Out of the past 9/23/10

25 years ago: Sept. 23, 1985

Adoption ceremonies are held throughout the day in Cape Girardeau's public schools, kicking off the Adopt-A-School Program.

COBDEN, Ill. -- Apple growers throughout Southern Illinois are keeping their fingers crossed, hoping that a series of unannounced raids here by the U.S. Border Patrol in search of illegal aliens has ended; raids began Thursday in Franklin County and continued Friday in parts of Union and Jackson counties.

50 years ago: Sept. 23, 1960

Members of the State College Indians football squad board two chartered airliners just before noon at the municipal airport for the flight to Des Moines, Iowa; there they will meet the Drake University Bulldogs in the evening in the first grid tilt between the two schools.

Using only the knowledge he has learned from his father and while working on Mississippi River towboats, Linder "Sonny" Deimund Jr., 34, has constructed a sleek, 440-horsepower, 52-foot steel towboat for use by his dad, who is the owner of the Cape Girardeau Sand Co.

75 years ago: Sept. 23, 1935

The Cape Girardeau post office work force is diminished because of the American Legion convention in St. Louis; four postal workers are attending the convention, three of them being members of the Golden Troopers drum and bugle corps; three members of the city council also plan to attend the convention, forcing city hall to be closed tomorrow.

Two government nursery schools in Smelterville open; the schools in Smelterville are free, as they were last year; however, if one is established at Teachers College as is planned, it will be for privileged children and a small fee will be charged for admission.

100 years ago: Sept. 23, 1910

Members of the Methodist Church in Jackson are making great preparations for the dedication of their magnificent new church, which cost upward of $30,000; Bishop Collins Denny will preach the dedication sermon.

Paving of Lorimier Street is nearly completed north of Broadway.

-- Sharon K. Sanders