Stories from Sunday, September 29, 1991

CHARLESTON -- Edna Poe Pulliam, 99, of Baytown, Texas, formerly of Charleston, died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1991, at her son's home in Baytown. She was born Dec. 17. 1891, in Charleston, where she lived most of her life. She was of the methodist faith...

DAISY -- Veda Hahs, 85, of Daisy, died Friday, Sept. 27, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born April 9, 1906, at Daisy, daughter of Jefferson and Iva Drum Barks. She married Gifford Hahs July 18, 1938. He died Nov. 22, 1970. Hahs lived in this area all her life. She was a member of Daisy Homemakers Club, New Salem United Methodist Church and its United Methodist Women. She was also church treasurer a number of years...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral mass for John Joseph "Jack" Jungers of Scott City will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. The Rev. Roger Leveillee will officiate, Burial will be in the church cemetery, with military rites by the Marine Corps League of Jefferson City, Central Missouri Detachment...

Come Tuesday, Cape Girardeau will move into a new era of recycling when the city begins a voluntary curbside program. One of the two trash collections each week will now be devoted exclusively to recyclable goods. The change has drawn criticism from some city residents, who complain solid waste service will be cut in half...

Dear Editor: I am responding to the editorial in your Sept. 19 edition regarding the moratorium on timber cutting in the Shawnee National Forest. I appreciate the writer's opinion and respect his right to one; however, there appears to be some misinformation or lack of information on the writer's part. ...

With residents facing new state-mandated restrictions on how much and the types of trash that are allowed in Missouri's landfills, Cape Girardeau officials have suggested the best way to discard "rejected" wastes. Such rejected trash includes discarded appliances or "white goods," automobile batteries and tires, used motor oil, and grass clippings and other yard waste...

A retirement luncheon to honor former Southeast football Coach Jim Lohr will be held Saturday at the Holiday Inn. Players who played under Lohr from 1969-1982 are invited. The lunch will precede the 2 p.m. kick-off of the Southeast football game. After the game, the Wehking Alumni Center will sponsor an open house for friends and alumni...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the great survivor, may not be the most powerful man in the reconstituted Soviet Union, but he may be the most needed. Someone has to be around to take the political fall when economic catastrophe hits. Just as Lech Walesa needed Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki to begin to do the dirty work in Poland, Boris Yeltsin needs Gorbachev to preside over the greatest economic debacle since the Great Depression...

I HAVE WATCHED with interest the comments about the children who were shortchanged some candy at a recent parade. I have participated in many parades in the past six years, and in many cities it forbidden to throw anything at all from parade vehicles. ...

The Area Wide United Way has established a committee to distribute its half of the money raised during the YELL for Newspapers promotion earlier this month. The United Way has about $6,000 available for programs which involve youth, education, literacy and learning, said Edythe Davis, chairman of the newly-formed YELL Allocation Committee...

"A Salute to Business" will be the theme for Homecoming '91 at Southeast Missouri State University, Oct. 11-12. "A new focus of this year's festivities is to involve ~businesses in our Homecoming celebration," said Jane Stacy, director of Alumni Services. "We are hoping to see businesses represented in the parade, at the Homecoming luncheon and at the ~post-game party. Many alumni have agreed to serve as their company representatives."...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Mary Louise Rushing, 71, of Villa Ridge, died Friday, Sept. 27, 1991, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky. She was born Oct. 3, 1919, in Mound City, daughter of Jesse and Marjorie Poole Rollins. She married Ray Rushing, who died Oct. 21, 1982...

JACKSON -- Erma Eakins, 91, of Jackson, died Saturday, Sept. 28, 1991, at Deal Nursing Home. He was born June 28, 1900, at Burfordville, son of Fate and Nora Langston Eakins. He and the former Pansy Howard were married Aug. 17, 1921. Eakins lived south of Burfordville until 1944, when he moved to his farm in the Whitewater community. In 1972, he moved to Jackson...

Jesse A. Koen, 66, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Nov. 26, 1924, at Esther, son of Jesse F. and Marguerite Smith Koen. He married Vera Baker Nov. 27, 1946 at Jasper. She survives. He was a member of the Marine Corps during World War II and played in the Marine Corps band...

