Stories from Sunday, September 8, 1991

BERTRAND -- Leland Harper, 70, of Bertrand, died Thursday, Sept. 5, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born April 19, 1921, in Maynard, Ark., son of Truman Monroe and Dixie B. Johnston Harper. He lived in Bertrand since 1966, where he was a farmer. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...

I APPLAUD THE Cape Girardeau School District on their smoke-free environment. I think that's wonderful. It's going to send a great message out to the kids. I hope other school districts will follow their fine example. I'M GLAD THAT the Libertarian Party is finally getting some recognition for its stands, and I hope it is not too late for the United States. Thank you...

We're excited about Wednesday's planned Y.E.L.L. for Newspapers, on which we're cooperating with the Jackson Cash-Book Journal, Southwestern Bell, the Area United Way and so many volunteers. Special appreciation must be expressed to the following radio stations, as well:...

Reading is more than fundamental it's an absolute necessity in today's fast-paced world. That's why it's essential we fight even yell for increased reading development. That's the notion behind Y.E.L.L. for Newspapers. More than 100 "newsboys" will hit the streets between 6 and 10 Wednesday morning, hawking prize-filled copies of the Southeast Missourian and Cashbook Journal. ...

Dear Editor: This letter will probably cause a myriad of Speakout messages and/or letters in defense of the issue I am presenting regarding handicapped parking. The letter is prompted by recent complaints about persons parking in handicapped parking places that do not look handicapped. ...

Missouri would get "its fair share" of federal highway money under a transportation bill now being considered by Congress, Rep. Bill Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, said Friday. "Under this bill, Missouri stands to get about $2.5 billion over the next five years, in addition to the earmarked projects that are in the bill. It's as close to equity as you can get," stated Emerson...

The Southeast Missouri Secondary School Principals Association will meet in Cape Girardeau Wednesday for its 26th annual fall conference. "The principalship in the 1990s" will be the theme for the conference, which is co-sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Secondary School Principals Association and Southeast Missouri State University's College of Education...

Dear Editor: The broadcast networks are asking Congress to pass a law that could require cable subscribers to pay to watch "free TV." The powerful broadcast industry lobbying group is pushing hard for Congress to adopt legislation that would allow over-the-air TV stations to charge cable operators for carrying their programming. If they succeed, cable subscribers will have to pay for "free TV" for the first time in history...

The American Red Cross will sponsor a blood drive Saturday at Grace United Methodist Church, Broadway and Caruthers, in Cape Girardeau. The drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is sponsored by the Red Cross and Pipefitters Local 562. Another area drive is scheduled for Sept. 20 at Leopold Elementary School from 2-7 p.m...

IRONTON -- Lilburn Keith Rowland, 79, of Ironton, died Thursday, Sept. 5, 1991, at his home. He was born Jan. 17, 1912, son of Lilburn Carl and Mary Stutzer Rowland. He married the former Evelyn Mall. Survivors include his wife; a son, Wayne Keith Rowland of Cape Girardeau; a daughter, Joyce Maynard of Elizabeth, Colo., and three grandchildren...

Marjorie Celestine Wadlington, 76, 732 N. Middle, died Saturday, Sept. 7, 1991, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born July 18, 1915, at Ancell, daughter of William and Colletta Enderle Welter. She and Elbert "Pete" Wadlington were married Jan. 31, 1936...

EAST PRAIRIE - Iva Mae Grimes, 80, of East Prairie, died Friday, Sept. 6, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, following an extended illness. She was born Oct. 3, 1910, in Mississippi County, daughter of John and Gertrude Wright McCarty. On July 3, 1937, she married Charles H. Grimes...

CHAFFEE -- Dorothy Hanshew, 65, of Chaffee, died Friday, Sept. 6, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born March 5, 1926, at Hickory Ridge, daughter of William and Tessie McClain Taylor. She was a retired cementer for Florsheim Shoe Co. here...

