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CARL A. KRAATZ
(Obituary ~ 05/14/95)
ULLIN, Ill. -- Carl A. Kraatz, 91, of Ullin, Ill., died Saturday, May 13, 1995, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Ill. He was born Sept. 6, 1903, in Ullin, the son of Rudolph and Tryphosia Worthington Kraatz. A lifelong resident of Pulaski County in Illinois, he was an auctioneer in Ullin for more than 55 years. He was a member of the Cache Chapel United Methodist Church at Ullin...
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JACKSON ALDERMEN OK ENGINEERS ROLE
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
JACKSON -- Jackson city officials have decided it's all right for City Engineer Rich Bowen to grant city approval on his own engineering and surveying firm's subdivision plans. Some area developers have complained Bowen shouldn't approve plans because he is a partner in Jackson's only engineering and surveying firm, Bowen & Lawson. They say Bowen holds up the approval process for other firms' subdivision plats so clients become frustrated and go to him...
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MISSOURI'S 2 SENATORS JOIN IN PROTECTING WILD HORSES
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
Missouri's two senators have joined to keep wild horses roaming throughout the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond has introduced and Sen. John Ashcroft has co-signed the Ozark Wild Horse Protection Act to prevent the National Park Service from removing some 30 free-roaming horses for relocation or slaughter, except in medical emergencies or natural disasters...
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CAPE COUNTY CLERK NAMED TO STATEWIDE RECORDS BOARD
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Rodney Miller, Cape Girardeau County clerk, has been selected to serve a three-year term on the Missouri Local Records Board. Secretary of State Rebecca M. Cook of Cape Girardeau announced the appointment Friday. The Local Records Board is a regulatory agency mandated by state law to establish record-keeping procedures statewide for all local governments. Members of the board include representatives from all areas of local government...
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THE `SPITTIN' IMAGE': CONTEST DRAWS 67 MOM, DAUGHTER LOOK-ALIKES
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
Carolyn Kegley and her daughter Kathy have always looked alike. People often do a double-take when they walk into a room together. The Kegleys, from Fredericktown, beat 66 other mother-daughter teams to win the Mother Daughter Look Alike Contest Saturday at West Park Mall...
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LONGTIME GORDONVILLE INSTRUCTOR TO RETIRE
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
Bessie Buck said the chance to teach has been the fulfillment of a childhood dream. When she retires later this month, the Gordonville School instructor will close out 24 years of that dream. Some of the things that have made her job enjoyable -- supportive parents, seeing students grow and learn, the annual graduation ceremony for third graders -- will be the things the third grade teacher will remember and miss the most during her retirement...
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POCAHONTAS CHURCH DATES TO WILDERNESS YEARS
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
Polly Gailus and Robert Hope read a Bible that was printed in 1898. Behind them are old photos of reverends who preached at Apple Creek Presbyterian Church. Some of the members of the Apple Creek Presbyterian Memorial Association stand outside the church near Pocahontas. The association works to preserve the history of the church, which was founded in 1821...
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PERRYVILLE WOMAN HONORED FOR NURSING
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
Rosie Danker of Perryville, a registered nurse in the diabetic rehabilitation nurse at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, has been named the 1995 Nurse of the Year at the hospital. Her selection, announced during a reception held last week, coincided with National Nurses Week and National Hospital Week...
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MARBLE HILL NATIVE AND MINISTER VISITS WITH MIDDLE EASTERN LEADERS
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas M. Jackson, formerly of Marble Hill, recently returned from the Holy Land where they visited after participating in the Fifth Qiunquennial World Fellowship conference in Athens Greece. The conference is sponsored by the United Pentecostal Church, which is based in Hazelwood...
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MISSOURI WATCH: AN ABUNDANCE OF IRONY
(Column ~ 05/14/95)
America has always had its share of irony, starting as early as the Revolution and extending, in full measure, to this very moment. A touch of it came across our television screens the other day as most of the Western world observed the fiftieth anniversary of V-E Day, the end of World War II in the European theater of operations. ...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: ANGRY ELECTORATE TURNS INDEPENDENT
(Column ~ 05/14/95)
We have heard all the talk about America's disenchantment with government and politicians. At first blush, it plays out politically for the anti-government Republicans, Newt Gingrich et al. Blush again. It plays out even more for Gen. Colin Powell as the Ross Perot-backed independent candidate for president...
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BALANCED BUDGET: MEDICARE IS JUST ONE KEY COMPONENT
(Editorial ~ 05/14/95)
Medicare has become the centerpiece of attention as congressional Republicans launch what is expected to be the bitterest battle of the new GOP majority: how to bring federal spending under control by the year 2002 as promised. As one of the most expensive programs provided by the federal government, Medicare provides health care for the elderly. ...
