Stories from Sunday, March 19, 1995

CHARLESTON -- Lindsay Hurley, 79, of Charleston died Saturday, March 8, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 14, 1915, in the Lusk Chapel community of Scott County, son of Charles Elliot and Luella Thompson Hurley...

Beginning Monday, traffic on Broadway will be restricted to one westbound lane and one eastbound lane during construction on the Broadway and Kingsway bridges. The construction is part of the Cape LaCroix Creek/Walker Branch flood control project. Barricades on Monday will be placed on Broadway and on Kingshighway, limiting traffic to one southbound left-turn lane onto Broadway...

The Central High School band and Central Junior High eighth- and ninth-grade bands will present a concert Monday at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Each band will play three selections. The concert will be a warmup for the high school and freshman bands as they head into the district competition at Southeast Missouri State University next weekend...

Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents Monday, 1 p.m. University Center Ballroom Action items Increase residence hall fees for the 1995-96 school year. Increase school apartment fees. Adjust designated general fees. Adopt business building construction budget and schedule...

Spec. Theresa Meyer, center, of Uniontown worked last week with Spec. Robert Barney, left, of Columbus, Ohio, and Spec. Greg Simmons, right, of Joplin surveying part of the 32-mile road project the National Guard has planned in Panama. Guard troops from Missouri make up much of the Panamanian unit called Task Force Mule...

Joe Don Randol works as a security guard when not perched high in trees, trimming branches with a chain saw. (Photo by Jim Obert) "Every tree has its own personality, and not any two trees are alike," said Joe Don Randol, who has intimate knowledge of trees -- he spends a lot of time in them, trimming branches...

Roni Hayden, foreground, and Erin Prince practice pointe ballet at the barre. While many of their peers play softball, watch television and hang-out with friends, four Jackson girls spend much of their time learning an advanced form of dance. More specifically, the girls are students of pointe ballet, the genre's most advanced level. ...

Cape Girardeau County's only gun club devoted entirely to shotgun sports has formed a trap and skeet league open to members and non-members. The Cape Girardeau County Gun Club kicked off its league March 11 with one of two planned qualifying rounds. The final qualifying event is set for 1:30 p.m. March 26 at the gun club's trap and skeet range three miles west of Jackson on Highway 72. Those interested in taking part in the league need only qualify one time...

A sewing machine in Elsie Eggimann's workshop is used to fashion material into angel clothes. (Photo by Jim Obert) Angels made of cloth napkins, hand towels and tapestry grace a wall in the home of Elsie Eggimann of Gordonville. She also uses "pillow cases from Grandma" to dress her angels in appropriate attire. (Photo by Jim Obert)...

When the Impact America Crusade opens tonight, it will be the result of the cooperative effort of about 50 area churches. The work of these churches should help draw some sizable crowds to the public meetings, which are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. nightly Sunday through Sunday, March 19-26 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau...

The past two or three weeks have been -- what shall I say? -- different. For one thing I was ill enough with a touch of pneumonia to stay home from work at the same time many things were happening at the office. The upshot is that the paper came out without me (a minor blow to the ego) and I learned that it is better in the long run to take care of your health rather than let the sniffles get out of control...

Not long ago a Missouri member of Congress, discussing the current state of American politics, cynically observed that as long as the importance of money was the principal component of getting elected to office, he felt safe in his incumbency. "Let's face it," he said as he embellished his thesis, "I can out-raise any candidate out there, qualified or not, and if I can out-spend him, I will outlast him."...

The polls tell us that the most popular provisions of Speaker Newt Gingrich's Contract With America are two constitutional amendments: one to balance the budget, the other to impose term limits on members of Congress. The former failed by one vote in the Senate, the latter is floundering in the House...

Nearly 70 years ago, a plain-speaking evangelist arrived in Cape Girardeau by train. Billy Sunday preached to an estimated 250,000 people over a five-week period. His preaching was credited with giving Cape Girardeau a spiritual rebirth, as church memberships grew by more than 1,100 members...

Cape Girardeau Central High School may be changing its commencement practice again -- this time for the better. A high school committee will recommend to the school board that students complete all graduation requirements to be eligible to participate in the commencement ceremony. This would be a return to a long-standing practice at the high school...

Daughter to David and Crystal Frye of Beltsville, Md., Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md., 7:11 p.m. Thursday, March 9, 1995. Name, Claretta Franchell. Weight, 7 pounds 7 ounces. First child. Mrs. Frye is the former Crystal Clement, daughter of Ray and Claretta Clement of Maryland. Frye is a medical lab technician with the U.S. Army, stationed at Fort Myer, Va. He is the son of Ralph and Marty Frye, 1204 Fairlane...

EAST PRAIRIE -- James Leonard Moore, 80, of East Prairie, died at 9:45 a.m. Friday, March 17, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 12, 1914, in Vashon Island, Wash., the son of the late James and Zoma Savley Moore. He lived in East Prairie for the past four years after moving from Michigan. He was a retired postal worker and a veteran of World War II, having served in the Navy...

ORAN -- Clara Catherine Hurst, 88, of Oran died at 6:40 a.m. Saturday, March 18, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. She was born April 30, 1906, in Biehle, daughter of Ira and Mary Krutz Hildebrand. She married Joseph R. Hurst Nov. 11, 1929. He died Sept. 7, 1963...

ADVANCE -- James Franklin Miller, 86, of Elkhorn, Wis., died at Loyola Hospital in Maywood, Ill., Saturday, March 18, 1995. He was born near Advance Dec. 10, 1908, son of Jacob and Effie Horton Miller. He married Freda Lockhart Sept. 12, 1934 at Elkhorn...

