Stories from Tuesday, August 27, 1991

Classes started quietly at Southeast Missouri State University Monday. There was no big fanfare as the city experienced a population explosion of more than 8,500 students over the past few days. But some of the city's merchants are very much aware that students are back in town...

JACKSON - To accommodate a steadily increasing number of female prisoners in recent years, the Cape Girardeau County Jail likely will be expanded. Sheriff Norman Copeland and Presiding Circuit Judge A.J. Seier have been discussing for some time the need for additional jail space for women prisoners with the Cape Girardeau County Commission for some time. On Monday, Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep said the commission will have to address the problem soon...

The southbound lane of Interstate 55 between Scott City and Benton was closed to traffic for about three hours Monday night following an accident involving a semi-truck and a pickup towing a recreational trailer. One injury was reported. A female passenger in the pickup truck was taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau by North Scott County Ambulance. The extent of her injuries was not available, but they were not believed to be serious...

TCI Cablevision of Missouri officials Monday told members of the Cape Girardeau Cable TV Citizens Committee that the company has complied with financial disclosure requirements set out in its franchise agreement with the city. But members of the committee and City Attorney Warren Wells said the city still lacks some financial statements that the previous cable operator in the city filed regularly...

The Cape Girardeau Chapter of the NAACP this year will participate in a national demonstration to signify the clout of black consumers. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Aug. 31-Sept. 8 will conduct its eight annual "Black Dollar Week" demonstration. The Cape Girardeau chapter will join the national group in the event for the first time this year...

Perry County will officially join Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties Wednesday in the 32nd Judicial Circuit. The move won't happen with a lot of fanfare. But this change represents a prudent move which should expedite justice in Perry County, and ultimately save taxpayer dollars. Cape Girardeau County circuit judges A.J. Seier and Stephen Limbaugh Jr. deserve praise for offering to take on the added work...

Students and staff at Washington Elementary School this fall will notice a few changes in the hallways. Two scout groups have painted graphics in the school as service projects. The last crew finished painting their project Monday afternoon. Darla Snider, third-grade teacher at Washington, said the idea to brighten up the building came from a joint faculty PTA meeting last year. "We talked about things we could do to improve the school."...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Maudie Dickerson of Sikeston was held Monday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel here. The Revs. Tom Godwin and Billie Butler officiated, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Dickerson, 93, died Saturday, Aug. 24, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

PARMA -- Nellie Floyd Overfield, 92, of Parma, died Sunday, Aug. 25, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Sept. 3, 1898, in Joy, Ky., daughter of Charley and Mollie Clements Myrick. She married Henry H. Overfield Oct. 8, 1919. He died June 16, 1967...

Funeral service for the Rev. Alfred C. Wilder of St. Louis, formerly of Cape Girardeau, was held Aug. 22 at Grace Lutheran Chapel in St. Louis. Burial was in Our Redeemer Cemetery there. Wilder, 91, died Monday, Aug. 19, 1991, in St. Louis. He was born Feb. 3, 1900, in Bremen, Ind., son of the Rev. August and Fredericka Schorr Wilder. He and Elsa Schawacker were married in 1925...

Lester L. Miller Sr., 85, 1116 N. Frederick, died Saturday, Aug. 24, 1991, at his home. He was born Oct. 8, 1905, in Cape Girardeau, son of Charles P. and Ethel McGee Miller. He married Ethel C. Rogers, who died in 1949. He later married Rose Swan, who died March 19, 1990....

SIKESTON -- Ida Aliean Hall, 53, Sikeston Route 3, died Monday, Aug. 26, 1991, at her home. She was born Dec. 22, 1937, at Anniston, daughter of Fred and Estella Davis Bone. She married Billy Gene Hall July 8, 1966, at Sikeston. Hall was a steam press operator at King's Dry Cleaners...

Alberta Furry, 76, 2701 Janet, died Monday, Aug. 26, 1991, at her home. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Frissell Evans, 75, of Eldon, died Sunday, Aug. 25, 1991, at Memorial Community Hospital in Jefferson City. She was born April 8, 1916, in Douglas, Ariz., daughter of Patrick and Rebecca Houck Frissell. She married Robert C. Evans June 6, 1942, in Fort Riley, Kan...

ANNA, Ill. -- Maxine Wright, 63, of Anna, died Monday, Aug. 26, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 10, 1928, at Jonesboro, daughter of Frank and Hazel McMahan Leggett. She married Herman "Icky" Wright Aug. 31, 1949. He died Feb. 19, 1987...

JACKSON -- Josie E. Myers, 92, died Sunday, Aug. 25, 1991, at Jackson Manor. She was born Sept. 18, 1898, at Jackson, daughter of Benjamin and Martha Schreiner Myers. She married Ray J. Myers Oct. 4, 1916, at Old Appleton. He died Oct. 12, 1974. Myers was a member of Zion United Methodist Church at Old Appleton...

JACKSON - Mary Bollinger, of 1129 Highway 61 East, died Monday, Aug. 26, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was 70. Bollinger was born Oct. 15, 1920 in Cape Girardeau to Joseph and Josephine Nitsch Myer. She married Cletus Bollinger in Jackson Nov. 23, 1946. He survives...

Ninety graduate students received degrees at summer commencement exercises at Southeast Missouri State University in August. The following is a list of area graduate students who received advanced degrees: Advance: Judy K. Boland, Route 2, Box 2865, master of arts-major, homes economics education; Carl Dean Ritter, Route 1, master of arts-major, secondary administration/supervision...

I WANTED TO call and let the Cape Municipal Band know that I really enjoyed their concerts this summer. They have had excellent concerts, and this past Wednesday John Mills did an outstanding job as a soloist. I look forward to coming to the concerts next summer. Thanks for the concerts this past summer...