Stories from Friday, October 7, 1994

PERRYVILLE -- Elva A. Brewer, 85, of Perryville died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1994, at Perry County Memorial Hospital here. She was born May 7, 1909, in Perry County, the daughter of William and Eulalia Prost Moore. She married Clyde V. Brewer June 17, 1930. He survives at the family home...

To the editor: I would very much like to take issue with the recent editorial in support of prayer in public schools. I attended a Catholic school for nine years where prayer recitation was practiced several times every school day. This was totally different from prayer in public schools, which I am totally against, as there are all kinds of different religious beliefs and non-beliefs in the public school system...

To the editor: Marijuana eradication efforts by the Missouri State Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies are a colossal waste of limited resources. The patrol has admitted that 99 percent of the marijuana seized is, in fact, wild, uncultivated hemp plants...

Readers of the Southeast Missourian have been vigilant in their commentary on recent news stories. They have cited two topics, about which several stories were written, in particular: the affair involving three teachers and the hoax perpetrated by a Cape Girardeau woman in an effort to save a convicted killer on death row. Some readers have likened the reporting and the display of the stories to the National Enquirer, a representative tabloid of the ilk that will print anything that sells...

When it comes to helping his son and daughter-in-law, there is no magic up Bill Coomer's sleeves. But the amateur magician hopes charity from Cape Girardeau residents will be the magic needed to help Dai and Betty Coomer. The couple are the parents of twins, who were born two months premature at Southeast Missouri Hospital Saturday night...

The Cape Girardeau City Council has approved an ordinance to accept a $729,750 federal grant to improve the city's water treatment plant. In a session Thursday, council did a special reading to meet a U.S. Economic Development Administration deadline for the money...

To the editor: Come this November election the voters are going to get a chance to answer Senate Bill 380 where we get taxed and the governor gets to spend. Senate Bill 380 is the largest tax increase ever passed, and by only one voter, and our governor thinks he's got a mandate. ...

Graveside service for Kenneth Wayne Ross of Cape Girardeau will be held at 2 p.m. today at Lorimier Cemetery. The Rev. Kendal Hicks will officiate. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City after noon today. Ross, 33, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1994, in Jefferson City...

PERRYVILLE -- Ben E. Brandes, 88, of Perryville, died Thursday, Oct. 6, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 28, 1905, in Uniontown, son of Benjamin and Katherina Schumacher Brandes. He and Nora Vogel were married Feb. 10, 1945...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Marion F. Loveless of Pacific will be held at 2 p.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield, with the Rev. Dale Stogsdale officiating. Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery near here. Loveless, 90, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1994, at St. John's Hospital in Washington, Mo...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Norman Lee Dowdy, 68, Ullin Route 1, died Thursday, Oct. 6, 1994, at his home. He was born March 18, 1926, in Miller City, son of Otis and Freda Willis Dowdy. He and Juanita Bennett were married May 15, 1943, at Charleston, Mo. Dowdy was a grain farmer. He was a member, trustee and Sunday School superintendent at Ullin Pentecostal Church, and member of Pulaski-Alexander County Farm Bureau. He served on the Big Creek Drainage District Board in Pulaski County...

MARBLE HILL -- The Rev. Marvin Ross Moore, 79, of Fredericktown died Thursday, Oct. 6, at the Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born at Glen Allen July 20, 1915, to Milam M. Moore and Edlaid Lee Moore. He was a retired warehouseman for Kroger Companies in St. Louis and a retired Southern Baptist minister...

Son to Robert and Peggy Scott, 23 N. West End Boulevard, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:36 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, 1994. Name, Robert Carl II. Weight, 8 pounds 3 ounces. Third child, first son. Mrs. Scott is the former Peggy Brockmeier, daughter of Allan and Elizabeth Brockmeier of Festus. ...

Impeachment is nothing new to 103-year-old Cape Girardeau lawyer Rush Limbaugh. Sixty-three years ago as a state representative, he played a leading part in efforts to oust state Treasurer Larry Brunk from office. Gov. Henry Caulfield wanted Brunk removed from office even though both men were Republicans. "That's what made it difficult to deal with," Limbaugh recalled Thursday...

Republican Sen. John Danforth has joined Democratic Gov. Mel Carnahan in leading a group opposing Missouri's proposed Hancock II amendment, which critics say would cripple state government. Danforth's decision gives anti-Hancock forces a high-profile Republican to campaign against the Nov. 8 ballot issue...

An industry that has been on the Cape Girardeau manufacturing scene since the turn of the century has been honored as the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's 1994 "Industry of the Year. Florsheim Shoe Co., which once occupied a multi-level structure overlooking the Mississippi River on North Main, and is now located in a modern facility at the intersection of Southwest End Boulevard and Southern Expressway, was recognized Thursday night with the "Commitment to Excellence" award during the annual Chamber of Commerce's Industrial Appreciation Dinner, held at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus.. ...

Autumn is wonderful, because it is cool, the humidity has subsided and the trees are putting on their Halloween costumes. Surely God made the Ozarks so folks would have something to look forward to in the fall. This has been a strange summer, and autumn promises to be just as confusing. The reason is simple: After many years of mowing the lawn, trimming the hedges, weeding the flower beds and pruning the trees, you are living in an apartment again...

JACKSON -- Because of its willingness to accept new teaching concepts, the Jackson School District was selected for a pilot program that uses art to teach math, science and history. Senate Bill 380, the Outstanding Schools Act, made money available for professional development through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. ...

People are encouraged to join the 30 million Americans who have quit smoking by participating in the Freedom From Smoking clinic sponsored by Southeast Missouri Hospital's Fitness and Wellness Center. The seven-week clinic will begin Monday, and sessions will be conducted from 7-8:30 p.m. at Southeast's home health office at 760 S. Kingshighway. In addition to Monday's session, clinics will be conducted on Oct. 17, 24 and 31, and Nov. 7, 14 and 21...

The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will hold Halloween Happenings Oct. 21 at A.C. Brase Arena Building. A coloring contest for children 3 through 7 begins at 6 p.m. A pumpkin-carving and decorating contest will be offered for children 8 to 12. Contestants must bring pumpkins, carving tools and supplies...

Dreaming of being an author is the first step, but it takes more to make it a reality. It took Constance Hiser 13 manuscripts and rejections from 10 publishing houses before the Webb City author got her first check as an author. Sandy Asher experienced 17 rejections before she could say she was a professional writer...

Don't be afraid to dream of turning an avid reading interest into a passion for writing. So proclaimed Constance Hiser, a Webb City author of children's books who is participating in the Children and Young Adult Literature Festival at Southeast Missouri State University...