URBANDALE, Ill. -- Lena M. Lang, 94, of Urbandale, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of the Community Chapel in Urbandale. She married Mose Lang. He died in 1955. She is survived by four daughters, Emma Jean Parham, Dorothy Conroy and Lucille Mohundro, all of Urbandale and Anne Lane of Niles, Mich.; one son, Denver Lang, Beaumont, Texas; 19 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren...

MARBLE HILL -- Clyde R. Odom, 83, of Marble Hill, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 1991, at Bond Nursing Care Center at Marble Hill. He was born at Doniphan on June 30, 1908, son of Jeff R. and Jessie Smith Odom. On June 29, 1930, he married Bernice Robison, who died Feb. 19, 1988...

JONESBORO, Ill. - Thomas F. Coffman, 72, of Jonesboro, died Friday, Sept. 27, 1991 at the Union County Hospital in Anna. He was 72. Coffman was born in Curryville, Mo. Feb. 4, 1919. His parents were Francis and Elizabeth Tibbetts Coffman. He retired from the Choate Mental Health Center in Anna...

JONESBORO, Ill. - Carl W. Land Sr., 81, of Jonesboro, died Friday, Sept. 27, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Land was born July 26, 1910 in Carbondale, the son of William Rueben and Minnie Harner Land. He married Gladys Wilson in Jackson, Mo. in 1938. She survives...

Carlotta Grace Thomson, 83, of 1221 Bloomfield, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 17, 1908, in Vinita, Okla., daughter of Walter C. and Grace Patterson Cornatzer. She married Oliver Thomson Sept. 11, 1931, in Media, Penn. She is a member of Bethany Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau...

BLOOMFIELD - Robert "Bob" Poeppelmeyer of Bloomfield died Friday, Aug. 27, 1991 at the John J. Pershing V.A. Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was 67. He was born at East Prairie on Aug. 20, 1924 to the late Ernest and Gertrude Hurley Poeppelmeyer...

Roxie Lorena Mitchell, 88, of Gulfport, Miss., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Sept. 27, 1991, in Gulfport. She was born in Clarkton, Mo. Nov. 24, 1902, the daughter of Benjamin F. Henson and Mary Bennett Henson. She worked as a ticket agent for the St. Louis-Cape Bus Lines and as a desk clerk at the Marquette Hotel. She was a Methodist...

MARBLE HILL -- Howard E. Crites, 69, of Marble Hill died Friday, Sept. 27, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born at Sedgewickville on July 13, 1922, the son of Edward C. and Sarah Crites. On Aug. 27, 1949, he married the former Verla Propst. She survives...

GRASSY -- Hughie J. Newell, 78, of St. Louis, formerly of Grassy, died Friday, Sept. 27, 1991, at his home. He was born at Grassy March 27, 1913, son of Charles F. and Nelsie Myers Newell. He married Helen Daniels, who survives of the home. Also surviving are a son, Robert Newell of St. Louis; one daughter, Doris Soriano of Westminster, Calif.; and one sister, Jeppa Porter of St. Louis...

SCOTT CITY - The Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority has a temporary tenant, which Executive Director Allan Maki believes further illustrates the versatility of the port. Egyptian Concrete of Salem, Ill., under an agreement worked out with the port's dock operator, is making prefabricated-concrete bridge-piling templates that will be installed in a new highway bridge over the Mississippi River near Alton, Ill...

Doug Kaminskey, Cape Girardeau's environmental services coordinator, is asking residents here to be patient as the city this week begins a citywide recycling program. On Tuesday, the city will begin a volunteer curbside recycling program intended to help the city comply with a state law mandating a 40 percent reduction in the amount of solid wastes going to landfills...

The cupboard isn't bare, but the FISH food pantry is considerably less than full these days. "In fact, we have nothing on our back storage shelves at all," said Audrey Daniel, who heads up the food pantry operated by FISH, the city's Christian emergency relief organization...

