes are residing with Dr. Barnes' mother, Mrs. Emma Latimer, 508 Broadway.

A.W. Schwab of Cape Girardeau has leased two of the People's Oil Co. stations, one at the corner of South Sprigg and Merriwether streets, and the other at the corner of Good Hope and South Middle streets.

100 years ago: July 27, 1907

The old brick sidewalk on Lorimier Street in front of Mrs. Kate Doyle's residence caved in yesterday as a man was passing over it; it seems there used to be an old well there, and that Leo Doyle fell in there twice before.

The Cape Girardeau brewery, owned by Max Koeck, introduces a new brand of beer: Capaha; it is brewed exclusively of the finest imported hops and the purist malt; Capaha beer, which is pale, will appeal to the highest class of patronage and family use.

-- Sharon K. Sanders