Out of the past 6/16/10

25 years ago: June 16, 1985

The Rev. Charles H. Hammack has been appointed to serve at Maple Avenue United Methodist Church; the current pastor, the Rev. Roger Henson, has been transferred to the Ellisville United Methodist Church in St. Louis; in addition, the Rev. Jodi Ponder-Williams will serve at Illmo United Methodist Church in Scott City and Third Street United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau; the Rev. William Dickey, current pastor, has been granted retirement.

A visit from the historic steamer Delta Queen, near-perfect weather and a two-day schedule packed with something for everyone brought large crowds to downtown Cape Girardeau on Friday and Saturday for the seventh annual Riverfest.

50 years ago: June 16, 1960

Traffic managers for shippers, and others who handle transportation, insist at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing that the Frisco Railroad should be allowed to abandon any phase of its operation which operates at a loss; they tell the examiner that passenger service has had a continual decline, with railroads forced to absorb passenger losses by adding to freight rates.

The only known leak in the Mississippi River floodwall is being corrected this week in cooperative work between the Army Corps of Engineers and the contractors as the wall project nears completion; the leak is at a spot between Themis and Independence streets.

75 years ago: June 16, 1935

Professor R.S. Douglass speaks at the morning and evening services at South Side Baptist Church; the Rev. B.L. Patrick, who served as pastor for the past year, has resigned to do evangelistic work.

A crowd fills Christ Episcopal Church in the morning to hear Bishop William M. Scarlett of the Missouri Diocese of the Episcopal Church.

100 years ago: June 16, 1910

Two houses are destroyed by fire at Edna in the morning; one is the residence of Thomas Scott, a new building of eight rooms; the other is the home of J.D. Hillman.

Kate Harris of Denver is visiting friends in Cape Girardeau this week; she was a student at St. Vincent's Convent here 20 years ago.

-- Sharon K. Sanders