MID-SOUTH MEMORIES

25 years ago — 1998 Proponents of a new ice rink say putting the facility in east Shelby County, preferably Germantown, makes sense because of community interest in ice skating and hockey. But finding 10 acres that fit zoning needs, cost and other considerations appears to be the first major obstacle. The interest in skating coincides with growth that has made east Shelby County land expensive, particularly for a commercially zoned site.

50 years ago — 1973 Assignment: Memphis – Sooner or later somebody has got to do something about the situations in television’s situation comedies. The bitter truth is that so many of them have become elderly and infirm that their continued exploitation has become a national disgrace.

75 years ago — 1948 KNOXVILLE – Local, state and Federal officials agreed Thursday to a two-point plan for the construction here of a $7,000,000 medical and research center and hospital to experiment with radioactive isotopes.

100 years ago — 1923

ST. LOUIS – The condition of Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in America, took a turn for the better today, according to attending physicians. It was reported tonight that the aged prelate, who has been critically ill with grippe for more than a week at his residence here, had regained consciousness, emerging from the state of coma into which he sank yesterday.

125 years ago — 1898

The Rev. W.T. Hudson, who resigned the pastorate of the Johnson Avenue Baptist Church to become superintendent for West Tennessee of the Tennessee Children’s Home Society, with his office at present at 10 Leath Street, has returned from a successful visit to Jackson and Nashville.

KLONDIKE ELEMENTARY THROUGH THE YEARS

THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL FILES Sept. 20, 2006: Second-grader Darnisha Richardson, right, seems more excited about the prospect of spilling water onto the head of third-grader Jaylen Donelson than he is during a science and math program presented by Science for Everyone at Klondike Elementary. Professor Cool, a.k.a. Brian Harris, center, led the program. He's an Atlanta-based airline pilot and 1992 Central High graduate who puts on the demonstrations in his spare time. Third-grader Shorron Phillips is holding the bag of water, none of which ended up on Donelson's head.

TO THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL BRANDON DILL / SPECIAL Jan. 27, 2012: Klondike Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Allyson Cathey shows off a worm for students Courtney Pinkins, from left, Nia Reaves, Samaria Davis and Isiah Harris as they work to transform the school's garden into a successful model of community gardening.

THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL FILES May 22, 2009: Klondike Elementary School presented its 2009 fifth grade graduation class in a ceremony at Friendship Baptist Church. Kennedi Hurt of the “Klondike Cougarettes” performs a tribute to the graduates.