Out of the past 9/22/09

25 years ago: Sept. 22, 1984

A one-building plan for the multipurpose building was recommended by the Citizens Advisory Committee, which met here yesterday to review three proposed building schemes for the major events schedule; the committee also devised a list of 20 priorities for the building; named as top priority was a seating capacity of at least 8,000.

BENTON, Mo. -- Enrollment in the Scott County School District (Kelly) is up; 863 pupils are enrolled in the district, compared to 832 a year ago and 797 two years ago.

50 years ago: Sept. 22, 1959

Cape Girardeau "was wise" in urging that Interstate 55 be placed at a distance west of the city, instead of close to town, Rex M. Whitton, chief engineer for the Missouri State Highway Department, told the Rotary Club yesterday; building at a distance will allow for city expansion.

Residents of William Street, petitioning the city council to halt a growing use of the residential thoroughfare by heavy trucks, have been assured by police commissioner John L. Wieser that "something will be done" to curb the practice.

75 years ago: Sept. 22, 1934

The annual meeting of the Galilee Association of the General Baptist Church closes in the afternoon, when the presbytery ordains two ministers, licenses two and ordains two deacons; the Rev. E.D. Winstead of Cape Girardeau, who has been licensed a year, is one of the ministers ordained.

Seal Brothers Circus arrives in Jackson in the morning and sets up its tents on the Crites ball park on Highway 25; this is the first circus in Jackson for several years.

100 years ago: Sept. 22, 1909

Starting next Monday, the people of Cape Girardeau and Jackson will have a way to get from one to the other with regularity and speed; Doc Phillips has purchased a big American Mors touring car and will install it in the service; people will be able to travel from Cape Girardeau to Jackson in about 30 minutes, at slow speed.

The laying of creosoted wood blocks on Main Street begins in the morning; the blocks are being laid between the car tracks first.

-- Sharon K. Sanders