Stories from Thursday, November 14, 1991

CAIRO, Ill. -- The Magnolia Manor in Cairo will open for the Christmas season on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 28. The historical Victorian mansion will join with its sister house, Windham, with dazzling Christmas displays. At Magnolia Manor, all 14 rooms of the 1869 mansion will glisten with the theme "A Visit from St. Nick."...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The world premier of "Mirror/Mirror" ushers in the McLeod Theater holiday season Nov. 22, 23 and Dec. 6-8 at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. The play is the moving story inspired by the life of living American artist Elizabeth Layton. Layton began drawing at the age of 68 as a form of therapy for manic-depression and has since earned an international reputation for her remarkable works...

CHAFFEE -- Linette Welter has been chosen Student of the Month by the Exchange Club. A senior at Notre Dame, she is the daughter of Franklin and Linda Welter of Rt. 1 Chaffee. At Notre Dame, she is president of the school's SADD chapter and the French Club. Welter is also an "A" honor roll student and editor of the yearbook...

JACKSON -- Workshop on Wheels and the Area Licensed Providers Association will be presenting a workshop entitled, "The Night Before Christmas Party," on Monday, beginning at 7 p.m. This presentation will be held at Tender Care, 1202 Greenway Dr. in Jackson...

The Impressions, one of the groups that innovated and pioneered soul music, will be the featured entertainment at this year's Southeast Showcase, planned for Nov. 21. The theme, "Motown It's All Right," centers around the romance and adventure of the automobile. The grand prize drawing is for a three-day, two-night trip to Detriot...

The Southeast Missouri State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform at 7:30 tonight at the Jackson High School Auditorium. The Wind Ensemble is comprised of 35 students, selected through competitive auditions. The ensemble has distinguished itself in the past several years with performances for the Missouri Music Educators Association and the College Band Directors National Association...

Joyce Cobb, one of New Orlean's premier performers, will bring her show to Cape Girardeau for the second time this year on Nov. 21-22. Cobb is scheduled to appear for shows each night at the River City Yacht Club at Port Cape Girardeau. She brings with her a five-piece orchestra...

Cleda Curtis-Neal, portrait artist, will present a discussion on art and marketing at the Visual Artist's Guild meeting on Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. at Gallery 100. Curtis-Neal has produced limited-edition print series, taught workshops in several states, and has produced a portrait painting video...

Ted Hirschfield, professor of English at Southeast Missouri State University, will read from his new book of poetry, "Human Weather," at the University Center tonight. The reading will begin at 7 p.m. at the center's Party Room. Following the reading, there will be a reception and autograph signing. The public is invited...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson took the first step toward an analysis of federal office space needs for Cape Girardeau Wednesday by asking the House Public Works Committee's subcommittee on public buildings and grounds to authorize such a study...

Cape Girardeau banks throw away money every day. The currency dirty, limp, torn, worn, or defaced is banished to the Federal Reserve Bank as unfit federal reserve notes. Boatmen's Bank branches in Cape Girardeau and Jackson return an average of $8,000 to $12,000 a week in unfit bills, said Debbie Gibson, assistant vice president and cashier at Boatmen's main bank at 2001 William. ...

The Area Wide United Way has raised $407,000, or 87 percent of its $470,000 goal, thanks in part to record-breaking employee contributions from Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co. Employees at the sprawling manufacturing plant have raised more than $103,000. Coupled with a corporate P&G contribution of $46,900, the company and its employees have donated more than $150,000 to the campaign, it was announced Wednesday...

Southeast Missouri State University has begun to pursue more diligently every dollar owed by students. The university's Board of Regents met Wednesday and approved the 1991 financial report. The regents did not discuss the Nov. 5 election defeat of Proposition B, a $385 million tax-and-reform package for education...

The founder of Cape Girardeau's New Life Evangelistic Center said Wednesday the homeless shelter has provided financial help to 84 people and shelter for 17 men since it was established in August. The Rev. Larry Rice of St. Louis was at the shelter at 713 Morgan Oak Wednesday to discuss the facility's operations and launch its winter assistance program...

A planned residential development for a 24-acre tract of land situated west of Cape Girardeau on Bloomfield Road is another step closer to fruition. The Cape Girardeau Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday recommended the city council rezone the tract to allow for a 40-duplex subdivision. The property will formally be annexed into the city next month...

Wayne Muri, chief engineer of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department, will be guest speaker at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's Surface Transportation Committee's annual Highway Dinner tonight. Muri will speak following the 7 p.m. dinner...

