Out of the past 7/25/07

25 years ago: July 25, 1982

The Rev. Herbert Bruhn conducts his farewell service at First Assembly of God Church in Jackson; Buhn, who has served as pastor of the church seven years, is moving with his family to Herculaneum, Mo.

Hundreds of local patrons and professionals from the area are on hand to meet Donald N. Brandin, chairman of the board of Boatman's Bancshares Inc., St. Louis, following his becoming a member of the Farmers and Merchants Bank board of directors; the St. Louis bank holding firm became owner of the local bank July 1.

50 years ago: July 25, 1957

Plans for the establishment in Cape Girardeau of a production and distribution center of Pepsi-Cola products by the Capahas Bottlers Inc. are announced; a new building will be erected near Arena Park.

Efficacy of the Salk polio vaccine, shown nationally in numerous reports, is apparent in Southeast Missouri as well, where the smallest number of cases in years has been received at the district polio treatment center at Saint Francis Hospital; to date, there have been only three cases of infantile paralysis in 1957 at the center.

75 years ago: July 25, 1932

Lenore Rafferty and Marguarite Reynolds, both of Cape Girardeau, left yesterday by automobile on a two-week vacation trip; they will go to Washington, D.C., and to Toronto, visiting intermediate points along the way.

Elam Vangilder, the Cape Girardeau hurler, has been released by the Toledo baseball club of the American Association, which he has been connected for three seasons; he is seeking a connection with another club.

100 years ago: July 25, 1907

The Rev. J.O. Willett of Caruthersville, Mo., accepts the call of the First Baptist Church at Cape Girardeau to fill its pulpit; he will arrive here in about three weeks to take up his new duties.

The hot weather seems to have a beneficial effect on the Modern Americans; instead of its members staying home to keep cool, about 60 of them attend the regular meeting and initiate new members; afterward, they go to I. Ben Miller's and feast on ice cream, cake and other refreshments.

-- Sharon K. Sanders