Stories from Sunday, March 21, 1993

Former President George Bush reporters that he's really enjoying his retirement Barb is doing the cooking and he's washing the dishes. And Millie is working on another book to support the family. --- The United States may be reducing its military arsenal, but at least we still have Rush Limbaugh to frighten away the enemy...

American Superstores will open a new facility in the Cape Girardeau market in the near future. Marion Tibbs, general manager of the Poplar Bluff company, announced Saturday that the firm had leased the 45,000-square-foot building that formerly housed Storey's Food Giant in Cape Girardeau Centre, at 201 S. Broadview...

Poplar Bluff finished first, Malden was second and Cape Central was third in the Missouri State High School Activities Association District Speech Contest held Friday and Saturday at Southeast Missouri State University. The Cape Central team of Rene Robinson and Takara Stanley finished first in the cross examination debate category. Central's Natalie Boren also was first in dramatic interpretation...

JACKSON - The Jacksonian charter chapter of the American Business Women's Association will sponsor its 1993 Children's FunFest on April 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the R.O. Hawkins Junior High School in Jackson. The ABWA is helping children and their parents celebrate with a focus on fun activities that encourage interaction between children and adults. In the past, families from a 100-mile radius have joined in the festivities of the annual event...

An artist and coordinator of adult programs at the St. Louis Art Museum, who has been invited to jury the 1993 Annual Student Juried Art Exhibition at Southeast Missouri State University, will present a slide lecture on her own work Monday. Margaret Keller will present the lecture at 10 a.m. in the Art Building, Room 300...

The Cape Girardeau Bicentennial Lecture Series will continue Friday on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University with a presentation on the Trail of Tears. The lecture is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium in the Crisp Hall of Nursing...

Southeast Missouri State University assistant professor of English Ted Hirschfield will read from his forthcoming book, "Orbiting God," April 8 in Crisp Hall Auditorium at 4 p.m. The event, presented by the Department of English and the Cultural Programs Committee, is part of an ongoing series of readings from works in progress by faculty members in the College of Liberal Arts...

The Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association of Southeast Missouri will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at the St. Francis Education Department, Room B. The subject will be wellness for both the client and family presented by Denise Essner, LCSW, from the Community Counseling Center. The meeting is open to the public and free of charge...

The Midwestern River Cities Chapter of American Association for Medical Transcription will meet Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Harrison Room at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Joyce Goodman will speak on "All About Lifebeat Air Transport" and Mary Morse will speak on "PFD Spot Services."...

What was it Rudyard Kipling wrote about those who can walk with kings yet not lose the common touch? Bernard Law, a Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop of the ~archdiocese of Boston, fills the bill. The former bishop of the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese, and a frequent visitor to this area during his ten-year occupancy of that post, is now one of the most influential Catholics in the United States. ...

Dave Dravecky's address at Friday morning's prayer breakfast was a remarkable event. Out of a lifetime of attending banquets in this town, I can recall nothing quite like it. I don't believe a crowd of anywhere near 1,350 people has ever sat down to a meal, at one hour, for which they paid money, in all the history of Cape Girardeau...

PATTON -- Two Marquand girls were injured Friday afternoon when the school bus they were riding in was struck by a skidding tractor trailer rig. April Grindstaff, 5, and Stacey Long, 8, were transferred to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau with minor injuries. The accident occurred at 4 p.m. on Highway 72, six miles west of Patton...

Elizabeth R. Webb of Cape Girardeau, age 89, died Saturday at her home. She was born at Craftcolley, Ky., on Sept. 2, 1903, to the late Joseph and Susan Stallard Combs. She was married to Ballard Collier on Oct. 30, 1923; he died in November 1973. She married Caleb Webb on April 10, 1976; he died Jan. 16, 1990...

MILLERSVILLE -- Lloyd B. Allen, 76, of Millersville, died Saturday, March 20, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born September 26, 1916, at Gravel Hill, Mo., son of Barney and Amanda Hanners Allen. He married Lola Guinn on March 30, 1946, at Cape Girardeau. She survives...

Anna G. Howenstein, 104, of Parma, Ohio, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, March 18, 1993, at Deaconess Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She was born Oct. 12, 1888, in Anna, Ill., daughter of Simon and Portia Piersol Cerny. She married Edmund W. Howenstein on Feb. 29, 1916, in Anna. He preceded her in death March 5, 1960 in Cape Girardeau...

GLEN ALLEN -- Elihu (Giggs) Wright, 75, of Glen Allen died March 19, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born June 2, 1917, at Steele, Mo., the son of George Washington Wright and Kate Cooper Wright. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the armored infantry. He was a prisoner of war in Germany for more than three years...

Tommy W. Puckett, 15, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, March 19, 1993 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Dec. 28, 1977, at St. Louis. Survivors include his father, Norman Puckett of Chaffee; his mother, Pamela Masterson Swanner of Cape Girardeau; step-father, Stevie Swanner of Cape Girardeau; brother, Norman Puckett Jr., of Cape Girardeau; and step grandparents John and Mary Coomer of Cave City, Ky....

