Out of the past 7/18/04

10 years ago: July 18, 1994

Delta High School held grand opening ceremony for its new 19,900-square-foot high school building yesterday; nearly entire population of Delta turned out to see result of April 1993, $1.05 million bond issue passed by its residents.

St. Louis industrial loss will be Jackson's gain; Lee-Rowen, manufacturer and distributor of home organizational products, announces it will close its St. Louis manufacturing facility and combine operation with its Jackson production facility.

25 years ago: July 18, 1979

Board of trustees of Southeast Missouri Hospital has approved expenditure of $477,240 to build two additional floors to oncology center now under construction on Lacey Street, directly opposite main hospital; two floors had been considered earlier in planning, but were deleted because of costs.

Despite numerous objections by interests in proposed Westborough Mall, city council gives final go-ahead to establish zoning enabling construction of West Park Mall.

50 years ago: July 18, 1954

Morning shower north of Cape Girardeau helps make heat bearable; mercury mounts to 102 degrees and promises more of same as work week begins.

Cape Girardeau County youth, a boat employee, is critically burned when Mississippi River towboat explodes while loading near Arkansas City, Ark.; he is Roy Terry, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Terry of Moccasin Springs, near Egypt Mills.

75 years ago: July 18, 1929

Two men are arrested and 50-gallon still, gallon of whisky and 150 gallons of mash are seized by federal prohibition agents in raid 10 miles north of Cape Girardeau; men are charged with having possession of liquor, manufacturing whisky and having possession of still; both are farmers of Oriole community.

Concrete is poured for roof of new condensery of Mid-Continent Dairy Products Co.; building will be completed within few weeks, and company will then be ready for operation.

-- Sharon K. Sanders