Out of the past: March 19

1992

The Delta School District has trimmed its budget and is asking voters to approve a 61-cent tax increase in an effort to keep the school system operating. Voters will decide April 7 about the tax increase.

BENTON, Mo. -- Scott County officials have abandoned the idea of relocating the sheriff's office to temporary quarters until a more permanent facility can be planned and built. Instead, county commissioners are looking to upgrade the aging sheriff's office, including shoring up its sagging floor.

1967

The Church of the Nazarene observes the charter of the new Caravan Chapter with a scarfing ceremony for approximately 50 children who are enrolled in the program. Caravans is a church-oriented program similar to scouting, offering weekday activities to boys and girls in grades two through eight.

Officers of the Seabee Battalion here cut cakes in an afternoon open house at the Naval Reserve Training Center. The event commemorates the anniversaries of engineering naval units.

1942

For the first time, Louis K. Juden Post, American Legion, will participate in a nationwide traffic safety contest, held annually by the American Legion. V.H. Dunham has been named contest chairman here and will direct the campaign meant to prevent automobile accidents.

In connection with the war emergency, an official 300-man auxiliary of the State Highway Patrol will be organized in Missouri in the immediate future, it is announced. The Auxiliary Patrol membership will be open to members of the American Legion, and the men will serve without pay when called up.

1917

Let the railroads strike. Roth Tobacco Co. here can keep those who use tobacco supplied for a long time; nearly a half million pounds of fine leaf is stored in the four big warehouses of the company; about 150,000 pounds are stored in the old Harley shoe factory on William Street, the rest being stored in two warehouses in Haarig and at the Roth plant on Frederick Street.

According to statements of the five Cape Girardeau banks recently published in The Daily Republican, the Cape Girardeau banking district is prospering; Cape Girardeau's banks show a deposit of $2,984,184.32.

-- Sharon K. Sanders