ORAN -- Cosette Robinson, 78, of Oran, died Saturday, Sept. 7, 1991, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Oct. 7, 1912, at Sikeston, daughter of Earnest and Arminta Hutchinson Springs Sr. She married G.W. "Bozo" Robinson Sr. June 30, 1934. He died Sept. 28, 1982...

ADVANCE -- James William "Pete" Kittle, 71, of Advance, died Friday, Sept. 6, 1991, at his home. He was born April 19, 1920, at Bell City, son of Walter and Pricilla Lee Kittle. He married Cheryl George Feb. 12, 1980, at Advance. Survivors include his wife, and an aunt, Elsie Friedrich of Advance...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jones of Marble Hill, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:32 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, 1991. Name, Trent William. Weight, 7 pounds 4 ounces. Third child, second son. Mrs. Jones is the former Lori Robins, daughter of Lawrence and Evelyn Robins of Marble Hill Route 1, Jones is regional marketing director with National Western Life Insurance in Cape Girardeau. He is the son of William Jones of Marble Hill and Judy Wiseman of Dexter...

A new round of state budget cuts totaling nearly $71.4 million will force Southeast Missouri State University to chop another $942,325 from an already scaled-back budget, university officials said Friday. Including this latest round, Southeast has experienced $2.83 million in budget cuts for the 1992 fiscal year, the largest budget reductions in the school's history, university officials said...

Prizes and coupons, along with information about the Area Wide United Way and literacy, will fill a special section of Y.E.L.L. for Newspapers editions to be sold on street corners Wednesday. Each of the 10,000 newspapers will include a comic book; 350 newspapers will include an instant prize ranging from free food items to gift certificates at area businesses, and each issue will include a lottery number for a chance to win one of at least 18 grand prizes...

They've been around for 58 years and have become one of the most recognized corporate symbols in America. But, according to one of their drivers, most people have the same reaction when they first see the Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales in person. "So beautiful, so big," is what first amazes most people about the team of world-famous horses, said Jim Hilgendorf, who will drive the team in the SEMO District Fair parade Monday...

Trans World Express Airlines has notified the U.S. Department of Transportation that unless their operations here are subsidized they will pull out of Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport within 90 days. But airport and city officials said the announcement won't affect flights in and out of Cape Girardeau and could actually help the city secure additional airline service...

A Jackson construction company has been awarded a contract for a new bridge over the Diversion Channel south of Dutchtown on Route 25. Freeman McCullah, district engineer for the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department, said the contract was awarded Friday to Penzel Construction Co., of Jackson at a cost of $3,611,376...

The 13th annual Older American Health Fair will be held Oct. 5 at St. Francis Medical Center's Health and Education Centre from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Health Fair is an opportunity for people 60 and older to participate in a variety of preventive medical screening tests free of charge...

Elderly people used to scare Shannon Kitchen. But not any more; now he sees them as his calling. On Friday, Kitchen, a junior at Southeast Missouri State University, attended a Long Term Care Ombudsman Program meeting with about 40 other people at the Cape Baptist Association Office and Media Center on East Old Cape Road. ...

Cape Girardeau law firms Limbaugh, Russell and Syler, P.C. and Limbaugh and Payne have announced the merger of their offices effective Nov. 1. The new firm will be known as Limbaugh, Russell, Syler and Payne, P.C. Its office will be at Limbaugh, Russell and Syler's location on the second floor of the First National Bank building, 2027 Broadway...

The Historical Association for Greater Cape Girardeau will meet Monday at Chateau Girardeau, 3120 Independence. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. Bob White, a history instructor at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, will speak on the topic of steamboats...

DEXTER - Sen. Jerry Howard, D-Dexter, learned last week that he will continue serving as the Senate's representative on a wetlands advisory board of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Howard was appointed last Tuesday by Senate President James Mathewson as chairman of the Senate members on a joint House-Senate wetlands task force. Upon receiving that appointment, Howard said he understood that he would be taken off the advisory board...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- A new support group is forming for the visually impaired. The group will hold its first meeting Wednesday, Sept. 18 at the Community Center in Mounds, Ill., beginning at 10 a.m. Totally blind and sighted persons are also welcome to attend...

