Stories from Sunday, June 16, 1991

ADVANCE -- Harold Harper, 69, of Advance, died Saturday, June 15, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Oct. 29, 1921, at Little Rock, Ark., son of Guy and Daisy Vandiver Harper. He and Esther Clifton were married July 2, 1984. Harper attended First General Baptist Church here...

As we near the end of the 20th century and consider the technological marvels that have highlighted these 100 years, we can look with some shame on the continued erosion of one institution we should highly prize: the family unit. Many of society's problems behavioral, psychological, criminal can be traced to the breakdown of families. ...

Father's Day, a Hallmark event most often associated with tacky ties and golfing shirts, is one of those holidays that should be observed more often than annually. I don't mean that dads need more tacky ties. What I'm getting at is that fathers, particularly good ones, too often are taken for granted...

I'M VERY GRATEFUL and very happy to know that all blind people do not become public charges. I have learned this in different ways but especially in the article in the Southeast Missourian Wednesday edition on page 10A in regards to the brothers who are sightless but who are successful. This proves what people can do if they want to do for themselves instead of letting other people do for them...

The Cape LaCroix Nursing Center, 2525 Boutin Dr., honored two of its fathers Friday during its annual Father's Day picnic. John Powers, a former native and farmer of Cape Girardeau, was honored with a Fathers Day certificate for having six children. He is 85 years old and enjoys writing poetry...

Allan Maki, a graduate of Yale University and former practicing attorney, is executive director of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority, a position he has held since 1988. The Cape Girardeau City Council, sometimes maligned for fractious infighting, resolved its internecine issues last Tuesday night and found common cause. ...

BENTON -- Seniors at Thomas Kelly High School in Benton have received a number of scholarships. They include: Jill Stuckey, University of Missouri scholarship. Melanie Urhahn, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education teacher education scholarship, Southeast Missouri State University President's Scholarship, Beta Club Scholarship...

CHARLESTON -- A number of students from Charleston High School earned several awards. Seniors honored include: Four year art award: Juliana Gemeinhardt and Brent Emanuel. Accounting: Syliena Grissom. Office Technology: Leslie Bruner. Business computer applications: Edwin Shead...

Melis Gummersheimer, graduate of Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau, has received a scholarship from Webster University in St. Louis. The scholarship, for the 1991-92 year, is in recognition of Gummersheimer's outstanding academic achievements...

Mary Wilson, 90, can talk about roots with authority. She and her younger sister, Ellen Wilson Wilcox, have lived at the same place at the southeast corner of North Ellis and North streets almost all of their lives. Wilson taught for a half-century at Washington Elementary School and taught the 3-year-old First Baptist Church Sunday School class for 46 years. Some of her original students at Washington School are now great-grandparents...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Terry Gettings of Scott City, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:55 p.m. Saturday, June 8, 1991. Name, Corey James. Weight, 6 pounds 11 ounces. Third child, first son. Mrs. Gettings is the former Rhonda Kester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Miller of Scott City. She is employed at Famous-Barr. Gettings is a plumber with Dakota Service Co., and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gettings of Cape Girardeau...

CHARLESTON -- Edward Joseph Bruenderman, 74, of Charleston died Wednesday, June 12, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Feb. 2, 1917, at Texas Bend in Mississippi County, the son of Bernard Joseph and Loise Renaud Bruenderman. On July 4, 1939, he married Regina Carlisle, who survives of the home...

CHARLESTON -- Dorothy Maude Lesem, 67, of Reidland, Ky., died Friday, June 14, 1991, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky. She was born Aug. 14, 1923, at Charleston, daughter of Harold and Beulah Cook Buntin. She married Mark Lesem May 22, 1983. Lesem had lived in Kentucky since 1965, and was a member of Reidland United Methodist Church. She formerly owned the Old Country Store near Fairdealing, Ky...

JACKSON -- Elsie Piepenbrok, 95, of Navasota, Texas, died Saturday, June 15, 1991, at the home of a daughter. She was born Oct. 11, 1895, in Weimar, Texas, daughter of Fred and Albertina Dahse. She married the Rev. Paul Piepenbrok Nov. 18, 1913. He died in 1967. Her husband was pastor of Evangelical United Church of Christ at Jackson from 1935-42...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Carroll Adam Turner, 75, of Brookshire, Texas, formerly of Cypress, Ill., died Thursday, June 13, 1991 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Houston. He was born May 9, 1916 in Johnson County, Ill., the son of John and Jennie Kinslow Turner...

ADVANCE - Kenneth "Kenny" Campbell, 51, of Advance, died Friday, June 14, 1991 at his home. Campbell, formerly of White Hall, Ill., was born April 12, 1940. He was born in Hillview, Ill. to J. Warren and Marie Miller Campbell. On May 22, 1960, he married Donna Faye Gillis in White Hall. She died Feb. 3, 1987...

