Stories from Wednesday, June 30, 1993

MOREHOUSE -- Mary Elizabeth Milam, 80, of Morehouse, died Tuesday, June 29, 1993, at her home. She was born May 25, 1913, in Center Ridge, Ark., daughter of Henry Clay and Lou Ellen McCoy Williams. Survivors include three sons, Guy Nichols of Matthews, Vincent Nichols of Canalou, Marvin Nichols, Sikeston Route 4; two daughters, Reba Ferguson of Ft. ...

JACKSON -- The Jackson Municipal Band will perform Thursday at 8 p.m. at the band shell in the city park. The band will also perform July 4 as part of the Jackson Jaycees annual celebration. This performance will also begin at 8 p.m. at the band shell...

In a time when national revenue forecasts are frustrating, local sales tax receipts have been a breath of fresh air. It's the kind of statistics we relish. The city will close out the 1993 fiscal year today with sales tax receipts well above budget projections. This growth will allow the city to help offset diminished revenues the last two years...

For the second year in a row, CyberTel Cellular is helping through its support of the Caring Program for Children to provide health care for uninsured children in Missouri. The company is making a donation to the program of $200 for every St. Louis Cardinal's win. CyberTel this year already has pledged more than $8,000 toward the campaign...

The Salvation Army has fans available through its Loan-a-Fan program for low income families. Those who may borrow a fan include individuals 60 years or older, families with children under age 5 and handicapped individuals. Persons need to bring proof of age and income to the Salvation Army, 701 Good Hope...

FROHNA -- Clara Susanna Fiehler, 96, of Frohna died Monday, June 28, 1993, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was born June 15, 1897, at Altenburg, the daughter of Henry and Paulina Bodenschatz Kaufmann. On Nov. 7, 1925, she married Benjamin Fiehler, who preceded her in death Sept. 3, 1945...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Cairo officials will start reviewing applications for chief of police later this week. "We'll receive the applications Thursday," said James Wilson, mayor of the southernmost city in Illinois. "Candidates will be notified by July 7 as to their status in the search."...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Upchurch of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:44 p.m. Saturday, June 12, 1993. Name, Erin Stacie. Weight, 8 pounds. Third daughter. Mrs. Upchurch is the former Laure Hinton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hinton of Cape Girardeau. She is customer service manager at Central Hardware. Upchurch is an electronics technician at Lee-Rowan, and is the son of Barbara Vinson of Jackson, Tenn., and Bill Upchurch of Cape Girardeau...

BENTON -- Tillman L. Turner, 73, of Route 1, Benton died Tuesday, June 29, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton.

Ethel P. Martin, 100, of Spotsylvania, Va., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, June 29, 1993, at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Va. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON -- Fred E. Matthews Sr., 88, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, June 29, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born March 31, 1905, at Sikeston, son of John A. and Annie Hatcher Matthews. He and Helen Copeland were married Feb. 19, 1938. Matthews had owned and operated Foster-Matthews Wholesale Grocery, and later was employed by McKnight-Keaton Grocery. He was a member of First United Methodist Church...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Mary Dailey Fleener, 83, of Tamms, died Monday, June 28, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born Feb. 19, 1910, at Tamms, daughter of Jonah and Lottie Mazes. She married Paul Dailey, who died in 1967. She later married Frank Fleener, who died in 1981...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Clara "Sis" O'Bryan Sutton of Sikeston will be held at 2 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Dick Mainord will officiate, with burial in Matthews Cemetery. Sutton, 90, died Monday, June 28, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Sherman Smothers, 71, of Tamms, died Monday, June 29, 1993, at his home. He was born May 24, 1922, in Thebes, son of Thomas Reed and Rosa Ellen Dunning Smothers. He and Thelma Minton were married Jan. 28, 1942. Survivors include his wife; a son, Tom Smothers of Tamms; two daughters, Sheila Hale of McClure, Kae Naeger of Tamms; a sister, Juanita Phillips of Barlow, Ky.; a brother, John Smothers of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren...

WARE, Ill. -- Morris "Hoppy" Foster, 62, of Ware, died Monday, June 28, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born July 26, 1930, at Humphreys, Mo., son of Bernie and Gracie Warington Foster. He and Barbara Wright were married Sept. 3, 1955, at Ware...

Paul John Glueck, 81, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, June 29, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born March 28, 1912, at Kelso, son of Anton and Ida Schlitt Glueck. He and the former Valeria Grasser were married June 1, 1940, at Kelso. She died Nov. 24, 1966...

