Out of the past 8/22/09

25 years ago: Aug. 22, 1984

The Jackson School Board last night entered into an agreement with the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Jackson, in which the company agreed to purchase two scoreboards for the district; in return, the company was given exclusive rights to sell soft drinks for all regular accounts for the next five years.

The old Jackson city swimming pool, in the southern section of City Park, will be buried and made into a playground area for small children.

50 years ago: Aug. 22, 1959

A water caravan moves up the Mississippi River from Cape Girardeau to St. Louis, when members of Honkers Boat Club take their motorboats for a two-day trip to the city; the return trip will be made tomorrow, with a stop at Chester, Ill.

Albert J. Bernard, an early day football star at State College, died Aug. 18 at North Little Rock, Ark.; Bernard, known as "Little Hap" to distinguish him from an older brother, also coached football at Central High Schools in the 1920s and brought the Tigers their first championship team.

75 years ago: Aug. 22, 1934

Three or four crews are taking up street car tracks and filling the voids with amiesite; one crew is working on Good Hope Street near Saint Francis Hospital, and another is opposite Fairground Park on Normal Avenue; the vacant space in the center of Normal Avenue will be curbed, so the city can make it into a parkway, like a stretch on South West End Boulevard.

Olaf Robinson, former Central High coach, has secured a position as coach at a school at Bridgeport, Ill.

100 years ago: Aug. 22, 1909

No services are held at Trinity Lutheran Church; a large number of the parishioners attend the mission festival at Jackson, which is held in the public school park; the Rev. A. Klein of Wittenberg, formerly a missionary in Brazil, preaches in the German language in the morning; the afternoon sermon in English is given by the Rev. H. Lobeck, professor of Greek and Hebrew at St. Paul Lutheran College in Concordia, Mo.

Mrs. H.W. Bangert of Gordonville came to Cape Girardeau yesterday and took the boat to St. Louis, where she will purchase her fall goods.

-- Sharon K. Sanders