SCOTT CITY - Clarence Clemens Ward of 905 Yale, Scott City, died June 14, 1991 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was 83. Ward was born in Advance Feb. 28, 1908, the son of the late Hiram H. Ward and Nancy Rhoads. He married Thelma L. Stone July 21, 1929 in Mount Vernon, Ark. She died Dec. 9, 1987...

Nona Bell Thoma, 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, June 13, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 2, 1908 in Bollinger County, daughter of Daniel and Radie Newell Lincoln. She married William Les Welker in 1930 at Chaffee. He died May 2, 1953. She then married John Thoma in September, 1954. He died Feb. 13, 1984...

MATTHEWS -- Josie Olive Ball, 97, formerly of Matthews, died Thursday, June 13, 1991, at Bluff Manor Nursing Home in Poplar Bluff. She was born July 29, 1893, in Golconda, Ill., daughter of Joshua and Julia Moore Fulkerson. On Nov. 19, 1911, she married Forest Bedford Moore in Farenberg. He died Nov. 17, 1971...

MARBLE HILL -- James E. "Bud" Moore, 64, of Marble Hill died at the family home June 13, 1991. He was born at East Prairie on Sept. 24, 1926 to James and Mattie Rooker Moore. Survivors include: five sons, Ernest, Ronald and Jerry Moore, all of St. Louis, and Larry and Thomas Moore, both of Marble Hill; one daughter, Barbara Morrow of St. Louis; one brother, Lewis Moore of Wright City, Mo.; one sister, Helen Garner of Marble Hill; 15 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren...

HAINES CITY, Fla. Jackson native Jack H. Howard, 76, died at his home in Haines City, Fla. on June 12, 1991. Howard moved to Haines City from Southern Pines, N.C. 11 years ago. He was born June 3, 1915. He was vice president of marketing for True Temper Corp. in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Haines City, Fla...

More and more Missourians say they will run for a statewide office in next year's elections. Politicians are people who mistake the sound of the wind for the voice of the people. --- Veterans of the Persian Gulf war are the first U.S. serviceman to have spent more time in parades than combat zones...

PERRYVILLE -- Navy and government officials had a look at the "new" modified T-39N jet aircraft here Friday. The T-39Ns, to be used for the Undergraduate Naval Flight Officers (UNFO) training program at Pensacola, Fla., were rolled out of Sabreliner's maintenance and modification center at Perryville Municipal Airport...

The Cape Girardeau County official charged with organizing a child-death investigating team under a bill signed into law last week applauded the measure Friday. "I think it's a good law," said the official, Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle. "I think it's going to make it harder to get away with the murder of children."...

SCOTT CITY -- Two-year-old Ryan Miller, now a bubbly, smiling toddler with bright red hair, was a miracle baby. Born 2 months prematurely, Ryan weighed only 2 pounds 12 ounces. But despite the fact that he survived his traumatic birth, the battle for him to lead a normal life had just begun...

JACKSON - After about eight months of dormancy, the Cape Girardeau-Bollinger County Lake Committee will meet next week with county commissioners to discuss whether a once-considered 7,700 acre lake has a future. "The only purpose of this meeting is to see if there is any future at all to the lake," said Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep. "We just want to see if there is any merit to continuing with the committee."...

CHAFFEE -- Lt. Ben Capshaw, 32, with the Navy Reserve Judge Advocate Corps in Washington, D.C., has been promoted to lieutenant commander. Capshaw received a juris doctorate degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1983. He has served as a prosecutor and defense attorney for the Navy in the United States and foreign countries...

Ten faculty research proposals have received funding this spring from the Grants and Research Funding Committee of Southeast Missouri State University. The committee's goal is to encourage scientific and humanistic research and literary or artistic projects related to academic or professional disciplines...

The past session of the Missouri General Assembly has been drawing rave reviews, with lawmakers being praised for action on a variety of issues such as education reform, tougher drunk driving laws, ethics, right to die, protection of children, and insurance...

JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: SEMO Real Estate Trust to the city of Cape Girardeau; Rushing Marine Corp. to the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department; William L. and Janet K. Raber to Ann M. McConnell...

Under the Park's arched bridge, where, in my fanciful world, lives the troll who questions my right of passage every morning, and elder berry bush is blooming. First time I've noticed it. I think the old troll is mellowing or "chilling out" as the young'uns say, else he would be too grumpy to let an elder berry bush grow and blossom and bear berries...

