Out of the past 10/5/05

25 years ago: Oct. 5, 1980

The Second Baptist Church of Cape Girardeau celebrates the first anniversary of the Rev. and Mrs. Claude Russell Jr.; the Rev. J.L. Nichols of West End Missionary Baptist of Sikeston, Mo., is guest speaker at the afternoon service.

A lifelong Cape Girardeau man, who has served in the Missouri National Guard for 21 years, is the new commander of the Guard's 1140th Engineer Battalion; Lt. Col. Clarence W. "Dub" Suedekum is the first resident of Cape Girardeau to command the battalion since 1971.

50 years ago: Oct. 5, 1955

BENTON, Mo. -- T wo members of the school board at Illmo-Fornfelt appeared before the Scott County Court this week to inquire if state and county taxes can be collected on at least a portion of the Scott County land which constitutes the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport; if the taxes can be collected, the school district would stand to profit.

As it has always done when support of public school education was at stake, Southeast Missouri led the parade in behalf of the schools at Tuesday's special election, giving overwhelming majorities to each of the two proposals; statewide, a state cigarette tax and a new foundation plan for distributing state school aid won by lopsided margins.

75 years ago: Oct. 5, 1930

Charter members of the General Baptist Church welcome the Rev. R.M. Barrett of Princeton, Ind., back to Cape Girardeau; he preaches his first sermon as returning pastor of the congregation he organized more than four years ago; he succeeds the Rev. N.G. Goldsmith.

The Rev. J.W. Ellis, new pastor of Grace Methodist Church, assumes his duties in charge of the congregation; the retiring pastor, the Rev. W.O. Schulze, moved to Hamilton, Mo., to take charge of the church there.

100 years ago: Oct. 5, 1905

Several wagonloads of trunks and tents are hauled to the fairgrounds for the big event next week, and fair manager August Shivelbine says that the number of attractions this year will eclipse all previous fairs; most of the stalls are already filled; fast horses are arriving in numbers, the higher purses drawing horsemen from all over.

H.F. Ossenkop, son of Henry Ossenkop, the well-known contractor, has completed course in architecture at one of the finest colleges known; he has opened an office in the Mechanics' planing mill on Good Hope Street; young Ossenkop has just finished plans for a school house at Allenville and for a residence to be built by George Bahn on South Middle Street.

- Sharon K. Sanders