Jason Kyle Scholl, 19, of Frohna, died Friday, March 17, 1995 in a vehicle accident in Cape Girardeau County. He was born April 21, 1975, in Perryville, son of Richard A. and Kimberly Engert Scholl of Frohna. He was a 1993 graduate of Perryville High School and worked as a laborer for East Perry Lumber Co...

"Memory ... is the diary that we all carry about with us," playwright Oscar Wilde said. Certain odors cause my diary of memories to open, and my nose, my consciousness and I travel back in time. Syrup Pepsin: the most unpleasant smell in my memory bank is Dr. ...

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. -- Nicki Lynn Garrett, 4, of Russellville, Ark, died Thursday, March 16, 1995, at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Ark. Survivors are her parents, Arthur L. "Rusty" Garrett Jr. and Linda Beck Garrett of Russellville; a sister, Holly Garrett of Russellville; paternal grandparents, Arthur Garrett Sr. ...

CANALOU -- Cletus Ray Brothers, 62, of Canalou, died Friday, March 17, 1995, at the Veterans Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. He was born Aug. 28, 1932, in Charleston, son of Joseph R. and Ethel McKinzie Brothers. He and Ruby White Terry were married Nov. 16, 1961, in Canalou...

Marjorie F. Kester, 67, of Jackson died Friday, March 17, 1995, at the home of her daughter in Columbia. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home of Jackson.

BLOOMFIELD -- Prentice E. Pry, 87, died Saturday, March 18, 1995, at his home in Bloomfield. He was born May 30, 1907, in the Oak Ridge community north of Bloomfield, the son of William and Janie E. Scharder Pry. He and and Ella Abernathy were married on May 16, 1931...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Luleene Hubbard, 85, of Freeburg, Ill., died at 12:30 a.m. Saturday, March 18, 1985, at Monroe County Nursing Center in Waterloo, Ill. She was born July 24, 1909, in Canalou, daughter of Jim and Lillian Pope Pruitt. While living in Freeburg she attended the Faith Baptist Church. She was a member of the Farm Bureau of Waterloo and the First Church of God in East Prairie...

With a look of pride, Emil "Jim" Meyer pointed to the 157-year-old logs inside the dilapidated structure he once called home. "It took a lot of hard work to put this place up," said Meyer, 81. "You can see how the structure was built with hewed logs. And that, over there, was the fireplace," he said, pointing to an area along the wall...

The law allowing Missourians to register to vote at state agencies is causing much more work for county clerks, who say they spend too much time tracking down potential voters in vain. Since the motor voter law went into effect Jan. 1, Missourians have been able to register to vote at license offices or other state agencies instead of the county clerk's office...

Missouri Secretary of State Bekki Cook said the motor voter law is a success, despite the initial apprehension of county election officials. The law, which took effect Jan. 1, allows voter registration at state agencies. "I have been pleased," said Cook~, who met with the county clerks days before the law took effect...

When Rush Limbaugh issued an edict last week, his followers obeyed. The conservative talk radio king asked his audience to call news agencies and tell them to "stop lying" about the Republican plan to revise the National School Lunch Program. The Southeast Missourian's editorial staff received several calls...

Spring planting is just around the corner. Early-spring weather has given farmers a jump on planting preparations in Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. With sunshine and warm temperatures, a number of farmers have been in the fields the past week, said directors of Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service offices...

JUST A comment on the school board meeting. I would like to thank John Campbell his conduct at the meeting. He seemed to in charge. YOU KNOW you're having a bad day when you call the emergency room and they put you on hold. THESE ATTORNEYS for O.J. Simpson make me sick to my stomach. ...

You can see why tradition-minded Christians might have been offended by "Jesus Christ Superstar" when it first appeared. All that rebellious rock 'n' roll, all that gyrating, and Mary Magdalene caressing Jesus' face. "I Don't Know How to Love Him" indeed...

Two extremes on opposite ends of bad fishing judgment are casting crappie jibs on 20-pound line or flipping a bass bait into heavy cover with 4-pound line. In each case, it's a little like wearing a blue striped tie with a green plaid shirt: The elements just don't go together...

Tom Taylor, left, discussed plans with Governor Mel Carnahan on a Friday afternoon about next weeks travel plans. A .44 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver that Governor Crittenden kept in his desk draw for protection from the James Gang. JEFFERSON CITY -- Tom Taylor points to a display case in the state museum on the first floor of the state Capitol. ...

The equinoctial rainstorm came early this year and in the night. I was thunder-awakened and stirred sleepily, trying to remember if I'd left anything on the porch to get wet. Was there a cushion left in the swing? Was the lid to the 10-gallon bucket of sunflower seeds on tightly? Imagine 10 gallons of sunflower seeds sprouting...

JACKSON -- Farmers from the Chaffee and Millersville areas received top awards last week from the Cape Girardeau Soil and Water Conservation District. David Herbst, manager of Tierney Farms Inc. near Chaffee, was named the Conservation Water Manager of 1995, a new award for the conservation district...

Southeast Missouri State University senior Sherilyn Buck will know what condition the movers and shakers who work the White House are in when she begins a 12-week internship as a personal-fitness instructor on Pennsylvania Avenue. "Everybody keeps asking me if I'm going to be working with Bill Clinton," said Buck, a health-care-management student. "Maybe I'll meet him, but I don't think it will be much more than that; I'm sure he has his own private instructor."...