Stories from Friday, May 5, 1995

On the final note of Tuesday night's performance of "Carmina Burana," the near-capacity audience in Academic Auditorium at Southeast Missouri State University rose as one to thank the 225 singers and instrumentalists and conductor Dr. John Egbert for such soul-stirring music...

Since 1798, the U.S. government has had a hand in public health. That was the year the federal government established a health service for merchant marines, who generally suffered from poor nutrition because of their diet while at sea for long periods of time...

The Otahki Girl Scout Council installed new officers and members at its recent annual meeting. The council, a member of the largest volunteer all-girl organization, serves more than 2,400 girls in 11 area counties. Those installed were: Carolyn Goodin, president; Rick Etherington and Joyce Miller, vice presidents; Grace Hoover, secretary; Tom Martin, treasurer; and Brenda Colon, Henry Holyfield, Sharon Stinson, Jane Harte, Jean Bollinger, Linda Dillman, Susan Hase, Sally Elrod, Robert King, Glendella May and SueAnn Strom, members-at-large.. ...

Ten Southeast Missouri State University students and a professor of human environmental studies will spend two weeks in England this summer studying early childhood education in the Harrogate area. Dr. Cathy Mogharreban, Southeast, an assistant professor, will lead the group in the Harrogate Educational Partnership Program from May 15 to 29...

When architects, engineers and city inspectors put their seal of approval on a project and there is a mistake, who is ultimately responsible? That question surfaced during the Chamber of Commerce building task force meeting Thursday afternoon. Architects and engineers who attended the first public building task force meeting said they believe they have a professional obligation to make sure that the plans they have drawn up are carried out in the field...

Competition is warming up in the battle for shares of managed health care in Southeast Missouri, and two providers in the area are happy with the way things are going. Humana Health Plan Inc., one of the nation's largest managed care insurers, recently opened an office at 2137 William in Cape Girardeau and has attracted one of the county's larger employers...

Recently some friends invited you over for hamburgers cooked on an outdoor grill. This may not sound like a big deal, but for the past nine months you have been living in an apartment that has no space for an outdoor grill. There is an indoor grill, a very fancy built-in one. It works too, but in spite of your best efforts it makes a lot of smoke. And, unlike the outdoor grill you are used to, the indoor grill, being a rather prominent feature in the kitchen, has to be thoroughly cleaned...

A mailing address has been established for people to send cards and letters to victims of the recent bombing in Oklahoma City. People can send messages to: City of Oklahoma City; Rick Moore, Assistant to the Mayor; 200 N. Walker; Suite 302; Oklahoma City, Okla. 73102...

Two residents were on hand to influence city officials Thursday night on funding sources Cape Girardeau might use to finance future street projects and improvements. A city councilman, the city manager and a city planner discussed ideas with Louis Haynes and Bob Price about the best means for funding street projects proposed by the Vision 2000 committee...

More children die each year from unintentional injuries than all childhood diseases combined. The Cape Girardeau Area Safe Kids Coalition is out to change that. As part of the group's community education efforts, it will hold a Bike Smart program Saturday in the Southeast Missouri Hospital parking garage from 8 to noon, children and their caregivers can enjoy face-painting, clowns and games while learning bicycle safety...

Available to the highest bidder: Former police cars with high mileage, snow plows, golf carts, more than 100 bicycles, an electric guitar and assorted rings, watches, earrings, bracelets and necklaces. The city will sell these and other items, ranging from aging city equipment to unclaimed property, at an auction Saturday at the 4-H shelter at Arena Park. The items will be open to public viewing at 8 a.m.. The auction begins at 10 a.m...

ADVANCE -- Gerald Lee VanGennip, 54, of Advance, died Tuesday, May 2, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born April 5, 1941, son of Robert J. and Mildred E. Null VanGennip. He and Phillis Ann Capps were married Aug. 18, 1973...

CHARLESTON -- Tillie McPheeters, 95, of Charleston, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born June 14, 1899, in Warrenton, daughter of Fred and Emma Louise Fahrmeyer Witt. She and L.B. McPheeters were married Feb. 27, 1932. He died Oct. 17, 1977...

OLMSTED, Ill. -- Alberta "Begey" Woods, 69, of Olmsted, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born March 31, 1926, in Louisville, Ky., daughter of Charles and Mary Woods Lane. She married Charles Woods Jr...

Weldon H. "Slim" Politte, 68, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, at Heartland Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was born March 16, 1927, in Elvins, son of Albert Ross and Viola Mae Black Politte. He and Ima Jean Horton were married Oct. 18, 1947, in Elvins. She died Feb. 19, 1982...

