Out of the past 7/2/12

25 years ago: July 2, 1987

Cape Girardeau County Circuit Judge Stanley A. Grimm has been named to the Missouri Court of Appeals by Gov. John Ashcroft.

Old McKendree Chapel, the first Methodist church west of the Mississippi River, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

50 years ago: July 2, 1962

Charles E. House assumes his new duties as superintendent of the Cape Girardeau School District; he succeeds Louis J. Schultz, who was superintendent 27 years.

Murle Lindstrom, wife of Cape Girardeau Country Club professional golfer Fred Lindstrom, was crowned queen of women's golfing world, after winning the U.S. Open Tournament on July 4, 1962, at Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Associated Press photo)

After appearing on a network television program, Murle MacKenzie Lindstrom, the new U.S. Women's Open golf champion, flies home to Cape Girardeau; Lindstrom closed with the best final round in a steady rain at Myrtle Beach, S.C., Saturday, 1-over-par 73, to pass favorites and post a 301 total for 72 holes, second highest winning total in USGA Open history.

75 years ago: July 2, 1937

M.E. Lesem, 73, for 50 years a traveling salesman, dies at his home on North Sprigg Street in the morning; born in Tuscumbia, Mo., he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Lesem, natives of France.

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- This community celebrates the opening of the first sector of blacktopped streets for this town and Lutesville, Mo., with an evening street dance; the street, through the middle of Marble Hill and in front of the Bollinger County Courthouse, was opened to traffic yesterday.

100 years ago: July 2, 1912

This section was visited by another thunderstorm last night, and lightning struck several places in the city; the most damage done by lighting was to St. Vincent's Catholic Church, the tower being badly damaged by fire resulting from the bolt; members of the parish were enjoying a lawn social when the storm hit.

Mrs. George S. Drew, who has been a resident of Cape Girardeau for about four years, leaves for a suburb of Boston to make her home; she moves to be closer to relatives.

-- Sharon K. Sanders