Stories from Sunday, May 26, 1991

SIKESTON -- LeLand Baker, 88, of Sikeston, died Thursday, May 23, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born July 7, 1902, in Charleston, Miss. Survivors include his wife, Bettie; seven sons, Vince Baker of San Diego, Calif., Mike Baker of Providence, R.I., Raymond Baker of Memphis, Tenn., Wilbur Redd of Ft. Leonard Wood, Alfred Redd of Greensboro, N.C., Demegee and Alvin Redd of Sikeston; two daughters, Joann Redd of Houston, Tex., Doris Redd of Sikeston...

JACKSON -- Eugene Rice, 85, of Jackson, died at his home Friday, May 24, 1991. He was born Oct. 12, 1905, in Evansville, Ind., son of P.A. and Sadie Deuischer Rice. He married Hope Gohn on Feb. 6, 1955. Survivors include his wife; a son, Douglas Rice of Lamar; three daughters, Judy Hubbard of LaPort, Ind., Jean Meinke and Betty Stidham of San Antonio, Texas; several grandchildren and several great-great grandchildren...

JACKSON -- Lyman L. Welker, 72, of Jackson, died Saturday, May 25, 1991, at the home of his daughter. He was born June 6, 1918, near Millersville, son of George W. and Amanda Byran Welker. He married the former Norma Randol Dec. 19, 1946. She preceded him in death in March 1953...

PERRYVILLE -- Sadie M. Counts, 86, of Perryville, died Friday, May 24, 1991, at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. She was born May 31, 1904, in Ste. Genevieve County, daughter of William and Mary Robertson Klampitt. Her husband, John R. Counts, died Jan. 2, 1978...

PERRYVILLE -- Lloyd L. Pourney, 65, of Perryville, died Friday, May 24, 1991, at John Pershing Veterans Administration Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was born Feb. 23, 1926, in Perry County, son of Francis and Effie Gibbar Pourney. He was a boat deckhand on the river...

Observers predict riverboat gambling will be approved 2 to 1 by Missouri voters. That's better odds than bettors will get if it is. --- One of the reasons the General Assembly adjourns just before thousands of kids invade the Capitol on sightseeing tours is to even out the screaming, running, crying and shouting...

ANNA, Ill. -- Jennifer Amanda Ray, 11, of Anna won the Memphis in May Classic Beauty Pageant held May 19 at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. She won every competition held for her age group, 9 to 13. She won photogenic, modeling, hospitality, personality, western wear and sportswear...

Dioxin Scare Now Called Mistake /Citing Studies, Health Official Concludes Times Beach Evacuation Wasn't Needed So read the five-column, top-of-Page One headline in last Thursday morning's St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Given the liberal persuasion of the Post-Dispatch, this story and the prominence accorded it is remarkable. ...

Southeast Missouri State University has been awarded a $50,000 grant to establish a Center for the Study, Prevention and Education of Substance Abuse on its campus. The Missouri Department of Mental Health, which administers the grant, made the award to Southeast and three other Missouri institutions. Twenty-eight institutions competed for the grants...

Since the end of the Persian Gulf war, Americans have celebrated our military prowess, and the men and women who admirably served our nation in time of crisis. But on Monday, the tribute will turn more somber as we pause to pay tribute to America's war dead...

JACKSON -- Viola Anna Champagne, 84, of Jackson, died Friday, May 24, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 22, 1907, in Scott County, daughter of Leo Tucker and Josephine Haffler Tucker. She was married to Lee Cox Carroll in April 1927 in Kelso. He preceded her in death in February 1964...

GLEN ALLEN -- Donald J. Cramer, 58, of Glen Allen, died Saturday, May 25, 1991, at Bond Nursing Care Center. He was born March 23, 1933, in Wilmot, S.D., son of Henry and Alberta Slick Cramer. He and the former Gloria Hamon were married Feb. 27, 1954...

Marye S. Rhodes, 78, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, May 24, 1991, at Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born Nov. 6, 1912, at Gravel Hill, daughter of William and Lou Jones Mabrey. She married Cecil Rhodes July 24, 1935, in Jonesboro, Ill. He died July 31, 1970...

