Stories from Thursday, October 1, 1992

Domestic violence is one of the most unsettling aspects of our society. Not only does it involve people who have a supposed love for one another, it is very often hidden away, the victim's fear causing the crime to go unreported. Despite the veil that frequently shields these injuries from public view, the long-range impact can be dramatic. ...

In the spring, the Cape Girardeau Public Works Department gave residents the opportunity to "spring clean" and have extra volumes of trash collected at no cost. The program received such a favorable response that the department next week will offer a "fall cleanup" from Oct. 5-9...

SCOTT CITY -- Goodman Lumber and Supply Co. of Scott City has closed. Owners Joe Goodman and Frank Bean cited tougher environmental regulations and codes and lower profitability as reasons for closing the company, which was founded in the mid-1940s by E.L. "Hap" Goodman and a son, Bob Goodman...

The Cape Girardeau area chapter of AARP will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Grace United Methodist Church. Frances Phillips will present the program on AARP's Draft Proposal for Health Care Reform. The 55 Alive/Mature Driving Course will be held Oct. 15 and 16 at the church. Those interested need to register at Monday's meeting...

English professor Nolan Porterfield is the recognized authority on a subject few of his students have ever heard of, even those swaggering through the halls in Garth Brooks T-shirts. That subject is Jimmie Rodgers, whom music aficionados often call "the Father of Country Music."...

MARBLE HILL -- The Bollinger County Historical Society will honor the late Mary Louisa Hahn, local historian, at a special meeting Sunday at 2 p.m. Hahn, who was a chronicler of area history and a chief engineer in the formation of the county's historical society, died June 16...

Two performances of "Phantom of the Opera" and an appearance by country music performer Randy Travis will highlight the 15th annual Family Weekend celebration at Southeast Missouri State University Oct. 9-11. "Phantom of the Opera," Ken Hill's London play that sparked "Phantomania," will be performed at the Show Me Center on Oct. 10 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m...

Keyboards and Kindermusik present their first keyboard concert at the Cape Girardeau Public Library Community Room Saturday. The performance is free. Students of Don and Janet Presson will perform at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. with a reception following each performance. The students range in age from 4 to adult and will feature contemporary and classical music...

The smells, tastes and sounds of Oktoberfest are returning to the Black Forest for the second straight year. The festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 10 and 11 at the Black Forest, the 1,100-acre refuge where the late Burton J. Gerhardt built the villages of Hanover and Arnsberg as a tribute to the area's German heritage...

Consumers who are captive to cable television monopolies will have new protection from abuse under legislation passed by Congress. Deprived of unchecked power to gouge their customers, cable companies also face the real prospect of competition under the bill. For an industry with cable's record of high prices and poor service, competing for customers has to be a chilling idea...

Southeast Missouri State University's more than 40,000 alumni will be asked to pay annual membership dues, starting next year. In return for paying dues, alumni will receive special benefits, said Mark Hill, vice president of the university's alumni council...

The Boy Scouts have teamed up with the Area Wide United Way for the annual Scouting for Food Drive, scheduled Oct. 31 and Nov. 7. Scouting for Food is a national project of the Boy Scouts to collect canned food items which are then distributed to local charities...

When Janet Pardue first learned her son was participating in a Bible study group, she was pleased. But that pleasure soon turned into a nightmare when she found out he was involved in what she describes as a cult. "It has been a living nightmare, and if I can prevent just one family from going through this devastating experience it is worth anything that I can do," the Cape Girardeau woman said...

Campaign staff, Secret Service agents, area law enforcement officers, and Republican Party leaders are spending today lining out final details for Friday's visit by Vice President Dan Quayle. His itinerary was not worked out until late Wednesday afternoon, which has local officials and party leaders now working under the gun to finalize all the arrangements that go with a campaign visit by the vice president of the United States...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for T.E. "Tommy" Thompson of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Crews-Welsh and Ponder Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Tom Geers will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Thompson, 77, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1992, at his home...

Hester Brown, 90, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1992, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Dec. 26, 1901, in Wolf Lake, Ill., daughter of Charles W. and Cora Shirley Whitticre. She and Willard Brown were married in 1922 in Cape Girardeau. He died Nov. 13, 1953...

SIKESTON -- Dago Maddox, 79, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1992, at his home. He was born Nov. 5, 1912, at Dorena, son of John James and Hattie Pearl King Maddox. Maddox was a retired farmer, and member of Wesley United Methodist Church. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...

SIKESTON -- Funeral mass for Charles Richard "Buddy" Waters of Sikeston will be held at 11 a.m. today at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Msgr. William Stanton will officiate, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery. Waters, 67, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1992, at Jewish Hospital in St. Louis...

Robert S. Kerr, 90, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Tamms, Ill., died Friday, Sept. 25, 1992, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. He was born Dec. 10, 1901, at Oakdale, Ill., son of Joseph H. and Mary A. Patton Kerr. He married the former Nell Todd. Kerr was a member of the E&R United Church of Christ in Tamms...

Ralph Leon Edwards of Cape Girardeau, a longtime businessman in this area, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was 74. He was born May 15, 1912, at Caruthersville, son of John and Pearl Smith Edwards. He and Phyllis Rupp were married March 13, 1954, in St. Louis...

CHAFFEE -- Leamon Lee Chronister, 79, of Chaffee, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1992, at Vencor Hospital in Kansas City. He was born April 25, 1913, in Bollinger County, son of Levi Washington and Dora Elvira Bridges Chronister. He and Louise Campbell were married Dec. 25, 1934...

SIKESTON -- Eugene McCulley, 72, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Sept. 28, 1922, at Bell City, son of John and Lillie Masters McCulley. He and Lillian Bryan were married May 25, 1955, at Oran...

OAK RIDGE -- Ernest William Mantz, 83, of Oak Ridge, Tenn., died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1992. He was born at Oak Ridge, Mo., son of Emil and Amelia Mantz. He owned and operated the Beacon Restaurant in Coldwater from 1952-54. Survivors include his wife, Edna; a daughter, Edna Skowronski of Woodland Hills, Calif., and a sister, Nora Neumeyer of Tilsit...

The Cape Girardeau Area Vocational-Technical School of Practical Nursing held graduation exercises last week at Red Star Baptist Church. Graduates Sherri Huffman and LouAnn Stokes were honored for academic excellence and Ruth Ann Grant and Judith Schlimme were recognized for perfect attendance during the year-long program...

Larry Francis Reid, 45, 1848 Thilenius, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1992, at his home. He was born Sept. 26, 1947, in Cape Girardeau, son of Leonard and Elodie McLane Reid. Reid graduated from Central High School and Southeast Missouri State University. He was a member of Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity at the university...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Weaver of Bloomfield, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:14 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, 1992. Name, Donavan Lester. Weight, 8 pounds 9 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Weaver is the former Toni Stause, daughter of Norman and Martha Stause of Dexter. She is employed by Purolator Products in Dexter. Weaver is also employed at Purolator, and is the son of Don and Shirley Weaver of Bloomfield...

JACKSON -- Della Schwab, 79, of Jackson died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1992, at her home. She was born March 30, 1913, at Tilsit, the daugter of Henry and Anna Siebert Lange. On May 7, 1933, she married Alvin Schwab, who preceded her in death Sept. 22, 1989...