Stories from Friday, August 30, 1991

Dear Editor: In reference to your Be Our Guest (8/19/91), it is unfortunate that the economic fallacies that supported mercantilism, and which were completely demolished by the classical economists, are still with us. The ideological plague has again reared its ugly head in the form of protectionist myths. ...

JACKSON -- The fifth annual reunion of all employees of the former Jackson hosiery mill will be held Sept. 14 in South Cape County Park. The 11-a.m. event will be held at Shelter 20 with a basket dinner scheduled for noon. Those attending should bring food, tableservice, beverages and lawn chairs, and pictures if they have any...

SCOTT CITY -- Volunteer work and donations helped to turn an unused piece of land into a park for senior citizens in Scott City. The park, which was recently finished, is located in the east part of town. It has been named the Hawthorne Senior Square...

GORDONVILLE -- A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. to mark the completion of improvements to a 4.9-mile stretch of Route K. The ceremony will be held at the intersection of Highway 25 and Route K. Jerry Masterson, district design engineer with the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department's regional office in Sikeston, said the road project this summer involved resurfacing and shoulder work, and improvements at the intersection of Route K and Highway 25...

Beware, Soviet citizens. Democracy is not always pretty. It's still the best form of government, mind you, but Soviets should at least have all the facts before stumbling headlong into independence. The opening of political processes ensures a broad discussion of many issues. America's history is laced with the grand and eloquent orations of those who have guided this nation. Their words inspire us, as does their dedication to the values countrymen hold dear...

It has become increasingly apparent in recent days that the proposed $385 million tax increase to improve public and higher education in Missouri has a shaky foundation, one that could cause its defeat at the polls in November. The problem is the state's public school foundation formula, or more accurately, the absence of one in the Education Reform and Quality Improvement Act, now known as Proposition B. ...

More than 90 new Missouri laws took effect this week. Some will touch thousands of Missourians; others will go virtually unnoticed. One of the most hotly debated issues in Missouri in recently years Right to Die prompted the legislature to change the state's power-of-attorney law. Missouri's new law allows people to designate others to make life and death medical decisions for them if they become incapacitated...

Dear Editor: Please accept this letter as a sign of our sincere appreciation to the Southeast Missourian. For some time, you have been delivering newspapers to our school facility. This practice has enabled us to encourage awareness of current events and to teach practical mathematics, social studies, job hunting skills, etc...

Dear Editor: Unemployment compensation and other things With the current Congress/Administration wrangle over extending additional unemployment benefits, it is important that there is an understanding among us about Unemployment Compensation. Unemployment Compensation is NOT welfare. ...

Motorists this Labor Day weekend will be paying less for gasoline than they did during the same holiday period one year ago, an official at the AAA Auto Club of Missouri said Thursday. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline at a self-service pump in Missouri is $1.06, said Michael Right with the AAA...

Cape Girardeau city officials this week began a campaign to inform voters of the issues surrounding a proposal to purchase the city's water system from Union Electric Co. The campaign also is intended to inform the public about proposals for new gas and electric franchise agreements with the utility company...

Greyhound buses will again roll into Cape Girardeau Monday, this time using a temporary bus stop at the former Greyhound station at the corner of Themis and Sprigg. The city has been in and out of bus service for the past several months, as four different stations have operated and closed in less than two years...

The traditional end of summer comes this year with plenty of activities on tap and a chance of rain in the forecast. The three-day Labor Day holiday officially starts at 6 p.m. tonight and ends at midnight Monday. There's a chance of showers at the start holiday weekend, but the National Weather Service says clouds will give way to mostly sunny skies Saturday afternoon, as a weak cool front pushes through the area...

KELSO -- More than eight months after a bridge washed out, a Kelso area family remains "homeless." While not "homeless" in a literal sense, the Robert Ressel family has been unable to reach its home by car. As a result, the family has been living at Ressel's mother's home in Kelso. They regularly make the journey to their cut-off home, crossing Ramsey Creek on foot...

