Stories from Saturday, August 17, 1996

Dr. Robert Briner compared fingerprints found at a murder scene in Charleston to a set of known prints. Dr. Briner examined a handgun for fingerprints and will make a ballistics test to determine if the gun was the murder weapon in a recent homicide...

Approval of a proposed Missouri minimum wage bill could hurt the people the measure is meant to help, according to opponents. "It would cost jobs in the state, create a surge in welfare rolls, and hurt young and low-skilled workers," said Mark Rhoads of Save Our State's JOBS, a group established recently to counter the effort to pass the measure...

Twenty-six soldiers spent Friday building a bridge at Arena Park, an annual signal that the SEMO District Fair is about to start. The fair runs Sept. 8 to 13 at the Cape Girardeau park. Army National Guardsmen with the 1140th Engineering Battalion assemble the M2 Bailey bridge each year as a training exercise. The 80-foot span allows foot traffic across the creek during the fair...

JACKSON -- City officials have found a historical precedent for establishing a citywide curfew. But Mayor Paul Sander says residents won't be too thrilled if aldermen decide to follow that model. A 1908 curfew ordinance required residents 18 and younger to be off the streets by 9 p.m., unless they were working or at a school event...

It is official. Jo Ann Emerson has secured a spot on the November general election ballot for the 8th District congressional seat. Emerson needed 3,692 signatures of registered voters to get on the ballot as an independent candidate. Emerson collected more than 8,300 valid signatures, Secretary of State Bekki Cook said Friday...

Save Our State's JOBS and Missouri Restaurant Association representatives will be in Cape Girardeau Tuesday to discuss the federal and state minimum wage increases and their effects on Missouri Restaurants. Joe Brienza of S.O.S. and Carl Degen, executive vice president of the MRA will be guest speakers at the meeting, to be held following a 7 p.m. dinner at the Holiday Inn...

As the old adage goes, "Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and a complete social dud." Turning in at sundown and getting up with the cows, we are taught, is an integral part of clean and successful living. Plus, since cows are not allowed in coffee shops -- not reputable coffee shops at any rate -- they appreciate it when someone takes the time to smoke cigarettes and discuss politics with them over breakfast...

They were accompanied by Gerald Walton of Jackson and the Rev. Daniel Hale of Millersville. Cook is the son of Vincent and Martha Cook and a graduate of Kelly High School. Sisk is the son of Chuck and Rhonda Jones and will be a senior at Scott City High School. Both are members of First Baptist Church...

Southeast Missouri State University and Three Rivers Community College have formed a partnership to better serve higher education needs in the region. In a rather unusual move, all 120 employees of the Poplar Bluff community college -- from the president to custodians -- traveled to the Southeast campus this week. You have to admire their gumption...

Today marks the culmination of the 1996 Homecomers celebration in Jackson. Thousands of people throughout the region have "come home" to Jackson for five days of entertainment, food, carnival rides and conversation. On several evenings, Jackson has been bustling with elbow-to-elbow crowds. Attendance is expected to approach 10,000 by tonight's close...

To the editor: As a member of the Bollinger/Cape Girardeau Lake Committee, I've been asked why I support the formation of this proposed lake. My support revolves around three basic themes: quality of life, regional growth and recreational opportunities...

The children's art exhibit "Art Attack" will open Monday and continue through Friday at Gallery 100. The art was created during weekly summer workshops taught by Brenda Seyer, Elizabeth Thomas, Judy Barks-Westrich and Susan Gosche. Students were invited to exhibit their favorite works at the gallery as a culmination of their experience...

Two people died in separate accidents in Southeast Missouri Thursday night and Friday morning. Todd McBride, 24, of Dexter was killed in a fiery accident on Highway 60, five miles east of Dexter, at 11:30 p.m. Thursday. The Missouri Highway Patrol said McBride was westbound. As he changed lanes to pass a vehicle, his vehicle struck an eastbound truck head on. McBride's car caught fire...

