Out of the past 9/4/10

25 years ago: Sept. 4, 1985

Rick Guilliams, 25, has been named Jackson city clerk, replacing Dean Crites, who has decided to leave city government to pursue his studies at Southeast Missouri State University.

Much of the ground west of the lake at the Cape County Park, on the north side of Highway 61, has been plowed as part of a reseeding project designed to establish a new carpet of grass there before next spring.

50 years ago: Sept. 4, 1960

The Rev. Charles Marshall of Illmo speaks in the morning and evening at Southside Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau; the pastorate is now vacant.

More than 1,000 freshmen students, the vanguard of an expected 2,500 who will be enrolled before the week ends, arrive on the State College campus for three days of orientation that will open the fall semester.

75 years ago: Sept. 4, 1935

With 25 elderly people waiting at the county courthouse in Jackson, the Old Age Assistance Board organizes and begins taking applications for old-age pensions; the first person to make application is W.W. Jeffries of Oak Ridge, who is 71 years old.

The thud of the football upon the gridiron of Houck Field Stadium is heard in the afternoon for the first time this season, as coach Emmett R. Stuber sends 40 aspirants through a two-hour drill; included in the candidates are only 10 lettermen.

100 years ago: Sept. 4, 1910

Company K and the regimental officers stationed here, left Saturday on a special train for Fort Riley, Kan., to take part in the encampment there; also on the special train was the company from Caruthersville, Mo.; the Jackson continent also boarded the train here.

C.E. Matthews and family of Sikeston, Mo., spent yesterday and today in Cape Girardeau visiting relatives; they drove up in their touring car.

-- Sharon K. Sanders