Out of the past 6/19/11

25 years ago: June 19, 1986

The newest addition to downtown Cape Girardeau's ongoing redevelopment -- the old-fashioned clock at the intersection of Main and Themis streets -- is dedicated in afternoon ceremonies led by Mayor Gene Rhodes; Rhodes christens the clock with a bottle of champagne.

Members of the Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents approve a redesigned University Studies Program, which will be implemented in the fall of 1988, once courses are developed and faculty are selected.

50 years ago: June 19, 1961

Finding a building which will meet the requirements of the State Welfare Division as a storage place for the government surplus commodities is one of the major problems facing the county court; a structure at least 40 by 89 feet in size, both insect- and rodent-free, must be found.

Roy Williams of Charleston, Mo., yesterday became the first golfer to win the Cape Girardeau Golf Invitational Tournament twice, as he shot two consistent rounds of 70 and 71 to take the title with a record-breaking score of 141, one over par; he also won the tournament in 1958, its first year.

75 years ago: June 19, 1936

Despite a cool night's slumber, temperatures in Cape Girardeau climb during the day to hit a high mark of 100 degrees.

Members of the city council hope to construct in the near future an aquatic bandstand or shell in the middle of the lagoon at Fairground Park; it would be used for nocturnal band concerts, and musicians would be taken to the shell by canoe.

100 years ago: June 19, 1911

Girardeans are picking up after a severe storm Saturday; probably the greatest damage done was the blowing down of the grandstand at the fairgrounds, it being demolished and blown flat to the ground; several trees were also uprooted, and many wheat shocks on farms north of the city were blown to pieces.

Through a revised ordinance passed by the city council, the mayor, councilmen, chief of police and police judge will get their salaries sweetened after the next municipal election.

-- Sharon K. Sanders