Out of the past 11/13/10

25 years ago: Nov. 13, 1985

Dr. Ronald L. Robinson has been elected president of the medical staff of Saint Francis Medical Center, replacing Dr. James R. Dzur; Robinson opened his practice in Cape Girardeau in October 1978 in Doctors Park.

Cape Girardeau's proposed Cape LaCroix Creek flood-control work is among three water projects for Southeast Missouri approved by the U.S. House of Representatives as part of a $20 million package; the $18.7 Cape Girardeau item represents the federal share for a major project designed to protect the city's west side from periodic flash flooding.

50 years ago: Nov. 13, 1960

New members received into the church this year are guests at a family fellowship supper in the evening at Maple Avenue Methodist Church; Dr. John L. Wood, superintendent of the Cape Girardeau District, is guest speaker.

The congregation of the Iona Baptist Church at Oriole dedicates its new church building in the afternoon; the dedicatory message is presented by the Rev. Glenn Cummings, president of Bethany Baptist Mission in Cape Girardeau.

75 years ago: Nov. 13, 1935

A bronze plate stolen off a large boulder at historic Cape Rock about Oct. 28 has been found at the Lonesome Pine Inn, 10 miles south of Fredericktown, Mo.; the proprietor of the inn wrote a letter to the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce reporting the find.

Denver M. Wright, St. Louis sportsman, says he will proceed with his hunt for wolves in the Neelys Landing area "with dogs, or without"; Wright has been having trouble locating wolf-trailing dogs; he expects to come to Cape Girardeau Friday and proceed into the wolf territory Saturday.

100 years ago: Nov. 13, 1910

Henry Haman Sr., fills the pulpit in the morning at the German Methodist Church in the absence of the Rev. G.E. Heidel, pastor; evening services are suspended.

There are three vacant pulpits in Cape Girardeau just now: Episcopal, Presbyterian and Baptist; but the congregations of those churches are arranging to supply them, carefully considering various candidates.

-- Sharon K. Sanders