The number of families in Cape Girardeau County receiving state assistance has reached yet another record level, up 26 percent over last year. As of June, 980 families were receiving Aid to Families With Dependent Children payments, said Dennis Reagan of the county chapter of the Division of Family Services...

A joint Missouri legislative committee heard a variety of testimony about problems with workers' compensation insurance during hearings here Friday and Saturday. This was the first of several hearings planned around the state to explore potential legislative solutions to problems such as skyrocketing premiums that many businesses cannot afford...

The new Safe House for Women has hired a shelter manager and began training volunteers in preparation for a planned Nov. 1 opening. The Safe House for Women had anticipated opening in October, but Pat Strom, president of its board of directors, said the opening has been moved back to make sure volunteers are properly trained...

The Cape Girardeau Premenstrual Syndrome Center will be opening at Rainbow Counseling Services on Monday. Betty Statler, who is the owner of Rainbow, a licensed professional counselor and a registered nurse, will be running the PMS Center. Statler will be partners with Patricia Coughlin, the clinical director of the Premenstrual Center in St. Louis...

MARBLE HILL - Kenneth W. Shrum, former Bollinger County prosecutor and attorney, is one of six Missouri Appeals Court judges named last week to decide boundary lines for the state's 34 senatorial districts. Shrum who was appointed to the panel by Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward Robertson, said the assignment is not something he sought. "I did not volunteer; I was sought out, I guess," said Shrum...

"My papa was a hurricane and my mama was an earthquake," storyteller Lynn Rubright said with movement, voice inflection and facial expressions to create imagery for the children at Franklin Elementary School Friday. Rubright, who has been storytelling for 20 years, said she started storytelling when her children were little. "I love drama," Rubright said. "I mix my love of history and drama together."...

PERRYVILLE -- The second annual East Perry Health Wellness Screening Fair is scheduled for Oct. 30 at Tric's Restaurant in Altenburg. The fair, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., is sponsored by the Perry County Memorial Hospital. Representatives from the Healthcare and Equipment of Perryville and the Area Agency on Aging of Cape Girardeau will be on hand to answer questions...

The Southeast Missouri Council of the Boy Scouts of America will be pounding the pavement in October as they kick off their annual sale of Trail's End Gourmet Popcorn. The sale begins Tuesday, and runs through Oct. 21. Scout Executive for the Southeast Missouri Council, Mark Wappel, said the popcorn sale helps to provide supplemental income to finance a wide range of Scouting activities. ...

CARTERVILLE -- Rep. Glenn Poshard, who is in the middle of his second term in the House, may be a candidate without a district next year but he vows to be on the ballot. Southern Illinois could lose a congressional district and a Democratic congressman under a Republican redistricting plan which has been filed in federal court in Chicago...

"Good morning, Mrs. Moley." "Good morning, sir. That's Mosley. S as in mostly." "Ah, yes. And you remember mine from yesterday's interview?" "You're Mr. Messybomb, I believe." "Do you know where you are, Mrs. Mostly? And why you are here?" "I'm here because I heard there was a job opening, and as far as where I am, it says right up there in front of you, facing my way, that this is the Central Intelligence Committee. ...

For some, college is a four-year detour along the path to adulthood and that first "real job." For others, it's the beginning of a career. Gary Kellmann isn't waiting until after graduation to make his mark on the world. The 22-year-old college senior says his biggest thrill in life isn't making the grade, it's working on his next invention...

Folks in the eighteenth century dried flowers quite stylishly for home decorations. It is said that they would hang the flowers to dry and then arrange them into bouquets. Today, we find dried flowers are popular in homes, either as arrangements or used in potpourri...

The City of Roses Charter Chapter of the American Business Women's Association will hold a membership drive at 7 p.m. Thursday at Drury Lodge. The membership theme is "Open the Doors of Opportunity," and will focus on personal and professional growth opportunities for businesswomen...

First National Bank, a new operation in Cape Girardeau, has selected a banking holiday Columbus Day to introduce its services and new facilities to the public. "We'll open here officially Monday," said Larry Miller, president of the local First National Bank, located in the former Colonial Federal Savings and Loan building, 2027 Broadway. "But our grand opening activities will be held Oct. 14."...