September rains, how sweet they are. They started in the last days of August this year, but still anyone acquainted with rain habits, their fierceness, softness, odor, insistence, temperature, slant, etc., know they were the September rains. The first one, for me, came in the night, teasing me half awake with a few tentative drops splattering against my bedside window. ...

One hundred thirty years ago this week, a group of Cape Girardeau County men joined the Union Army and fought America's Civil War from the forts at Cape Girardeau to the siege at Atlanta. The 108 soldiers enlisted Sept. 13, 1861 and made up an engineering group called Company G. In an effort to preserve these soldiers' stories, the great-grandson of one member has compiled a history of their tour of duty...

A recent visit to Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis proved it to be prettier than it has been in many visits. The entrance has both red and white geraniums, dusty miller, and outstanding tree trained white verbena, all of which have reached maturity at this time of year...

The dean of the University of Missouri School of Nursing will deliver Southeast Missouri Hospital's second annual Erna Deneke Kiehne Distinguished Lecture. The dean, Toni Sullivan, will address nurses from throughout the district at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 25 in the Harrison Room at the hospital. A reception will follow Sullivan's presentation...

New Beginnings Support Group gathers on Sept. 16 The New Beginnings Support Group will meet Monday, Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Birthrights meeting room, 134 S. Park Ave. Topic for discussion will be "Growth in Spite of Death and Divorce." New Beginnings is a support group for the divorced, widowed or separated. The public is invited. For more information, call 243-0130...

The Cape Girardeau Central High School Class of 1938 will hold its 53rd year reunion on Saturday, Oct. 5 at Drury Lodge. The reservation deadline to attend is Sept. 15. Interested persons should contact Betty Jenkins at 335-5436 or Marie Bacon at 335-6542...

Several officers from the Cape Girardeau Association of Life Underwriters recently attended the annual Leadership conference of Missouri Association of Life Underwriters held at Columbia. Attending were Morrell Diebold, president of the local association; Eric Marquart, president elect; T. Ronald Hahs, LUPAC chairman; Steve Freitzler, public relations chairman; and D. Joseph McKeon, public information chairman...

Mike Wilson, Gary Adams, and Jane Southard, sales representatives for Schaefer Water Centers, recently achieved water specialist certifications. Wilson, of the Cape Girardeau center, and Adams, of the Festus center, each completed course work and testing in the area of reverse osmosis, to receive certification as Certified Water Specialist II (CWS-II), by the Water Quality Association...

Two new retail businesses opened its doors last month in Cape Girardeau. "That amounts to more than 100 jobs," said Jackie Cecil. Two more retail establishments are expected to open next month. "That could be another 100-plus jobs," said Cecil, who keeps up with jobs and unemployment...

Fred Higdon has assumed the position of agriculture loan officer at Boatmen's National Bank of Cape Girardeau. Higdon, who has been involved in consumer and real estate lending at the bank since 1989, will be in his new office at Boatmen's Mt. Auburn location. His new duties will be to assist farmers with loans in the areas of operations, machinery, livestock, real estate and farm improvements...

JACKSON -- Gene Penzel has been appointed to the board of Directors of First Exchange Corporation. Leo A. Kohlfeld, chairman of the board, announced Penzel's appointment recently. Penzel owns and operates Penzel Construction Co., and has served on the board of Jackson Exchange Bank & Trust Co. since 1983...

Celia M. Duffett has joined St. Francis Medical Center's cardiothoracic team as the hospital's cardiovascular clinic nurse specialist. In her new position, Duffett will be responsible for patient, family and community education, staff development, patient management and consultation, quality assurance and nursing research for publication...

ST. LOUIS Dennis Kinder has been appointed interim general manager of the Case Power & Equipment Complex, 2300 Cassens Drive, Fenton. Included in the St. Louis area operation are stores located in St. Louis and at 844 S. Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau...

