Out of the past 2/7/10

25 years ago: Feb. 7, 1985

Efforts to revise Cape Girardeau's fireworks code fizzled out last night, when the city council deadlocked over whether to ban bottle rockets; the first reading of the proposed ordinance, which would have revised the code and banned bottle rockets, was defeated on a 3-3 vote.

After more than a month of debate and two conflicting votes, the Cape Girardeau City Council has approved the first reading of an ordinance granting a special-use permit allowing construction of a Jehovah's Witnesses kingdom hall on the Northview Drive.

50 years ago: Feb. 7, 1960

PATTON, Mo. -- Voters of the Bollinger School District, including Patton, Sedgewickville and other areas, yesterday defeated a bond proposal of $260,000; the proposal was to build a gymnasium at Patton and to provide an annex to the existing grade school at Sedgewickville.

Eagle Scout badges are awarded to 10 boys in Troop 5 at a special Court of Honor in the State College auditorium; the Scouts are David Stubbs, Donald Mowery, Michael Jones, Michael Phillips, Kenny Ervin, Robert Erlbacher, Richard Haman, Bobby Eckelmann, Rodger Menz and Weldon Ruebel.

75 years ago: Feb. 7, 1935

ST. LOUIS -- Judge Charles B. Faris, who was sworn in yesterday as a judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals, has been assigned to continue to sit in the District Court here for the remainder of the year; this will enable him to dispose of numbers cases submitted to him while he was a district judge.

A one-story, two-room brick dwelling is being built at 300 N. Spanish St. by Mrs. Ella Rodney; the structure, 20 feet long and 16 feet wide, will cost about $500; Mrs. Rodney is building the house for rental purposes.

100 years ago: Feb. 7, 1910

Several of Cape Girardeau's young men have gone to Murphysboro, Ill., to take positions in the Brown Shoe Co.'s plant there; they are Will Walls, M.C. Howard, Jesse Haun, Martin Brunke and Charles White.

Bauer Brothers' Bakery has put in a new, modern oven and has increased its output in order to care for the ever-increasing patronage of this popular firm.

-- Sharon K. Sanders