Out of the past 8/6/10

25 years ago: Aug. 6, 1985

Cape Girardeau City Council members last night heard a request from the Chamber of Commerce to develop a plan to help alleviate flooding problems along Cape LaCroix Creek; with an estimated cost of as much as $50,000 to $100,000, city leaders question whether businessmen and property owners affected by the flooding would be willing to help pay for the cure.

Wet coal, the result of Monday morning's downpour, caused the shutdown of the power plant generator at Southeast Missouri State University; many university facilities were without air conditioning and with only scant lighting.

50 years ago: Aug. 6, 1960

Joe Krueger, 2020 Broadway, has built his children -- Libby, 9, Carol, 6, Joey, 3, and Kathy, 2 -- a unique "tree house"; not in a tree at all, the play house is supported by four sturdy posts some six feet from the ground.

BENTON, Mo. -- Judge Arthur U. Goodman orders an election Sept. 29 at Sikeston, Mo., in which voters will elect councilmen under the city-manager form of government; he directs Mayor C.E. Felker, who has blocked the election for 16 months, to proclaim the election on that date.

75 years ago: Aug. 6, 1935

Outboard motor boats plying the waters of the Mississippi here are literally muffled by the city council; an ordinance was adopted that provides that all motorboats shall be equipped with mufflers so as to minimize noise; a fine of up to $100 or 30 days in jail is the penalty for violating the ordinance.

The Cummins Pharmacy in the Marquette Hotel building has been purchased by Floyd Womack, who has been in the drug business in Perryville, Mo., the past 1 1/2 years.

100 years ago: Aug. 6, 1910

Mother Placide, head of St. Vincent's Young Ladies Academy here, is leaving Cape Girardeau; she will assume the management of the academy at Cedar Grove, Ky.; Mother Reperata has been appointed superior at the Cape Girardeau school.

Dr. M.A. Grissom is still figuring out things to do on his new buildings at the corner of Broadway and Spanish Street; the latest idea is for a garden to cover the entire roof of the three-story structure that he is building for flats.

Featured in "Men of Affairs" is Joe T. Wilson.

-- Sharon K. Sanders