Out of the past 10/13/01

10 years ago: Oct. 13, 1991

Wayne Harding of Cape Girardeau has assumed duties as interim youth and activity minister at First Baptist Church; he will coordinate youth and other activity programs of church until full-time replacement is found; 1990 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, Harding is employed at Ford Motor Co.

Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau again sponsors annual diocesan wedding anniversary celebration; about 125 couples attend afternoon event at St. Mary's Cathedral; Bishop John J. Leibrecht celebrates Mass with participants who are observing their 5th, 15th, 25th, 50th or 50-plus wedding anniversaries during 1991.

25 years ago: Oct. 13, 1976

Record 33,239 people are registered to vote in Cape Girardeau County in Nov. 2 general election, shows final count completed today; number of eligible voters for general election is significant 1,640 more than were registered to vote in Aug. 3 primary.

Barge loaded with sulfuric acid, which sank early Monday in Mississippi River near Chester, Ill., presents no health hazard as tanks containing fluid didn't rupture; Coast Guard officials in St. Louis say sunken cargo has been inspected and no leakage was found; they hope to have barge raised by Friday.

50 years ago: Oct. 13, 1951

Modern display room for office equipment and office furniture was admired by hundreds last night during opening of Missourian Printing and Stationery Co.'s new office equipment salon; today, expanded retail store is opened for business.

Two chartered buses depart from Legion Hall shortly after noon, loaded with white-coverall-clad Golden Troopers and rest of Cape Girardeau party bound for Cairo, Ill., and embarkation on City of Miami train for national American Legion convention in Miami, Fla.; Troopers will participate in national drum and bugle corps competition.

75 years ago: Oct. 13, 1926

Perryville - H.L. Lueders, Cape Girardeau photographer, was elected president of Southeast Missouri Photographers Association at closing session of its annual convention Tuesday; Charleston was selected as 1927 convention city.

Dr. William G. Patton of St. Louis, who is in town to address Southeast Missouri doctors at closing meeting of their annual convention this evening, recently returned from Europe with well-defined ideas regarding superiority of the American surgeon; Patton was at Vienna and other large points with party of American medics and had opportunity of seeing finest of Europe's specialists in action.

- Sharon K. Sanders