Out of the past 8/21/10

25 years ago: Aug. 21, 1985

A leak in a natural gas line prompts an alert in several residential blocks in the north central part of Jackson, but no emergencies result; the leak results from a crack in a four-inch gas line on Russell Street near Mary Street; the crack is repaired by late morning.

The Cape Girardeau City Council accepts an additional state grant for the riverfront amphitheater project; the additional funding will allow for construction of a boat ramp adjacent to the amphitheater's Themis Street location.

50 years ago: Aug. 21, 1960

The regular Sunday worship services at First Baptist Church are conducted by the Rev. R. Perry Ellis, pastor of First Baptist Church of Pocomoke City, Md.; he and his wife Roberta are visiting in Cape Girardeau with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Clyde Johnson, superintendent of missions for the Cape Girardeau Baptist Association.

Virginia Giles speaks in the evening to the congregation of First Christian Church about her year in Paris studying music on a Rotary International Fellowship.

75 years ago: Aug. 21, 1935

Information given State College is that 83 students will be given remunerative work this year at the college through the National Youth Administration; the work, which helps students earn money for educational purposes, will include surveys, library tasks and many other types of projects.

Between 125 and 150 Boy Scouts from throughout Southeast Missouri gather at Cape Rock Park for the annual Camporee; the Scouts will spend their five-day stay passing requirements for merit badge and advancement tests.

100 years ago: Aug. 21, 1910

No services are held at the First Presbyterian, First Christian, Episcopal and German Methodist churches, owing to the absences of the pastors from the city; the Rev. A. Wilder of Trinity Lutheran Church is also out of town, but his pulpit is occupied by the Rev. Martin Pott of Texas.

Henry Burkhardt and family of Fitzgerald, Ga., are in Cape Girardeau visiting the families of Henry Busch and C.E. Tinsley.

-- Sharon K. Sanders