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RecordsDecember 9, 2006

WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- The Trojan Powder Plant here, a major Union County employer, plans to close its doors at the end of the month, a victim of the continuing slump in the construction agency; the shutdown will eliminate about 102 jobs. For the third time in about six months, voters in the Jackson R-2 School District will go to the polls in a special election Feb. 2, as school officials seek approval of bond issues for construction of classroom additions and expansion of the high school gymnasium...

25 years ago: Dec. 9, 1981

WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- The Trojan Powder Plant here, a major Union County employer, plans to close its doors at the end of the month, a victim of the continuing slump in the construction agency; the shutdown will eliminate about 102 jobs.

For the third time in about six months, voters in the Jackson R-2 School District will go to the polls in a special election Feb. 2, as school officials seek approval of bond issues for construction of classroom additions and expansion of the high school gymnasium.

50 years ago: Dec. 9, 1956

William J. Kies, 69, president of Riverside Lumber Co., one of the leaders who made possible construction of the Cape Girardeau traffic bridge and a participant in many community endeavors, dies at his home, 916 W. Cape Rock Dr., after an illness of several months.

Sixty-four Cape Girardeans expressed a desire to unite with the congregation of the First Christian Church during the past week, says the Rev. Guy Steele, pastor; all but seven are received in services today; the new membership came at the climax of an intensive three-month visitation campaign.

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75 years ago: Dec. 9, 1931

Two business buildings in Cape Girardeau, at 110 and 138 N. Main St., are being remodeled; the building formerly occupied by Schindler Barber Shop is being renovated and a new front added; a grocery store will occpy that location; a confectionery will occupy the building at 110 N. Main, if a deal now pending matures.

At a concert given by the Central High School Band at Washington School, "Dear Old Central High," Central's new pep song, is played; words and music are by William Shivelbine, the band's director.

100 years ago: Dec. 9, 1906

Presiding Elder Crow holds quarterly conference at the Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau for the Rev. E.T. Adams, the local pastor; in the afternoon, Crow goes to Mount Tabor and preaches.

Will Kurre, formerly of Cape Girardeau, has been killed in an accident in St. Louis; Kurre, a brickmason, was at work on the new school building at Union and Kensington avenues, when he was knocked from an unfinished wall and fell 50 feet onto a pile of bricks.

-- Sharon K. Sanders

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