Out of the past 4/11/11

25 years ago: April 11, 1986

Fred Hutson, an environmental specialist with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, says an out-of-town owner of a vacant lot that has become a dumping ground for discarded building materials and other trash and debris is in violation of the state's landfill laws; the DNR plans to send a letter to the owner of the land just west of Lorimier and south of William Street, asking him to clean up the property and restrict its access.

To determine how well the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport is serving its customers, the Chamber of Commerce, with the help of Southeast Missouri State University marketing students, will conduct a poll of all passengers departing from the airport next week.

50 years ago: April 11, 1961

Petitions asking an election to set aside Cape Girardeau's public housing legislation were presented to the City Council yesterday by a delegation representing the Citizens Committee Opposing Public Housing; the petitions contained 2,324 names.

Emmett Kelly, 60, a sports writer and general news reporter for The Missourian for nearly 33 years, died last night after a brief illness.

75 years ago: April 11, 1936

With only one incumbent returned to the Cape Girardeau City Council at the recent election, it is believed the new officials will shake up the city departments, with the first being the police department; Mayor-elect Charles G. Wilson will have charge of the police department and will likely name a new chief.

Linus Penzel of Jackson has been awarded a contract to build a stretch of farm-to-market road at Gordonville, his bid being $433,106.

100 years ago: April 11, 1911

Suffering excruciating torture from two broken arms, his face and head badly lacerated, his left side torn and injured, Harvey Hooper of Cape Girardeau, a lineman for the Frisco Railroad, lay for an hour yesterday pinned to the earth by a heavy telegraph pole until a passing section gang found him and released him; he was working at the top of a telegraph pole near Chaonia, Mo., when it collapsed under his weight.

The bastille at Jackson has been completed and the city marshal is looking for someone to occupy it.

-- Sharon K. Sanders