Out of the past: Oct. 25

1998

An open house and dedication of Faith Evangelical Free Church, 5203 Old Cape Road in Jackson, are held in the afternoon; pastor of the church is Fred Burgard.

More deer were struck by vehicles last year in rural areas statewide as compared to urban areas; Cape Girardeau County ranked 13th among the state's counties, with 81 deer-related accidents; Cape Girardeau city, which had 32 deer-related accidents, ranked seventh among Missouri cities.

1973

With mounting opposition to the possibility of building a jail and sheriff's office on the north lawn of the county courthouse in Jackson, the Cape Girardeau County Court -- aside from the building's physical features -- will have an even more difficult decision to make; the court is now contemplating three possible locations: One is on the lawn, another is on the site of the present jail, and a third is diagonally across the street from the courthouse on land owned by the City of Jackson.

The State Highway Department is surveying Nash Road as part of a study to be used in considering a proposal that the state assume maintenance of the road; Cape Special Road District, which now maintains Nash Road, made the proposal to the Missouri Highway Commission on Oct. 10.

1948

The Naeter Bros. had Park Theater constructed in 1914 at 213 Broadway. (Southeast Missourian archive)

The Naeter Bros. had Park Theater constructed in 1914 at 213 Broadway. (Southeast Missourian archive)

Payment of earnest money on the purchase of the Park Theater building, in the 200 block of Broadway, as the location of a new home for the Salvation Army is announced by Willard Estes, member of the advisory board, at a meeting of the Rotary Club; Estes is asking for volunteers to represent the Salvation Army in a campaign to raise $22,000 to cover the building cost, repairs and operating expenses during the next year.

Designed and planned by Nash engineers, the attractive new building of the Campbell Nash Co., 2119 Broadway, is being utilized for the display of new models of the automobile at a formal showing; the structure is of brick construction, painted white, with service entrances on one side; the other half of the front part of the building is used for display of automobiles and as office space; owner of the business is George M. Campbell.

1923

Missouri honors the Cape Girardeau Teachers College for 50 years of notable educational service; hundreds of Southeast Missourians join with the alumni of the school and Gov. Arthur M. Hyde and other present and former state officials in commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the school with an all-day celebration here; among other activities, a bronze memorial tablet, mounted in one of the massive pillars at the entrance to Academic Hall, is unveiled at noon; with "Taps" wafting on the air, the folds of an American flag swing back to reveal the names of 18 persons from the college who died during the World War in service to their country.

The final touch is put on the paving of the space between the street car tracks on Broadway from Main Street to Pacific Street, and the last stretch between Main and Lorimier streets will be opened to traffic within 10 days; this paving was started three weeks ago.

-- Sharon K. Sanders