CHARLESTON -- Atanacio Gorostiza, 71, of Charleston, died Friday, May 24, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Nov. 22, 1919, in Ed Couch, Texas, son of Guadalupe and Herminia Sanchez Gorostiza. He and the former Laura Vasquez were married July 22, 1939...

SCOTT CITY -- Graveside service for Frankie Meyer of Ft. Worth, Texas, was held May 20 in Ft. Worth. Glaus Ware Funeral Home there was in charge of arrangements. Meyer, 61, died Wednesday, May 15, 1991, in Ft. Worth. She was born April 7, 1930, at Scott City, daughter of Otto and Ella Summers...

Funeral service for Buford C. Cargle, 91, 1721 Whitener, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. John Owen will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. Monday. A Masonic service will be held at 7:30...

SIKESTON -- Clara B. Owens, 85, of Wappapello, formerly of Sikeston, died Friday, May 24, 1991, at Bluff Manor in Poplar Bluff. She was born Sept. 11, 1905, in New Madrid County, daughter of James and Effie Widows Gaddis. She married Roy Earl Owens April 2, 1927, at Matthews. He died April 24, 1970...

SCOTT CITY -- Funeral service for Pauline Elizabeth Reeves of Potosi was held May 21 at Gum and Son Funeral Chapel in Potosi. The Revs. Bill Smathers and Ted Moore officiated, with burial in Big River Cemetery at Irondale. Reeves, 85, died Sunday, May 19, 1991, in Washington County Memorial Hospital...

Ralph H. Brennecke, 82, 205 Hazel, died Friday, May 24, 1991, at his home. He was born April 18, 1909, in Cape Girardeau, son of Herman and Alvina Haman Brennecke. He and the former Ruth Franz were married Aug. 13, 1934, here. Brennecke worked at Byron Dormeyer Drug Store 25 years. He worked at Blue Hole Gardens Barbecue 38 years, and had owned and operated it from 1952 until selling to Glen Bishop in 1968. He then worked part time for Bishop until 1979...

MARBLE HILL -- Clifford E. Stephens, 90, of Marble Hill, died Friday, May 24, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born March 19, 1901, at Greenville, son of James A. and Ida May Jacoxwaquash Stephens. He and Florence Fox were married May 26, 1924...

SIKESTON -- Ethel F. Thiessen, 86, of Sikeston, died Saturday, May 25, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born June 27, 1904, in Bells, Tenn., daughter of Hardy and Callie Acuff Bridger. She first married Paul Jones March 28, 1919, in Brownsville, Tenn. He preceded her in death. She later married Perry Thiessen June 4, 1981, at Jackson. He died March 18, 1991...

JACKSON -- The people of Poznan, Poland, are preparing to dedicate a memorial to nine Americans, five of whom died after their B-17 bomber was hit by gunfire and crashed in Poland during a World War II bombing raid. An airman from Jackson, flight officer Odus Charles Litzelfelner Jr., 27, was among the dead. He was the co-pilot when the plane went down Feb. 9, 1945...

CHARLESTON -- Fire Saturday destroyed the Charleston Junior High School, authorities said. Charleston police said the fire broke out about 10:20 a.m. and firefighters from Charleston, East Prairie, Bertrand and Sikeston were at the scene until 7:45 p.m...

A new state law setting up an insurance pool is expected to provide health insurance coverage for Missourians who can't obtain insurance or must pay extremely high costs for it. The Missouri Health Insurance Pool is being set up through a law enacted by the Missouri legislature last year. The law requires the pool to be in operation by Jan. 1, but officials said it could be in operation by November...

Students sent to the principal's office at Charles C. Clippard's school are often in for a treat rather than trouble. For the past 25 years, that's the positive climate principal Charles Clippard has strived for at Hawthorn Elementary School. He will retire at the end of the school year...

Eight years after its formation, the Major Case Squad of Cape Girardeau and Bollinger counties appears to have proven its strength as a tool for investigating homicides, authorities say. Of five homicides the squad has investigated, four have ended in convictions. Prosecution of the fifth is pending...

JACKSON -- For Ella Skinner, health insurance these days is a Catch-22 situation. The rural Jackson woman, who has had some health problems, says she can't afford to go without health coverage, but she wonders if she and her husband can continue to afford its high cost...

