A LOOK BACK AT JACKSON

25 years ago: 1974

County Court Associate Judge J. Ronald Fischer said Friday he's glad county hasn't established plan for solid waste management, although state law obligated all Missouri counties to do so by first of this month; reporting on solid waste management meeting he and Cape Girardeau Mayor Howard C. Tooke attended in Jefferson City this week, Fischer said he learned that landfills in Jackson and Cape Girardeau will relieve county of any obligation in establishing a landfill; Fischer said law has been re-interpreted to mean that if 80 percent of county's population resides within 10-mile radius of landfill, county isn't obliged to provide one.

There will be only one contest on county level at Aug. 6 primary election, which thus far has stimulated little interest; only race to be decided is between G.L. Ainsworth and Clarence C. Schade, Republican candidates who hope to unseat longtime County Clerk Rusby C. Crites, Democrat.

Public hearing on County Planning and Zoning Commission's proposed regulations governing planning of mobile home parks and subdivisions in county has been scheduled for Sept. 9; County Court scheduled hearing upon receipt of proposed contract that would enable Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission at Perryville to prepare master comprehensive plan for county.

County officials hope to come up with final preliminary plan for proposed county law enforcement complex during next week's meeting; indications are that County Court will authorize construction of only jail portion of proposed facility, which originally was to contain magistrate courtroom and related offices; County Court Associate Judge J. Ronald Fischer has said increased building costs will likely prohibit construction of courtroom, and only jail, kitchen and sheriff's offices likely will be constructed during first phase.

Larry Talley, owner of Talley's Mobile Service Station here, has been appointed to fill unexpired term on Board of Directors of Service Station Dealers of Missouri, affiliate of National Congress of Petroleum Retailers.

50 years ago: 1949

The Rev. and Mrs. J.M. Hertel are residing in parsonage at St. John's Evangelical Church, as Hertel has been named pastor to that church and St. James Church at Tilsit; family moved here from Carmi, Ill.; St. John's Church has been without pastor since the Rev. Joseph Mayer moved to Columbus, Neb., two years ago and has been served by the Rev. C.H. Franke of Cape Girardeau, superannuated minister; the Rev. H.G. Borne of Jackson has supplied at St. James Church.

Members of Jackson Chamber of Commerce, meeting Monday night, decided to concentrate efforts in removing traffic hazards on Highway 25 in Jackson, by removal of shrubbery and embankments obscuring views, and widening sidewalks at corners; R.K. Wilson, chairman of streets and highways, was named with his committee to arrange work.

County Court Monday canceled road project 49-2, called Allenville Road; action came after considerable deliberation, the 5.4 miles having been estimated to cost $4,000; mileage would have connected with state Route A, between Dutchtown and Whitewater, farm-to-market road; road was to have started at south side of Diversion Channel and run to Whitewater.

At Board of Education of McKendree Methodist Church Tuesday, Glenn Luetje was elected general superintendent of church school; Paul Leonard, superintendent past two years, resigned because he has accepted position in Canada.

Catholic mobile mission arrived in Jackson Monday and held its first service that evening at bandstand; the Rev. Norbert Dietz, recently-ordained at Kenrick Seminary at St. Louis, is being assisted by the Rev. Robert Kolett, also of St. Louis; during service there was question and answer period.

R.R. Duffield, engineer of Springfield, has examined carillonic bells in McKendree Methodist Church and estimated damage to chimes as slight; damage was sustained when bolt of lightning struck church last week.

Workers are repainting traffic marks on streets; resetting of meters for parking parallel with curbing has required various changes.

Mrs. Mary Spradling has sold Spradling Nursing Home, including business and nursing home equipment, to Mildred and Maxine Mouser of Lutesville; large, two-story frame house, owned by Spradling will be leased to Mousers; Mildred Mouser formerly lived in Jackson, having superintended dining room at Hotel Jackson for number of years.

75 years ago: 1924

Mrs. Beulah Parker has sold her interest in City Hotel to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ellis and has gone to St. Louis to make her home.

Candidates for various county offices are whooping it up considerably in county; numerous picnics, ice cream socials, mission festivals, children's days and similar public gatherings are patronized liberally by all aspirants for office; there isn't remote corner of county where voter can hide without being approached.

The Rev. Charles Neumeyer and family of Owensboro, Ill., are visiting in county at present; Neumeyer preached at Methodist Episcopal Church near Gordonville Sunday morning.

Josephine Car Moore, wife of D.R. Moore, died July 26 at her home in eastern part of Jackson; she was buried following day at Russell Heights Cemetery; aged lady had been in ill health for some time; she was 75 years, 4 months and 19 days old; she was born in Tennessee, but lived in this county practically all her life; she is survived by her aged husband, one son, Robert Moore of Cape Girardeau, and two grandchildren.

Shortly after midnight Monday, Night Patrolman Charles Walden discovered fire in Mary H. Woods millinery store on South High Street; alarm soon brought fire department to scene, and water was thrown on flames with great force; as there was no wind, fire was soon extinguished, but not before contents of Woods store was destroyed, both stock and fixtures; fire was stopped before it did much harm to law office of Wilson Cramer on second floor of building; structure is old one, and is property of R.B. Oliver of Cape girardeau.

One of workers around threshing machine of Bernhard Voshage on Charles Abernathy place, dropped pitchfork into cylinder; result is badly torn up machine, but no one was hurt.

Heavy downpour set in over Jackson early Thursday; precipitation continued until rain gauge at government observatory showed inches; that stopped threshing of wheat and oats for several days.

W.H. Jeter and Hazen Jeter of Fruitland have sold their flour mill and other holdings in Fruitland to F.O. Thomas of Plant City, Fla.