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CHURCH SERVICES IN AREA DATE BACK TO MID 1500s
(Column ~ 09/18/91)
Going to church on Sunday in Southeast Missouri differed during the settlement years from what we are accustomed to. Most families were Spanish and French citizens of Catholic faith. Protestant religions were prohibited in a land ruled by the royal houses of Spain and France, where the established state religion was Catholic...
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LYME DISEASE GROUP TO MEET
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
The tracking and reporting of Lyme disease in Missouri will be among topics when the Lyme Disease Self-Help Support Group meets Tuesday. The program will be presented by Sue Tippen, health program representative with the Missouri Department of Health...
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EMERSON PROMOTES ENGLISH BILL AT RALLY
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson Tuesday urged the public and fellow legislators to join him in supporting a bill that would make English the official language of the U.S. government. Speaking at a Capitol Hill rally, Emerson called English the "common thread" that unites the nation. Emerson is the author of H.R. 123, the Language of Government Act, which mandates that all official business of the federal government continue to be conducted in English...
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WOMEN VOTERS TO MEET
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
Recycling, countywide 911, and "city-owned" water will be topics of discussion at Thursday night's meeting of the League of Women Voters of Cape Girardeau County. The "triple-threat" general meeting, to which the public is invited, is to be held at 7 p.m. at Holiday Inn...
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AT RISK: COMMITTEE SEARCHES FOR WAYS TO HELP STUDENTS STAY IN SCHOOL
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
Cape Girardeau Schools have kicked off a number of new activities addressing at-risk students, including an "adopt-a-student" program and an overall awareness campaign. The Cape Girardeau school committee studying at-risk students met Tuesday to discuss plans for the year. The committee was formed last year to study ways the school can help keep students from dropping out...
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BUYOUT PACKAGE BACKED; CHAMBER SUPPORTS WATER SYSTEM PLAN
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors has endorsed the proposal for the city's purchase of the Cape Girardeau water system from Union Electric. The action followed a presentation to the board by Assistant City Manager Al Stoverink during the chamber board's quarterly "open" meeting, held at the Show Me Center at Southeast Missouri State University Tuesday...
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EX-RESIDENT HAS A HAND IN SHUTTLE EFFORT
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
A former Cape Girardeau resident has had a hand in the mission of the Discovery space shuttle. Discovery was scheduled to make a landing shortly after 2 a.m. today at the Kennedy Space Center, the first such nighttime Florida landing in shuttle history...
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LEXINGTON LINK WITH ROUTE W NEARLY COMPLETE
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
The Lexington Avenue arterial project soon will be extended to Route W near Kingshighway on the city's west side. Cape Girardeau City Engineer J. Kensey Russell said Tuesday that all but a small section of temporary roadway is paved on the section of the street from Carolina to Route W...
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FORMER HOSPITAL'S CONDEMNATION SOUGHT; LIABILITY PROBLEMS WORRY COUNCILMAN
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
By taking steps to secure the former St. Francis Hospital, the city of Cape Girardeau now is liable for maintaining the privately owned structure's safety. And some members of the City Council say they would rather incur the expense of condemning the poorly secured, often-vandalized building than risk perhaps a costlier lawsuit from someone injured at the site...
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PEOPLE PROFILE
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
JUNE MAY Occupation: Owner, J&J Country Cupboard, Cape Girardeau. The best part of my job is: "Working with people." What do you do in your spare time? "I love talking walks, but owning a business doesn't leave much spare time. I've always looked up to: "My mother. She always game good advice."...
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COOLER WEATHER ARRIVES
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
Mother Nature finally caught up with the calender today. After 16 consecutive days of unseasonable 90 degree heat and humidity, much cooler Arctic air from northern Canada will make its way into Southeast Missouri today. It will end the early fall heat wave that was more typical of August than September. The cooler temperatures also usher in the first day of autumn, which arrives Monday...
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JEREMIAH WEBB
(Obituary ~ 09/18/91)
Jeremiah James Webb, 4, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Sept. 16, 1991, in an accident at his home. He was born Jan. 8, 1987, in Carbondale, Ill., son of James Robert and Shelby Lee Butcher Webb Jr. Survivors include his parents; two brothers, Jacob and Jerrod, a sister, Selena, all of Cape Girardeau; maternal grandparents, Jack and Becky Butcher of Olive Branch, Ill., Bobby and Sharon Smith of Thebes, Ill.; paternal grandparents, James and Judy Webb of Marion, Ill.; paternal great-grandparents, Ronnie and Mary Flannigan of Marion, Iva Tyler of Tamms, Ill., Quediesle Webb of Huntingdon, Tenn., Elsie McKee of Tamms; maternal great-grandparents, John and Leota Butcher of Thebes, Howard and Naomi Farris of Olive Branch; paternal great-great-grandparents, Roy and Emma Love of Mounds, and maternal great-great-grandmother, Virgie Cochran of East Cape Girardeau, Ill.. ...
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SALVATION ARMY DISTRIBUTES FOOD COMMODITIES TODAY
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
The Cape Girardeau Salvation Army will begin distributing commodities today. Food items will available from 1-4 p.m. at the army headquarters, 701 Good Hope. Commodities will also be distributed Thursday and Friday at the same times. Salvation Army Capt. Elmer Trapp said, "We just came up with the idea that we need to be distributing commodities here."...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 09/18/91)
Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. David Vogelsang of Grapevine, Texas, 6:03 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, 1991. Name, Taylor Amanda. Weight, 7 pounds 1 ounce. First child. Mrs. Vogelsang is the former Apryl Kenagy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kenagy of Loveland, Colo. She is employed in personnel management with Lowes Anotol. Vogelsang is a paper buyer for P.M. Press, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Vogelsang of Cape Girardeau...
