Stories from Wednesday, February 8, 1995

Charleston -- Graveside service for Martha Josephine Howlett of Pine Bluff, Ark., will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at I.O.O.F. Cemetery, with the Rev. J.L. Laughlin officiating. Friends may call at McMikle Funeral Home after 2:30 p.m. today. Howlett, 91, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 1995, at Trinity Village Retirement Home in Pine Bluff...

U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau will appear at 7:15 a.m. today on C-SPAN television to discuss welfare reform as chairman of the House Agricultural Subcommittee. The panel has jurisdiction over food stamps and nutrition issues. The Department of Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee, under Emerson's leadership, is holding a series of hearings on how to best reform the U.S. welfare system...

At the urging of Cape Girardeau Mayor Al Spradling III, voters will have an opportunity to decide on a seven-year, half-cent transportation sales tax to pay for city street projects. The city council voted 5-2 Monday to put the tax on the June 6 ballot. The tax would generate an estimated $24.3 million over seven years...

Jeremy Ryan Freeman of Cape Girardeau has received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. Freeman was nominated by Sen. John C. Danforth of Missouri. He is a senior at Cape Girardeau Central High School and has been on the A honor roll throughout his high school career. He is secretary of the senior class and was one of Central High's representatives to the 1993 Missouri Scholars Academy and 1994 Missouri Boys State...

Greg Hutteger and Myra Seyer have been named January Students of the Month by the Cape Girardeau Elk's Lodge 639. Hutteger, 17, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hutteger of Cape Girardeau. He is a senior at Cape Girardeau Central High School and is a member of the Spanish Club, Beta Club, National Honor Society and the Letterman's Club. ...

Fifth-graders in the Explore gifted class at L.J. Schultz School earned first-place honors in the Thinking Cap Quiz Bowl. Students placed first in the fifth-grade division and first overall, beating all fifth- and sixth-grade teams. The contest, completed on computer, awards points based on accuracy and speed of response...

The Southeast Missouri Multiple Sclerosis Society Self Help Group will meet Feb. 18 at 10 a.m. at St. Francis Medical Center. Cathy Harre will discuss Americorp and what the program offers. Harre is the coordinator for Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois...

Marv Herzog and the Bavarian Band will perform March 3 at a German Dance to benefit Notre Dame High School. The dance will be held at the Bavarian Halle in Jackson. Music begins at 8 p.m. Doors will open at 7 and German food will be served. Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling the Notre Dame Development Office at 335-3416. Tickets cost $7.50 per person in advance and $8.50 at the door...

The Jacksonian chapter of American Business Women's Association is taking applications for scholarships for the fall semester. Candidates must be a resident of Cape Girardeau County and maintain at least a 2.5 grade-point average. The deadline for applying is March 31. Scholarships will range from $100 to $500...

Joan Kellogg of McClure, Ill., was recently initiated into Kappa Delta Pi at Eastern Illinois University. Kappa Delta Pi is an international honor society in education. Kellogg is the daughter of Raymond and Lois Burchyett of McClure. She is a senior elementary education major and a 1970 graduate of Shawnee High School in Wolf Lake...

Two local students have been honored by Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo. Staci Lynn Huey of Cape Girardeau has been named to the dean's list. She is a senior majoring in communication arts and the daughter of Charles and Judy Huey. Matthew Cox Waldron of Jackson has been named to the honor roll. He is a freshman majoring in business administration and the son of Kenneth and Norma Waldron...

Three Cape Girardeau residents were among students named to the dean's honor list at Texas Christian University at Fort Worth. Kathryn Frances Ford of 2706 Plymouth Drive is a junior nutrition major and is TCU scholar based on achieving at 4.0 straight A grade-point average. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Ford and a graduate of Central High School...

Deonandra Sides of Cape Girardeau and Cletus B. Forck of Benton have been named to the dean's list at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. To qualify for the dean's list, students must earn at least a 3.0 grade-point average. Sides is majoring in business administration. Forck's major is undecided...

Poems are being accepted for Sparrowgrass Poetry's contest. Cash prizes totaling $1,000 will be awarded, including a $500 grand prize. Entering the contest is free. Poets may enter one poem only, 20 lines or less, on any subject, in any style. The contest closes March 31...

Kristi Glueck, a student at Scott City High School, has been named the January Youth of the Month by the Exchange Club of Cape Girardeau. She is the daughter of Jim and Pat Glueck of Scott City. Glueck is active in National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America, pep club and the varsity basketball and volleyball teams...

What a difference a day makes. On Monday, an inch of snow caused chaos on streets and gave schoolchildren a vacation from classes Tuesday. Two people were killed in weather-related traffic accidents in Southeast Missouri. But by midmorning Tuesday, streets were clear. Snow showers were interrupted by sunshine throughout the day Tuesday, but didn't cause any trouble or accumulation...

Billie Agnes Eggimann, 90, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 1995, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Oct. 5, 1904, at Burfordville, daughter of George W. and Hester Ann Allen Holmes. She and Gus Eggimann were married Oct. 27, 1922. He died in July 1975...

John Adam Inman, 76, of the Missouri Veterans Home, died there Monday, Feb. 6, 1995. He was born March 6, 1918, in Cape Girardeau, son of John Adam and Alvina Bleckwendt Sr. Inman was a retired self-employed painter and had also farmed in the Egypt Mills area. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1939-46, and received the President's Citation for Bravery...

SIKESTON -- Lawrence Brewer, 71, Sikeston Route 2, died Monday, Feb. 6, 1995, in the emergency room at Missouri Delta Medical Center from injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born April 2, 1923, in Bloomfield, son of Homer and Maude Cooper Brewer. He and Mary Jones were married May 1, 1963, in Las Vegas, Nev...

