Out of the past 11/27/13

1988

Lizbeth Estes is guest soloist at the morning worship service at Centenary United Methodist Church; Estes, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Estes, received a master's degree in voice performance in June at Webster University at Webster Groves, Mo.

The Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign is on its way toward a goal of $65,000 for the Cape Girardeau area; a tree at the entrance to West Park Mall will be lighted gradually as funds are raised.

1963

Large quantities of cotton -- 495,745 bales -- have been harvested in Southeast Missouri; the cotton classing office at Hayti, Mo., reports "only a small percentage of the crop remains in the field."

Christmas decorations are rapidly going up in Cape Girardeau, and lights on all of the cross-street decorations are expected to be turned on tomorrow night; displays also are planned at the Common Pleas Courthouse along the front steps; three huge wreathes will be evenly placed along the front of the building.

1938

The congregation of First Christian Church extends a pastoral call to the Rev. J. Luther Stone, pastor of the Christian Church at Granite City, Ill.; the congregation's action follows a recommendation of the church board.

Girardeans hunting on Big Island near Commerce, Mo., in the Mississippi River, say three men were cited there late yesterday on charges of shooting ducks after the legal hour of 4 p.m.; four state and federal agents are on duty along the river there.

1913

Thanksgiving Day. All churches in Cape Girardeau have special services; the most pretentious ceremony results from the combination of all Protestant Churches in Cape Girardeau, with the exception of the Lutheran, at a great union service at the Christian Church in the morning; the sermon is preached by the Rev. J.H. Knehans.

The general manager and chief engineer of the Frisco Railroad met with Cape Girardeau officials earlier this week and together viewed the riverfront where improvements are to be made; answering the Rev. James Murtaugh's fear that several switch tracks will be directly in front of St. Vincent's Catholic Church, the railroad men assured him that the tracks will likely be moved farther south.

-- Sharon K. Sanders