Stories from Sunday, May 29, 1994

SIKESTON -- Arnold D. (Jim) Johnson, 77, of Vanduser, died Saturday May 28, 1994 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born March 25, 1917 in Mississippi County Arkansas, the son of Tull G. and Lucy Arnold Johnson. On Aug 2, 1939 he married Mildred Bernice Weaks, who survives...

Sixty Cape Girardeau runners Wednesday will help carry the Olympic torch closer to St. Louis and the Olympic Festival in July. The runners will each carry the torch a portion of a 12-mile route through Cape Girardeau. The torch route begins and ends at the Court House Park. The first runner is Tim Stoud. All the runners will run the final leg of the route along with the last runner, Carol Keeler...

As the Memorial Day holiday and the 50th anniversary of D-Day nears, Southeast Missouri State University reflects on the Navy V-12 Program and the pride it brought to the campus five decades ago and continues to provide today. The year was 1943. The nation was at war and the need for educated men for the military was almost insatiable. ...

St. Louis - The former Frisco Railroad's historic steam locomotive 1522 will once again depart from historic St. Louis Union Station next month, on a four-day rail journey to Atlanta, Ga., for the 1994 national convention of the National Railway Historical Society...

Tonya Buttry has been named academic director of the Southeast Missouri Hospital School of Nursing. Last fall, the hospital's diploma School of Nursing received initial approval from the State Board of Nursing to transition in July to a College of Nursing, offering an associate degree of nursing program...

It used to be that a man's castle might be shipped to him. Mail-order homes were the rage at one time. Such houses hold a fascination with John Bry, a historic preservation student at Southeast Missouri State University, and Sue Corvick, a graduate student in history...

Nine members of the Zeta Alpha Lamba Chapter of Phi Beta Lambda at Southeast Missouri State University attended the state Leadership Conference of Phi Beta Lambda in Jefferson City. Those attending included Clay Woemmel, Linda Koenig, Cassandra Wilson, Bruce Skinner, Tonya Eskew, Linda Herman, Toby Stoker, Rebecca Kilgore, and Jessica Hemmann...

The Safe House Roundup a western-theme fund-raising event for Cape Girardeau's Safe House for Women is planned June 4. The roundup will be held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Bill LaFoe and features a country and western band, barbecue, western games and prizes. All proceeds will benefit the local safe house...

JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: John R. and Christine Taylor to Ronald J. and Karen M. Martin; Donald R. and Judith A. McBride to the McBride Family Trust; Downtown Investment Company of Cape Girardeau to Boyd Missouri Inc...

Five Procter & Gamble Fund Scholarships have been awarded to area students whose parents work at the Cape Girardeau P&G plant. The scholarships went to: Kristi Freese, daughter of Larry Freese and Ronda Heaton of Jackson; Christine M. Auer, daughter of Andy and Margie Auer of Cape Girardeau; Daniel G. Perry, son of James and Susan Perry of Jackson; Amanda Lou Ann Allmon, daughter of Roger and Linda Allmon of Jackson; and Steven Goetz, son of Larry and Vickie Goetz of Chaffee...

Americans celebrate Memorial Day Monday, a holiday designated in 1868 to commemorate those who gave their lives to preserve the nation's freedom. Established in the near aftermath of the Civil War, early celebrants probably held no illusions the holiday would endure without more blood being shed in the name of liberty. ...

The item hit the 50 Year Ago column in "Out of the Past" last month. "Lt. William J. Hunter, 23, of Cape Girardeau, was killed in the crash of heavy Army bomber Friday near Liberal, Kansas; he and three other crew members were killed in crash about 70 miles southeast of Liberal air base, near Laverna, Oklahoma."...

The political science class at a state university in Missouri had been discussing the problems attached to funding governmental services demanded by constituents when a student raised her hand and asked, "What's wrong with America?" The teacher, somewhat taken aback since the question was somewhat irrelevant to his lecture, stammered for a few minutes and then attempted to provide an answer:...

We are approaching D-Day in Europe and D-Day in the United States on health care. We pretty well know what kind of a health care "system" a majority of Americans would like. Trouble is, of course, that there's no way to provide A-to-Z health care coverage on the cheap. ...

JACKSON -- Harold Dean Heise, 59, of Jackson died Saturday May 28, 1994 at the Lutheran Home. He was born July 2, 1934 in Oriole, the son of Elmer P. and Hazel Maevers Heise. He married Elnora Borchelt on Aug. 8, 1953 in Cape County, and she survives...

SIKESTON -- Raymond David Brown, 47, of Sikeston, formerly of East Prairie, died Saturday, May 28, 1994, at his residence. He was born June 11, 1946, at Dorena, son of William Raymond and Mildred L. Priest Brown. He married Martha Gregory, Aug. 16, 1969...

ALTENBURG -- Bertha "Betty" S. Kasten, 89, of Altenburg, died Saturday May 28, 1994 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born July 27, 1904 at New Wells, the daughter of Wilhelm and Nona Wilson Scholl. On Nov. 22, 1925 she married Richard Kasten, who died on Nov. 13, 1980...

SIKESTON -- Enoch Elmer "Boog" Eby, 82, of Farrenburg, died Saturday, May 28, 1994, at the Hunter Acres Caring Center in Sikeston. He was born Nov. 30, 1911, at New Madrid, son of Enoch and Viola McFadden Eby. He married Jewel Scott, July 17, 1937, at New Madrid...

