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RETAILERS: IT'S `BUMPER TO BUMPER PEOPLE'
(Local News ~ 12/23/91)
Hundreds of shoppers flocked to Cape Girardeau retail stores Sunday, conscious that time to shop for last-minute Christmas gifts soon will run out. "It's bumper to bumper people" said Kim Pettit, who manages Everything's $1 in West Park Mall. "From the time we opened the gates, there have been people lined up."...
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COLLECTOR READIES FOR TAXPAYER RUSH
(Local News ~ 12/23/91)
JACKSON -- Less than a third of the county's 1991 personal property and real estate taxes have been collected, and County Collector Harold Kuehle is braced for the usual last-minute rush. Cape Girardeau County residents have until midnight, Dec. 31, to pay their tax bills, but Kuehle said the tax-paying pace already has picked up...
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UNIVERSITY CONSERVES ON POWER
(Local News ~ 12/23/91)
Southeast Missouri State University officials can be excused for being a little Scrooge-like this Christmas, as they shut down most campus buildings over the Christmas-New Year's break to save costs. University offices closed at 5 p.m. Friday for the holiday break, with most campus buildings to remain closed until Jan. 6. Spring semester classes begin Jan. 13...
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PEOPLE
(Local News ~ 12/23/91)
The Southeast Missourian asked people to share some of their Christmas holiday traditions. Linda Hamilton: "I set my alarm clock for 4 a.m. on Christmas. When I wake up, I go around the house and knock on everyone's door yelling Merry Christmas and singing Christmas songs, making sure that everyone gets up and goes to the Christmas tree to open gifts together...
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CHRISTMAS TREE DISPOSAL WON'T BE AS EASY
(Local News ~ 12/23/91)
The chore of discarding the Christmas tree after the holidays might not be as simple this year. While the task in past years involved little more than dragging the tree to the curb along with other garbage to be taken to the city landfill, a new solid waste law now prohibits such disposal of the trees...
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BRUCE E. MILLER
(Obituary ~ 12/23/91)
JACKSON -- Bruce Emmanuel Miller, 40, a long-time Jackson business and civic leader, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 1991, at St. Louis University Medical Center. He was born Dec. 24, 1950, at Sikeston, the son of the late Frank Miller and Rosamond Milde Miller, who survives of Jackson...
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AREA BIRTHS
(Births ~ 12/23/91)
Son to Jimi Poole of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:35 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, 1991. Name, Timothy Gage. Weight, 7 pounds 10 ounces. Miss Poole is the daughter of Kevin and Linda Lee of Jackson and James Poole of Arkansas. Daughter to Audra S. Brown of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:01 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, 1991. Name, Shelby Taylor. Weight, 5 pounds 1 ounce. First child. Miss Brown is the daughter of Linda Allee of Cape Girardeau and Mr. and Mrs. Brown of Jefferson City...
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CHARLES E. SINKHORN
(Obituary ~ 12/23/91)
ANNA, Ill. -- Charles E. Sinkhorn, 67, of Anna died Sunday, Dec. 22, 1991, at his home. He was born April 9, 1924, at Strait Creek, Ky., the son of Charles E. and Bertha Hollifield Sinkhorn. On March 16, 1957, he married Barbara Doggett, who survives...
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LOIS MARGARET BUCK
(Obituary ~ 12/23/91)
BLOOMFIELD -- Lois Margaret Buck, 80, of Bloomfield died Saturday, Dec. 21, 1991, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 21, 1911, in St. Charles, the daughter of James and Susie Dawkins LaRue. On June 25, 1943, she married Charles Buck, who preceded her in death Jan. 2, 1978...
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ELIZABETH R. ELDER
(Obituary ~ 12/23/91)
PERRYVILLE -- Elizabeth R. Elder, 96, of Perryville died Saturday, Dec. 21, 1991, at the American Care Center in Perryville. She was born Dec. 27, 1894, in Perryville, the daughter of Joseph E. and Mary M. Braun Eckenfels. On June 6, 1916, she married William P. Elder, who preceded her in death Nov. 1, 1974...
