Out of the past 8/19/06

25 years ago: Aug. 19, 1981

Despite opposition from Dutchtown area residents, Cape Girardeau city manager Gary Eide says the city still plans on establishing an 82-acre landfill along Highway 74 between Cape Girardeau and Dutchtown; 12 area residents opposed to the proposed landfill appeared before the Cape Girardeau Planning Commission this week to voice their concerns.

Just when it seems a limited form of public transit will be established in Cape Girardeau, the city council virtually dashes all possibilities of putting buses on the streets this year by voting against the acceptance of grant money for the system.

50 years ago: Aug. 19, 1956

Quartets, a mixed chorus and congregational singing are featured at the old-fashioned Gospel Song Fest held in the afternoon at the Gordonville Methodist Church; pastor of the church is the Rev. Fred E. Kelley.

The heritage of religious freedom and tolerance and the emphasis which has been given to God and the church from Cape Girardeau's beginning are recalled by Russell L. Dearmont of St. Louis in an all-faith worship service that opens the city's 150th birthday celebration at Houck Stadium in the evening; an estimated 1,500 people attend the religious rally.

75 years ago: Aug. 19, 1931

An extensive program of malarial control work to be conducted in 10 counties of Southeast Missouri is announced by Dr. Fred L. Ogilvie of Caruthersville, Mo., who will be the medical director in charge of the campaign; the campaign is designed to educate inhabitants of the mosquito-infested areas of the state in combating the mosquito and preventing the occurrence of malaria.

Workers are completing construction of a frame dwelling on West Bloomfield Street for Wesley Ulrich; the six-room, two-story structure is expected to be occupied in less than two weeks.

100 years ago: Aug. 19, 1906

James A. Kinder, who has acted as pharmacist at I. Ben Miller's drugstore for a number of years, and who has become a popular young businessman through his geniality and capability, has purchased the Good Hope drug store from L.R. Gillilan.

The usual evening union worship service on the Common Pleas lawn is suspended; only one Protestant minister is in town at present, the rest being on vacation; and the Rev. Theodore Ludwig, who is here, is suffering from tonsillitis; he has been ordered to desist from pulpit duties by his physician.

-- Sharon K. Sanders