Out of the past 10/13/11

25 years ago: Oct. 13, 1986

Southeast Missouri Builders Supply Inc. is under new ownership but will continue operation under the same name; John L. Essner, Mark Beaudean and Tom Spitzmiller have purchased the 81-year-old company; Essner is the son of the previous owner, John A. Essner, who retired from the business in January.

As floodwaters from the Mississippi River begin to slowly recede, the Cape Girardeau Chapter of the American Red Cross announces it will open a flood relief service center for two days this week at Trinity Lutheran School.

50 years ago: Oct. 13, 1961

All airplanes at the municipal airport, as well as private and commercial airplanes all over the nation, will be grounded for 12 hours tomorrow as the Air Force's North American Air Defense Command conducts war maneuvers called "Operation Sky Shield."

Central High's perfect grid season was spoiled yesterday when the Poplar Bluff (Mo.) Mules trimmed the locals 7-0 at Houck Stadium; Bluff's halfback Richard Johnson was the hero of the game, sprinting across the 50-yard line on his way to the winning touchdown as the final horn blared.

75 years ago: Oct. 13, 1936

Prison terms, jail sentences and fines, with paroles going to few, prove the rule for offenders in liquor revenue cases as the "parade" continues before Judge C.B. Davis in federal court here; in seven hours yesterday and today given over to liquor cases, 49 defendants were sentenced.

James C. Clymer, 92, a veteran of the Civil War, dies of infirmities of old age at his home at Commerce, Mo.; the Union Army veteran was born in Tennessee but had resided in Commerce for many years.

100 years ago: Oct. 13, 1911

Two Texas capitalists, a banker and a rancher, have purchased the Terminal Hotel on Water Street, the consideration being $24,000; the new owners will have the building remodeled from top to bottom.

Aviator Hugh Robinson won't be invited to give an exhibition at Cape Girardeau in his flight down the Mississippi River; the price asked was $600 "for a flight, a dip and a glide," and the sense of the Commercial Club members was that the price tag was too high.

-- Sharon K. Sanders