Out of the past 2/24/10

25 years ago: Feb. 24, 1985

The pastor of First Baptist Church in Delta and his wife, the Rev. and Mrs. H. David Coppedge, were among 41 people named missionaries by the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board on Feb. 12; the Coppedges will work in Uruguay.

Shirley Chisholm, who once ran for president of the United States and served 14 years in the House of Representatives, gives a vivid account of black history and contemporary politics to about 650 people at Academic Hall.

50 years ago: Feb. 24, 1960

Paul J. Rodgers of St. Louis, director of public relations for Ozark Airlines, was the main speaker at the annual Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce dinner, which centered on aviation; new officers were also installed, with Stephen N. Limbaugh replacing Vinson Rueseler as president of the group.

While razing an old dwelling in the 300 block of Broadway, workers found the building had insulation of bricks inside the walls; the house is being razed by Oscar C. Hirsch.

75 years ago: Feb. 24, 1935

The Rev. Walter E. Koepf preaches his farewell sermon as pastor of First English Evangelical Lutheran Church; he is moving to Macomb, Ill., where he will assume the pastorate of another church; his successor, the Rev. Roland Reichmann of Chicago, will be here to conduct services each weekend until the close of classes at the Chicago Theological Lutheran Seminary at Maywood, Ill., where he will receive his degree.

Approximately $225 in merchandise and money is stolen by busy burglars in Cape Girardeau city and county; seven establishments in the city are either entered or attempts are made to gain entrance to them, and the L.C. Rau general store at Dutchtown is broken into.

100 years ago: Feb. 24, 1910

Al Jaynes announces the good news that he has arranged for a company in Cairo, Ill., to raise the sunken ferry Warsaw and bring it back to Cape Girardeau; as the machinery wasn't damaged in the mishap, it should be a comparatively short time until the good old boat is doing business between this town and the Illinois shore.

The Rev. E.T. Adams, formerly pastor of the Methodist church here, is in Cape Girardeau visiting his many friends.

-- Sharon K. Sanders