Looking Back In Time

SIKESTON - Congested conditions in the Bailey School were solved as a result of Tuesday night's school board meeting. There was a rezoning of elementary school areas that will send 35 pupils now attending the school to the South Grade School.

BLODGETT - Edward Lee Jolley III celebrated his second birthday recently with a party at his home.

SIKESTON - With the 9th Annual Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo half-way through the four-day run, those who may have missed either of the first two performances should by all means make certain they see at least one of the remaining presentations.

CHAFFEE - Former Scott County Deputy Sheriff Jerry Wolsey, 29, officially has begun his duties as police chief of Chaffee.

SIKESTON - South Side Oil Co. and Frisco Smoke House, both housed in the same building on Highway 61, were burglarized Monday, according to the Sikeston Department of Public Safety.

CHARLESTON - A special ceremony commemorating the signing of the U.S. Constitution - Bells Across America - is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday on the courthouse lawn with the invocation offered by the Rev. Gerald Penn, pastor of the Assembly of God Church.

SIKESTON - The City of Sikeston Municipal Utilities will save more than $280,000 under an insurance contract awarded at a special meeting. Mitchell Insurance Company of Sikeston won the contract with a bid of $163,507. The policy primarily covers the Sikeston Power Plant.