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MOTHER'S DAY
(Editorial ~ 05/14/95)
This is the special day reserved throughout the nation for honoring mothers. There is no way to say the things that need to be said about mothers without shortchanging the roles they play in the advancement of our species, but here is one small attempt:...
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CAROLINE'S CORNER: ONLY CHILD UNPREPARED FOR MOTHERING
(Column ~ 05/14/95)
Growing up as an only child does not prepare one for motherhood. My concept of the profession was that of sitting on the floor surrounded by small people and small books and reading the small books to the small people. After all, I had done that many times with Boulware's five nieces and nephews and thoroughly enjoyed it. I had no idea what happened when you were unable to return the children to their parents when the small ones became dirty, hungry or cantankerous...
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JESSIE RAY PENDERGRASS
(Obituary ~ 05/14/95)
BERTRAND -- Jessie Ray "Bud" Pendergrass, 70, died Friday, May 12, 1995, at his residence in Bertrand. He was born April 20, 1925, in Pocahontas, Ark., the son of Namon Lee and Essie Mae Helms Pendergrass. He married Myrtle Gertrude Casey March 6, 1943...
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CHASE OTTOLINI
(Obituary ~ 05/14/95)
MARBLE HILL -- Chase Ottolini, infant son of Michael Jason and Tracy Shirrell Ottolini, was stillborn Tuesday, May 9, 1995, at the Naval Hospital in Midway Park, N.C. He is survived by his parents, who serve in the military at Camp Lejeune; paternal grandparents, Dan and Tracy Mesey of Glenallen; and maternal grandmother, Louise Shirrell of Marble Hill...
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BILLY GENE HUNSAKER
(Obituary ~ 05/14/95)
CHAFFEE -- Billy Gene Hunsaker, 61, of rural Chaffee died Saturday, May 13, 1995, at his residence. He was born June 6, 1933, in Chaffee, the son of Betty Loretta Hindman Hunsaker Halter of Chaffee and the late Hurshel Homer Hunsaker. He married Carolyn Myers Dec. 31, 1981...
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FLORA RUTH GORE BROWNING
(Obituary ~ 05/14/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Flora Ruth Gore Browning, 88, of Anna, formerly of Alto Pass, died Friday, May 12, 1995, at her residence. She was born April 29, 1907, in Jonesboro, Ill., the daughter of James S. and Josephine Adelaide Kohler Gore. She married Anthony Graydon Browning March 24, 1927, in Calhoun, Ill...
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ROBERT H. CAPSHAW
(Obituary ~ 05/14/95)
CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for former Chaffee mayor Robert H. Capshaw will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Chaffee, with the Rev. Al Saunders officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee...
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IOLA FERN WITT
(Obituary ~ 05/14/95)
CHAFFEE -- Iola Fern Witt, 84, of Chaffee died Saturday, May 13, 1995, at her residence. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee.
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WILBERT HAUPT
(Obituary ~ 05/14/95)
Wilbert (Wib) Haupt, 70, of Jackson died May 12, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 14, 1924, at Millersville, the son of Pearl Haupt and Minnie Moore Haupt. He married Bertha Summers on Sept. 2, 1949. She survives. Also surviving are two daughters, Yvonne Friedrich and Barbara Chenoweth, both of Jackson; one brother, Hubert Haupt of Blue Springs; two sisters, Doris Adolph of Farmington and Bessie Gross of Ironton; and six grandchildren...
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CLYDE EUGENE MUNGLE
(Obituary ~ 05/14/95)
ORAN -- Funeral service for Clyde Eugene Mungle of Oran was Saturday afternoon at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran. The Rev. Don Russell officiated with burial in New Lorimier Cemetery at Cape Girardeau. Mungle, 73, died Wednesday, May 10, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau...
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KATHY GAIL FARROW
(Obituary ~ 05/14/95)
BLUE SPRINGS -- Kathy Gail Farrow, 29, a Cape Girardeau native, died Saturday, May 13, 1995, at the Santa Fe Trails Nursing Center in Lexington. She was born Sept. 4, 1965, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Charlotte Nanna Layman of Blue Springs and the late Donald G. Farrow...
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LEO EDWARD MCELRATH JR.
(Obituary ~ 05/14/95)
FREDERICKTOWN -- Leo Edward McElrath Jr., 71, died Saturday, May 13, 1995, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Fredericktown. He was born Oct. 23, 1923, in Flat River, the son of Edith Hardt and Leo E. McElrath Sr. He married Anna Marie Meyer March 24, 1946, in St. Louis...
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EDNA'S AMAZING GRACE INSPIRES
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
JACKSON -- Matthew Hopkins doesn't understand why a clock that is older than his 100-year-old grandmother, Edna, continues to tick and chime on schedule. Machines aren't supposed to do that. And people aren't supposed to be around long enough to call furniture handed down to them valuable antiques...