If ferry boats were living creatures, most of them would be on a list of endangered species. At one time there were thousands of small ferries in America. Where there was a river too deep to ford or too wide to bridge, a ferry boat connected people who lived on either side. Ferry boats carried crops and animals to market and people to and from farms and towns. They formed a social and economic link between two areas that otherwise were cut off...

A coloring contest, sponsored by Six Flags and the Southeast Missourian, features three grand prizes of a two-day trip for four to the amusement park. The contest is open to children in three age groups: 4-6 years, 7-9 years, and 10-12 years. The theme of the 1991 children's "Color Your Way to Six Flags" contest is Tidal Wave, the park's newest attraction...

MCCLURE, Ill. - The American Legion and Auxiliary are busy with final plans for the McClure July Fourth Community Festival. The celebration will begin at 10 a.m. when the food and games stands open. There will be a variety of entertainment throughout the day. The Little Miss Independence and Little Uncle Sam contest will be held at 3 p.m. for youngsters in kindergarten through the sixth grade...

Industrial technology students from Southeast Missouri State University rolled up their sleeves and tried their skills in the work place during a senior level course, entitled "Manufacturing Research in a Global Society" this spring. The students were divided into seven research groups which studied plant layout, industrial safety, machine utilization, preventative maintenance and quality control at four Southeast Missouri manufacturing facilities Dana Corp. ...

Shown here are construction figures for the past four and a half years. 1991 - 26 new houses, at cost of $2,431,000 (average $93,500); no apartment units; additions to residences, $609,500; and commercial buildings and additions, $5,719,000. Total construction, $8,759,000.,...

The outline of a $1.5 million, three-story parking garage for Southeast Missouri Hospital is beginning to take shape. Construction of the facility, which started this spring and will adjoin a current four-level parking garage, is expected to be completed within seven months...

The River Eagle Distributing Company has received the `Dimension of Excellence' award from Anheuser-Busch, Inc., which designates the firm as "Most Improved Wholesaler" in Missouri. "The Cape Girardeau distributing company actually won the award in nine months," said Sean T. Geoghegan, district sales manager for Anheuser-Busch. "The company was not acquired by its present owners until March."...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas Deborah Tedder Blanchard has been promoted to property consultant with Hall Finance Company at Corpus Christi, Texas. Blanchard, formerly of Scott City, transferred to Corpus Christi last year from New Orleans, where she worked with Hall Company as leasing agent for six months before being promoted to property manager, where she managed as many as 1,400 units at one time...

PERRYVILLE -- Gina Cissell and Virginia Leimbach were guest speakers during a recent national bank marketing conference at St. Louis. Cissell, marketing director for the Bank of Perryville, and Leimbach, Investors Club director for the bank, each made 45-minute presentations on the bank's investors club program, which offers free services, special discounts and travel opportunities to a select group of clients...

SIKESTON -- Douglas M. Watson, president and chief executive officer of the Capital Bank of Sikeston, is a recent graduate of the School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University. The three-year program provides courses covering all aspects of banking, economics, and related subjects...

PERRYVILLE -- Terry Buehler has been promoted to warehouse supervisor at TG (U.S.A.) Corp., Perryville. Buehler started work with TG U.S.A. in October of 1988 as a factory technician, and later in the production and inventory control department. As warehouse supervisor he will direct the activity of 12 material handlers on three shifts...

Larry Reiminger and Sherry Ladd have joined the CyberTel Cellular of Southeast Missouri team as sales representatives. Wayne Smith, general manager, announced the two appointments recently. Reiminger, a Southeast Missouri native and graduate of the University of Missouri, has 12 years' experience in sales, including sales manager of the former Cape Girardeau newspaper, the "News Guardian"; advertising director for National Molasses Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; and sales promotion manager with Vance Publishing Co.. ...

Mary Sheehan recently joined the staff of AAA Auto Club in Cape Girardeau. Sheehan, who was previously employed at Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Ind., in the Army ROTC Department, will be a domestic travel counselor and will provide customer service for AAA members...

Ann Swanson, manager of Gulliver's Travel Agency at Cape Girardeau, recently returned from a three-week tour of London, England, Sofia, Bulgaria and Istanbul, Turkey. She was accompanied by her husband, Marvin Swanson, who is director of the International Center at Southeast Missouri State University...

JACKSON -- Steve Horst was installed as president of the Missouri Pharmaceutical Association (MPA) last weekend. The MPA is an organization of pharmacists interested in professional development, education and providing quality health care for the public...

Craig Jackson of Cape Girardeau has been named manager of the Jackson Wal-Mart store, Highway 61 East. Jackson, who has been serving as assistant manager at the Cape Girardeau store, will assume his new duties Monday. Jackson, who has a business degree from the School of the Ozarks, joined the Wal-Mart management program six years ago at Branson, as a stockman, and has worked in five areas, including Branson, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Illinois...

