Week of July 10 - 16

July 11, 1964

Sgt. Morley Swingle, State Trooper, Dies

Sgt. Morley G. Swingle, a member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol for almost 25 years and one of the state's most respected law enforcement officers, died at 4:30 Friday afternoon in an ambulance taking him to a St. Louis hospital for specialized treatment. He was 54.

Sgt. Swingle was known not only in Missouri, but in other states for his diligence as a law enforcement officer. In recent years he had become one of the state's most skilled polygraph operators, and police officials from a wide area brought suspects here for questioning by him.

The veteran officer would have retired in December with 25 years of service behind him.

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July 10, 1993

Flood of 1993

Huckstep: 'We've got the big daddy this time'

County Commission

orders a curfew in

flooding areas.

By Jim Grebing

Southeast Missourian

JACKSON -- The Cape Girardeau County Commission, meeting in special session Friday afternoon, approved an order imposing a curfew in flooded areas of the county until further notice.

A record crest of 47 feet is predicted Friday at Cape Girardeau.

Presiding Commissioner Gene Huckstep said, "We've got the big daddy this time. This will be the biggest flood in any of our lifetimes. We want to lay the ground rules out now.

"We will not tolerate any looting, speed-boating or 4-wheel-driving in any...

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July 12, 2003

Making small things big: Local author, columnist dies

By Laura Johnston

Southeast Missourian

Whether it was a story about life on the farm of a tale about the bumblebees buzzing about her flower gardens, Jean Bell Mosley could spin a story that kept her audiences captivated.

"She was able to notice the little things, the truly important things in life and weave them all together in a tapestry of larger meaning," said her son, Steve Mosley.

Jean Bell Mosley died Friday at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was 89.

Mosley had been a columnist for the Southeast Missourian since 1955 and had published dozens of short stories and magazine articles, as well as six books.

Mosley was born in 1913 in Elvins, Mo.

Many of her stories were set among the farms and hills she traveled...