Out of the past 3/27/06

25 years ago: March 27, 1981

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Negotiations are underway to attract small industries to a 22-acre industrial park here purchased for the city under the federal Housing and Urban Development Community Block Grant Program; the park is located at the south edge of Mounds adjacent to the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad line.

PATTON, Mo. -- Area residents, upset over apparent disciplinary problems in the Meadow Heights, Mo., school system and alleged secrecy by the board of education and school administrators, have formed an organization to take their case to the school board.

50 years ago: March 27, 1956

In a special announcement at the Palm Sunday services at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson, the Rev. W. Keisker reported that on March 21, six years and two days after the school project was authorized and exactly four years and five months after dedication, all financial obligations of St. Paul Lutheran School were met; the total construction cost, filling of grounds and purchase of equipment was $112,500.

The Bunny Bread Co. has purchased a lot on the south side of William Street, just east of Highway 61, and will begin construction soon of a warehouse and office building.

75 years ago: March 27, 1931

The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce campaign reaches a grand total of $7,555; this is the last day the workers are to meet as an organization, but preparations are being made to carry on until all the prospects have been seen.

The new stage in the auditorium of Academic Hall at the Teachers College is used for the first time in the evening, when the girls of the Hesperian Literary Society present a light operetta, "The Love Pirate of Hawaii"; the stage, measuring 45 feet wide and 40 feet deep, is large enough for any show or concert.

100 years ago: March 27, 1906

Not since the opening up of the track between Cape Girardeau and St. Louis has train traffic, both passenger and freight, been delayed for such an extent of time as the recent landslides have caused; it is probable that no trains can be run directly through the place of trouble near Seventy-Six, Mo., until tomorrow evening or the day after.

It is said the coal strike will play havoc with river traffic; the Eagle Packet Co. has enough laying at Grand Tower, Ill., to last the Grey Eagle a month, but other companies aren't so provisioned.

-- Sharon K. Sanders