People on the move 6/7/04

Southeast Hospital elects two new board members

Two Cape Girardeau businessmen have been elected to the board of trustees at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Chris Hutson and Robert W. Erlbacher III recently began their three-year terms as trustees. Hutson is affiliated with Hutson Furniture Co., and is a third-generation trustee, following his father, Charles, and his grandfather, Glenn. Erlbacher is with Missouri Barge Line and Cape Girardeau Fleeting, and is a second-generation trustee. His father, Robert W. Erlbacher II, is a current board member.

Banquet honors service to St. Francis

St. Francis Medical Center recently held a banquet to honor several people for at least 25 years of service, making them the newest inductees to the St. Francis Quarter Century Club. The new members are Keith Beussink, Mary Sue Crites, Marie Enderle, Cora Gramm, Trudy Irvine, Debbie Long, Penny Miles, Remynda Moore, Aline Poe, Jackqulin Quade, Dan Riley, Vicki Schuette, Charlotte Shearer, Diane Simpher, Steven Smith and Cathy Tenkhoff.

Schmitz named Union Planters vice president

Union Planters Bank recently announced the appointment of Kenneth E. Schmitz as vice president of new business development for the Cape Girardeau market. The market includes 16 retail offices in Southeast Missouri.

Extension specialist goes to leadership conference

Mary Gosche, human development specialist with the University of Missouri Extension in Jackson, recently attended the Public Issues Leadership Development Conference in Washington, D.C. At the conference, Gosche met with U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and Extension colleagues from across the country. They talked with national leaders to share local programs and learn how to work with county and state decision makers.

-- From staff reports