EAST PRAIRIE -- Frank W. Davis, 63, of East Prairie, died Thursday, March 18, 1993, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center at Sikeston. He was born July 28, 1929 in East Prairie, son of Frank and Annie Vaughn Davis. He married Virginia Johnson on Sept. 16, 1992. She survives...

BIEHLE -- Bertha E. Lappe, 79, of Biehle died March 19, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born July 4, 1913, in Perry County to Theodore and Mary L. Leible Sauer, who preceded her in death. She was a homemaker. She married Emil W. Lappe July 14, 1934. He preceded her in death on July 23, 1978...

JACKSON -- Cecil O. McDowell, 83, of Jackson, formerly of Doniphan, died Friday, March 19, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 29, 1910 in Ripley county, son of David and Sarah McDowell. He married Uvalde Lassen on June 27, 1935. She survives...

ANNA - John D. Rayburn, 87, of Anna, died Saturday March 20, 1993 at the City Care Center in Anna. He was born Jan. 9, 1906 in Butler, Oklahoma, the son of Emmerson Monroe and Maggie Lee (Dial) Rayburn. On Sept. 12, 1926 he married Ethel McClure, who preceded him in death on Jan. 4, 1981...

LEOPOLD -- Eugene A. Nenninger, 71, of Leopold, died March 19, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born at Oran on Sept. 27, 1921, to William A. and Ruth Snider Nenninger. On Nov. 12, 1941, he married Fern Markham. She survives of Leopold. Also surviving are three brothers, Paul Nenninger of Overland, Mo., Leonard Nenninger of Arnold, and Clarence Nenninger of St. Ann; and one granddaughter...

GLEN ALLEN -- Charlie Floyd Underwood Jr. of Glen Allen died Friday, March 19, 1993, in Port Isabel, Texas. He was 57. He was born at Glen Allen on Feb. 15, 1936, to the late Charlie F. Underwood and Thelma Deck Underwood. Thelma Underwood survives of Glen Allen...

SCOTT CITY -- Grace Marie Smith, 62, formerly of Kelso, died Friday, March 19, 1992, at Manatiba Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Fla. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel at Scott City.

MARBLE HILL -- Elihu J. Wright of Glen Allen died Friday, March 19, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Baker Funeral Home in Marble Hill.

DEXTER - A group of two dozen school superintendents and administrators expressed concern last week that the Missouri General Assembly would pass a new school foundation formula without providing sufficient funding to make it work. Several in the group also stressed they were not opposed to reforms that provide accountability as part of the increased funding, but argued the proposed reforms could not be carried out without proper funding...

JACKSON - The Cape Girardeau County Salary Commission will hold its first meeting in several years Monday to discuss a request from the public administrator for a pay increase and to consider possible pay increases for county elected officials. Public Administrator John Ferguson is requesting that his basic salary be increased from $4,000 to $10,000, in accordance with legislation passed recently. ...

The year was 1914. Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, igniting World War I. Joyce Kilmer published "Trees." Robert Goddard began experimenting with rockets, the Panama Canal was opened, Walter Hagen won the U.S. Open, and Washington and L.J. Schultz schools were built...

Educators in the Cape Girardeau Public Schools want to get back to basics: No more cracked walls, shifting bricks, sunken floors, hallway classrooms and antiquated electrical systems with too few outlets. "We do such a good job cosmetically that we cover up a lot of this," said Sam Jarrell, the longtime principal at May Greene Elementary School...

For Dr. William O.L. Seabaugh, retirement would logically be defined as enjoying the handsome riding and race horses on his farm near Cape Girardeau. Instead, the 71-year-old retired surgeon is the work horse behind the Sprigg Street Medical Center, a health care facility designed to help meet the needs of individuals and families with little or no access to medical care...

Many Cape Girardeans had their first look at Dave Dravecky in October 1987. The young left-handed pitcher for the San Francisco Giants appeared on the mound against the St. Louis Cardinals in game two of the National League Playoffs. "I won that game, 5-0," said Dravecky. "I was facing one of the finest pitchers in the National League, John Tudor. I had a good day, gave up only two hits."...

Leonard Clark, assistant to the president for equal opport~unity/diversity issues at Southeast Missouri State University, has been selected to participate in the Leadership Missouri class of 1993. Leadership Missouri is a program of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce. It's designed to train people in the functions and challenges of state government, particularly as they relate to the business community...

A new health-food organization is seeking members. An organizational meeting was held recently at the Caroline Baugh home in Cape Girardeau. The group will be a non-profit, health-food cooperative, said Trisha Wischmann, a group spokesperson from Jackson...

JACKSON - Cape Girardeau County Assessor Jerry Reynolds says the return of personal property assessment lists are better than average, however, there are still quite a few out. Anyone who has not returned the list, or is unsure whether they have, needs to contact the assessor's office right away, Reynolds said...

For the first time in my life when I noted the big stack of bagged fertilizer piling up at nursery stores I didn't think of the beautiful zinnias, tomatoes, marigolds, onions, etc. such fertilizer would produce. I thought of bombs! Such change of thoughts, even if you try to "laugh them off" nibbles at the edges of the contented mind...

