Stories from Thursday, December 5, 1991

The Ice at the Plaza Galleria will present "Holiday Vignettes on Ice" during the first three weekends in December. The first of such shows, "Frosty the Snowman" will be presented Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. Admission to all shows is free. The 30-minute shows combine narrations and music and feature students of the skating school in group and solo performances...

STE. GENEVIEVE Ste. Genevieve will host its annual Country Christmas Walk Saturday and Sunday. More than 30 antique, craft and specialty shops will welcome shoppers with complimentary refreshments. Local restaurants will feature holiday menus, and special events include a mini parade, live nativity scene, candlelight tours and tree lighting on the square...

BERTRAND -- The Bertrand Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is sponsoring a Christmas Auction on Dec. 14. It will begin at 7 p.m. at the Bertrand Fire Station. New and unique items donated by the area's merchants and organizations will be auctioned off to the highest bidder...

The Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club will meet Friday at noon at the Holiday Inn in Cape Girardeau for its Christmas party. Members are to bring canned goods or clothing items suitable for cold weather to be donated to the Salvation Army...

Eric Matzat, a senior music major at Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, was a recent winner in the collegiate woodwind division of the Missouri Wurlitzer competition. The Music Teachers' National Association sponsored the competition which was held at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg. Any Missouri woodwind performer under the age of 27 was eligible to participate...

The Cape Girardeau class of 2000, about 350 fourth graders, will attend the Cape Girardeau Central High School-Notre Dame basketball game Friday at Central High. At the game, the students will take a pledge to remain smoke-free for another year. They will also sing the national anthem with the pep band...

Dr. Paul D. Thompson will present this week's "Ask the Doctor" TV show on Thursday at 8 p.m. The topic is "Urology." The show airs on Cable Channel 13. "Ask Your Doctor" features local doctors answering questions from local viewers calling in. The show is sponsored jointly by St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital in conjunction with the Cape Girardeau Medical Society. Hosts are Martha Muench and Dr. Jean Chapman...

The Depressive, Manic-Depressive Association of Southeast Missouri will sponsor three rap sessions for people who have experienced depressive or manic-depressive illness, or their family members. The first session is geared for ages 35 to 54, and will be held Tuesday from 2-3:30 p.m. at Mr. B's Deli Meeting Room...

The Civil Air Patrol is celebrating its 50th year of existence nationally. A Cape Girardeau chapter of this organization, after years of dormancy, is again functioning and its cadet program is providing a fascinating education for young people interested in aviation. ...

Tami Show, whose recent hit "The Truth" put her on the pop charts, will perform in Cape Girardeau Monday at the River City Yacht Club. The concert, booked just Wednesday, will benefit local charities. "It's a great time of the year for us to be able to raise money for local charities and entertain everybody at the same time," said Doc Cain, owner of Port Cape Girardeau...

All loyal subjects prepare to attend the annual Madrigal Feast presented by the Cape Central High School music department. The medieval dinner theater will be presented Dec. 13-15 at the Southeast Missouri State University Center Ballroom at 6:30 each evening...

Area schools will be featured in this year's West Park Mall Festival of Music, beginning Monday. Christmas music will be performed by groups ranging in size from the nine-member Zalma Public School vocal ensemble to the 50-person Southeast Missouri State University Choir, directed by John Egbert...

The Harlem Globetrotters will bring their 1992 world tour to Cape Girardeau Jan. 7 for a 7:30 p.m. performance at the Show Me Center. For the past 66 years, the Harlem Globetrotters have been cheered by millions of fans in 110 countries. Headlining the 1992 tour is "Sweat Lou" Dunbar, the reigning "Clown Price of Basketball."...

A Cape Girardeau Central High School "Restore The Roar" spirit parade will be held Friday afternoon. The parade, which will include cars decorated in the school colors, will begin at 3:30 p.m. at the Cape Central parking lot. The parade route will run east on Broadway to Main Street, south on Main and then back to the high school along Independence...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Bernice Stewart of Charleston was held Monday at the United Methodist Church. The Revs. Richard Combs and Robert Burke officiated, with burial in IOOF Cemetery. McMikle Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Stewart, 92, died Saturday, Nov. 30, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

SIKESTON -- E. Earl Crader, 89, of Memphis, Tenn., died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1991, at Baptist Hospital East in Memphis. Crader graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1928, and received a doctorate from George Peabody College in Nashville, Tenn., in 1952...

