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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/13/98)
Dear Editor, Citizen oversight of local government is the cornerstone of democracy in the United States. We use it for our cities, counties, water districts, libraries and many other public entities. It's appropriate, then, that we entrust the governance of our schools to citizens elected by their communities. Today, nearly 3,700 people volunteer their time in order to provide direction and oversight to Missouri's public schools...
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DEAR GRANDPA
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
Dear Grandpa, Everywhere I turn I am covered with rules to follow. I get rules from my mother and father about hours I must be home, study time, TV watching times allowed. My school puts out directives about dress and behavior. In my drivers ed course there are rules about driving I am supposed to know and pay attention to. ...
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TRINITY LUTHERAN TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim will hold a Christmas open house on Saturday, Dec. 19, from 6 to 9 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. The century-old church is decorated for the holidays and will feature a live nativity scene, carol singing and free refreshments...
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LOCAL UPDATE: FIRST PRESBYTERIAN TO HOLD CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
The children of First Presbyterian Church in Jackson will present the Christmas musical "The Grumpy Shepherd" at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19. Toddlers through children in sixth grade will be a part of the program. A light dinner will precede the program at 5 p.m. and an offering will be taken for victims of Hurricane Mitch. For more information, contact Nancy Gillard, director, at (573) 243-6568...
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LOCAL UPDATE: STORY TIME AT RIVERSIDE REGIONAL LIBRARY
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
Help us have a merry Christmas at Riverside Regional Library. Join us for Story Time on Tuesday, December 22, at 9:30 a.m., 204 S. Union in Jackson, for "The Night Before Christmas," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "The Polar Express." There also will be crafts, treats and holiday fun. For further information, visit the library or call (573) 243-8141...
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JACKSON BANDS TO HOLD CHRISTMAS CONCERT
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
Everyone is invited to attend the annual Jackson Bands Christmas Concert Dec. 15. This year the bands featured will be the Jackson High School "Chiefs Band," the Jackson High School Symphonic Band and the Jackson Municipal Band. The bands are directed by Pat Schwent, Scott Vangilder, Tom Broussard and Nick Leist...
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GET INTO THE HOLDIAY SPIRIT! TRY YOUR LUCK AT OUR YULETIDE QUIZ
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
1. What is the most popular main course for America's Christmas dinner? 2. How many of Santa's reindeer have names starting with "D?" 3. On Christmas night of 1776, General George Washington gave enemy forces a Christmas gift by taking them by surprise at Trenton. What river did he cross to do so?...
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CAPE PARKS & RECREATION TO HAVE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL LEAGUE
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
The Cape Girardeau Parks & Recreation Department will be sponsoring its 1999 Women's Basketball League which will begin January 6. Weekly games in the league will help provide fitness, fun and some good competition. One game is to be scheduled each week for a total of 10 regular season games...
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NEW GOVERNMENT INTERNET SERVICE AFFECTS MILLIONS OF YOUNG MEN
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
On Dec. 2, a "switch" was thrown, giving millions of young men an easier way to fulfill a civic and legal responsibility. As of that moment, 18 through 25-year-old male U.S. citizens everywhere (as well as male non-citizens residing in the U.S.) were able to register with the Selective Service System using the Internet...
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EMAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING HELD NOV. 16
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
East Missouri Action Agency (EMAA) is a non-profit community action agency, recognized under Missouri law to provide a variety of services addressing the needs of low-income citizens living in the eight counties it serves. Those counties are Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Madison, Perry, St. ...
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OLIVER HOUSE OPEN FOR CHRISTMAS TOURS
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
The Oliver House at 224 East Adams in Jackson will be open for tours this afternoon from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Cathi Stoverink and Judy Niederkorn will display a collection of music boxes. Jack Smoot and area dulcimer musicians will be featured next weekend, Dec. 20, at which time refreshments will be served...
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VNA NAMES PRIVATE DUTY DIRECTOR
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
VNA of Southeast Missouri has named Jaynee Browning, RN, their new Private Duty Director. She has served as the Patient Care Coordinator of the Sikeston Branch office for the past two years and now has accepted responsibility for all of southeast Missouri's private duty nursing. She coordinates the needs of patients requiring services for four to 24 hours a day and the staff who will serve them...
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CAPE CHAMBER GIVES 'THREE-MINUTE SURVEY'
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
Availability of competent workers, business retention and expansion of local companies, combating crime, downtown vitality, economic development/recruiting and education are among the items on the list of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's "Three-Minute Survey," which has been sent to the organization's more than 1,200 members...
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MISSOURI WATCH: DOES MISSOURI REALLY BELIEVE KIDS COUNT?