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BRIAN LEE THOMPSON
(Obituary ~ 09/18/91)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Brian Lee Thompson, 36, of Dongola, died Monday, Sept. 16, 1991, from injuries received in a motorcycle accident near Perks. He was born Feb. 2, 1955, in Anna, son of Thomas and Barbara Toler Thompson. Survivors include a son, Scott Thompson of Anna; his mother, Barbara Casey of Dongola; four brothers, Bradley Toler of Jonesboro, Tim, Pat and John Casey of Dongola; three sisters, Sandra Poole and Carol Corzine of Dongola, Susan McRaven of Jonesboro, and maternal grandfather, Dock Toler of Dongola.. ...
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AMANDA H. GOSCHE
(Obituary ~ 09/18/91)
ORAN -- Amanda H. Gosche, 96, of Oran, died Monday, Sept. 16, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born July 28, 1895, at New Hamburg, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Kielhofner Schwartz. She married George J. Gosche Nov. 6, 1917. He died Feb. 2, 1966...
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ROBERT F. MCHARRY
(Obituary ~ 09/18/91)
Robert F. McHarry, 74, 117 N. Clark, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born May 30, 1917, at Ullin, son of William and Mary Jane Danner McHarry. McHarry had worked at General Motors in Flint, Mich., and at Lockheed Corp in Burbank, Calif., retiring in 1976. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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MYRTIE HOBBS
(Obituary ~ 09/18/91)
Myrtie Hobbs, 94, of the Lutheran Home, died there Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1991. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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DONALD LEE MASTERS
(Obituary ~ 09/18/91)
JACKSON -- Donald Lee Masters, 62, of Jackson, died Monday, Sept. 16, 1991, at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield. He was born March 16, 1929, at Jackson, son of Muriel Masters. He and Wilma Whittaker were married in 1968. Masters was an accountant at Missourian Litho and Printing Co. in Cape Girardeau. The couple lived in Cape Girardeau 17 years, moving here in 1968. For the past six years they had traveled continuously throughout the U.S. He was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel...
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WALTER H. STOLL
(Obituary ~ 09/18/91)
Walter H. Stoll, 85, 2712 Bloomfield Road, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born July 8, 1906, in Cape Girardeau, son of Louis H. and Amelia Foeste Stoll. He first married Esther Russell Dalton March 29, 1927. She died Oct. 11, 1961. He then married Clara Frank Propst Jan. 19, 1963...
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WILLIAM M. BOYD
(Obituary ~ 09/18/91)
EAST PRAIRIE -- William M. Boyd, 84, of East Prairie, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1991 of an apparent heart attack. He was born Sept. 12, 1907, at Covington, Tenn., son of J.W. and Emma LaVelle Boyd. He lived in Mississippi County most of his life and was a retired mechanic...
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8-YEAR-OLD'S HORSE QUALIFIES TO COMPETE IN NATIONAL EVENT
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
Juliann Hall, daughter of John and Jerre Hall of 2320 Perryville Road, and her horse, Callaway's Will Scarlet (Willie), triple qualified to compete in the National United Professional Horseman's Association's (UPHA) 10-and-under saddleseat equitation finals in Lexington, Ky., on Oct. 10-13...
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IN WORTHY AND HONEST PURSUIT OF GOOD ENGLISH
(Column ~ 09/18/91)
According to a national survey, verbal SAT scores have fallen to a new low. This is hardly surprising in view of what our school children are exposed to night and day. Rock and rollers are making millions writing and singing incomprehensible idiot trash, while English is being fractured by professionals including educators themselves, to say nothing of those high in government and the corporate world. ...
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NEWTON'S LAW: `WILLFUL IGNORANCE' REMAINS IN THE TACTFUL EYE OF BEHOLDER
(Column ~ 09/18/91)
These are groggy times for all of us, when kids are back in school and summer is still here but not really. Maybe the heat had gotten to me, or maybe the disorientation was of a less specific nature. Physically, my actions were normal. I turned on the television to watch the latest round of bobbing and weaving by Clarence Thomas, the Zelig of jurisprudence...
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HOSPITAL TRAUMA CHANGE SHOULD NOT BE TRAUMATIC
(Editorial ~ 09/18/91)
All hospitals in Southeast Missouri are relinquishing their "trauma" designations due to new state regulations. But the news should prove far from traumatic for the general public. The hospitals including Southeast Missouri Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center will continue to provide the same level of care for those patients with life-threatening injuries...
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SCOTT CITY RESTRUCTURES ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
SCOTT CITY -- Several appointments have been made at the Scott City Police Department, the result of a restructuring of the department, according to Mayor Shirley Young. The appointments were made during a closed meeting of the City Council Monday. The restructuring means no new positions in the department, Young said...
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PROFFER WON'T ENTER RACE FOR MISSOURI SENATE
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
Over the years, Marvin Proffer has considered running for the Missouri Senate several times. But 1992 will not be the time to put those thoughts into action. With veteran Sen. John Dennis planning to retire at the end of next year, many people have been touting Proffer as a logical successor. Although he appreciates the expressions of confidence and support, Proffer isn't biting...
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UNIVERSITY WILL SPONSOR BLOOD DRIVE NEXT WEEK
(Local News ~ 09/18/91)
Southeast Missouri State University and the American Red Cross will hold their three-day fall blood drive Sept. 24-26. The drive will be held in the University Center Ballroom from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The blood drive is sponsored by Delta Chi fraternity. All donors will receive refreshments provided by Domino's Pizza and Coca-Cola...
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