The Southeast Missourian newspaper's first comic survey drew more than 1,300 responses as readers spoke out about their picks and pans on the comic page. Results of the survey are being tabulated, and your favorites will be announced in the Southeast Missourian next Sunday...

The Cape Girardeau Senior and Junior High School orchestras will present a concert with an international flavor May 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Central High School auditorium. The first selection, Jean Joseph Mouret's "Rondeau," is the theme for "Masterpiece Theater" productions. This piece will be followed by music inspired by the cultures of the Mid-East and Israel, and then music from America...

A 21-year old Cape Girardeau sanitation worker suffered major injuries Friday when a car struck the back of the sanitation truck on which he was riding. City police identified the victim as Anson F. Harris of the 200 block of S. Lorimier. Harris broke both legs in the accident and was taken to Southeast Missouri Hospital, said Sgt. Al Moore of the Cape Girardeau Police Department...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Free health screenings, refreshments and door prizes will be available during a "Kids Fair" at Cairo Junior High here June 15. The program, sponsored by Community Health and Emergency Services, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is partially funded by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services...

The Salvation Army, 701 Good Hope, will be serving Meals with Friends next week. Serving time is 4:30-6 p.m. The hot meals are free, and everyone is welcome. The menu for next week is: MONDAYClosed for holiday. TUESDAYPork & noodle casserole, tossed salad, corn, pudding, bread & butter...

MARBLE HILL -- Janelle Johns of Marble Hill has won second prize in the 1991 Optimist International Essay contest for high-school students. The contest annually draws more than 20,000 entries from across the United States and Canada. Students wrote a 400 to 500 word essay about "Freedom: A Right or a Privilege?"...

My fling with strawberries began long ago when my sister and I, on our way from school, found some growing along the railroad bank. Wild strawberries they were. Not these little, picayunish, wild strawberries one sometimes finds in his yard. They taste somewhat like chewed toothpicks. These railroad bank strawberries were sweet and juicy, seeds of which must have drifted across the ocean from Mt. Olympus so out-of-this-world good they were...

When you send in the clowns in Southeast Missouri, Smiley is likely to lead the way with his bright red-and-yellow suit, a little round nose and beaming red grin. Marvin Meier took about an hour to transform from a retired insurance agent to Smiley the clown. With a trick camera that spits out pictures of himself, a pet skunk puppet and a bag of tricks, Smiley heads out to entertain...

When members of the Cape Girardeau Council of Garden Clubs won the coveted blue ribbon for the best flower show in Missouri in 1990 at their state convention this spring, they were determined to repeat their achievement and planned their 1991 show. This year's show, whose theme is Hollywood, will be held Saturday, June 1, from 1 to 5 p.m., at Riverview Center, 1134 North Main street, through the courtesy of the Downtown Merchants Association, and the sponsorship of the garden clubs making up the Council.. ...

Colonial Federal Savings by receivership to Continental Bancorporation; Wesley W. Farrow, et al, to Margaret C. Keathley, et al; Alison D. Dunstan and Elizabeth Hope Peterman to Richard L. Bowzer Jr. and Tammya R. Bowzer. Kennek Scott and Susan McClanahan to Keith G. and Michele M. LeGrand; Charlotte B. and Lester I. Sherfield to the Charlotte B. Sherfield Trust; Dorothy Sigmund to the Dorothy M. Sigmund Trust, seven tracts...

ORAN -- Sandy Eftink, a senior at Oran High School, has been awarded a Curator's Scholarship to the University of Missouri-Rolla. The award is based on class rank and ACT score and is renewable. Eftink is president of FBLA, Catholic Youth Council and managing editor of the yearbook. She is treasurer of Student Council and co-captain of the cheerleading squad. She is also active in volleyball, twirling and FHA. She was also named valedictorian of the senior class...

Horace and Robbie Eastman, owners of H & R Alarms Inc., Route 2, Cape Girardeau, recently attended the National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association (NBFA) Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman and Nick Barrack were representing the Alarm Association of Missouri at the national convention...

Dr. Robert Kessinger of Kessinger Chiropractic Arts Building, 1424 Kurre Lane, recently attended classes at Spartanburg, S.C. The class was the fourth of six sessions to certify Kessinger in the upper cervical specific technique. Kessinger attended classes on the philosophy of the upper cervical technique...

Dave Jackson of Cape Girardeau, a salesman at Van Matre Buick, recently received a plaque for winning the 1991 Buick Product Knowledge Dealership Championship. Jackson took part in three tests on quality, safety and product knowledge for Buick cars, and recorded the highest scores on the tests...

Sharon Braun, Pat Wall and Pat Wilcox of Rust & Martin in Cape Girardeau have earned titles of Certified Wallcovering Consultants. The certification was presented earlier this month after they passed a comprehensive test covering customer relations, wallcovering product knowledge, product installation and decorating with wallcovering. The test was given after a full-day seminar in St. Louis...

SCOTT CITY -- Harmon Furniture & Appliance Co. is observing its 45th anniversary this year. "We've been in the same building since 1946 when we opened," said Vyron Harmon, one of the founders of the company and now retired. "There's a lot more space and the city has a new name, but we're still the Harmon Furniture Co."...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Dr. S. Edwin Noffel, a Cape Girardeau orthodontist, returned this week after attending a meeting of the Reunion Scientifique Europeene Societe Francaise D'Orthopedie Dento Faciale. This is the equivalent of the American Association of Orthodontists. The meeting was held in Lyon, France, May 7th to 11th...

Richard Bess, service manager at Van Matre Buick in Cape Girardeau, recently placed sixth in the nation in Buick's World Class Service competition. He was one of 175 winners in the contest, which is based on customer satisfaction. Results were tabulated from surveys returned by customers evaluating service on the company's new car, 12-month warranty...

Sharon Williams of Williams Hearing Center, 320 Broadway, recently received certification in Hearing Instrument Sciences. To become board certified, a hearing aid specialist must have two years' practical experience, including 100 hours of hands-on training in the testing of hearing and fitting hearing instruments and pass the National Competency Exam...

Michael Rust, manager of Rust & Martin Home Furnishings of Cape Girardeau, has been elected to the board of directors of the National Home Furnishings Association. Rust was elected at the group's annual meeting in April during the International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, N.C., where NHFA is headquartered...

Rosemary Davis recently received the M. Luther Hahs Life Underwriter of the Year award. The award, presented during the May meeting of the Cape Girardeau Association of Life Underwriters, is presented to the life underwriter who has made outstanding contributions to the life and health insurance industry and to the community...

ST. LOUIS Schnucks Markets Inc. has received its third annual award from the St. Louis Heritage and Urban Design Commission in the new construction division. Shnucks was selected for its new store at 3430 S. Grand at Gravois, which opened last year...

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A Cape Girardeau restaurant has a new name and a new owner. The Fisherman's Ketch, formerly Fisherman's Net, was recently purchased by Cape Girardeau businessman Larry L. Haertling. "We'll provide the same good service," said Haertling. Terry Darcy, who has 15 years in the restaurant business, is manager of the restaurant, located at 2123 Broadway...

JACKSON -- Plans for a new strip shopping center were announced here Friday. "We've already renovated one existing building, and are in the process of remodeling a second building," said Jim Maevers, who announced the new project. "We're also looking at the construction of a 60 x 240 feet new building."...

Southern California, particularly Los Angeles, was the mecca for many years for people enthralled with a vision of high living, high salaries, and the L.A.id-back lifestyle. Migrants headed west to join others in supposed sophistication in the city...

Sharon Todt has earned the title of Certified Wallcovering Consultant, which indicates expertise in the field of wallcovering. Todt, an employee at Bargain Hound Inc. in Cape Girardeau, received her certification recently after passing a comprehensive test covering customer relations, wallcovering product knowledge, product installation land decoration with wall covering...

EGYPT MILLS -- A plant maintenance business, The Plant Lady, has been opened in the region by Debbie Naeter. "I decided on that name because that's how many people know me," she said. She has been performing this type of on-site work for eight years at Sunny Hill Garden Center Inc...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- "The name has changed over the years from scrapping to salvaging, then to recycling, but it's still the same business." That is how Cleo E. Johns, manager of Johns Metal-Iron & Salvage Co., described his business as it moves into the last decade of this century...

(Tuesday's Speak Out contained some incorrect information. Plastic newspaper bags are recyclable, but the Cape Girardeau recycling center does not accept them. The city center takes only plastic with the recycling logo. The only exception is milk jugs and 2-liter bottles. ...