MidAmerica Hotels Corporation announced plans this week to construct a 78-room mini-suite hotel and two specialty restaurants on Cape Girardeau's west side. All three will be located near the corner of Mount Auburn and Route K. Construction of the $3 million-plus, three-story hotel will begin June 15, with a scheduled opening in February of 1995, said Dan Drury, president of MidAamerica...

Myrtle M. Joyce, 90, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday May 28, 1994 at the Lutheran Home, where she had been a resident for four years. She was born July 26, 1903 in McClure. She married Leland "Bud" Joyce on April 20, 1925 and he preceded her in death on Nov. 10, 1980...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Hillen S. "Bill" Robison, 66, a resident of Kenai, Alaska and formerly of Sikeston and East Prairie, died Wednesday, May 25, 1994 at Providence Hospital in Anchorage after a brief illness. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at the Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie, with Bro. Larry Smith, pastor of the First Church of God of East Prairie, officiating...

SIKESTON -- Betty Jean Abernathy Huffman, 59, of Route 4 Sikeston, died Thursday, May 26, 1994 following an automobile accident in Howell County. She was born June 14, 1934 in Morley, the daughter of Henry William Abernathy and Lavadie Mae Hoxworth Abernathy...

COBDEN -- Visitation for William F. Matheney, 50, of Cobden, will be Monday after 6 p.m. at the Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home in Cobden. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home, with Rev. Dewayne Taylor officiating. Matheney died Friday, May 27, 1994 at the Union County Hospital in Anna...

JACKSON -- For the last several years income flowing into Cape Girardeau County's road and bridge budget has not been keeping pace with needed expenses. To deal with the shortfall, the commission has been allocating interest earned from the county's capital trust account and some general fund money to help cover operating expenses of the department. ...

When Jan Pettigrew was diagnosed with lung cancer, her doctor gave her three months to live. That was three years ago. She's among thousands of cancer survivors beating the odds against the disease. On the first Sunday in June each year cancer survivors celebrate living past the diagnosis of cancer. ...

Just before the American forces became involved in World War II, recruiters told Dwight Dodson he was too old to serve his country. "But they didn't let me go altogether," he said. "I was put on standby in the reserves." After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, Dodson, then 28 years old, was reinstated...

JACKSON -- The Jackson Muncipal Band will open its 74th season Thursday at 8 p.m. in the city park. The Jackson band traces its beginnings to 1920, under the leadership of A.W. Roloff. Since that time, there have been a total of eight conductors: Roloff, Leroy Mason, Ed Carson, Richard Partridge, Linton Luetje, Alan Roland, Jim Rhodes and Nick Leist...

A Memorial Day performance by the Cape Girardeau Municipal Band kicks off both the band's summer schedule and a Musical Mondays concert series. Monday's performance begins at 7 p.m. at the Capaha Park Band Shell. The program is a salute to veterans and will include a variety of patriotic songs and marches, said Ronald Nall, new conductor of the band this year...

Valvular heart disease will be the topic of this week's "Ask Your Doctor" program on Cable Channel 5. It will air Thursday, beginning at 8 p.m. Dr. Marc J. Schechter will keynote the program. Local viewers can call in with their questions. "Ask Your Doctor" is sponsored jointly by St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital, in conjunction with the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society...

Cape Girardeau firefighters shed their fire gear and boots Saturday morning and exchanged them for swimming trunks, as they instructed about 45 new lifeguards in poolside emergency medical operations. Doug Gannon, manager of the Cape Central and Capaha Park pools, had asked the fire department to give a program to his lifeguards on blood-borne pathogens such as the AIDS virus and Hepatitis-B...

Students in the department of accounting and finance at Southeast Missouri State University have been selected as one of the four top teams in the nation to participate in the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Student Case Competition in New York this summer...

The Cape Girardeau Central High School band will host its spring concert Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the high school auditorium. The concert is the last for seniors and features Paul Simon's greatest hits, selections from the movie "Aladdin," and some marches. Guest soloist is Jeffrey Nall, who will perform a trumpet solo...

A good habit to form is, when you wake up of a morning, ask yourself or anyone else who is around, "I wonder what special thing will happen for me today?" That way, you keep looking and listening for that special thing. If at day's end you can't review the day and point to anything special, you can at least say, "Well, I've had another day to weave my thread into the overall tapestry of time."...

JACKSON - In July 1991, shortly after Gwen Winningham sold and donated a tract of her land to Jackson for a new city park, she erected a flagpole on a gentle knoll in the park. To keep from getting her feet muddy when she went to raise the American Flag, Winningham wanted to build a three-foot, concrete circle walkway around the base of the flag pole...

The Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts is now accepting applicants for the annual Summer Art Workshops. The classes will be held at 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. or 1 to 4 p.m. in Southeast Missouri State University's Art Building, which is located on the corner of Circle Drive and Henderson Street...

Elizabeth Green of Cape Girardeau was a recent double winner in the Women's Club of Paducah Art Show held in Paducah, Ky. Each student was allowed to enter two original works of art in any medium. Green's pencil drawing entitled "Eskimo Smile" received the second place ribbon and monetary award in the senior high school division...

The Phi Kappa Phi chapter at Southeast Missouri State University inducted 82 undergraduate students and five graduate students at a recent initiation and installation ceremony in the University Center. Phi Kappa Phi is an international honor society for academic distinction that brings together individuals from a variety of disciplines. The society was founded at the University of Maine in 1897 and now has 266 chapters in 49 states plus the District of Columbia, the Philippines and Puerto Rico...