Arthur "Max" Frederick, 97, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, Feb. 6, 1995, at the Lutheran Home. He was born Nov. 25, 1897, in Des Moines, Iowa, son of Otto and Ernestine Christine Thieneman Friedrich. He married Rose Thomas, who died Sept. 18, 1965. He later married Nellie Spencer, who also preceded him in death...

CHAFFEE -- Opal Atkins, 79, of Chaffee, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 1995, at Chaffee Nursing Home. Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Chaffee is in charge of arrangements.

PERRYVILLE -- Edna L. Mittendorf, 95, of Perryville, died Monday, Feb. 6, 1995, at Perry Oaks Healthcare Center. She was born June 20, 1899, in St. Louis, daughter of Daniel Y. and Suzie Gillis Bengel. She and William L. Mittendorf were married Nov. 16, 1918. He died Jan. 13, 1978...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Ina Adeline Oller of Chaffee will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church, with the Revs. Kenneth Roberts and Watis Harrell officiating. Burial will be in Union Park Cemetery. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee after 3:30 p.m. today...

GIDEON -- Arthur Vernon Gard, 80, of Gideon, died Monday, Feb. 6, 1995, at Gideon Care Center. He was born Oct. 31, 1914, in Craighead County, Ark., son of Arthur Francis and Idabelle Beights Gard. He and Gladys Steward were married Nov. 17, 1934. She died Dec. 16, 1990...

MOREHOUSE -- Thelma May Manning, 73, of Morehouse, died Monday, Feb. 6, 1995, at Sells Nursing Home. She was born April 21, 1921, in Gray Ridge, daughter of Ben J. and Blanch Stansberry Stroud. She and Albert Manning were married Jan. 3, 1943. He died Feb. 25, 1985...

ADVANCE -- Voters will send a message to the Advance Police Department to their town officials in the April 4 election. Sides are taking shape in a controversy about the police department writing too many tickets and how police are treating people they stop...

ADVANCE -- Police Chief Don Cecil said he wants to keep his town safe with preventative law enforcement. That includes local officers patrolling 60 to 100 miles a night and writing tickets they deem justified, Cecil said. Officers aren't just writing tickets, but also checking homes and businesses, he said, adding there hasn't been a burglary for some time...

Boyd Gaming Corp. vice president for development Brian Larson said the inquiry into Missouri House Speaker Bob Griffin's relationship with Boyd shouldn't have a bearing on whether the company receives a casino license from the Missouri Gaming Commission...

Of all the ways to find a place on the "Read a Missouri Author" poster, I'm sure mine is the cheapest. I was just informed by the Missouri Center for the Book in Jefferson City that I've been placed on this impressive poster. Some of the names that are included on the poster: T.S. Eliot, Robert A. Heinlein, Sara Teasdale, Laura Ingalls Wilder and several more literary luminaries...

I AM a born-and-raised Democrat, but I voted a Republican ticket this last time. It will be my last after hearing what U.S. Sen. John Ashcroft said about the $4.25-an-hour minimum wage. He said there was no sense in raising it. I'd like to see him live off $4.25 an hour and pay the bills that people have to pay. ...

A new definition of the Cape Girardeau County industrial neighborhood has resulted in some big changes in manufacturing labor statistics in Jackson and Cape Girardeau. Manufacturers' News Inc., headquartered at Evanston, Ill., which researches information and publishes the annual Missouri Manufacturers Register, shifted one of the county's top employers, Procter & Gamble Paper Products Inc. from the Cape Girardeau city totals to the Jackson totals...

McCombs Funeral Home Inc., a Jackson institution for almost 90 years, broke ground Tuesday for a second funeral home at 1425 Kurre Lane in Cape Girardeau. The company announced plans for a 14,000-square-foot facility, which will include a chapel and two visitation rooms that may be combined to seat more than 300 people...

The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will study the city council's proposal for a seven-year, half-cent sales tax for Cape Girardeans. "The board is behind improvements for infrastructure, and streets are included," said Jim Rust, chairman of the chamber board, Tuesday. "But, we want to take a look at the proposal before we make any recommendations."...

The Historic Preservation Association of Southeast Missouri State University will hold its annual banquet March 18 at the Port Cape Girardeau River City Yacht Club. The social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:30. The event is open to the public. The buffet dinner will cost $12 a person. Reservations are requested and can be made by contacting the Center for Regional History at (314) 651-2555 by March 3...

Daughter to Jim and Sherry Trout, Puxico Route 2, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:28 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 1995. Name, Taylor Mackenzie. Weight, 8 pounds 9 ounces. Second child, first daughter. Mrs. Trout is the former Sherry Hodge, daughter of Garey and Cheryl Faries of Puxico and Gary and Phyllis Hodge of Cape Girardeau. She is employed at Kneibert Clinic. Trout is employed by Missouri Highway and Transportation, and is the son of Bill and Jean Trout and Melba Bell, all of Puxico...

February is the month for lovers, mothers and children. Valentine's Day is the day most commemorated by the sending of flowers to show love, friendship and caring. The traditional Valentine's Day gift of candy may be losing popularity these days, considering the current emphasis on health and fitness. But flowers never go out of style...

"Perk Up Your Life" is the theme for the Feb. 13 luncheon sponsored by Cape Girardeau County Christian Women's Club. The luncheon and meeting will be held from noon to 2 p.m. at Holiday Inn. Cost is $7.50 per person. Complimentary day care is provided for children birth to 10 years...

Plummeting temperatures and single digit wind chills automatically turn thoughts to climbing energy bills. But even during a temperate winter that sports more spring-like days than blue-cold ones, energy conservation pays off both economically and ecologically...