Out of the past 4/22/06

25 years ago: April 22, 1981

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Perryville city employees will decide in an election May 13 whether to unionize; at issue is whether employees are to be represented by Local 30 Industrial and Miscellaneous Workers, an AFL-CIO affiliate based in St. Louis, by Local 50 of the Service Employees International of St. Louis, or by no union.

Faced with the prospect of setting school marks for most consecutive losses and most losses in a season, the Southeast Missouri State University baseball team yesterday took a different route into the record book; after thumping visiting Maryville, Mo., 14-6 in the first game, the Indians set four conference records and tied two others with a resounding 22-6 win in the nightcap.

50 years ago: April 22, 1956

The Men's Chorus of Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Kansas City, Kan., better known as the "Singing Preachers," appears in concert at the First Baptist Church in the morning; the group is composed of 30 men under the direction of Dr. Robert V. Unmark.

State Sen. Leo Rozier of Perryville, Mo., speaks on the history of the Order before 375 people attending the golden jubilee banquet in the evening, which brings to a close the two-day celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of St. Vincent's Council 1111, Knights of Columbus.

75 years ago: April 22, 1931

Stricken suddenly at his Jackson home, Henry C. Gockel, a member of a prominent family, dies within a few minutes; Gockel, 61, was born in Cape Girardeau and came to Jackson about 40 years ago; for many years he conducted a successful livery trade, turning to the taxicab business when automobiles came to be the means of travel.

H.C. Phelps has secured a permit to build a one-story brick building at the southeast corner of North Main and First streets, to be occupied as a gasoline filling station.

100 years ago: April 22, 1906

Mrs. T.P. Hawes of Memphis, Tenn., plays the violin at Christ Episcopal Church at the morning service; the Rev. Otway Colvin conducts the services.

A crowd of at least 800 people attends the dedication service of the new Salem Evangelical German Church, four miles west of Cape Girardeau; beginning with a brief service in the old Salem Church, which has done duty for many years, the large crowd then marches in procession to the new edifice.