Out of the past 3/27/08

25 years ago: March 27, 1983

The Rev. Charles Iles Sr., is installed as pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau; the service is conducted by the Rev. Roger Zehms of St. Louis, circuit pastor of the Southern Conference of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod; Iles is a native of Saginaw, Mich.

Construction of a new, two-story, $30,000 educational wing at Hobbs Chapel United Methodist Church is progressing; much of the work on the structure is being done by church members; the addition will provide space for Sunday school, office and restrooms.

50 years ago: March 27, 1958

The appropriations committee of the Missouri Senate approves a reapportionment of funds for State College that will make possible an early start on three new buildings provided the committee's action is approved by the Senate and House.

Walter Grebing, Central Tigers' 6-foot-6-inch center, led the basketball team in scoring for the 1957-1958 season with 544 points in 23 games; Grebing also led the Tigers in rebounds with 350.

75 years ago: March 27, 1933

The Missourian's seventh annual cooking school is set to open tomorrow afternoon and continue through Friday at the Fox Broadway Theater; this is the first year the school has been held in the theater; in charge of the school will be Ruth Campbell, an expert on home economics.

Missouri and Illinois police officers patrol the Cape Girardeau traffic bridge and the areas near both approaches during the night, after finding a barricade of brush and stones near the Illinois end of the span; authorities believe bandits planned to use the barricade in a holdup.

100 years ago: March 27, 1908

It is believed that the project to build a cement burial vault factory in Cape Girardeau has fallen through; W.H. Miller, who was mentioned as a possible investor, says he wants to stave off having anything to do with the grave as long as possible; others are said to have some intention of investing.

Robert Obermiller, formerly of Jackson and lately employed in the Western Union office in Cape Girardeau as a telegrapher, has taken a position in the main office at Memphis, Tenn., at a salary of $125 a month; he is 16 years old.

— Sharon K. Sanders