Out of the past 9/15/04

10 years ago: Sept. 15, 1994

Attendance at 1994 version of SEMO District Fair is at record pace, and board member Pete Poe says total count could exceed 90,000 if pace continues; grandstand entertainment this evening is Restless Heart.

State board has cleared way for Saint Francis Medical Center to add second cardiac catherization lab despite opposition from business group and committee's own staff.

25 years ago: Sept. 15, 1979

Don Williams performs as SEMO District Fair winds down; attendance through yesterday was approximately 69,000.

Lawsuit filed after collapse of Allenville bridge over Diversion Channel is still pending in St. Francois County Circuit Court; on April 14, 1977, 67-year-old bridge collapsed beneath weight of tractor.

50 years ago: Sept. 15, 1954

Real SEMO District Fair excitement will come tomorrow through Saturday; Thursday will be Cape Girardeau Day, and Friday will be Jackson and Cape Girardeau County Day.

Reorganized Jackson School District rid itself of number of school properties Monday.

75 years ago: Sept. 15, 1929

Members of First Baptist Church have extended call to the Rev. Elbert Owens of Charleston as pastor of church, but Owens says he hasn't accepted call; church in Cape Girardeau has been without pastor for months.

Evangelical congregation holds its worship service in morning at Common Pleas Courthouse and Sunday school at Chamber of Commerce building; relocation is necessary during construction of congregation's new church building.

-- Sharon K. Sanders