Out of the past 10/5/11

25 years ago: Oct. 5, 1986

The Rev. Charles Marshall Sr., co-pastor of Garden Baptist Church in St. Louis, is guest speaker in the morning at South Side Baptist Church; Marshall was pastor of South Side from 1960 to 1971.

Emmett "Abe" Stuber -- football, basketball and track coach at Southeast Missouri State University during the 1930s and ‘40s -- has been chosen 1986 Homecoming Parade marshal; Ed Arnzen, coach of the Otahkian women's basketball team, will be parade dignitary.

50 years ago: Oct. 5, 1961

Max Stovall was formally installed as commander of the Louis K. Juden Post 63 of the American Legion last night; Stovall, who owns and operates Max Stovall Excavating & Concreting Co., is a veteran of World War II.

In a battle of undefeated grid teams, Cape Girardeau Central Tigers trounce the Jackson Indians 33-14 at Houck Stadium; with close to 5,000 fans in the stand, Central riddles Jackson's vaunted defense badly, scoring in every quarter.

75 years ago: Oct. 5, 1936

Pledging himself to an administrative program of increasing and broadening the old-age pension system, improving state roads and establishing another system of rural roads, and seeing that honest elections are held in the state, Maj. Lloyd C. Stark, Democratic candidate for governor of Missouri, winds up his pre-election campaign with an address before a large crowd at Houck Field House.

Heads of retail oil and gasoline companies take action against a recently passed one-cent tax on the retail price of each gallon of gasoline sold in Cape Girardeau, refusing to collect it; dealers will circulate petitions asking for its repeal.

100 years ago: Oct. 5, 1911

Several private property owners east of the courthouse in Jackson, without permission, have connected to the sewer system installed by the county court to handle the county buildings; the increased number of connections overburdened the system to the point it became clogged and burst in several places.

Mrs. E.W. Regenhardt and son Taft come here from St. Louis to visit friends and relatives; Marshal Regenhardt will be here in a few days to attend the October term of federal court.

-- Sharon K. Sanders