Eric Young, Cape Girardeau, reports he has started a new business, Youngskin Products, Inc., 2021 Themis Street. The company manufactures tanning lotions and accelerators and sound pillows for use with tanning beds. It also distributes tanning tablets, tanning beds from Pure Tan Inc. of Texas, and tanning lamps from Interlectric Inc...

Michael J. Ballou of Cape Girardeau, sales manager for Y105 radio, which broadcasts from 185 West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau, has been named a partner in Chartres Media, Inc., the station's parent company. Mark Huffman, president of the company, announced Ballou's new position recently...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Robert T. Hewlett, of Metro Ford, Inc., Independence and Bob Allen Ford, Inc., Overland Park, Kansas, has become the 53rd president of the Missouri Automobile Dealers Association (MADA). MADA's new officers, who assumed duties June 1, are: Hewlett; Bill Shicker, McMahon Ford, St. ...

`A Look at Today's Retail Environment' and `Marketing Strategies For the Independent Retailer' are among topics to be discussed during a retail training seminar, to be held at Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau Tuesday. "This seminar, entitled `Retail Survival Training for the 1990s,' is designed for retailers who feel pressure from large retail corporations and discounters," said Linda Cochran, economic developer at Southeast Missouri State University...

PERRYVILLE -- David Rudert of Perryville attended the national AAL Executive Conference, sponsored by Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL), a fraternal benefit society based in Appleton, Wis. Rudert, an associate of the Jack Hollingsworth Agency of AAL at Independence, attended the conference held in Point Clear, Ala...

JACKSON -- Paul Sander will be installed as new president of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce during the installation banquet to be held June 24 at the KC Hall here. Dr. Linda Godwin will be guest speaker for the event, and will discuss her recent space shuttle flight...

Dr. James B. Chapman recently participated in the Advisory Board Meeting for Advanced Cardiovascular Systems in LaCosta, Calif., attended by more than 120 expert angioplasty physicians from around the world. Chapman, a member of the teaching faculty for the annual meeting, discussed treatment of chronic total occlusions with angioplasty...

John T. Lysell, a long-time member of the Craftsman Office Supply Co. staff, recently completed his bachelor of science degree in mass communication. He joins Craftsman in its Commercial Office Interiors Division, specializing in systems and furniture sales...

Chris Wrigley, vice president of Associated Industries of Missouri (AIM), will be guest speaker during a "Workers' Compensation Basics" workshop, to be conducted at Cape Girardeau June 26. the four-hour workshop will be held at the Holiday Inn convention center, with registration at 8 a.m...

A grand opening ceremony will be held at the new drive-up lane facility at Boatmen's Bank of Cape Girardeau's downtown facility, 100 Broadway, Tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m. The new facility includes three lanes. Jim Limbaugh, president of Boatmen's Bank of Cape Girardeau, said the decision to add the new lanes was in response to the growing needs of the downtown area and customer convenience...

Ground work is under way on a new Taco Bell Restaurant, which is expected to open in August. The new restaurant will be constructed along Route K at West Park Mall. Hutson Enterprises, of Farmington, Mo., has the franchise for the new restaurant. "We're looking forward to the new facility," said Hutson, who was in Cape Girardeau last week to look over the site, which is located near the Horner Rausch Optical Superstore...

My Daddy's Cheesecake, Inc. has added a flavor to its already long list of cheesecake desserts. "We call it Snykers," said Tom Harte, president of the firm which was founded in 1987. "It's been a popular addition since we developed it a week ago." Harte said the new dessert was patterned after a popular candy bar by the same name (Snickers)...

The Small Business Development Center at Southeast Missouri State University will be conducting counseling sessions this month for area small business persons and individuals planning business ventures. Gil Degenhardt will conduct the sessions June 26 at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; at Sikeston Chamber of Commerce June 25, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and at the SEMO Regional Planning office at Perryville June 26 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m...

SIKESTON -- Fabick Brothers Equipment Co. here will mark its 50th anniversary during special Open House events this month. Open House celebrations will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 21 and 22 for area farmers, government officials, contractors and the general public. Equipment demonstrations and contests will be held throughout the two days...

Taco Bell is expanding. "We're bringing our seating capacity to 75," said Lorie Berner, manager of the restaurant at 1740 Broadway. "We're also providing additional parking space in the back of the building." Berner said the 10 x 38-foot expansion which will adjoin the present building, has been in the planning stages for more than a year...

Area students are participating this week in the 1991 session of the American Legion Boys State of Missouri on the campus of Central Missouri State University at Warrensburg. Boys State is a democracy; all citizens may vote and are eligible to hold office...