Out of the past 9/22/07

25 years ago: Sept. 22, 1982

The chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers local at Scott City contends that Monday's collision between two Cottonbelt trains near Randles, points up the problem of using supervisory personnel to operate trains during the nationwide engineers strike; a Cottonbelt spokesman, however, says that supervisors who are operating the trains underwent the same training as new engineers hired by the company.

Jackson merchants are cool to the idea of Sunday sales; the Jackson Merchants Association recently discussed the movement to repeal the Blue Laws in Cape Girardeau County; no one at the meeting was in favor of the repeal.

50 years ago: Sept. 22, 1957

A week long Dialogue Mission begins at St. Mary's Cathedral, conducted by the Revs. J.A. Farrell and James F. Harrington, Paulist Missionaries from Memphis, Tenn.; the general theme of the series is "The Truth Shall Make You Free."

Dru Pippin of Waynesville, Mo., chairman of the Missouri Conservation Department, delivers an address marking the dedication of the Clifford W. Gaylord Wildlife Laboratory at the Duck Creek Management Area, 40 miles southwest of Cape Girardeau.

75 years ago: Sept. 22, 1932

Jesse Noland, defeated candidate for the Democratic nomination for sheriff in the August primary, says he won't be a candidate on an independent ticket; after the primary, he considered running for sheriff as an independent candidate.

Authorization is received at the Cape Girardeau post office for the appointment of Archie Reid as a regular clerk, succeeding John H. Bremmerman, who retired; Reid has been a substitute clerk for four years.

100 years ago: Sept. 22, 1907

Services at the Methodist church in Cape Girardeau are suspended for the day; the pastor, the Rev. E.T. Adams, is attending a conference at West Plains, Mo., and no one fills the pulpit in his absence.

Because of the mission festival at Illmo, no services are held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau in the morning; at the festival, the Rev. H. Haertling of Neunert, Ill., preaches in the German language, and the Rev. W. Langehenning of Jackson preaches in English.

-- Sharon K. Sanders