Stories from Thursday, December 21, 1995

To the editor: Voters have a surefire cure for the Bosnian pox. This home remedy stops all presidential wars and bogus peace missions which misuse and abuse our war fighters and us. This disease is constitutional. It is caused by the excessive military power of the executive office itself, not who is president. If it would, Congress could propose an amendment to restrict this power. If Congress does, the people of the states would have the final arguments and word: yes or no...

All that is left to do on the North Sprigg Street extension is to put down the actual road. However, it will be a while before conditions make that possible. "It's hard to say when we will be able to get started," said Mark Lester, a civil engineer with the city of Cape Girardeau. ...

Two historic-preservation students at Southeast Missouri State University will live and work in historic Ste. Genevieve this summer thanks to a $4,000 grant. Les Amis (the friends) a new not-for-profit support group for Ste. Genevieve, got the grant from the Allen P. and Josephine B. Green Family Foundation to establish two summer internships...

Chocolate Cornflakes, Smokin' Rats, Cringing Chickens and Van Gogh's Ear might not sound like ingredients for a good Christmas party but they are. They are among the bands that will play Saturday night at Papa Bear's in downtown Cape Girardeau at the Cape Musicians' Christmas Hoot...

Proud Heart, the house band at the Country Music Hall, played as people stepped onto the floor to dance. The hall is open Friday and Saturday nights from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. The band starts at 7 p.m. Foot stomping, toe tapping, knee bouncing entertainment can be found outside the city limits of Cape Girardeau...

I belong to a privileged class of Americans. I am an incumbent officeholder. Last year, we in the Missouri General Assembly debated and passed, over my strenuous opposition, Senate Bill 650, which, in the Orwellian manner of Big Governments everywhere, is misleadingly called a "campaign finance reform bill."...

There will be 10 proposed changes in Cape Girardeau's city charter when voters go to the polls next April 2. Nine of the changes were recommended by a review committee whose work was completed several months ago. In the meantime, two of the committee's suggested changes have been removed from consideration, and another was added by the city council...

To the editor: Our first annual Toy Box campaign at Clippard Elementary was a big success. Clippard families opened their hearts, and our Student Council project collected 72 hats, 126 pairs of gloves and 336 toys for a grand total of 534 items. Thank you for supporting our school with the great article (on the front page!) and excellent picture in the Dec. ...

ADVANCE -- Raising money for a new school multipurpose room has been a luminous experience for Dennis Lorch, president of the Advance Public Schools Foundation. From his office window, Lorch can see the 220 lights that thus far illuminate a "foundation tree" on the grounds of the Advance public schools. Each of the 250 lights on the tree, which resembles a Christmas tree, represents a $1,000 donation to the foundation...

"T-Day" has arrived. Cape Girardeau Jaycees Santas and elves will hit the road tonight to deliver toys to underprivileged children throughout Cape Girardeau, culminating the annual Toy Box drive sponsored by the Jaycees and the Southeast Missourian...

Dec. 21, 1995 Dear friends, Some of you are old enough to remember a television series called "That Was the Week that Was." It presented the news of the week in review, but in a wacky, irreverent way. This letter is like that show, except for the wacky and irreverent part and that bit about the week...

BLOOMFIELD -- Cecil Thorn, 86, of Bloomfield died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1995, at Sikeston. He was born Jan. 18, 1909, at Bloomfield, son of U.G. and Mary Whitehead Thorn. On Feb. 12, 1938, he married Agnes Boscherd, who preceded him in death Aug. 19, 1975. On Feb. 19, 1977, he married Carmaleen Walker, who survives...

PERRYVILLE -- Herbert Joseph Knott, 81, of Perryville died Thursday, Dec. 14, 1995, at his home. He was born Dec. 19, 1913, at Belgique to Joseph Henry and Stella Griffith Knott. He was married to Alice K. Kaempfe, who preceded him in death July 17, 1982...

John Stone, 57, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1995, at his home. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

BLOOMFIELD -- Ivan Clifton Cooper, 77, of Bloomfield, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1995, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born Jan. 26, 1918, at Aid, son of Aid and Lula Chiles Cooper. He first married Norma Lee Cates, who died Aug. 10, 1981. He and Mable R. West were married March 9, 1987...

CHARLESTON -- Victor Adam Steinman, 84, of Charleston died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 5, 1911, at Argyle, son of Henry and Margaret Wieberg Steinman. He and Margaret Gertrude "Maggie" Chambers were married Oct. 16, 1945. She died May 27, 1986...

DEXTER -- Rex Wellman, 69, of Dexter, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1995, at his home. He was born Feb. 4, 1926, in Essex, son of Guy and Flossie Frailey Wellman. He and Vera Bess were married Aug. 29, 1947. Wellman lived at Dexter the past 25 years. He owned and operated an upholstery shop several years before retiring. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, and Eagles...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Virginia Sue Swann of Bloomfield will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Hooe Baptist Church near Oran. The Revs. Billy McBunch and Jerry Reese will officiate, with burial in Forest Hills Memorial Garden near Morley. Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran after 4 p.m. today...

PERRYVILLE -- Lucille Blechle Buchheit, 86, of Perryville, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 1995, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 20, 1909, in Perry County, daughter of William and Rose Tucker French. She first married Henry Bernard Blechle Nov. 27, 1933. He died Sept. 18, 1959. She and Joseph Buchheit were married in 1963. He died in 1976...

BENTON -- Funeral service for O.V. Fulbright of Houston, Texas, was held Monday at Brookside Funeral Home in Houston, with the Rev. Tommy Jax officiating. Burial was in Brookside Memorial Park. Fulbright, 75, died Friday, Dec. 15, 1995, at his home...

ADVANCE -- Funeral service for E. Elza Stephens of Advance will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Morgan Funeral Chapel. The Revs. Joe Allen and Carmen Wilton will officiate, with burial in New Hope McGee Cemetery near McGee. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. today...

Son to Daniel Marvin and Regina Marie Frazier, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 6:40 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, 1995. Name, Geoffery Daniel. Weight, 7 pounds 8 ounces. First child. Mrs. Frazier is the former Regina Tucker, daughter of Lawrence and Regina Tucker of Phoenix, Ariz. Frazier is a manager with Subway Corp. He is the son of Devola Frazier of Essex and Larry Frazier of Dexter...