Out of the past: April 3

1990

Several City Council members expressed strong reservations last night about a recreational pool project that is meeting opposition from Capaha Park neighborhood residents; as a result, the council took no action on a park tax proposal that would have been used to fund construction of the pool complex, a softball complex and soccer fields at Shawnee Park and future acquisition of park land.

Voters head to the polls in what County Clerk Rodney Miller says could be a larger-than-normal turnout for city and school elections, judging by heavy absentee voting.

1965

The Frisco Railroad freight depot at Aquamsi and Good Hope streets is being demolished; a landmark since the beginning of the century, the depot is making way for new freight tracks to be installed by the railroad.

Much of the excavation has been completed and work on the foundation is expected to get started in the next two weeks for the $1,200,000 State College classroom building being erected on Pacific Street. Minner Brothers Construction Co., contractor, established its site work office several weeks ago following the razing of several houses fronting on Pacific. The departments of speech and English and foreign languages will be housed in the new, 40-room structure.

1940

Cape Girardeau voters picked two newcomers yesterday to fill municipal offices; 31-year-old W. Hinkle Statler upset Mayor Edward L. Drum in the mayoral race, carrying nine of the 10 wards. The other newcomer is Raymond E. Beckman, who was elected to the city council, along with incumbents Philip H. Steck and Frank Batchelor.

In Tuesday's annual Cape Girardeau school district election, held in conjunction with the city voting, Walter Oberheide and Hugo Lang were returned to the board.

1915

Highway engineer Dennis Scivally has purchased five monster boilers that had been discarded by the flour mills at Jackson. He'll have the boilers stripped and the ends removed, transforming them into culverts for road use.

Esther Knehans arrives in the morning from De Soto, Missouri, to spend Easter Sunday with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. J.H. Knehans. She is supervisor of the teachers' training course in the De Soto high school.

-- Sharon K. Sanders