Stories from Friday, July 23, 1993

SIKESTON -- Arlin C. Boyle, 77, of St. Louis, died Wednesday, July 21, 1993, at Christian Northeast Hospital in St. Louis. He was born Aug. 5, 1915, at Mountain View, Ark., son of Alfred and Dora Benbrooks Boyle. He was married to Roxie M. Parker, May 15, 1937, at Keiser, Ark...

Earlier generations in America built railroads. Our generation writes memos. People who founded this nation were a hearty lot. Absent the comfort of interstates, air-conditioning and fast-food drive-thrus, pioneers hitched up their wagons and settled the wilderness. Where a flat tire can ruin a day on modern vacations, these folks persevered through the frequent loss of kinfolk to disease...

HICKMAN, Ky. The Bayou de Chien Duck and Goose Calling Championships will be held Aug. 7 in City Park at Hickman, Ky. Registration will start at 10 a.m., with the contests to start at 1 p.m. The duck calling contest is a qualifier for the World Championship Duck Calling Contest, which is held annually at Stuttgart, Ark...

All eyes will turn toward the skies over Cape Girardeau this weekend when hot air balloonists from 14 states converge on the city for Balloon Fest '93. A first for Cape Girardeau, Balloon Fest promises to provide a unique spectacle. Thirty-five colorful balloons based at the Show Me Center will fly high over the city, their pilots competing for $10,000 in prize money in tests of their navigational and maneu~verability skills...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conrad of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:25 a.m. Saturday, July 17, 1993. Name, Hallie Nicole. Weight, 7 pounds 8 ounces. First child. Mrs. Conrad is the former Gayle Rellergert, daughter of Ed and Marilyn Rellergert of Jackson. She is employed by City of Cape Girardeau. Conrad is employed by Eastern Missouri Industries, and is the son of Don and Marilyn Conrad of Jackson...

CHAFFEE -- Henry Julius Nothdurft, 83, of Chaffee, died Thursday, July 22, 1993, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 10, 1909, at Whitewater, son of Ferdinand and Mary Elizabeth Fisher Nothdurft. He and Ida Augusta Rust were married Dec. 24, 1942...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Funeral service for Virginia Mae Sutton of East Prairie will be held at 2 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Chapel. The Revs. Thomas Griffin and Ed Jolley will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery. Sutton, 52, died Wednesday, July 21, 1993, near here from injuries received in an automobile accident...

Beth Adele Cody, 63, 2700 Pioneer, died Wednesday, July 21, 1993, at her home. She was born April 19, 1930, in Michigan Valley, Kan., daughter of Robert L. and Letha L. Mathers Warren. She married Dale F. Cody March 22, 1946, in Olathe, Kan. The Codys formerly owned and operated Cake and Party Shop in Rogers, Ark., and Topeka, Kan. She had been an inspector and production worker at Lee-Rowan in Jackson...

More than 100 Cape Girardeau residents attended an informational meeting Thursday night at the A.C. Brase Arena Building, asking questions that have plagued them since they were forced from their homes by rising floodwaters. City and county officials, along with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the County Health Department, Union Electric, the Internal Revenue Service and Community Counseling told flood victims about services readily available to them in the wake of the Mississippi River flood.. ...

The Cape Girardeau Board of Education will meet with state officials next week in an effort to learn more about the Missouri's sweeping new education funding and reform bill. The board's annual planning session is scheduled Tuesday in Jefferson City...

When the Mississippi River crests today at an expected 46.6 feet, it will set a new all-time record flood stage at Cape Girardeau. It won't be a record flood in terms of water flow or velocity, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. That record - set 149 years ago - will still be intact after the 1993 floodwaters go down...

During a visit to Cape Girardeau County Thursday morning, Gov. Mel Carnahan praised the work of volunteers and the National Guard in battling floodwaters and promised the state will do its part to fund disaster relief efforts. The governor also said his office will keep the pressure on Washington to make sure federal aid is sufficient. ...

Humans first flew free of the earth 210 years ago when two French aristocrats stayed aloft for 25 minutes in a hot air balloon designed by some papermakers. Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Francois Laurent were true adventurers who defied gravity and the prevailing belief that there was no air above the treetops...

A photo contest will be held in conjunction with Balloon Fest '93. The contest is sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts. Entries must be photographs (no slides or negatives) with a minimum size of 5X7, labeled on the back with the photographer's name and address. The entry fee is $5 per photograph, and there is no limit on entries...