A Cape Girardeau boy fell up to 30 feet in an open elevator shaft under construction at L.J. Schultz School Thursday when curiosity prompted him and a playmate to explore it, police said. The boy, Jerry Berger, 14, suffered a skull fracture and bruises, said the boy's stepfather, Gerald Bahr. The boy lives with his mother, Theresa Evans, and Bahr, at 821 Locust...

Steve Hornbeak, vocalist and keyboard player for the Lee Greenwood Band and a native of Tamms, Ill., will make special appearances at two area nightclubs tonight. Hornbeak said he'll perform several songs he has written, along with some Greenwood favorites...

Friends may call after 3 p.m. today at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill, where parish prayers will be said at 7:30 p.m., and a Knights of Columbus rosary will be at 8 p.m. Funeral mass be will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, at St. John's Catholic Church in Leopold. The Rev. Michael Casteel will officiate, and burial will be in St. John's Cemetery...

ANNA, Ill. -- Harry Eugene Williams, 71, of Anna, Ill., formerly of Cairo, died Thursday, Aug. 29, 1991, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born Feb. 20, 1920, in Union County, son of Everett Williams and Maude Halterman Williams. He was a member of the Anna Heights Baptist Church in Anna; a veteran of World War II; member and past officer of the Cairo Elks Lodge; a member of Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455 of Anna; and a member of Union County Masonic Lodge 627 of Lick Creek, Ill...

JACKSON - Jackson resident Myrtle Yamitz, 94, died Thursday, Aug. 29, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be held today at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4 to 8 p.m. Funeral service will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home...

EGYPT MILL -- Pete Snell of Rt. 1, Egypt Mills, died at his home Thursday, Aug. 29, 1991. He was 94. Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

SIKESTON -- Hazel Lou Malcolm of Tyler, Texas, died Thursday, Aug. 29, 1991, at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. She was born July 6, 1905, at Sikeston, daughter of Will and Kate Rogers Hensley. She married Early J. Malcolm, who died Sept. 29, 1962...

CHARLESTON -- Mary Lou Chambers, 86, of Charleston, died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born March 20, 1905, in McCroy, Ark., daughter of Marion F. and Emma Van Landingham Glenn. She lived in Mississippi County since 1924. She was a member of St. Henry's Catholic Church in Charleston, and Daughters of Isabella...

PERRYVILLE -- The Rev. Edmund "Ross" Vohs, C.M., 92, of Perryville, died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1991, at St. Mary's Seminary here. He was born June 27, 1899, at LaSalle, Ill., son of Charles and Theresa Regina Ross Vohs. Vohs was ordained a priest June 22, 1927...

SCOTT CITY -- Jesse Andrew Holmes of Pineville, La., formerly of Scott City, died Thursday, Aug. 29, 1991, at his home. He was born Feb. 18, 1917, at Tamms, Ill. Holmes was employed by Scott City Public Schools 25 years, 11 of those as superintendent...

ULLIN, Ill. -- Mary Wood, 84, of Ullin, died Wednesday, Aug. 28, 1991, at Haws Memorial Nursing Home in Fulton, Ky. She was born Feb. 19, 1907, in Galesburg, daughter of John H. and Cora Vick Young. She married Ollie Wood, who died in 1972. Survivors include two daughters, Helen Williams of Paducah, Ky., Edith Payne of Ozark, Ala.; a son, Delbert Wood of Detroit, Mich.; a sister, Thelma Mann of Champaign; nine grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren...

DEXTER -- Juanita B. Vincent, 77, of Dexter, died Monday, Aug. 26, 1991, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born Nov. 11, 1913, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Balding. Formerly of East Prairie, she had lived at Dexter the past 13 years and attended First General Baptist Church here...

OLIVE BRANCH, Ill. -- Goose-hunting club operators and hunters will be looking toward the longest goose-hunting season in the modern era when the 1991-92 season opens in the "Quota Zone" of Southern Illinois. Hunters could have 84 days of goose hunting...