CHAFFEE -- Leonard Carroll collects teakettles. The Chaffee Route 1 resident has more than 100 of them everything from heavy, black iron kettles to aluminum, copper, brass and ceramic teapots. The 74-year-old Carroll estimates he has about 125 to 140 teakettles, ranging from the small, dainty variety to the larger, workmanlike iron kettles...

What a winter this has been! The balmy, spring-like weather of January, when the low temperature was 15 and the high reached 66, was more typical of our March weather. At that point was the warmest winter in 47 years. That was January. Then came February. ...

JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: Steven L. Bright and Paula J. Atchley to James Garner and Gina M. Martin; Edward R. Thompson et al. to Edward R. Thompson et al.; R. Todd McBride to William S. and Jannette L. McBride...

Perryville High School 2nd Quarter A Honor Roll Twelfth Grade - Susan Baer, Kristina Boettcher, Pamela Buchheit, Jared Cattoor, John Galeski, Timothy Harteis, Jennifer Hayden, Jessica Hemmann, Yoko Hirose, Dana Hoff, Sarah Hotop, Eric Inman, Jeremy Layton, Julie Layton, Jennifer L'Hote, Ken Petzoldt, Kim Prevallet, Kyle Riney, Valerie Rose, Nicole Saindon, Holly Sutterer, Holly Voelker, Scott Weinhold, Amy Winkler...

MidAmerica Hotels Corp. of Cape Girardeau has announced plans for construction of a Holiday Inn Express at Paducah, Ky. "This is a hotel targeted for the traveler who doesn't need or want a restaurant or lounge facilities," said Dan Drury, president and chief executive officer of MidAmerica Hotels...

An upswing in hiring activity is anticipated this spring in Southeast Missouri. That is the finding of the latest employment survey conducted by Manpower, Inc., for the second quarter of the year. "A revitalized job market is in view for the area," said Barbara Larkins, manager of the Cape Girardeau office of Manpower, Inc., which released its quarterly Employment Outlook Survey this week...

Jess Bolen Plumbing and Heating opened Monday in Cape Girardeau. "I've been in the plumbing business 32 years," said Bolen, a native of Cape Girardeau who has worked with A.E. Birk & Son the past decade. "Actually, I worked for the Birk firm a total of about 18 to 20 years off and on," said Bolen...

Patsy's Family Hair Care opened recently at 234 S. Sprigg. "We have four stations in the shop, and will be adding some additional operators in the future," said Patsy Langston, owner of the new business. "But I will be the only operator at present," she said...

Victorian Memories has changed locations at West Park Mall. The business, which opened as Victorian Holidays in a small space down the Venture corridor, has reopened as Victorian Memories in a 3,000-square-foot area along the JCPenney corridor. "We have added a line of Victorian reproduction furniture," said Cecelia Gerecke, owner of the business. "We have oak tables, chairs and china cabinets now, and will be adding living-room and parlor furniture in the future."...

Wendell J. Mueller has been promoted to agriculture loan officer at Boatmen's Bank. Mueller will be responsible for maintaining an ag-related loan portfolio and assisting with and developing loan relationships with potential customers in his new position. His office will be at 2001 William...

Superior Windows, headquartered in Centralia, Ill., has opened a facility in Cape Girardeau. "We sell and install windows and home siding to homeowners," said Mike Grubbs of Centralia, owner of the business." The new operation is at 1055 N. Kingshighway. Office hours are noon to 8:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and noon to 2 p.m. Saturdays...

Terry Lysell, owner of State Beauty Supply Co., 623 Broadway, has purchased a building at 617 Broadway, which formerly housed Rust & Martin Furniture and later a bridal shop. "We'll be moving State Beauty Supply there later this month," said Lysell...

Eddy D. James has joined Thomas L. Meyer Realty, 230 N. Sprigg in Cape Girardeau. James, of Cape Girardeau, has served as a city police officer more than seven years and was a deputy sheriff four years. He also was a member of the Cape Girardeau County Major Case Squad. He is a past president of the Cape Girardeau Regional Fraternal Order of Police. He also served in the Army 101st Airborne Division...

JACKSON -- Erica Dirnberger is a national winner of the Ertl Toy Co. coloring contest in the first and second-grade division. Dirnberger, daughter of Mike and Carol Dirnberger of Oran, won a $1,000 U.S. Savings Bond. Dirnberger was one of five division winners in regional competition, sponsored by Strack Equipment Inc., 2990 Old Orchard Road in Jackson. The national contest was sponsored by Ertl Toy Co., headquartered at Dyersville, Iowa...

The customers who shop in Cape Girardeau and what they mean to local businessmen will be among topics to be discussed during a business conference to be held April 7 at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus. Daryl Hobbs, director of the University of Missouri Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis, will address these matters when he speaks on "The Changing Consumer Profile in the Cape Marketing Area" during the conference...

The Cape Girardeau County Board of Realtors and Boatmen's Bank of Cape Girardeau are sponsoring a high-school real-estate program geared to helping young people make responsible choices about buying and renting property. The "It's Your Move" real-estate consumer-education program is for juniors and seniors. ...