Out of the past 2/13/04

10 years ago: Feb. 13, 1993

The Rev. Grant F.C. Gillard, new pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, is installed in afternoon service.

Congregation of New Horizons Missionary Baptist Church celebrates its first anniversary with 3 p.m. service; guest speaker is Thomas Jones, pastor of Greater Leonard Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis.

25 years ago: Feb. 13, 1979

Old St. Francis Mental Health Center, 825 Good Hope, adjacent to old hospital on east, which is now University Hall, will be new site for clinics conducted by Cape County Nursing Service.

Revised calendar to account for 12 of 13 days missed this year because of ice or snow is adopted by Jackson school board.

50 years ago: Feb. 13, 1954

Approval of plan of reorganization for Cape Girardeau County Schools was received from State Department of Education Thursday; plan, which was prepared by County Board of Education and submitted to state several weeks ago, must be approved by voters before implementation.

Petitions demanding election for recall from office of City Fire and Health Commissioner Roy Smith are filed by group of firemen.

75 years ago: Feb. 13, 1929

Taking steps to align themselves with peace officers in combating organized criminal gangs, Cape Girardeau County Bankers Association has agreed to equip each bank with at least one high-powered rifle and sawed-off shotgun and to appear before city councils and county court to ask that police and county officers be similarly equipped.

Scattered snowflakes fall in morning in Cape Girardeau, but upward movement of mercury prevents white blanket remaining long to mix with remainder of weekend snowstorm.

-- Sharon K. Sanders