Out of the past 6/7/06

25 years ago: June 7, 1981

During each of the regular services at Trinity Lutheran Church, the 25th anniversary of the Rev. Paul H. Jilg's ordination into the ministry is celebrated; the Rev. and Mrs. Jilg also celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary during the services.

Dr. E.W. Bartley has retired as pastor of Grace United Methodist Church; his retirement ends more than just his own career in the pulpit; the event also marks the first time since the mid-1700s that a member of the family in a direct line of descent hasn't been in the Methodist ministry.

50 years ago: June 7, 1956

The Cape Girardeau Council of Garden Clubs last night received the National Council of State Garden Clubs' Kellog Award for civic achievement; this honor was granted the local group for the Cape Girardeau Rose Display Garden in Capaha Park.

W.W. Bennett of Bennett Construction Co. in Kansas City says he expects work to begin in the next week or 10 days on the National Guard armory in the southwest corner of Arena Park; Bennett's firm has the general construction contract for the building.

75 years ago: June 7, 1931

Twelve graduates of St. Mary's High School receive diplomas at commencement exercises at St. Mary's Church, the Rev. E. Pruente, pastor, delivering the baccalaureate address; graduating seniors are Loyola Braun, Mary Davis, Clara Hamm, Germaine LeGrand, Bernard Nenninger, Joseph Reiker, Clement Schabbing, Walter Schonhoff, Francis Schumacher, Catherine Sciortino, Dorothy Sykes and Mary Trewolla.

A home run in the ninth inning by Gilbert Schoen, Pocahontas third baseman, with two mates on bases, enables them to defeat the Brazeau, Mo., nine on the latter's diamond, 16-14.

100 years ago: June 7, 1906

Sudden death carries Theobald Lind away in the morning, although his demise had been anticipated for some time; death comes while Lind is walking from one room to another at his home on South Spanish Street, just north of Independence Street; Lind was one of the city's oldest and most respected residents; he came here direct from the Rhine, in Germany, in 1865.

Several hundred members of the Baptist Church take the Houck train out to Three-Mile Creek in the morning, where a picnic feast is spread at noon; games and other amusements are played all day.

-- Sharon K. Sanders