Stories from Monday, August 5, 1991

CHAFFEE -- He doesn't drive a sports car or carry a gun, and his cases don't end with the bad guy dying or the payback of getting the girl. But Jerry Wolsey is a bona fide private investigator, who's office is in the heart of Chaffee, population 2,500...

SCOTT CITY -- Cracks, bumps, cave-ins and potholes. Scott City voters on Tuesday will decide if they want to fix these nuisances on their city streets by enacting a half-cent sales tax to fund street repairs and improvements. Polls will open at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Voters from all four wards will vote at City Hall in the special, single-issue election...

MARBLE HILL -- A 26-year-old Marble Hill man was killed Saturday in a one-car accident along Highway 51, 13 miles north of Marble Hill. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Larry Robinson was fatally injured when his car ran off the road and struck a tree...

The Southeast Missourian asked young people whether manufacturers of personal stereo equipment such as the Walkman should be required to limit the maximum volume of the equipment to help prevent permanent hearing loss. Gretchen Whaley: "I think they should limit the volume on them. Some people go deaf because of these, and I don't think it's right. You could injure your ears with them without knowing it."...

Donald R. Chilton has resigned as president of First Exchange Corp., parent company of several Exchange Banks, including Jackson Exchange Bank and First Exchange Bank of Cape Girardeau. "I regret leaving banking and the many fine people that I have worked with over the years," he said Friday. "Banking has been an exciting and challenging business which offers a lot of opportunity."...

A litter cleanup project started by a Cape Girardeau car club could spark establishment of a citywide "adopt a street" program, says city Public Works Director Doug Leslie. "The city doesn't have an `adopt a street' program but this may be the starting point for one," said Leslie. "It's kind of a trial run right now."...

Who's in charge? When the governor of Missouri leaves the state, does he retain control or is the power of the office passed on to the lieutenant governor? The Missouri Supreme Court has decided the issue once and for all: the governor retains power. Justices cited an 1883 state Supreme Court decision that said the governor keeps his powers, even while outside the state's borders...

PERRYVILLE - Pearl C. Stortz, 80, a lifelong resident of Perry County, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 1991. She was born March 19, 1911, the daughter of William Lyons Smith and Josephine Katherine Lukefahr Smith. She had worked as a reporter for KSGM radio in Perryville. On Jan. 28, 1929, she married Fred F. Stortz in Perry County. He died March 8, 1977...

An estimated 1,500 to 2,000 people turned out Sunday for the final day of the Fly Cape Aviation Days open house and air show. In all, about 4,000 people attended the weekend event at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport, said Airport Manager Mark Seesing...

MARBLE HILL -- Larry N. Robinson, 26, of Marble Hill, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 1991, near Marble Hill as a result of a traffic accident. He was born July 16, 1965 at St. Louis, son of Lawrence and Mary Cook Robinson, who both survive of the state of Louisiana...

Elmer Blumenberg, 72, of Clinton, Ky., died Saturday, Aug.3, 1991, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah. He was born Aug. 27, 1918 in Mississippi County. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Church of God. He is survived by his wife, Dalvie Arington Blumenberg of Clinton, one daughter, Valarie Ann Peery, Clinton; one son, Monte Robin Blumenberg, Clinton; three brothers, Wesley Blumenberg, Cape Girardeau, August Blumenberg, Poplar Bluff and Roy Blumenberg, East Prairie; one sister, Anna Wilcox, Kansas City; and three grandchildren.. ...

JACKSON -- Hubert Lee Tucker Sr., 78, of Jackson, died Sunday, Aug. 4, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center He was born Sept 17, 1912, in Durham, N.C., son of Luther W. and Corrina Ashley Tucker. He was a member of the Illmo Baptist Church and had worked for the Alcoa Aluminum Company of Palisades Park, N.J. He retired in 1971...

ANNA, Ill. -- Woodrow Kelley, 71, of Anna, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 14, 1919, in Union County, Illinois, the son of Ed and Augusta Wynn Kelley. He married Mary Hubbs in Jackson on Nov. 8, 1941. She survives...

WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Fred R. Wilson, 77, of wolf lake, died Friday, Aug. 2, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 23, 1914, in Wolf Lake, the son of Alfred M. and Daisy Lyerla Wilson. He was a retired Pentecostal minister...

PERRYVILLE - Flora P. Petot, 86, a lifelong resident of Perry County, died Sunday, Aug. 4, 1991. She was born Sept. 29, 1904, the daughter of William Boxdorfer and Emma Hoehn Boxdorfer. On Sept. 10, 1928, she married to John L. Petot. He died Aug. 8, 1972...

PERRYVILLE -- Sherry Ann Korando, 25, of Perryville, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Jan. 4, 1966 in Perryville, daughter of Allen R. and Mabel A. Krumm Korando. Both parents survive. She was employed at Schupp Animal Hospital in Perryville...

Warranty deed issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: Anthony C. Belpulsi Jr. and Frances C. Belpulsi to Shaunna McGhie; Vonnie D. Ullery to Randall B. and Marikka M. Showers. Greenwood Land Company to Michael L. Annis Inc.; Frank and Bonnie Sitze to Claude Frank and Bonnie Sitze; Margaret A. Moss to Freda M. Hogan...