Out of the past: Feb. 24

1990

A stock investment firm, a waffle and delicatessen operation, a beauty salon, and a children's shoe store will join Children's Bazaar and Boy's Corner in the new Crossroads professional office and retail shopping center, when it opens in May; 75 percent of the space in the center has already been leased.

Everett Holder, a Scott City barber, has joined Benny Marshall and incumbent Durward Dover in the race for Scott County presiding commissioner.

1965

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Chaffee residents yesterday overwhelmingly approved a proposed $150,000 industrial bond issue that will finance the expansion of the Chaffee Manufacturing Co.

Very cold, wintry weather is forecast for tonight and tomorrow, with temperatures predicted to drop into single digits; heavy snow starts falling here at 11:30 a.m., and two to four inches of accumulation are expected.

1940

A group of Teachers College students is hoping to raise enough money to bring a nationally known swing band to Cape Girardeau for a jam session this spring; no orchestra has been signed, but leading in consideration is Woody Herman, who is currently playing in the Panther Room at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago.

Fifty-two birdhouses built by Cape Girardeau youths are judged in the annual birdhouse contest sponsored by the Audubon Club of Central High School; the grand prize goes to August Birk Jr., a pupil at Franklin School; this year, birdhouses built by girls were also entered in the contest.

1915

The boards of stewards of the three Jackson congregations that brought Evangelist Steve Burke to town for a revival decided last night to build a tabernacle for his use; it will be largest building of its kind ever seen in Jackson; the lawn just south of McKendree Methodist Church will be its location.

At the stroke of midnight tonight, Allenville will become a dry town; saloon promoters have failed in their efforts to get enough signatures on petitions to stay in business.

-- Sharon K. Sanders