Cape Girardeau's Shop 'n Save grocery store will open early next month. "Construction is winding down, shelves are being stocked, and we're almost ready," said Roger Riegel, president and CEO of Shop 'n Save, a division of Wetterau Inc., based in Hazelwood...

Robert J. Earley, who has been a member of the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants since 1951, has been granted "Life Membership" in the Society. Earley was unanimously approved for the honor during the 1991 annual meeting of the Society, and is presently assigned to the Southeast Missouri Chapter of the organization...

E. C. Younghouse of Cape Girardeau is one of 10 people who have received prizes for guessing how many aluminum cans were needed to create a compressed block of aluminum at the Anheuser-Busch tent at the VP Fair in St. Louis recently. Approximately 2,000 fairgoers estimated the number of cans it took to created a 3 x 5 x 3 foot aluminum block. The block contained 43,310 cans. Estimates submitted by most of the winners were within 100 cans of the actual number of cans...

PERRYVILLE -- Stan Wallace of Elvins has joined Solar Press in the newly created post of corporate productivity manager. "Wallace has been working with us as a consultant in our Perryville plant since June," said Peter Hudetz, Solar's chief operating officer...

Jan Eckert and Connie Copsy of Cape Girardeau were among the 68 AAA Travel Agency counselors selected from the U.S. and Canada to attend the 13th annual Williamsburg Area Market and Familiarization Tour this month. The AAA group toured hotels and area attractions, and met with local tour operators and hotel representatives...

MARBLE HILL -- Kenneth Liley of Marble Hill has been honored by the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) for his more than 15 years of commitment to leadership and excellence through continuing insurance education. Liley received his honor during a testimonial banquet. The certificate was signed by Dr. William T. Hold, president of the national organization which administers the comprehensive system of continuing education for insurance professionals...

Gleni Waddle has joined Square One Electronics Inc. as office\operations manager. Waddle's appointment was announced this week by Gary Slaubaugh, manager\owner of the firm, located at 1733 N. Kingshighway. Waddle is responsible for several management functions, including office operations, service scheduling and booking. She has five years in the management field...

Mike Dean has been promoted to customer relations manager at Cape Toyota-Suzuki, 835 S. Kingshighway. Dean, who has been with the firm two and a half years, is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a degree in business management. Dean has been named Toyota's Salesman of the Month several times, and has been a district and regional winner in the Toyota "Walk Around" competition on product presentation and knowledge...

Ann Swanson, manager of Gulliver's Travel Agency Inc., has returned form a recent seven-day tour of British Columbia and a four-day visit to Salt Lake City, Utah. Swanson traveled by train from Vancouver in British Columbia through Fraser Canyon and the northwest woods to Prince Rupert. She also visited the area's fisheries and canneries and Totem Bight Park...

Wes Kinsey, who has been baking and decorating cakes a number of years, has joined the Sweet Stop, 2000 William. Kinsey, who previously worked with Wilton School of Decorating and later was a partner in Crown Cake & Party in Cape Girardeau, will specialize in wedding cakes and cake designs at the Sweet Stop...

River City Detail, an auto detailing service, has opened at 1749 N. Kingshighway. "We hand wash and hand wax vehicles," said Doug Kesterson, owner of the new business. "We do a complete vehicle cleanup, including the engine." The new business is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday...

David Beussink of Bloomington, Ill., formerly of New Hamburg, has received the Toro Master Salesman Award from Gateway Toro, Inc. Beussink, a sales representative in the Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri territory five years for Gateway Toro, received the award for sales performance...

John Creutz has joined S. H. Smith and Company of Cape Girardeau as a design engineer. Creutz previously was associated with Harris Engineering of Westlake Village, Calif. as a design engineer. He is a graduate of California State University-Northridge, with a degree in engineering, and is a registered "engineer-in-training."...

Bobby Ransom recently joined South East Missouri Bank, 111 S. Broadview, as senior operations officer. Ransom of Martin, Tenn., is a graduate of Louisiana State University Banking School. He has more than 30 years' experience in banking. He and his wife, Nadine, will be moving to Cape Girardeau in the near future. They are parents of two children...