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GLENN STONE
(Obituary ~ 12/23/91)
JONESBORO, Ill. -- Glenn Stone, 77, of Route 1 Jonesboro died Saturday, Dec. 21, 1991 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 28, 1913 in Jonesboro, Ill. to Albert and Mary Smith Stone. He married Dorothy Randolph on Feb. 14, 1938. She preceded him in death April 16, 1969...
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CLARA HEISSERER
(Obituary ~ 12/23/91)
ORAN -- Clara Heisserer, 90, of Oran died Sunday, Dec. 22, 1991, at Mary Queen and Mother Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral arrangements at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran are incomplete.
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LUTHER SEABAUGH
(Obituary ~ 12/23/91)
JACKSON -- Luther Seabaugh, 77, of Rt. 4 Jackson, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 1991 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. tonight at the McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Masonic rights are scheduled at 7:30 tonight...
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VAUGHN K. ECHOLS
(Obituary ~ 12/23/91)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Vaughn K. Echols, 69, of Dongola died Sunday, Dec. 22, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 28, 1922, at Ullin, Ill., the son of Horace E. and Olive Ruth Crippen Echols. On June 21, 1974, he married Betty Jo Miller, who survives...
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GEORGE F. STONE
(Obituary ~ 12/23/91)
CHAFFEE -- George F. Stone, 72, of Chaffee died Sunday at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee are incomplete.
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CLINTON ZIMMERMAN
(Obituary ~ 12/23/91)
GLEN ALLEN -- Clinton Zimmerman, 79, of Glen Allen, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 1991, at his home. He was born near Glen Allen on Dec. 24, 1911, son of Julius and Lulu Rhodes Zimmerman. On Jan. 14, 1933, he married Lillian Bretz. She preceded him in death Sept. 4, 1954...
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BEATRICE FAY GLAUS
(Obituary ~ 12/23/91)
CHAFFEE -- Beatrice Fay Glaus, 74, of Chaffee, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Sept. 14, 1917, in Commerce, daughter of Price and Rozena O'Quinn Knight. She married Joseph Ulrich Glaus on Sept. 22, 1934. He died Jan. 1, 1983...
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RALPH "CHUNKS" MANGRUM
(Obituary ~ 12/23/91)
ADVANCE -- Ralph "Chunks" Mangrum, 61, of Advance, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Feb. 24, 1930 in Dudley, son of Jess and Ruth Frields Mangrum. He married Mary Ervin on June 18, 1951 at Piggott, Ark. She survives...
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OPTIMIST ESSAY WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED
(Local News ~ 12/23/91)
Three Cape Girardeau Central High School students were winners in the Breakfast Optimist Club's annual essay contest. Awards were presented at last week's club meeting. First-place winner was Luke Dry; second place, Mandi McCoy; and third place, Laura Krone...
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CHRISTMAS CAROL GOES UP-TO-DATE
(Column ~ 12/23/91)
Although there was a great deal of excitement on Wall Street at the time of the merger of Santa Claus and the big conglomerate, Amalgamated Consolidated Development Corporation, it did not work out as well as financial experts had predicted. If you recall, a press conference was held at the North Pole, where A. ...
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ELDERCARE RENAMING IS FITTING TRIBUT TO HOOVER
(Editorial ~ 12/23/91)
The Eldercare Center on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University has been renamed the Grace V. Hoover Eldercare Center Program. It is a fitting tribute to a woman who has raised the level of consciousness about elderly care in Southeast Missouri...
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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SECONDARY PRINCIPALS PLANNING CONFERENCE
(Local News ~ 12/23/91)
"The Principalship in the 1990s" will be the theme when the 26th annual winter conference of the Southeast Missouri Secondary School Principals' Association is held Jan. 15 on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. The conference is sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Secondary School Principals' Association and the university's College of Education...
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FROM STROKE TO RECOVERY
(Local News ~ 12/23/91)
A Cape Girardeau man who credits the department of speech, communication and theatre at Southeast Missouri State University with his remarkable stroke comeback now is returning something to the university. M. Luther Hahs, who suffered a severe stroke in 1972, has with the help of Burton Bock authored a new book recounting his experiences. He plans to donate the book's proceeds to the Southeast Missouri University Foundation to help fund the Luther and Catherine Hahs Speech Scholarship Fund...
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