(Column ~ 12/13/98)
If you listen long enough to the speeches of public officials, the campaign promises of candidates for state and federal offices and anyone attempting to enlist you to join their cause, the subject will eventually get around to the urgency of paying closer attention to the needs of our children. ...
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ASHCROFT MUST DECIDE WHICH RUN TO MAKE
(Editorial ~ 12/13/98)
Missouri U.S. Sen. John Ashcroft made an interesting announcement recently. He said he will announce Jan. 5 his decision whether to run for president, for re-election to the Senate or simultaneously run for both. Ashcroft has taken major steps to raise his national profile over the last year. ...
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ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
(Editorial ~ 12/13/98)
GOP congressional leaders met recently to discuss their 1999 agenda. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott and House Speaker-designate Bob Livingston say they will focus on buttressing Social Security, cutting taxes and improving schools. Fine and dandy...
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LETTERS: HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ISN'T LISTENING
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/13/98)
To the editor: How unbelievable is the Missouri Department of Transportation? On Nov. 10 the 15-year road plan was supposedly scrapped because of mismanagement and lack of funds. Since that date, MoDOT is still spending money on the proposed four-lane divided highway south of the existing Highway 74 from I-55 to Blomeyer. ...
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LETTERS: 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE JESUS CAME
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/13/98)
To the editor: 'Twas the night before Jesus came, and all through the house Not a creature was praying, not one in the house. Their bills were lain on the shelf without care In hopes that Jesus would not come there. The children were dressing to crawl into bed,...
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E. CAPE GIRARDEAU HOLIDAY DECORATIONS CONTEST WINNERS
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Mr. and Mrs. Don Hileman, of David Drive, were winners of the first annual East Cape Girardeau, Ill. Christmas Decorating contest. Finishing second and third in the contest were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Porter, of Eastwood Drive, and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Brown, also of Eastwood Drive...
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A LOOK BACK AT JACKSON
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
25 years ago: 1973 By vote of two to one, County Court decided Thursday not to accept offer of Jackson Industrial Development Board to trade site of present county jail for six-acre tract in north Jackson that board offered as location for proposed County Law Enforcement Complex; instead, court took under consideration board's offer that it would give county the six acres abutting Route D and Highway 61 North under agreement that complex would be built on site...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: SHOULD LINCOLN HAVE POLLED BEFORE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION?
(Column ~ 12/13/98)
The problem of the quisling Republicans and the nervous-Nellie jelly-bellies fascinates on many levels. What is heartening, though, is how few of these there are. A favorite magazine was a special delight with the following excerpt from a Tucker Carlson piece ("The Myth of GOP Defectors") in the Dec. 14 Weekly Standard:...
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THE READING ROOM
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
SIKESTON -- When Homer Jackson began seriously studying African-American culture 10 years ago, his collection of books grew quickly. "They were in the garage, under the bed, everywhere," says his wife, Dianne. Today, an estimated 4,000 books are housed in a building the Jacksons call The Reading Room, a library and research center they established so children can learn about African-American culture...
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MORE CELL PHONE TOWERS?
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
The explosion in the use of cellular phones has led to an increased need for communications towers throughout the Cape Girardeau area in order to handle increased demand on the system. However, some residents are concerned about towers being built in residential neighborhoods...
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PIE CONTEST PUSHED BACK ONE WEEK
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
Didn't receive a call for the Pie in the Sky Bake-off? Don't be disappointed. No one did. The last-minute rush of entries and a judge with sick family members has pushed back the contest one week. More than 125 pie recipes were received in all, making it one of the Southeast Missourian's most successful cooking contests...
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MARK MY WORD: CALL THE POWER PLANT: IT'S TIME TO WIRE UP THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
(Column ~ 12/13/98)
More power. For many guys, it's a typical lament this time of year. Of course, we need more power to light up all those Christmas lights and displays that blanket the exterior of our homes and yards. It used to be that a string of lights along the gutter extending across the front of the home was an acceptable display of Christmas spirit. But times have changed...
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ELEY CONTINUES CLIMB UP SOUTHEAST'S RECORDS CHART (SEMO NOTES)
(College Sports ~ 12/13/98)
Southeast Missouri State University senior center Bud Eley continues to climb the school's career records chart as he continues to stamp himself as one of the Indians' all-time greatest basketball players. But Eley, a fifth-year senior who has been around the Southeast program longer than any current Indian, says he doesn't really concern himself with statistics...
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REVVED UP: OTAHK SOFTBALL PLAYER DRAFTED BY ROADSTERS
(College Sports ~ 12/13/98)
Jenny Oermann said she knew it was a possibility, but she was still surprised when she found out that she had been drafted by a professional softball league. "When coach (Lana) Richmond called and told me, I was pretty surprised and really excited," she said...