Paul Wibbenmeyer was recently honored for 20 years of service with United Parcel Service (UPS). Webbenmeyer, who is a delivery driver with UPS, was cited for his service contributions to the firm. He started his career with UPS as a package loader in 1971 in St. Louis...

Jim Ham has been promoted to property manager at Boatmen's National Bank of Cape Girardeau. In his new position, Ham is responsible for inspections and outside appraisals of properties which are involved in Boatmen's loans, and maintaining up-to-date records on property maintenance and changes...

Health Services Corporation of America (HSCA) will hold its annual VIP Appreciation Days today and Monday at the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau. A HSCA spokesman said the two-event would be highlighted by a Sunday banquet, and a Monday golf tournament...

Coldwell Banker Blanchard & Associates Inc. has expanded. "We've entered into an agreement with Vernon Strack and Brenda Shirley, owners of Strack Real Estate, Jackson, to merge the Strack staff into Coldwell Banker," said Carl Blanchard. "This will increase the Coldwell Banker Blanchard & Associates Inc. staff to a total of 25 licensed people," added Blanchard...

Taco Bell, 1740 Broadway, is now taking orders by fax. "We're open 24 hours a day, and will take the orders by fax at any time," said Lori Berner, manager of the restaurant. The restaurant recently expanded its operation. "We have more parking and more seating," said Berner...

MARION, Ill. -- Three new department store operations will open in the Carbondale/Marion area within the next five weeks. Dillards, an anchor store at the new Illinois Centre Mall, Marion, will open Wednesday as the mall observes its grand opening. Famous Barr and Montgomery Ward, two anchor stores at the expanded University Mall of Carbondale, have announced "official" openings. Montgomery Ward will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 31, but will be open for business Oct. 28...

Hardee's Food Systems, Inc., the nation's third largest fast food hamburger chain, is introducing a new product category to its menu. Hardee's~ announced this week that it is introducing four new "Subs" sandwiches Turkey, Roast Beef, Ham and a Deluxe Sub, featuring all three of the deli meats. ...

When Wal-Mart's new Supercenter opens in Cape Girardeau next year, approximately 30 area residents will be added to the store's payroll. The new 168,000 square foot Wal-Mart store, to be located at Interstate 55 and Highway K, is scheduled for grand opening in the spring of 1992, and will double the size of the current store...

Goode's Guns is reopening. The gun shop which closed almost two years ago is reopening on Highway 177, north of Cape Girardeau. "We'll open Tuesday," said Doug Beard, who will manage the store. "We'll have more than 500 firearms in stock." The new business, owned by Betty Goode, will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. Union Electric Co. (NYSE:UEP) will replace NCR Corp. on Standard & Poor's S&P-500 Stock Index when the merger between NCR and American Telephone & Telegraph Co. becomes effective, S&P officials announced this week. Opening for Union Electric's common stock was delayed until approximately 10 a.m. ...

STE. GENEVIEVE A "Building From Within" motivational seminar will be conducted here Oct. 5. The day-long 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. gathering will be held at BiltBest Creative Services, 175 10th St. BiltBest and Winning Edge Motivational Consulting are co-sponsored the event...

Hamburger Express, 902 Williams, is adding to it menu. "We're adding ham and beans and jalapeno cornbread," said Betty Dickerson, manager of the drive-up restaurants. "The ham and beans will be available in half pints, pints and quarts. Also new to the menu is home-made chile...

ZIMCO Inc. has moved into the St. Louis radio market. The Zimmers brothers Jerry, John, James, Don and David recently purchased St. Louis `country music' FM radio station WKKX, better known as KIX 104. "Country is a hot format across the country now," said Jerry Zimmer. "You're seeing a lot of new artists in country music."...

Since the first VCR rolled off the production line, Americans have struggled with the complexity of trying to program their VCRs to tape programs while they're away from home. Many home VCRs still display the flashing hour of midnight, offering proof that owners finally gave up, or never even tried to program their VCR...