Out of the past 5/15/09

25 years ago: May 15, 1984

Almost 75 percent of those responding to a Missourian reader poll favor locating the Cape Girardeau multipurpose building on the west side of the city near Interstate 55; of that majority, 40.6 percent support a 30-acre site just south of Howard Johnson Motor Lodge on the west side of I-55, while 29.7 percent favor a tract on the northeast corner of U.S. 61 and I-55.

Republican candidate for state representative here, Kevin E. Phillips, is proposing a countywide vote on the location of the Cape Girardeau multipurpose building.

50 years ago: May 15, 1959

LUTESVILLE, Mo. -- Voters in the Woodland School District will vote Tuesday on a $348,000 bond issue that will determine whether a classroom building now under construction will stand alone or be expanded to provide additional opportunities for the high school -- and later, elementary -- pupils of the district.

Dog lovers gather at the Arena Building for the sixth annual All-Breed Dog Show, sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Kennel Club Inc.; 401 dogs are on display.

75 years ago: May 15, 1934

The Frisco Railroad has finished taking up branch line track, making a total of slightly more than 51 miles dismantled in this district this year; 27 miles of the line were on the Gulf Line, between the Marquette Cement Mfg. Co. plant and Brooks Junction.

Although the city of Cape Girardeau gives almost a 2-to-1 majority for the state bond issue for the improvement of Missouri's penal and philanthropic institutions at today's election, the proposal fails to carry in the county due to heavy voting against it at Jackson; statewide, however, the issue passes decisively.

100 years ago: May 15, 1909

At a meeting last night of the Cape Girardeau School Board, the entire list of grade school teachers was filled, and principals were chosen for Lincoln and Lorimier schools; but the board couldn't agree upon a principals for the Broadway, Jefferson and high schools.

A new 5-and-10-cent store will open Monday in Cape Girardeau at 119 Main St.; it will be operated that hustling Broadway merchant J.B. Schneider.

-- Sharon K. Sanders