Out of the past: May 26

1992

Final plans have been completed for Phase II construction of the Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum by Ford and Sons Funeral Homes and Monument Co. The original mausoleum structure was built three years ago with expansion in mind. Construction of Phase II will start in mid-June and will include expansion of the mausoleum and chapel.

Catfish Castle has opened at 2145 Independence St., featuring a variety of menu entrees such as catfish, steak, chicken and seafood. Owners of the restaurant are Gary Bass, Rhonda Bass, Janetta Gobin and Ron Gobin.

1967

A.G. Construction Co. of Perryville, Missouri, is the apparent low bidder on the Route K extension after a sizable calculation error is found in tabulations announced earlier in the day and reported by news media. Earlier, R.B. Potashnick Construction Co. and D.L. Harrison Construction Co., bidding jointly, were announced as the low bidders. The four-lane, limited-access route will extend west from William Street, joining Gordonville Road near Mount Auburn Road.

The role the proposed new Saint Francis Hospital might play in tentative plans for a comprehensive mental-health center to service Cape Girardeau and the surrounding area is discussed here in an open forum. Leading the discussion are nine members of the Governor's Advisory Council on Mental Retardation and Community Mental Health Centers.

1942

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Biri of Jackson, in a communication from the War Department, are advised their son, Pvt. Henry F. Biri, one of the first selectees from Cape Girardeau County, is missing in action in the Philippines.

Mrs. Olda Davis yesterday transferred her farm of 54 acres, adjoining the Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church property near Fruitland, to Mrs. Bertha McCullough of Brazeau, Missouri. This place had been in the Davis family nearly 100 years and lately was known as the Monroe Davis farm or the Pink Davis place.

1917

Professor B.G. Shackelford arrives on the Bald Eagle in the morning with 35 members of the Nature Study Society of St. Louis. There are several teachers in the crowd, and after dinner at the hotel, the Commercial Club provides automobiles to take the party out to view the drainage work.

The Jeffery Auto Co. sells an automobile to superintendent C.H. Claiborne of the Frisco. His wife will go to St. Louis early next week and drive the car home.

-- Sharon K. Sanders