Firooz Hekmat, 45, 2138 Kenneth, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, in Bernard Mitchell Hospital at the University of Chicago. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial service for Ivan L. Boren, 1513 Jessica, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mark Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Neal Zeilinger officiating. There is no visitation. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Boren, 70, died Tuesday, May 2, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Kenneth Wayne Thurman, 63, of Cairo, died Tuesday, May 2, 1995, at Marion VA Medical Center in Marion. He was born Dec. 26, 1931, in Anniston, Mo., son of Pryor and Maude Cawthorne Thurman. Thurman had lived in Cairo 15 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force...

PERRYVILLE -- Hubert F. French, 92, of Perryville, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, at Perry County Nursing Home. He was born Jan. 10, 1903, in Perry County, son of Joseph Emmanuel and Mary Buff Ponnier French. He and Inez Whistler were married Sept. 6, 1924...

EAST PRAIRIE -- William Joseph Rolwing was stillborn Friday, April 28, 1995, at St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis. Survivors include his parents, Phillip Bernard and Candy Ann Banks Rolwing of East Prairie; maternal grandparents, Cecil and Goldie Banks of East Prairie, and paternal grandparents, Cornelius and Dorothy Rolwing of Charleston...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Emily Lee Wallace, 65, of Chester, formerly of Olive Branch, died Tuesday, May 2, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born April 20, 1930. She married William Harold Wallace, who died Jan. 4, 1986...

COBDEN, Ill. -- Claude E. "Dobbin" Braggs, 86, of Cobden, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 5, 1908, in Union County, son of Tice and Nila Mae Caraker Braggs. He and Nellie J. King were married Nov. 10, 1929, in Alto Pass. She died July 7, 1989...

ANNA, Ill. -- Georgia Mae Martin, 75, of Anna, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, at Union County Hospital. She was born Aug. 11, 1919, in Olmsted, daughter of James and Bessie Wright Odle. She and Joel Harrison Martin were married Dec. 8, 1935, in Pulaski. He died May 3, 1973...

CHAFFEE -- Philip Benjamin Buchheit, 77, of rural Chaffee, died Thursday, May 4, 1995, at the home of a daughter. He was born Jan. 18, 1918, in Longtown, the son of Joseph William and Anna Theresa Schott Buchheit. He was married to Dorothy Marie Monkiewicz April 7, 1945, in Baltimore...

MARBLE HILL -- Delma Fern Phelps, 89, of Marble Hill, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, at Bond Nursing Care Center. She was born Oct. 5, 1905, at Gravel Hill, daughter of Aaron and Teletha Crader Helderman. She and Norman Phelps were married Aug. 12, 1930, at Van Buren...

Funeral service for Firooz Hekmat, 2138 Kenneth, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Rev. Charles Dreyer will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today. Hekmat, 45, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, in Bernard Mitchell Hospital at the University of Chicago...

Margaret Hafstad, 82, of Rockdale, Wis., died Tuesday, May 2, 1995, at her home. She was born May 14, 1912, in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Jeptha and Stella Shanks Riggs. She and George E. Hafstad were married Oct. 26, 1940. He died in 1988. Hafstad graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 1933, and received a master's degree in geography from the University of Chicago in 1935...

PUXICO -- Zelma Clarice Koppman, 73, of Puxico, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, at Vencor Hospital in St. Louis. She was born Nov. 11, 1921, in Puxico, daughter of Charles N. and Sarah L. Madden Hancock. She and Edward Koppman were married June 20, 1957, in St. Louis...

BLOOMFIELD -- Ethel Hollis, 87, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, at Vintage Villa Nursing Center in Dexter. She was born Aug. 4, 1907, at Gravel Hill, daughter of Nelson and Martha Bradshaw Moore. She and Leslie Hollis were married Aug. 4, 1926. He died Dec. 6, 1988...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Carnell Kindred of Sikeston will be held at 1 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Larry Arnold will officiate, with burial in Silent Hill Cemetery. Kindred, 81, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

JACKSON -- Charles Fatchett, 75, of Jackson died at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau Thursday, May 4, 1995. Arrangements were incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

Funeral service for Mildred Barnes of Bowdon, Ga., will be held at 2 p.m. today at Almon Funeral Home in Carrollton, Ga. The Revs. John Riley and Pat Heuer will officiate, with burial in Carroll Memory Gardens. Barnes, 85, died Wednesday, May 3, 1995, at Tanner Medical Center...