Out of the past 11/3/10

25 years ago: Nov. 3, 1985

A new minister and associate minister have been appointed to serve Centenary United Methodist Church; the Rev. Neil L. Stein, previously pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Webster Groves, Mo., is the new senior pastor at Centenary, and the Rev. James A. Sanderson is the new associate minister.

An employee of the Cape Girardeau Public Works Department falls down a 29-foot waste water lift station shaft in the morning; Donnie Smith, 28, a lift station mechanic, suffers a separated shoulder and various bumps and bruises in the fall.

50 years ago: Nov. 3, 1960

If the weather is good Tuesday and the surge of voters to the polls is what many observers expect it to be, Cape Girardeau County could cast 20,000 votes for the first time in its history; the record for the county is 18,662 cast in 1952, when President Eisenhower was elected for the first time over Adlai Stevenson.

A Frisco Railroad special equipment operator, wracked with pain and shock from a broken pelvis, disregards his own safety to warn approaching trains of an obstruction in the track at Neelys Landing; Leonard Hoehn, 43, of Brazeau, Mo., crawls 20 feet on his elbows in agonizing pain to throw a switch that activates warning lights at the scene.

75 years ago: Nov. 3, 1935

The Rev. Dawson C. Bryan, presiding elder of the Cape Girardeau district of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, speaks at the morning worship service at Maple Avenue Methodist Church; a duet is sung by Thelma McDaniel and Thelma Hutchison.

A two-week mission begins in the evening at St. Mary's Catholic Church; services are being conducted by Franciscan missionaries.

100 years ago: Nov. 3, 1910

The rally of black Cape Girardeau residents at the courthouse last night in behalf of the prohibition movement was an enthusiastic one; a large crowd was in attendance, and speeches were made by W.S. Dearmont, Lafe Caruthers and J.S. Cobb.

Walter Black, one of the managers of the Vogel Motor Car Co., returns from St. Louis in a fine limousine car, which will be used in the passenger business between Cape Girardeau and Jackson.

-- Sharon K. Sanders