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THE LATEST LINE: TRIBE GIVING FANS PLENTY TO CHEER ABOUT
(Sports Column ~ 12/13/98)
I know it's still early and you hate to get too carried away at this point in the basketball season. But if you're a fan of the Southeast Missouri State University Indians, then you simply have to be fired up about the way the season has started. At 6-2 overall and 3-0 in the Ohio Valley Conference, the Indians are off to their best start in each category since the school made the move to NCAA Division I and the OVC eight years ago...
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INDIANS SHOOT DOWN HAWKS
(High School Sports ~ 12/13/98)
JACKSON -- Saturday's game between Jackson and Kelly was, more or less, a 32-minute, full-court game of H-O-R-S-E. The Indians (3-1) were able to sustain the hot shooting longer, edging Kelly 62-58 in a contest that pitted two of the area's top teams...
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SCOTT CITY STOPS KELLY, WINS CHAFFEE TOURNEY
(High School Sports ~ 12/13/98)
CHAFFEE -- Becca Gowin poured in 27 points as top-seeded Scott City lived up to its billing with a 56-42 victory over No. 2 seed Kelly in Saturday's championship game of the Chaffee Tournament. Gowin connected on four 3-pointers in helping Scott City improve to 5-0 on the season. Alaina Smith helped out with 13 points and 15 rebounds...
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OTAHKIANS IMPROVE TO 2-0 IN OVC
(College Sports ~ 12/13/98)
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Southeast Missouri State University's women's basketball team pulled away in the last five minutes in its 69-55 victory over Ohio Valley Conference foe Austin Peay. The win, before 225 fans Saturday at Dave Aaron Arena, improved Southeast's conference record to 2-0 heading into a three-week break from games. Southeast, which won its first OVC contest 70-59 at Eastern Illinois, will next play Jan. 2 at home against OVC mate Eastern Kentucky...
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AREA BRIEFS: PARKS AND RECREATION DEPT. PLANS BLUES TRIP
(High School Sports ~ 12/13/98)
The Cape Girardeau Parks and Recreation Department will be putting on their first annual Blues trip Feb. 6 when St. Louis plays host to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. The Parks and Recreation Department will purchase a ticket, provide transportation for $39 per person...
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AREA BRIEFS: SEMO SOFTBALL PROGRAM TO HOLD WINTER CAMPS
(College Sports ~ 12/13/98)
Southeast Missouri State University's softball program will hold pitching and hitting camps this winter. The camps are for girls in grades 5 through 12. Session I will be held Jan. 23-24 and Session II will be held Feb. 13-14. Both camps, which will concentrate primarily on pitching and hitting skills, will be held at Houck Field House from 9 a.m.-noon and 1:30-4:30 p.m. each day...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: SOME ANIMALS GIBERNATE TO CUT HEATING BILL
(Column ~ 12/13/98)
Bears, bats, and song birds have something in common. Although odd sounding they make attempts to abandon warm-blooded life for the energy conservative life of cold bloodedness. Many people call this hibernation and the common notion is that it is a deep sleep. Hibernation is more than that and is worth a closer look to see why and how animals deal with winter...
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EARL GIVENS
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Earl Thomas Givens, 71, of East Prairie died Friday, Dec. 11, 1998, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Feb. 22, 1927, at Parma, son of Thomas Jefferson and Strauda V. Tinnell Givens. He was a retired self-employed salesman, moving from Burbank, Calif., to East Prairie five years ago. He was a World War II veteran in the Army. He was of the Methodist faith...
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ELSIE FARROW
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
JACKSON -- Elsie Marie Farrow, 73, of Jackson died Saturday, Dec. 12, 1998, at Jackson Manor Nursing Home. She was born Dec. 19, 1924, at Ste. Genevieve, daughter of Jules and Elsie Neubrand Moore. She married Truman Farrow. He died April 4, 1989. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of Jackson. ...
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DON LOWE
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
SIKESTON -- Don Lowe, 59, of Sikeston died Friday, Dec. 11, 1998, at Puxico. He was born Nov. 15, 1939, in East Chicago, son of Glenn and Ann Milligan Lowe. He married Nell Mason on June 1, 1962, at Lake Station, Ind. She survives. Lowe, a Sikeston businessman, established a new-and-used furniture business in Oxford, Miss. He moved operations to Sikeston in 1971, where he founded OFMCO Inc., an office machine and furniture company that he operated the past 27 years...
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CATHERINE LUCILLE YORK
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
Catherine Lucille York, 88, of Arnold died Saturday, Dec. 12, 1998, at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis. She was born Aug. 23, 1910, at East St. Louis, Ill., daughter of Robert Reilley and Carrie Emmrick Reilley. She married Russell York in 1926. He preceded her in death in 1980...
