Stories from Sunday, November 14, 1993

CHARLESTON - James Edward Surber, 81, of Charleston, died Saturday, Nov. 13, 1993 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Feb. 8, 1912 in Henry County, Tenn., the son of Edward Jones and Lena A. Brown Surber. On Feb. 14, 1948 he married Anna E. Wise, who preceded him in death on Dec. 5, 1988...

Twenty years ago this past summer, my older brother, a newly minted graduate of Rice University, headed for the Republic of South Korea to begin two years as a Peace Corps medical worker. For centuries, South Korea had been a poor country of the kind that found itself on the receiving end of missions of mercy and assistance such as our Peace Corps...

Schools throughout the country are marking American Education Week this week with open houses and a variety of other activities. The theme for American Education Week is Better schools shape better tomorrows. In Cape Girardeau public schools, open houses are planned at each school...

Officials of Southeast Missouri State University and representatives of McCluer High School in Florissant signed a "memorandum of understanding" Nov. 1, in which they agreed to form a partnership to further the restructuring and improvement of education...

Some people come and go without much notice from the hurried world. Others leave a lasting mark. The latter will be the legacy of Robert Hendrix, who for 21-plus years led Cape Girardeau's Chamber of Commerce. He retires Nov. 19 as president and chief executive officer. Tonight, chamber members will wish Hendrix well with a "roast" at the Show Me Center. Several hundred are expected to attend, an indicator of the many friends Hendrix has made over the years...

Daughter to Rebecca Yancey of Kansas City and the late Raymond Shepard, Research Medical Center in Kansas City, 9 p.m., Monday, Sept. 20, 1993. Name, Haley Louise. Weight, 8 pounds 1 ounces. First child. Miss Yancey is a senior nursing student at Research College of Nursing, and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.O. Yancey of Jackson. Shepard is the son of John Shepard of Minnesota...

JONESBORO, Ill. - Zoe A. Nicolaides, 68, of Anna, died Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Union County Nursing Home in Anna. She was born Sept. 28, 1925, in Balcomb, Ill., to Samuel and Minnie Moak Murphy. She married Robert Nicolaides. He survives, along with two sisters, Gladys Hankla and Opel Brimm, both of Anna; three brothers, Homer Murphy of Birmingham, Mich., Paul Murphy of Anna, and Corlis Murphy of Magalia, Calif...

BLOOMFIELD - Ethel Jane Bess, 94, of Bloomfield, died Friday, Nov. 12, at the Sells Rest Home in Matthews. She was born in Bloomfield on June 24, 1899, to Thomas J. and Addie Chasteen Evans. On Jan. 11, 1919, she married George Bess. He preceded her in death on May 8, 1979...

PERRYVILLE - Rose Mary Cole, 57, of Perryville, died Saturday, Nov. 13, at her home. She was born March 19, 1936, in Fornfelt, daughter of Lawrence and Ruby Lampkins Ritchie. On June 29, 1959, she married James R. Cole. He survives, along with her mother, of the home in Cape Girardeau; one son, Roy J. Cole of Perryville; one brother, Larry Ritchie of the United Kingdom; two sisters, Wanda Cole of Dittmer, and Betty Coleman of Scott City. One grandson also survives...

Julia Masters, 127 S. Frederick, died Saturday Nov. 13, 1993. Arrangements are incomplete; Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

PERRYVILLE - Construction of a temporary rock levee to protect property and residents in the Bois Brule Levee District is 25-30 percent complete, according to the project manager with the Corps of Engineers. The temporary levee will provide flood protection from the Mississippi River while emergency repairs are made to the district's flood-damaged earthen levee in eastern Perry County...

MEXICO CITY - One of the issues often raised whenever there is a discussion on merits of the North American Free Trade Agreement, is a perception that Mexico is a backwards, impoverished nation. Many seem to think the country lacks the resources to take advantage of any flow of American goods free that trade would provide...

The silver coin Cape Girardeau Aquatics Coordinator Randy Barnhouse wears on a chain around his neck went down with the Nuestra Senora de Atocha in a hurricane off Key West in 1622. For 3 1/2 years in the mid-1980s, the Flat River native helped famed treasure-hunter Mel Fisher search for the Mother Lode of treasure the hurricane scattered across 12 miles of Atlantic Ocean bottom...

With as many as 14 nominating petitions circulating through Cape Girardeau, there apparently is enough interest in the spring municipal election to warrant a primary runoff in February. On Wednesday, the first day for filing petitions, Melvin Gateley filed for the mayor's race and James "J.J." Williamson filed for the Ward 1 council seat...

The National Alumni Council, the governing body of the Alumni Association of Southeast Missouri State University, recently elected new leadership. Mark Hill, owner and president of Destinations Unlimited Travel of Cape Girardeau, was elected president. Carolyn Vandeven, principal of L.J. Schultz Middle School in Cape Girardeau, was elected vice president...

The Four Seasons Audubon Society of Southeast Missouri will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Public Library. Guest speaker Buzz Thompson will discuss how "Audubon Adventures," an elementary conservation news publication can be used in the classroom. He is a sixth grade teacher at Westlane Elementary School in Jackson...

The Salvation Army will start taking Christmas applications on Nov. 22 and continue through Dec. 15. Applications will be taken Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to noon and 2-4 p.m. at 701 Good Hope. Those wishing to participate should bring: identification of all household members including Social Security cards, and proof of current address and income...

Picture this: A room full of about 350 people, a smoke haze steadily filling the air and it's so quiet that the only sounds you hear are the voice of the man on the stage and the popcorn machine popping in the background. That is until someone yells out "Bingo!" -- prompting the groans and murmurs of the other 349 people in the room, followed by the wadding up of the bingo cards and their disposal in the bags at the end of the table...

Now, I'm in a mess. Perhaps, laying down more exact perimeters and definitions, I could qualify and quantify the mess as being potential. Who and what is to blame? Why, the esteemed United States Senate, of course. More specifically, the Ethics Committee and more specific-specifically, Senator Packwood and his diaries. No, I'm not mentioned in them. It is the diaries, per se...

Pat Reagan-Woodard will give a slide presentation on the History of Women Artists at the next WOMART meeting Nov. 16. WOMART was formed this spring to encourage creative growth among women artists. Activities for the group are informally chosen and include discussions on art techniques and issues important to women...

The Adult Learning Center, in conjunction with the Cape Girardeau Vocational-Technical School, will host an open house Tuesday. The Adult Learning Center will be open during regular class hours from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6-9 p.m. Susan L. Clubb, coordinator of the program, said anyone interested in enrolling in the adult basic education/GED program may view the class in action...