Out of the past: Oct. 28

1990

The Rev. Rodney Shipman is the new youth and Christian education pastor at First Assembly of God Church in Cape Girardeau; he was previously youth and associate pastor of Boutte Assembly of God Church in Boutte, Louisiana.

Heather Ann Phillips of Cape Girardeau has entered Missionary Training Center at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah; after eight weeks of training, she will serve an 18-month mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; she will teach the gospel to the Spanish-speaking people living in the Tempe, Arizona, area.

1965

Construction is underway on a new retail store for the Biederman Furniture Store on the south side of the 2100 block of William Street; the new store will occupy nearly 32,000 square feet of floor space; the store's current location is at 119 N. Main St.

The Missouri Supreme Court is considering evidence in the appeal of Douglas Wayne Thompson of a ruling made a year ago by Judge Marshall Craig denying a defense motion to set aside the conviction and death sentence; Thompson was convicted nearly four years ago of slaying Cape Girardeau auxiliary police officer Herbert L. Goss.

1940

Four hundred Missouri Jews, attending the annual state convention of B'nai B'rith and its Women's Association here yesterday, adopted a resolution scathingly denouncing "un-Americanism"; the resolution condemns "the teachings, philosophy and practice of Nazism, Fascism and Communism" as "contrary to the teachings of American democracy and all the ideals and principles of human rights and liberty."

The Cape Girardeau County Draft Board selects Allen A. Reed of Jackson to be chief clerk, succeeding Bruce Baker of Jefferson City, formerly of Cape Girardeau; Reed is owner of Traveler's Cafe on U.S. 61, just outside of Jackson.

1915

The big annual convention of the Southeast Missouri Teachers Association gets underway at the Normal School; all the trains coming into Cape Girardeau are crowded with delegates.

Julius M. Snider, 84, a former resident of Cape Girardeau County and well known throughout Southeast Missouri, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Simms, in St. Louis yesterday; Snider was born on a farm in the west end of the county in 1831, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Snider; by turns, he was an educator, a farmer and a merchant; he served two terms as the Bollinger County treasurer.

-- Sharon K. Sanders