Out of the past: March 27

1991

May-like temperatures in late March shattered the 40-year-old high temperature record for Tuesday and tied the record high yesterday in Cape Girardeau; residents shouldn't get used to the warmth, however, as a cold front is expected to bring showers and more seasonable temperatures.

Two hundred forty-five students are competing at the 35th annual Southeast Missouri Regional Science Fair at the Show Me Center; the top winners will advance to the International Science and Engineering Fair to be held this summer.

1966

The Rev. Ignatius J. Strecker, bishop of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese, addresses all active and auxiliary members of the Cape Girardeau Curia of the Legion of Mary at the annual Acies at St. Vincent's Catholic Church.

A large crowd greets the Rev. Sidney C. Dillinger of McCracken, Kansas, who delivers a sermon at Old McKendree Chapel; dressed as an early-day Methodist minister, Dillinger is taking part in a horseback ride from Old McKendree to Baltimore, marking the bicentennial of American Methodism.

1941

An inspection of the site of the proposed airport north of Dutchtown is made in the afternoon by Guy Murray of Kansas City, Missouri, newly assigned airport engineer for the Civil Aeronautics Authority; the application for the project under a WPA setup was filed months ago, and the port was placed on the list approved for construction.

Workers have started remodeling the former Suedekum building at 36 N. Main St.; F. Crit Jones, owner, said new floors will be placed, the walls redone and a modern structural glass front installed on the building, one of the oldest in Cape Girardeau.

1916

The Southeast Missouri towns of Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Illmo, Oran and perhaps Sikeston and Charleston will have the privilege of seeing the famous German war pictures that have attracted countless thousands in the largest cities; the pictures were taken by German army photographers and were loaned to American interests in order to raise funds for the German Red Cross.

Relatives have been advised of the death in Braunschweig, Germany, on Feb. 29 of Mrs. Caroline Grotehenn, 84; with her husband, Albert Grotehenn, she was well known in Jackson and Cape Girardeau, having lived in both cities; Albert Grotehenn died about 25 years ago.

-- Sharon K. Sanders