Out of the past: Nov. 10

1991

The congregation of First Assembly of God Church in Cape Girardeau has a new pastor; the Rev. Gary Brothers and his wife, Rose, and daughters, Jennifer and Julie, come to Cape Girardeau from Providence, Kentucky, where Brothers pastored eight years.

The Rev. Dean Heady is installed in the evening as the new pastor of First Assembly of God Church in Jackson; Heady and his wife, Mitzi, and daughter Jennifer reside in Jackson; a married daughter, Jackie Lesh, lives in Farmington, Missouri, with her husband and three children.

1966

A proposed new set of zoning regulations for Cape Girardeau and a tentative map of suggested zoning for the city were submitted and explained by representatives of Harland Bartholomew and Associates last night to members of the city council and the planning and zoning commission; the proposed regulations redefine and realign the various zone classes.

Although the sheriff-elect, Ivan E. McLain, won't have to wait until Jan. 1 to take office, it is not likely he will do so for several days; the sheriff's race was for the unexpired term of former sheriff John C. Crites, who resigned to become the Jackson postmaster.

1941

J.C. "Bess" Slinkard, 53, a native of Burfordville, and for 12 years an official of the Los Angeles Fire Department, was injured fatally Saturday during is a Los Angeles fire; news of his death came in a telegram to his father, Fred Slinkard, here.

James H. Adams made a "citizen's arrest" Saturday night when he met a local man with a sack of corn on his back exiting Adams' cornfield on Highway 74; a search of the miscreant's house yielded three other bags of corn; it was noted the alleged thief has some fat swine; Adams is guarding his field, armed with a rifle; the farm owner has lost an estimated 90 bushels, or three wagon loads, of corn from the field.

1916

In celebration of their election victories, county Democrats pull off a "so-called shirt-tale parade" in the evening at Jackson; in the parade is a coffin in which rests the remains of the Republican party; leading the parade is Dr. Jenkins, riding a Democratic mule and holding in his hand a huge bottle of grape juice.

The Cape Girardeau Commercial Club meets to consider two proposals made by manufacturing concerns; Freeze Threshing Machine Co. is hoping to expand its plant in order to build its New Model thresher; a second proposal would lead to the establishment of a shirt factory here by a St. Louis concern.

-- Sharon K. Sanders