JACKSON Eula M. Ludwig, 89, of Jackson died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1991, in Jackson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mosby of Cairo, Ill., Southeast Missouri Hospital, 3:32 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1991. Name, Katherine Anne. Weight, 8 pounds 8 ounces. Third child, first daughter. Mrs. Mosby is the former Cindy Ballard, daughter of Betty Compton of Heber Springs, Ark., and the late Pat Ballard of Anna, Ill. She is employed by Illinois-American Water Co. Mosby is employed at First State Bank of Olmsted, and is the son of Orris and Joan Mosby of Jonesboro, Ill...

RANDLES -- Lorene Myers, 74, of Randles, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 11, 1917, near Randles, daughter of Joe and Sarah Smith Menz. Menz was a member of Free Trinity Pentecostal Church at Randles...

SCOTT CITY -- James Cleo Sturm, 56, of St. Louis, formerly of Scott City, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1991, at his home. Amick-Burnett Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON -- Charley L. Cureton, 88, Sikeston Route 1, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Oct. 30, 1903, at Marquand, son of Robert and Dovie L. Bollinger Cureton. He and Iona Skaggs were married Sept. 21, 1932, at Marble Hill...

MOREHOUSE -- June Arlen Poyner, 50, of Morehouse, died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1991, at his home. He was born Oct. 18, 1941, at New Madrid, son of Bill and Cornelia Shook Poyner. Poyner was a laborer with Bob Swinney Farm at Catron, and member of Sikeston Eagles Aerie 3319...

Carolyn Sue Humphries, 48, of Houston, Texas, died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born June 8, 1943, in Sikeston, daughter of Ralph and Verna Lucille DuBois Gurley. She was a 1961 graduate of Central High School. Humphries worked in the clerical department of human resources at Vista Chemical Corp...

JACKSON -- Dallas Harold Glodo, 47, of Jackson, formerly of Grand Tower, Ill., died Monday, Nov. 11, 1991, in Jeffersonville, Ind. He was born in Murphysboro, Ill, May 3, 1944, son of Francis and Mildred Latchshaw Glodo. He was a member of the Master Mates and Pilots Association and was a captain for the American Commercial Barge Lines...

Charles William Schlitt, 62, 649 Flint Hill Road, died Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Oct. 14, 1929, in Cape Girardeau, son of William N. and Theckla L. Dirnberger Schlitt. He and the former Mary Elizabeth Kendrick were married May 27, 1954, in Cape Girardeau...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Capt. Genevieve R. Soller, 87, of Lacon, died Saturday, Nov. 9, 1991, at Danville VA Hospital. She was born Jan. 4, 1904, near Dongola, daughter of Ira Monroe Robinson and Eva Catherine Scurlock Robinson. Soller was a graduate of Illinois Training School for Nurses and the University of Michigan...

BLOOMFIELD -- Clarence Layton of Bloomfield died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1991 at Bloomfield. Layton, 89, was born Dec. 12, 1901 at Bloomfield, son of John and Nancy Robey Layton. He was a retired farmer. Survivors included a brother, Riley Layton, Dexter; a sister, Iva White, Bloomfield; several nieces and nephews...

BLOOMFIELD -- Clara M. Scheible of Pana, Ill., formerly of Bloomfield, Mo., died at St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur, Ill. Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1991. Scheible, 94, was born at New Madrid, Oct. 3, 1897, daughter of Robert and Letha Carter Byrd. She lived most of her life in the Bloomfield community before moving to Pana in 1978. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Bloomfield...

JACKSON -- The implementation of an academic letters achievement program is one way parents, students, and faculty are seeking to achieve two goals set this year for the R.O. Hawkins Junior High School. During a presentation to the Jackson Board of Education this week, Assistant Principal Dan Beard listed the goals as strengthening home-student-school ties, and promoting and recognizing academic and nonacademic excellence and success...

My friend Ted Hirschfield, who teaches in the English Department at Southeast Missouri State University, has produced some more first-rate poetry. His recently published book of poems is entitled "Human Weather." In our November issue of Tipoff magazine (currently available around town), we published a fine review of Ted's book by his English department colleague, Bob Hamblin...

Old St. Vincent's Church on the Cape Girardeau riverfront has a rich heritage. Dating back to 1853, the grand, Gothic-style structure has seen much of this community's history pass around it. One gets the feeling, though, that the refurbished building has a lot of good days to come...

Debbie Griffith wants her students to see the need for mathematics in their everyday lives. Griffith is in her 15th year of teaching at St. Mary's Grade School where she teaches math to students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. She received her bachelor's degree in education from Southeast Missouri State University...

I JUST WANTED to call to thank the police officer that help me get my car started last Thursday morning. It was so nice of him. So many bad things have been said about the police in Cape Girardeau, but this was really a fine, outstanding officer. I wanted to say thanks once again...