David E. Masterson, 59, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1991 at John Pershing Veterans Hospital in Polar Bluff. He was born May 3, 1932 in Sedalia, the son of John and Clara Gens Masterson. He is survived by his wife, Mary Masterson, Cape Girardeau; five sons, Wesley and Bobby Joe Masterson, both of Cape Girardeau; Ronald Masterson, Chaffee, Larry and Robbie Maglone, both of Cape Girardeau; three daughters, Mary Ann Gonzales, Cape Girardeau, Vonda Austin, Racine, Wis., Cathy Overbeck, Gordonville; one brother, Thomas Masterson, Phoenix; three sisters, Mrs. ...

WYATT -- Mary Dathel Riley, 84, of Wyatt, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1991, at Sikeston Health Care Center. She was born June 22, 1907, at Fancy Farm, Ky., daughter of Perry and Clara Ballard Williams. She married Claude Riley July 29, 1927. He died June 4, 1991...

Funeral service for Clarence Virgil Daniels, 2834 Independence, will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. Graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

GRASSY -- Grace L. Moore, 93, of Grassy, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1991, at Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. She was born Aug. 20, 1898, at McHue, Ark., daughter of Amos and Cynthia McClendon Mayhue. She married Sterling Moore Nov. 3, 1916, who died Jan. 26, 1987. She moved to this area from California in 1980...

CHARLESTON -- Funeral service for Roy A. Grider of Bradenton, Fla., was held Nov. 15 at Manasota Funeral Home, with the Rev. Don Ringland officiating. Burial was in Manasota Memorial Park Cemetery. Grider, 74, died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1991, at Manatee Convalescent Center in Bradenton...

COMMERCE -- George W. Kerley, 75, of Gila Bend, Ariz., died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 1991, at Tucson VA Hospital in Tucson, Ariz. He was born Feb. 22, 1916, at Commerce, son of Quillen H. and Prudence Shufflebarger Kerley. He and Lenore Neilsen were married March 21, 1943, in Nevada...

JACKSON -- Audna Day, 76, of Eugene, Ore., died Saturday, Nov. 30, 1991, in a hospital there. She was born Oct. 29, 1915, near Jackson, daughter of J.M. and Maude Davenport. She married Lucien Day, who preceded her in death. Survivors include a daughter, Wenona McDaniels of Eugene; a brother, J.M. Davenport Jr. of Jackson; two sisters, Evelyn Roth of Denver, Colo., Drucille Kirchhoff of Cape Girardeau, and two grandchildren...

Leo W. Foeste, 72, of Bonne Terre, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1991, at Deaconess West Hospital in St. Louis. He was born July 10, 1917, in Cape Girardeau, son of Martin and Minnie Guy Foeste. Foeste had farmed, worked at saw and stave mills, and worked at St. Francois State Park many years...

Letha E. Sprengel, of 1232 South Pacific, died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1991 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was 83. Funeral arrangements, which were pending, will be by Ford and Sons Funeral Homes.

CHARLESTON -- Stella Johnson, 93, of Metairie, La., died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 1991, at St. Jude Hospital in Kenner, La. She was formerly of Mississippi County. Shelby Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements.

Eleven-year-old Justin has found a way to a new world where nights aren't cold and children don't go to bed hungry, where parents don't get sick and money is not a concern. Justin is an avid reader. He loves books and often escapes in a story when things get tough around his home. His 9-year-old brother is following in his brother's footsteps and reads during every spare moment...

Until a panel of appeals court judges comes up with a final map for Missouri Senate districts, potential candidates to succeed retiring state Sen. John Dennis say they cannot make a decision on whether to run. "I don't think anybody can make any kind of decision on the Senate seat until they see the lines," said former state Rep. Betty Hearnes of Charleston, one of the possible Democrats...