Although the floodwall and a levee in downtown Cape Girardeau hold back the Mississippi River, the Merriwether and Mill street pumping stations keep downtown dry during wet weather when the river floods. When the river is below 30 feet on the Cape Girardeau gauge, the pumping stations are closed and stormwater flows directly from storm sewers to tunnels under the levee and floodwall. ...

Karen Kyle is battling to regain control of her body. Hospitalized, the Jackson Route 4 woman is paralyzed from the waist down the result of diving into a 4-foot-deep circular pool. But Kyle says she's not ready for the wheelchair. Speaking from her hospital bed in St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis Tuesday, Kyle said she was undergoing therapy, trying to regain the use of her legs...

Jasper L. Warren, a 64-year-old retired railroad maintenance worker, was one of approximately 65 Missourians who will fall to their deaths this year. The Jackson man died Sunday at his home. Coroner John Carpenter said Warren was carrying a small dinette table down his basement stairs when he slipped on a dog toy left on the top step...

In a three-page letter to school superintendents, Missouri Auditor Margaret Kelly warned that parts of Senate Bill 380 may be unconstitutional and that complying with its $2.75 minimum levy without a vote could violate the Hancock Amendment. In the letter, Kelly told superintendents that although they may have been advised school boards can raise property taxes without a vote of the people, that advice may not be correct. ...

JACKSON - New officers of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce were installed Monday during the chamber's annual installation banquet. Jim Maevers will lead the chamber as president, assisted by Vice President Steve Elefson and secretary-treasurer Larry Hall...

JACK DRAGONI Occupation: Bulk mail technician, Cape Girardeau Post Office Birthplace, Ibswich, Mass. Pet peeve: "Drivers who don't use turn signals." The best part of my job is: "The variety of businesses that I work with." The book I'd recommend is: "The Firm."...

The LaLeche League meeting Thursday will focus on "The Family in Relationship to the Breastfed Baby." The program includes an informal discussion on how to manage the first hectic weeks after birth with emphasis on the entire family as well as tips for mother and baby...

Thousands of Cape Girardeau adults and children are taking in stride the boiling summer and enjoying the many city recreation and sports programs now in full swing. Penny Wingerter, recreation director, said several new programs this year have garnered citizens' interest, and long-standing activities continue to amass participants...

The National Weather Service has revised the predicted flood crest on the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau. Forecasters expect the river here to crest at 36.2 feet on Monday, 4.2 feet above flood stage. The revision is due to heavy rains this week along the upper Mississippi River watershed north of St. Louis. Major flooding on the upper river, said to be the worst in three decades, has forced the Corps of Engineers to close a 500-mile stretch of the river from St. Louis to St. Paul, Minn...

Melissa Naeter Greene of Cape Girardeau graduated magna cum laude from Union University, Jackson Tenn. with a bachelor of science degree in elementary education with early childhood endorsement. She is a Cape Girardeau Central High School graduate and is daughter of Deborah Elaine Naeter of Cape Girardeau and the late James Christopher Naeter...

Two local residents have been named to the dean's list for Quincy University, Quincy, Ill. Receiving the honor are Amy Rellergert, a freshman management major from Cape Girardeau; and Timothy Basler, a junior history major from Cobden, Ill. Students on the dean's list have earned a grade point average between 3.5 and 4.0...

Bobbie L. Hitt of Millersville has been awarded a Community College Scholarship to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1993-94 academic year. The Community College Scholarship is a renewable award of $1,000 for the academic year available to students transferring from a community college to the university. To be eligible, students must hold a 3.5 grade point average with 24 transferable credit hours...

Scott M. Hopper of Cape Girardeau and Sharla Marshall of Jackson have been awarded President's Scholarships to attend Southeast Missouri State University during the 1993-1994 academic year. The President's Scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who rank at least in the upper 20 percent of their high school class and score 25 on the ACT, those who rank in the upper 15 percent of their class and score 24 on the ACT, or those who are their class valedictorian or salutatorian...

Rebecca and Ryan Keller, students at the Academy of DanceArts in Cape Girardeau, will be compet~ing in a national talent competition in July after placing in a regional showcase in St. Louis. The Kellers competed in the All American Talent Show Case. Over 300 participants performed during the two-day event...

Three local delegates were among high school juniors participating in Missouri's 30th annual Rural Electric Youth Tour to Washington D.C. June 13-18. Attending were Kathy Jenkins and Joe Robinson, both of Advance, and Julie Schwartz of Scott City. They were sponsored by Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Electric Cooperative...