MIDSOUTH MEMORIES
Mid-South Memories: Aug. 30
25 years ago: 1991
A California investment company wants to build a $20 million resort and riverboat casino that it says would employ at least 500 workers in north Tunica County, Miss. Joe Brata, a spokesman for Hardie Financial Group Inc., said Thursday the firm will apply for a state gambling license next month to operate a floating casino on Buck Lake, a tributary of the Mississippi River about 10 miles south of Memphis. The site, just south of the DeSoto County line, was approved Wednesday by the Mississippi Gaming Commission.
Nancy Tatum. a hometown soprano who won fame in Europe, will make her first appearance with the Memphis Symphony, and a favorite pianist, Lorin Hollander, will return for a fifth season as highlights of the orchestra's 1966-67 concert series. Mrs. Tatum has built an international reputation in the past four years, including a triumphant appearance at La Scala in Milan. Mr. Hollander, only 22 now, began his appearances with the Memphis orchestra in the 1962-63 season. No other guest artist has been booked for so many consecutive visits here.
LULA, Miss. — Moon Lake, nearby North Mississippi anglers' haven, was freed from an unorganized ring of fish bootleggers yesterday as 19 persons were arraigned before Squire L.G. Perryman, who assessed fines and costs totaling nearly $1,000.
100 years ago: 1916
With the long-threatened railroad strike actually called for next Monday, and with prospects for its prevention not the least encouraging, prudent Memphis housewives yesterday began to stock pantry shelves with some of the necessities of life.
The lumber output of Memphis during the past year was 160,000,000 feet. The business is a comparatively recent addition to the industries of Memphis, but has grown magnificently.