Out of the past 8/3/09

25 years ago: Aug. 3, 1984

In an effort to salvage an agreement on a jointly-owned $13 million multipurpose building, members of the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents and the Cape Girardeau City Council met last night in an open session, which lasted two hours.

The Exchange Clubs of Cape Girardeau have asked permission from the Cape Girardeau County Court to erect a "Freedom Shrine" near the entrance to Cape County Park; the shrine would display copies of 28 of the most famous American documents.

50 years ago: Aug. 3, 1959

Despite incomplete construction at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport, a survey team of the Civil Air Patrol found in a four-day check last week that the field handled 117 flights, most of them of a non-local nature.

After struggling for decorum for years in a tiny council chamber scarcely large enough for the councilmen, the Cape Girardeau City Council moves into its commodious new meeting room in the addition to the Common Pleas Courthouse.

75 years ago: Aug. 3, 1934

Pouring of pavement on South Sprigg Street is completed at noon, and application of the amiesite surfacing over the old pavement, between the new strips laid on each side, will begin next week; the street will probably be ready for traffic about Aug. 10.

Space has been offered for the Red Cross-work relief sewing room in a store building at 424 Broadway, and the sewing equipment is being moved there; Russell McBride agreed to provide the needed space when no suitable building could be found.

100 years ago: Aug. 3, 1909

The first official move was made last night looking to the paving of Broadway; City Councilman Joe Wilson presented a petition asking for the paving of the street from Water Street to Middle with vitrified bricks; after a discussion, the council decided to get estimates for that work, as well as for paving Broadway from Water to Pacific Street.

The action of the cemetery committee's purchase of 11 acres from Martin and Louis Krueger at the price of $3,500, for cemetery purposes, was vetoed last night by Mayor M.E. Leming.

-- Sharon K. Sanders