Out of the past 3/21/11

25 years ago: March 21, 1986

Wetterau, Inc. of Scott City has acquired Food Horizons IGA Store in Cape Girardeau; Wetterau acquired the interests of Childs Food Inc., doing business as Food Horizons, and intends to continue serving IGA customers in the area.

Cape Girardeau Realtor Thomas M. Meyer announces he will seek the Democratic nomination for the 159th District state House seat now held by Republican Mary Kasten, setting up a possible rematch between the two in the November general election.

50 years ago: March 21, 1961

Hundreds of Southeast Missouri science pupils and their teachers are welcomed to the fifth annual Regional Science Fair at a luncheon in their honor in Memorial Hall; earlier in the day, students began setting up their projects in Houck Field House.

Patrolman Donald H. Crittendon, 24, dies in the morning in a local hospital of gunshot wounds he received while performing his final act of duty for the Cape Girardeau Police Department the night of March 10; his resignation from the force would have become effective at 11 that night, 1 1/2 hours after the shooting.

75 years ago: March 21, 1936

Seven of the eight counties in the Southeast Missouri relief district will cooperate in the revised aid program to begin April 1; the participating counties, including Cape Girardeau, will contribute financially to the program; in turn, each county will receive about $4,000 worth of food to distribute to the needy.

In anticipation of warm weather, a city truck and crew begin hauling 125 city-owned benches from storage places to Courthouse and Fairground parks.

100 years ago: March 21, 1911

J.C. Stone, Harmon Loeffle and several others haul some equipment belonging to Edward F. Regenhardt down to the river for shipment to St. Louis by boat; a hoisting engine and the apparatus for the elevator shaft and the elevator itself, along with much other materials, have been sold to a St. Louis building contractor; since it was used in construction of the main Normal School building several years ago, the outfit has been stored in a shack on a vacant lot near the corner of Broadway and Ellis street.

Keeping up with other cities, several Cape Girardeau dog lovers are organizing a kennel club here.

-- Sharon K. Sanders