Stories from Friday, November 6, 1992

Cape Girardeau will become the youth soccer mecca for this region over the weekend. The community is hosting 65 teams from four states in the Cape Area Youth Soccer Association Fall Classic. The Southeast Missourian is proud to sponsor this event along with Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and we welcome the visiting teams to this community...

Enrollment has dropped at Southeast Missouri State University this fall and the panic button isn't being pushed at Academic Hall. Good. A university shouldn't be in the business of directing its operation according to enrollment figures any more than a lawmaker should check the latest polls before casting a legislative vote. ...

President-elect Bill Clinton will have to do more than trot out the party label to win congressional support for his legislative proposals, says U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson. Speaking to reporters at his office in the Federal Building in Cape Girardeau Thursday, Emerson said Clinton will have to work with various coalitions in Congress...

The Salvation Army is looking for donations towards its annual Thanksgiving dinner. Turkeys, hams and other Thanksgiving fixings are needed for the meal, expected to serve over 500 individuals. Capt. Elmer Trapp of the Army said the annual dinner is a community event and each year draws a big crowd of diners and volunteers...

The city of Cape Girardeau this week welcomed four new police officers on staff, but officials said it will be at least next year before the city confronts a shortage in detectives on the force. Police Chief Howard "Butch" Boyd Jr. said Thursday the new officers will replace four patrolmen who have resigned in the past six months. He said he'll have to wait to see what the budget will allow next year before the police force is expanded...

The screening, diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, one of the deadliest forms of cancer, and skin cancer, one of the most common forms of the disease, will be the focus of the 1992 Fall Cancer Symposium. The annual event, scheduled to be held Saturday and Sunday at the Show Me Center, is co-sponsored by the Regional Cancer Center at Southeast Missouri Hospital and the American Cancer Society...

The Cape Girardeau Senior Center has received a grant from the National Association of Meals Programs and Reynolds Metals Co. to provide Thanksgiving meals. The center will receive $328 toward the cost of its annual holiday meal, said Jo Nelle Lingo, administrator of the center...

Marv Herzog and the Bavarian Band of Frankenmuth, Mich., will perform tonight from 8 p.m. to midnight at the Jackson Knights of Columbus Hall. The German dance is a benefit for Notre Dame High School. Tickets are $7.50 per person. All seats are reserved. Tickets can be purchased by calling 335-6772 or 264-2777...

Playing in a band may seem cushy compared to the mundane or dangerous military jobs available, but nobody can accuse the musicians in the Shades of Blue Jazz Ensemble of taking it easy. The jazz musicians play about 100 times a year throughout Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri and Arkansas. Most also perform in concert or pop bands sponsored by the Air Force Mobility Command Band, which is responsible for providing musicians for more than 600 shows each year...

ALTENBURG -- Alma N. Gruenwald, 80, of Altenburg, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1992, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 25, 1912, at Frohna, daughter of Gottfried and Eleanor Weber Schuessler. She married Theodore Gruenwald Aug. 12, 1927. He died April 3, 1986...

ANNA, Ill. -- Edward Bolanowski, 66, of East Tawas, Mich., died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1992, at McLaren Regional Medical Center in Flint, Mich. He was born Aug. 14, 1926, in Flint, son of Joseph and Michalena Gornicki Bolanowski. He married the former Evelyn Louise Trovillion...

SIKESTON -- Lucille Moyers, 78, of Sikeston, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 1992, at SEMO Care Center here. She was born Oct. 14, 1914, at Bloomfield, daughter of Goldie and Ardelia Watkins Crice. Survivors include two grandchildren. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. today at Bloomfield Cemetery in Bloomfield...

MARBLE HILL -- Jay Lincoln, 63, of Marble Hill, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1992, at his home. He was born June 7, 1929, near Marble Hill, son of John William and Nellie Walker Lincoln. He and Genevieve Phelps were married Oct. 1, 1949. Lincoln was employed 41 years at International Shoe Co. in Jackson, and recently retired from Henschel Hat Co. at Sedgewickville. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and was a member of the Community Church near here...

Funeral service for Herbert Greenwood of Cape Girardeau was held Wednesday at Lock Springs United Methodist Church near Chillicothe. The Rev. Earl Griffith officiated, with burial in Lock Springs Cemetery. Bram Funeral Home at Jamesport was in charge of arrangements...

MARBLE HILL -- Funeral service for Ezra Thomas Huff of Marble Hill will be held at 1 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. Gene Robbins will officiate, with burial at Grassy Friendship Cemetery at Grassy. Huff, 74, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Lula Belle Jethro, 83, of the Pinhook community near East Prairie, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 1992, at East Prairie Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 10, 1909, at McComb, Miss., daughter of Adaline and West Robie. She married Charlie Jethro in 1929, who died in 1965...

SIKESTON -- Charles Oyler, 76, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1992, at Sikeston Health Care Center. He was born Oct. 12, 1916, in Cedar County, son of Lawrence Lee and Mary Merle Bradley Oyler. He and his wife, Gladys, were married June 7, 1973. She died June 22, 1991...

MARQUAND -- Don't worry bout those odd-looking structures sticking up out of the water along Castor River south of Marquand. They're not mines or obstacles they're fish-scouring racks. Missouri Department of Conservation biologists say the scour racks are designed to provide cover for fish by improving the fish habitat in the stream. ...

A Fall Harvest Bazaar will be presented from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Centenary United Methodist Church, 300 N. Ellis. The bazaar will be held in the Family life Center. A light breakfast and lunch will be served. The items available for sale will include handmade clothing and kitchen items, home-baked products, wood crafted items, and used books, tapes and cassettes...

STE. GENEVIEVE French Colonial Days will be celebrate here Saturday and Sunday, commemorating the town's French heritage. A king and queen will be crowned, and strolling through the French Colonial District will be story teller Pierre Boyer, autoharp~ist Clare Condon and the French folk singing group Les Petite Chanteurs...