The Show Me Center's Board of Managers Wednesday endorsed a proposal to expand the center, despite strong objections from one board member over how such a project might be funded. Charles C. Leming submitted a letter to fellow board members objecting to a proposal to use surplus money in the city tourism fund to partially fund construction of an addition for convention and meeting room space...

Loretta Schneider, a former member of the Cape Girardeau City Council and unsuccessful mayoral candidate, Wednesday filed for election to one of three council terms that will expire next spring. Schneider, 54, was the first woman elected to the city council in 1981. She was re-elected in 1982 to a four-year term, and in 1986 ran an unsuccessful campaign for mayor...

JACKSON -- This week's Jackson Christmas Parade should be one of the largest ever in Jackson, said parade chairman Brent Wills. The parade is sponsored by the Jackson Jaycees. Parade Marshal and Jackson High School band director Nick Leist will lead Saturday's parade, which starts at 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of South High and Madison. The Jackson American Legion honor guard will carry the colors...

At least 28 officials and volunteers from museums across Southeast Missouri will gather today at the Southeast Missouri State University Museum to share ideas and resources. The workshop will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Special guests include Joan Feezor of Malden, a regional archivist who is an expert at caring for and preserving important historical documents...

A blast of arctic air sent temperatures plunging to single-digit and below-zero readings in Missouri and Illinois Wednesday morning. But the cold air will move eastward today, prompting a warming trend that will see daytime highs recover to the mid-50s and lower 60s by Saturday and Sunday...

JACKSON -- Four homes in Jackson will be showcased this year in the annual Jackson Swim Team Christmas Home Tour. The tour, the swim team's only fund-raiser this year, is scheduled for Sunday. Homes featured on the tour include those of Paul and Kelly Rose at 624 West Washington, Steve and Carol Horst at 520 Elwanda, Tim and Cathy Goodman on Route Z in Gordonville and Gene and Sharee Galnore at 303 Florence...

Once the weather turns cold, Mr. G is confined by health problems to his home. He suffers from both emphysema and asthma. Winter weather wreaks havoc on his breathing. Mr. G lives alone in his small home, which he bought when he returned from the Korean War. His wife died a few years ago. They had no children. Holidays are very lonely for Mr. G. No Christmas gifts, no Christmas cards, no telephone calls with seasons greetings...

Three men, noted for their involvement in water quality and treatment, will be guest speakers during the Missouri Water Quality Association (WQA) Winter meeting, to be held at the Victorian Inn in Cape Girardeau. It begins Friday and concludes Saturday...

JACKSON - James P. Limbaugh was appointed to a new four-year term as a commissioner of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority Monday by the Cape Girardeau County Commission. Limbaugh, who is president of Boatmen's Bank, was first appointed to the board in August of 1984, when port commissioners chose him as the at-large member...

A Christmas ornament, designed by local artist Mark Farmer, is being sold to benefit the Southeast Missouri Easter Seal Society. The 1991 edition is planned to be the first in a series of collectible ornaments based on Farmer's drawings. This year's ornament depicts the Bollinger Mill in Burfordville...

The Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign has collected $20,860 toward its goal of $100,000 by Christmas Eve, said Bob Neff chairman of the drive. Neff said that collections are running behind those received at the same time last year. "But the goal is still attainable by Christmas Eve. I just want to make people aware of where we are."...

The following A honor roll for Scott City was not provided to the newspaper, and so did not appear with the other honor rolls published Thanksgiving Day. The honor roll that was published from Scott City was the B honor roll. Seventh Grade Tisha Bailey, Brandy Bridwell, Sara Emerson...

THIS IS IN reference to the yammering, mindless twit who called in to say: "If David Duke can't be safe from his past, can any of us be reasonably expected to be safe from ours?" I agree that people shouldn't necessarily be held accountable for things they did in the past, but Duke hasn't changed. ...

The Cape Girardeau County Christian Women's Club will meet Monday in the Jackson Room at Holiday Inn. The luncheon is from noon to 2 p.m. The program will be given by Elsie Eggimann of Elsie's Crafts and Gifts, Christmas music will be provided by Susan Venable, and the speaker will be Suzanne Hufnagle of Germantown, Tenn...