Out of the past 9/1/11

25 years ago: Sept. 1, 1986

Labor Day. KFVS12, with weatherman Don McNeely acting as host, broadcasts its annual telethon in conjunction with the nationwide Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon; the telethon raises $34,096,773 nationally and $141,738 locally, both record amounts.

MARSTON, Mo. -- About 900 employees of the Noranda Aluminum Co. plant here, the largest industrial employer in the Bootheel, went on strike at midnight Sunday after failing to ratify a new three-year work contract with the company.

50 years ago: Sept. 1, 1961

State College officials express concern over their inability to find adequate housing facilities to accommodate students when the fall semester begins; the total enrollment could be as high as 3,000.

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, nationally known for his television and radio programs, will speak at a banquet at Notre Dame High School on Sunday evening; tickets will be sold to the public, and proceeds from the event have been marked for overseas relief.

75 years ago: Sept. 1, 1936

Coming in by plane from Indianapolis, Indiana Gov. Paul H. McNutt is scheduled to land at the airport at Sikeston, Mo., at 5 p.m. and will come immediately to Cape Girardeau, where he will speak tonight at a Democratic rally at Houck Field Stadium.

The pitter-patter of falling rain brings joy to the north half of Missouri, all the way from Kansas City to St. Louis; thunderstorms are in the offing for Cape Girardeau and district tonight or Wednesday.

100 years ago: Sept. 1, 1911

A move was made last night by the Cape Girardeau City Council on behalf of the poor people of the city, when the saloon license was lowered from $1,000 a year to just half that amount; a petition signed by many citizens was read asking that the exorbitant license fee be reduced.

A "bomb" was thrown into the councils of the school board and the ranks of the teachers of Lincoln School last night when a telegram was received from Mary Love Phillips announcing her registration; this teacher had only been hired when her resignation came; she has secured a better position at Cairo, Ill.; classes here begin next week.

-- Sharon K. Sanders