Out of the past: March 12

1990

Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center's first director, Ken Callis, is resigning that position to re-enter private psychological practice; Callis says voluntary support of the center and its residents has been overwhelming since Cottonwood opened in 1987.

The Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority reaches another milestone from concept to reality with the announcement of Midwest Agri-Chemico as its first tenant; the local firm is a wholesaler of agriculture fertilizer.

1965

District educators adjourn in the afternoon from the 89th annual session of the Southeast Missouri Teachers Association after two days of formal speeches and informal discussions on the problems of their field; about 4,500 teachers and administrators from the 18-county district were in Cape Girardeau for the convention.

Petitions are being circulated in Cape Girardeau calling for a special election to decide upon adopting the city manager form of government.

1940

Leonard T. Howard of Cape Girardeau is preparing to leave March 25 to report March 27 as an Army flying cadet at Tulsa, Oklahoma; Howard will have three months of preliminary training at Spartan Air School at Tulsa and then will be sent to Randolph Field in Texas to proceed with his training as a cadet.

Louis Kassel was elected president of the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band last night at its annual business meeting at the Hotel Marquette; the meeting was a dinner affair, presided over by E.B. Foster, retiring president.

1915

The McMurray Construction Co., which has the contract for building the sea wall along the riverfront here, has decided to abandon the work for several months, at least until the river falls to a low level; Frank Campfield, a timekeeper for McMurray, will remain here to watch over the property during the daytime, while another employee will look after it at night; about 500 feet of the sea wall has been completed, with another 100 feet to go.

Incorporation papers for a new bank in Cape Girardeau, to be known as the Citizens Exchange Bank, were filed at Jackson this week; shareholders in the firm are Charles H. Overstolz, L.C. Hamm, Robert H. Ruehmann, A.R. Zoelsmann and W.E. Yount.

-- Sharon K. Sanders