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RIVER STILL RISING, SET TO CREST TUESDAY
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
The Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau is expected to crest at 38 feet Tuesday evening, six feet above flood stage. The National Weather Service in St. Louis reported the river in Cape Girardeau at 35.8 feet Saturday morning, a rise of .86 feet from Friday...
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CAPE CITY BUDGET DOUBLES SINCE '91
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
Cape Girardeau's city budget has doubled over the past four fiscal years to nearly $47 million. Refinancing of bonds, capital improvement projects and the city's take over of the water system are key reasons for the increase, City Hall officials said...
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STUDY SHOWS CITY WILL HAVE SAFER, LESS COSTLY WATER SOURCE IN WELLS
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
Results of a two-part alluvial well study could mean Cape Girardeau will have a safer and less expensive water system soon. An Economic Development Administration flood-control grant of $960,000 can help pay part of the tab. Studies show water can be drawn from a sandy area or alluvium downstream from the Cape Rock water treatment plant...
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CITIZENS: PAVE GRAVEL STREETS
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
Paul Brown thought he had found the perfect spot to build a house. The rustic wooded lot right in the middle of Cape Girardeau offered both scenery and city services. But six years later, Brown can't even get cable television because his street, Jasmine, isn't paved. His neighbors on Flad and Magnolia and Dixie worry about getting stuck in the mud along their gravel streets. A block away, traffic buzzes by on Lexington Avenue...
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6 PERRYVILLE YOUTHS INJURED IN ACCIDENT
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
FRUITLAND -- Six Perryville youths were injured early Saturday morning in a two-vehicle accident on Highway 61 four miles north of Fruitland. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said one car carrying two teens had overturned on the roadway when the second car carrying four teens crashed into it...
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SPRING TURKEY TAKE IS CLOSE TO A RECORD
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
Jefferson City -- Even with unseasonably cold and wet weather, the 1995 spring turkey kill almost tied last year's take. Hunters took 37,472 bearded birds during the two week season, down only 446 from last year's record setting season of 37,918. Top three counties this year were Texas with 912 birds; followed by Franklin with 885; and Macon with 816. ...
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ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS: FLIPPING, PITCHING MAKE UP FOR BEING SECOND DOWN BANK
(Column ~ 05/14/95)
Getting beaten to a shallow fishing area doesn't especially trouble Brent Gentry if those first to arrive don't seem to know what he does. "I smile when a I see somebody ahead of me who's casting to the cover," said Gentry, a tournament bass angler and lure manufacturer. "When I see that they're casting, I know that they're not going to catch all the fish. They won't be able to reach most of them."...
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FISHING REPORT
(High School Sports ~ 05/14/95)
RIVERS: Black (upper): Muddy, 7 1/2' above normal; all fishing slow. Castor (upper): Murky, high; all fishing fair to slow. Current: Muddy, 3' above normal; all fishing slow. Jack's Fork: Dingy, 2' above normal; all fishing slow. Meramec (lower): Muddy, high; drum fair on worms, crappie fair on jigs and minnows in backwaters, white base fair on spinnerbait type lures in chartreuse colors...
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TWINS APPROACH 80TH YEAR WITH DIFFERENT LOOKS, OUTLOOKS
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
Gib Dreyer, left, and Erwin typically dressed alike until soon after this photo was taken following their church confirmation in 1929. Gib and Erwin Dreyer, top, posed at a young age with their cousins, the Hollomans, who also were twins. Almost 80 years ago, the Dreyer twins and five older brothers and an older sister were helping their parents with the southern Perry County farm near Frohna. ...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' ABOUT SOMETHING
(Column ~ 05/14/95)
I've been softly singing the title to this column for several days, accenting different words to make a different rhythm and possibly a different meaning, but it nearly always comes out like Dean Martin's "Everybody Needs Somebody Sometime." The only "need" in my title, although unstated, would seem to be for someone to listen. ...
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ALTENBURG LIONS GIVE $600 TO AID EYE FOUNDATION
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
ALTENBURG -- The Altenburg Lions recently donated $600 to the Missouri Lions Eye Research Foundation. For almost 20 years, the foundation has worked to improve eye care programs and research in Missouri. One of the foundation programs is an eye bank, which has allowed 5,500 individuals in Missouri to regain their eye in the last 11 years...
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GARDEN CLUB PLANTS TREES, HONORS PUPILS
(Local News ~ 05/14/95)
SCOTT CITY -- The Sunny Village Garden Club of Scott City held a memorial tree dedication service at the Scott City Park last week. Trees that were dedicated included a crimson king maple for Pete Meinz, a ginkgo tree for Clarence and Marie O'Neal, a purple leaf plum for Jean Brawley, a Cherokee sunset dogwood for Herman Hitt, and an American holly for Orville Fehr...
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