Daughter to Joseph F. and Angela Kay Morris, 2945 S. Sprigg, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 1:05 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, 1996. Name, Margaret Mary. Weight, 8 pounds 4 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Morris is the former Angela Davidson, daughter of Omer and Brinda Luttrull of Jackson. She is dispatch clerk at Alliance Water Resources. Morris is the son of Joseph and Mary Morris of Crestwood. He is foreman at Southeast Missouri Stone Co...

Evelyn E. Boswell, 88, 2743 Caufield, died Friday, Aug. 16, 1996, at her home. She was born Feb. 4, 1908, at Mill Creek, Ill., daughter of George W. and Alice B. Davis Cauble. She and Thomas Edward "Buss" Boswell were married June 11, 1927, in Cape Girardeau. He died March 7, 1987...

MILLERSVILLE -- Robert "Bob" Jaco, 85, of Millersville died Friday, Aug. 16, 1996, at the Jackson Manor Nursing Home in Jackson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

ESSEX -- Funeral service for James Kenneth Vaughn of Essex will be held at 10 a.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter. The Rev. Ronnie Ledbetter will officiate, with burial in Essex Cemetery. Vaughn, 70, died Friday, Aug. 16, 1996, in Essex...

PATTON -- Funeral service for Florence M. Usery Mayfield of St. Louis was held Tuesday at Stygar and Sons Funeral Chapel in St. Louis. Burial was in National Cemetery. Announcement courtesy of McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson. Mayfield died Saturday, Aug. 10, 1996...

MOREHOUSE -- Pauline McIntire, 76, of Morehouse, formerly of Sikeston, died Thursday, Aug. 15, 1996, at her home. She was born Jan. 22, 1920, in Warm Springs, Ark., daughter of Thomas S. and Clara Wright Lynxwiler. She and Hudson T. McIntire were married Aug. 8, 1959. He died Feb. 17, 1983...

JACKSON -- Private graveside service for Cassandra Dawn Hughes will be held today at Russell Heights Cemetery, with the Rev. Lonny Mittag officiating. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson is in charge of arrangements. The infant was stillborn Thursday, Aug. 15, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...

PATTON -- Maggie Adeline Killian, 82, of Patton, died Thursday, Aug. 15, 1996, at Baptist Home for the Aged in Ironton. She was born June 4, 1914, at Sedgewickville, daughter of James Louis and Amanda Adeline Green Seabaugh. She and Jonas William Killian were married Dec. 12, 1936. He died June 26, 1996...

Nellie C. Hoffmeister, 85, 528 Koch, died Friday, Aug. 16, 1996, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. She was born June 15, 1911, at Campbell, daughter of John Elbert and Lauetina Taylor Ayers. She and William C. "Bill" Hoffmeister were married Nov. 6, 1938, in Cape Girardeau. He died Oct. 30, 1986...

Alvin Gabriel "Bud" Haas, 77, 2122 Sara, died Friday, Aug. 16, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born June 24, 1919, in Cape Girardeau, son of Alvin A. and Elma A. Vandeven Haas. He and Betty Bauer were married June 19, 1943, in St. Louis...

JACKSON -- The Rev. J. Ray Trotter, 75, of Jackson, died Friday, Aug. 16, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was a former pastor at Centenary United Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements...

Funeral service for Nelda Emilie Saupe of Cape Girardeau was held Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Steven A. MacDougall officiating. Burial was in Lorimier Cemetery. Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel was in charge of arrangements. Saupe, 94, died Tuesday, Aug. 13, 1996, at the Lutheran Home...

DONGOLA, Ill. -- Amy Eddleman, 96, of Dongola, died Friday, Aug. 16, 1996, at City Care Center in Anna. Crain Funeral Home in Dongola is in charge of arrangements.

BENTON -- Sylvester A. "Cotton" Felter, 82, died Friday, Aug. 16, 1996, at his home in Benton Arrangements are incomplete at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton.