Stories from Tuesday, June 18, 1991

For 33 years, Roy Drury has been adding up the numbers at Southeast Missouri State University, first as controller and later as business manager-treasurer. He's still counting the numbers, but these days he's counting the days until early retirement. On June 28, he'll put away the ledgers for the last time...

JACKSON - A preliminary draft of a zoning plan for Cape Girardeau County should be ready for the County Planning Commission to review within two weeks, Associate Commissioner Leonard F. Sander said Monday. The Southeast Missouri Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission is assisting Cape County in drafting ordinances for zoning and preparing maps that can be used when the commission implements countywide zoning...

JACKSON -- By a 4-3 vote, with Mayor Carlton Meyer breaking a 3-3 tie, the Jackson Board of Aldermen Monday night rejected a pay increase for themselves and the mayor. But the board voted unanimously to raise the salary of City Administrator Carl Talley from $35,500 to $39,050...

Debate Monday night over whether to adopt licensing requirements for all building-trades contractors in Cape Girardeau prompted some City Council members to defend the city staff against "blind attacks of innuendo." The council approved a motion that the city staff prepare a contractor licensing ordinance for consideration next month...

The City Council Monday night voted to cancel plans to pave Charles Street on the city's west end after several residents of the street opposed the cost of the tax-billed project. The residents of the street said they favored paving the gravel street but not at its estimated cost of nearly $20 per front foot...

SCOTT CITY -- Police in Scott City won't receive raises this year, apparently because of a complaint filed against two volunteer officers earlier this month. At their meeting Monday, council members denied a request by Police Chief David Beck to raise the classifications of four patrolmen and three dispatchers, automatically increasing their salaries...

The Cape Girardeau Municipal Band concert Wednesday will feature the cast from Freedom Celebration '91. The concert begins at 8 p.m. at the Capaha Park band shell. Freedom Celebration '91 is a musical program being presented by the First General Baptist Church, 1812 Cape LaCroix Road, June 26-30 at 7:30 p.m. each night...

Emergency repairs to the pump at Central Swimming Pool will close down the facility Wednesday afternoon and all day Thursday. "Some of the seals have been going out and we were concerned that this was happening so early in the summer," said Dayna Miles, aquatic superintendent. "We wanted to take care of the problem now before the pump went out during a big event."...

A daylong senior citizens' Health, Safety and Summer Fun Fair is scheduled Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Nutrition Center. Mini-seminars are planned in the morning and demonstrations and tests will be conducted all day. Admission is free and door prizes will be awarded. Lunch is available for a donation beginning at 11:15 a.m. by the Nutrition Center...

CHAFFEE -- Chaffee city officials will look into how much it will cost the city to protect itself if any money winds up missing under the city's bill collection plan with Union Electric Co. Mayor Ron Moyers said at the Chaffee City Council meeting Monday night that the city would take the action. The action, he said, would be taken to protect the city and the city employees collecting the money...

The Missouri Highway and Transportation Department said Monday traffic over the Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau will be reduced to a one-way lane daily from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., through Thursday to allow work on the bridge. Motorists are cautioned to watch for flaggers at each end of the bridge and to expect some delays because of one-way traffic on the bridge...

JACKSON - Members of the Cape Girardeau County Commission are reviewing applications from about two dozen people who have expressed an interest in serving on the Senior Services Board. The board will be appointed to make recommendations to the commission on how to allocate about $220,000 a year that will be generated from a 5-cent property tax levy approved by county voters April 2. ...

Old Lorimier Cemetery has been a proud reminder of Cape Girardeau's rich heritage. On its slopes are the graves of many of Cape Girardeau's early settlers, including the city's founder, French-Canadian trader Louis Lorimier. Sadly, the almost-two-century-old cemetery has been trampled by vandalism and at times community neglect...

Alberta "Bertie" Seyer, 1911 Weissinger Lane, Cape Girardeau, died Monday, June 17, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was 59. A memorial mass will be held at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

SIKESTON -- Julia Earline Davis, 84, of Moberly, died Monday, June 17, 1991, at Moberly Caring Center. She was born Nov. 2, 1906, near Lilbourn, daughter of Ernest and Lou Ella Boyett Lee. She married Murce Davis Nov. 3, 1962. He died April 4, 1983...

SIKESTON -- Phyllis Muriel Brewer, 75, of Sikeston, died Monday, June 17, 1991, at her home. She was born Nov. 23, 1915, at Gibson, daughter of James Edward and Ella May Boyd Brown. She married Thomas E. Brewer Dec. 1, 1945, in Piggott, Ark. He died May 16, 1991...

JACKSON -- Lynn V. Jones, 76, of Jackson, died Sunday, June 16, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Dec. 26, 1914, at Gravel Hill, son of Sillvanus and Elsie Huckstep Jones. He and the former Dorothy Ruch were married Feb. 19, 1947. She died May 21, 1991...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Harry L. Talley of Jackson will be at 10:30 a.m. today at McCombs Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Rodney Travis will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery. Talley, 76, died Sunday, June 16, 1991, at Deal Nursing Home...

CHARLESTON -- Nola Dieckmeyer, 89, of Charleston died Sunday, June 16, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Oct. 23, 1901, in Columbus, Ken., the daughter of N.C. and Catherine Vaughn Harwell. On July 11, 1919, she married George Dieckmeyer, who preceded her in death Aug. 22, 1969...

Southeast Missouri State University has announced a change in the summer class calendar for the week of the July 4. Summer classes will meet July 1, 2 and 3. Classes will not be held July 4 or 5, said Fred Snider, dean of the Office of Admissions and Records. University offices will be closed July 4, but will be open for business July 5...

IT WAS SO great seeing all the flags flying here in Cape Girardeau June 14, Flag Day. I HEARD ON television that they're bringing up Jack Kennedy and Bob Kennedy and their lovers. Can you tell me why they cannot leave the dead alone? I think it's so sad to think of all they went through and then have to take that on top of it. I hope God helps those people because they sure will need the help. Thank you...