Out of the past: March 3

1993

Southeast Missouri State University is considering establishing a shuttle bus system to encourage greater student use of parking lots on the perimeter of the campus; the system would also help alleviate traffic congestion in the central portion of the campus.

The Convention and Visitors Bureau will reconsider whether the city should sponsor a "town hall" meeting regarding riverboat gambling; some residents are concerned over the expenditure of city funds for what might be considered promotion of riverboat gambling in the city, causing the CVB Advisory Board to rethink the idea.

1968

Dedication of the new Good Shepherd Lutheran parsonage takes place in a special service in the afternoon; the new dwelling is located on the church property across from the present worship facilities at Cape Rock Drive and Bel Air.

With the signing of an option on a 62.5-acre tract in Jackson, the way has been cleared for the funding committee of the board for a Lutheran Home for the Aged to proceed with its drive; tentative agreement was reached previously on the Hartle tract as a site for the facility, but legal papers and other matters weren't completed at that time; the way is now clear to accept financial gifts, and a fund-raising drive is being developed.

1943

The Kimbel Truck Lines has purchased approximately five acres of ground on Independence Street, at the Highway 61 intersection, and will start construction of one building there within a few days; the plot,south of Independence and east of Highway 61, was purchased from the Cape Special Road District for $4,000; the company plans to erect several buildings on the land, but at present will only construct a body shop building.

An Army recruiting office is opened on the third floor of the Federal Building with Sgt. Leonard R. Hastings in charge; the immediate purpose of the office is to recruit women of this area into the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, or WAACs.

1918

In the absence of Dr. Elmer T. Clark, pastor, who is attending a meeting at Sikeston, Missouri, the pulpit of Centenary Methodist Church is filled by the Rev. Thomas B. Mather of Immanuel Methodist Church in St. Louis.

At a congregational meeting of the Presbyterian Church, a unanimous call is extended to the Rev. Thomas Bateman of Shelby, North Carolina, who preached in the local church as a candidate for the pulpit on Jan. 27; he made such a good impression at that time that it was predicted a call was probable.

-- Sharon K. Sanders