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JOHN T. HUTCHISON
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- John T. Hutchison, 101, of Route 3 Charleston, died Saturday, Dec. 12, 1998, at the East Prairie Nursing Center. He was born Nov. 10, 1897, at Calvert City, Ky., son of William Oliver and Alice V. Hutchison. He married Betty Stokes on May 3, 1918. She died March 11, 1979...
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VIRGINIA BECK
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
Virginia Lee Lathom Beck, 69, of Matthews, died Saturday, Dec. 12, 1998, at her home. She was born March 12, 1929, in Sikeston, daughter of Oscar Earl and Mary Lee Kincy Lathom. She married Walter Lee Beck Nov. 24, 1949, at Sikeston. He died June 15, 1992...
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DIXIE BERTRAND
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
Dixie L. Bertrand, infant daughter of Charles and Leah Coon Bertrand of Fort Riley, Kan., died Friday, Dec. 4, 1998, at Irwin Army Unity Hospital. She was born Aug. 19, 1998, in Fort Riley. Survivors include her parents; a brother, Charles Bertrand II of Fort Riley; two half sisters, Morgan and Lena Bertrand, both of Fort Riley; maternal grandparents, Jim and Lynda Coon of Alachua, Fla.; paternal grandparents, Dennis and Christine Bertrand of Newbern, Tenn.; maternal great-grandparents, James and Martha Coon; and paternal great-grandparents, Frank and Martha Bertrand of Cape Girardeau.. ...
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HESTER T. MCATEE
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
PERRYVILLE -- Hester T. McAtee, 83, of Perryville died Friday, Dec. 11, 1998, at Perry County Nursing Home. She was born Oct. 26, 1915, in Perry County, daughter of Pius L. and Marcella Brewer Moonier. She married Claude T. "Cinna" McAtee on March 2, 1935. He died Dec. 30, 1992...
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NETTIE CUMMINS
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
SIKESTON -- Nettie Bell Cummins, 89, of Bertrand died Saturday, Dec. 12, 1998, at Bertrand Nursing Facility. She was born Oct. 7, 1901, at Cordell, Okla., daughter of John and Ida Mae Kelly Bruner. She married Elmer Cummins on March 4, 1929, at Cordell. He died in 1970...
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FREDIS GARRETT
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
EAST PRAIRIE -- Fredis Jean Garrett, 27, of East Prairie died Friday, Dec. 11, 1998, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born June 1, 1971, at Annapolis, Mo., daughter of Ben Edward Johnson of East Prairie and Teresa J. Campbell, address unknown...
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VAYE BROWN
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
ANNA, Ill. -- Vaye Walker Brown, 91, of Mountain Home, Ark., formerly of Anna, died Friday, Dec. 11, 1998, at her home. She was born May 26, 1907, in Buncombe, daughter of Christopher C. and Mary Allie Gourley Walker. She married Ray H. Brown Nov. 24, 1926, in Vergennes. He died March 21, 1978...
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FRANCES HINKLE
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
SIKESTON -- Frances L. Hinkle, 79, of Sikeston died Friday, Dec. 11, 1998, at Miner Nursing Center in Miner. She was born March 22, 1919, in Paris, Tenn., daughter of Louis and Tine Cruse Holly. She was a housewife and member of the Riceville Baptist Church in Fulton, Ky...
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LORENE F. HILEMAN
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
DONGOLA, Ill. -- Lorene F. Hileman, 86, of Dongola died Thursday, Dec. 10, 1998, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born July 14, 1912, daughter of Silas and Flora Dillow Corzine. She was married to Roy Hileman in Balcomb. He survives of Dongola...
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CHARLES HEADRICK
(Obituary ~ 12/13/98)
PADUCAH, Ky. -- Charles Lee "Charlie" Headrick, 73, of Paducah died Friday, Dec. 11, 1998, at Western Baptist Memorial Hospital in Paducah. He was a retired real estate agent and had worked several years for American Greeting and General Mills. He served in the Marine Corps during World War II, seeing action in Bougainville, the Solomon Islands and other parts of the South Pacific. ...
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FOR TEA LOVERS, THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A GOOD BREW
(Local News ~ 12/13/98)
Trisha Wischmann pours tea with the best of them. She and her husband operate Trisha's Bed & Breakfast, Tea Room and Gifts in Jackson. She holds at least two tea parties a week. She has poured tea for as few as six guests and as many as 30. She holds cream teas and high teas. Cream teas include a thick cream and scones. High teas are more elaborate affairs with plenty of "small and dainty" finger food, such as cucumber sandwiches and sweet cakes...
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