Out of the past 12/29/04

25 years ago: Dec. 29, 1979

Another of the candidates who failed to win election to a Cape Girardeau City Council seat last April has entered the race for two council seats to be filled next spring; Peter F. Daniels Jr., a production manner for Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co., Friday became the third candidate.

STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- A National Park Service study team will visit Ste. Genevieve in mid-January to evaluate the historical significance of the community; the original site of the town will be evaluated as well as structures in the existing town as candidates for association with the National Park Service.

50 years ago: Dec. 29, 1954

Rain continued to pour on Cape Girardeau through the night and into this morning; a total of 3.14 inches of rain has fallen in the past four days.

McCLURE, Ill. -- Residents of McClure have begun new agitation for railroad crossing signal lights on a much-traveled road since a young man was killed there last week when his car was struck by a Missouri-Pacific freight train; killed was Virgil Garrett, 23, of Bean Ridge, Ill.

75 years ago: Dec. 29, 1929

The Rev. W. Clark Elizey, assistant pastor and educational director of Centenary Methodist Church, preaches in the morning at Third Street Methodist Church; his subject is "The Little Things of Life"; Centenary's pastor, the Rev. H.L. Taylor, preaches at Hobbs Chapel.

The Rev. Robert L. Harrell, pastor-elect of First Christian Church, is expected to arrive in Cape Girardeau Tuesday with his family.

100 years ago: Dec. 29, 1904

Floating ice is again filling the river; it begins to come down at about 8 in the morning; the bay is halfway frozen over.

J.W. Pierce and daughter, Laura, of near Jackson, are in city on their way home from a visit to Commerce, Mo.

-- Sharon K. Sanders