Out of the past 9/11/04

10 years ago: Sept. 11, 1994

Dedication service and open house are held in afternoon at First Baptist Church in Jackson, in celebration of completion of church's new education building; Day is also observed as homecoming during morning worship services.

Stephen S. Owen leads morning worship at Third Street United Methodist Church, speaking on "Love -- God's Eternal Life Preserver"; Owen, 20, is active member of Grace United Methodist Church.

25 years ago: Sept. 11, 1979

About 10,000 people took advantage of free gate yesterday to visit SEMO District Fair; today's schedule includes tractor pull in front of grandstand, Blue Grass shows and carnival midway.

Robert Austin Boudreau is getting some extra rest; his S.S. Counterpoint II, barge which transports American Wind Symphony Orchestra along Mississippi River and Great Lakes region, stopped in Cape Girardeau yesterday and is fogged in this morning, delaying its departure; Boudreau, director of symphony and pilot of barge, says symphony has logged 60,000 miles in past three years.

50 years ago: Sept. 11, 1954

Several people are given lie-detector tests in connection with 2-month-old Bonnie Huffman murder case; polygraph tests are being conducted in Cape Girardeau and are expected to continue through tomorrow, with more than dozen people to be examined.

Walker Childs, owner of Childs' I.G.A. supermarket, declares his store on West Broadway hasn't been sold; confusion has arisen concerning store since it was announced he and Bernard Shaper of Jackson had sold their store at Chaffee to Ray Mercer.

75 years ago: Sept. 11, 1929

Year ago tomorrow, Cape Girardeau traffic bridge opened to traffic; through yesterday, span, since its formal opening, has taken in $57,126.25 in tolls; with today's and Thursday's count thrown in, tolls should reach about $58,000.

Following their marriage soon after noon at Sikeston, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. J. Ernest Harper are secretly rushed to waiting airplane and are spirited to Cape Girardeau on first lap of their honeymoon; couple arrives at Cuskaden field south of town at 2:25, where automobile awaits them for their trip north.

-- Sharon K. Sanders