Out of the past 9/10/08

25 years ago: Sept. 10, 1983

Former Arkansas governor and now Sen. Dale Bumpers and Missouri Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton are among Democratic luminaries who join some 700 guests at the 8th District Democratic Rally held at the Ramada Inn in Cape Girardeau.

Thousands of eager spectators brave a hot September sun to attend Aviation Day at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport; highlight of the day is an appearance by the Blue Angels, the Navy Flight Demonstration Team.

50 years ago: Sept. 10, 1958

Lonzo & Oscar Productions from the Grand Ole Opry takes the stage before the grandstand on the second night of the SEMO District Fair; indications are that this year's edition will be the largest and most spectacular exposition since the fair was revived in 1940.

State College sees 974 upperclassmen enroll, boosting the total enrollment at the school to 2,101; it is an increase of 312 over the full term last year, and more students may still register.

75 years ago: Sept. 10, 1933

Dr. Walter W. Parker, president of Teachers College, speaks in the morning at Centenary Methodist Church; Dr. Marion N. Waldrip, the church's retiring pastor, is in Lexington, Ky., to speak at the church he will next pastor.

Bishop Edward T. Sheehan, formerly stationed at St. Vincent's College in Cape Girardeau, died of pneumonia Friday in China; he was a native of Streator, Ill., and was ordained at the seminary at Perryville, Mo., in 1916; he served on the faculty of the Cape Girardeau college from 1922 to 1923, going to China in 1923.

100 years ago: Sept. 10, 1908

Classes began yesterday at Cape Girardeau's two largest schools: St. Vincent's College and the Normal School; at the latter, enrollment figures have already eclipsed all former figures; at the close of the first day's work, about 300 students had enrolled for the fall quarter.

Mrs. R. Armstrong, living about 10 miles north of Cape Girardeau on Perryville Road, has the misfortune to lose her house by fire early in the evening; she and one son are at home when the fire starts, but they save only a few things; while the house was built of logs, it was in good condition.

— Sharon K. Sanders