Ann Swanson, manager of Gulliver's Travel Agency in Cape Girardeau, recently toured areas in the Wilkes-Barre area of Pennsylvania. She toured the Lackawanna Mine, in operation since Civil War days, and Eckley Miners Village, site of original miners' homes, stores and mine pits, which were featured in the movie, "The Molly Maguires."...

ST. LOUIS The Doe Run Company's Fletcher Mine and Mill operations has received the 1990 Sentinels of Safety award, the nation's most prestigious mine safety award in the underground metal category. The award dates back to 1925 and is co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the American Mining Congress...

WASHINGTON - Businesses cut their inventories 0.3 percent as sales edged upward in June, the government said today. The decline in stockpiles was the fifth straight, marking the longest string since the economy emerged from the 1981-82 recession. Analysts believe the inventory shrinkage will lead to increased production and jobs when customer demand strengthens further...

FORT WORTH, Tex. David C. Anderson of Memphis, Tenn., has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer for Burlington Northern Inc. (BN). Anderson, 50, has been Federal Express Corporation's chief financial officer and senior vice president since 1984. He joined Federal Express in 1976...

BIEHLE -- Buchheit Inc. of Biehle has become a dealer for Kent Feeds Inc., headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa. Kent Feeds, an American-owned company, is one of the largest manufacturers of livestock and poultry feeds in the U.S. The firm, founded in 1927, manufactures products at 12 plants, with dealers handling feed products in 14 midwestern states...

Room Mates Pool and Spa is introducing a new line of recreational equipment Bauer In-Line Precision Street Hockey Skates. "This will compliment our pools, spas and pool tables," said Veronica McCormick. "Room Mates will be the exclusive area dealer for Bauer, which has 60 years of skating engineering experience...

Farm & Homes Savings will start a week of special activities Monday to celebrate its new location at 211 Silver Springs Road. "We have been a part of the Cape Girardeau community for more than 18 years," said Karen Rigdon, manager of the Cape Girardeau branch. "Our new location will offer a comfortable environment for our customers and is more centrally located for their convenience."...

The Cape Girardeau County Legal Secretaries Association will hold its next meeting Thursday, at 7 p.m., with Karen Hancock as hostess. The local group held its annual picnic in August at the home of chapter member Barbara Ward, in Cape Girardeau. Anyone interested in attending the September meeting as a guest, or prospective member, may call Hancock at 243-1755...

Johnson Communications Service Inc. has been named as dealer to handle Motorola 2-Way Radio products. The local firm, located at 1213 N. Kingshighway, will offer a full line of Motorola 2-Way radio products, including trunked radios, conventional mobile and portable units, and on-site paging equipment...

Square One Electronics, Inc., a telecommunications business offering sales, installation and service for telephone systems, data communications, digital and fiber optic technologies, is in a new location. The business, established in 1984, has moved to 1733 N. Kinghighway...

Minor's Harley-Davidson & Suzuki Sales Inc. is observing its 20th anniversary, but the Harley dealership has been in Cape Girardeau almost twice that long. "We acquired the business in 1971," said Charles E. (Sonny) Minor. "We've been in our present location 905 Enterprise 15 years."...

Twenty million small businesses employ half of the country's work force, create two of every three new jobs, and generate a majority of American innovations. The 29th celebration of National Small Business Week, May 10-16, 1992, will spotlight men and women who have played vital roles in building on communities and the economy...

The Southeast Missourian is one of three newspapers which received two awards in the Inland Press Association's Special Sections Contest. The Missourian received a second place in the "Vacation '91" special section and a third for "TBY: The Best Years."...

Cape Color World, 341 S. Kingshighway, is expanding it color services. "We recently purchased the color portion of business from Cape Paint & Glass," said David Morris, a partner in Cape Color World with his mother, Vivian Morris. "We will now be dealers for Pittsburgh Paint, and Pratt and Lambert paints."...

John V. Johnston has been named director of restaurant services for the Holiday Inn at Cape Girardeau. Johnston will be responsible for the hotel's restaurant, Victoria's, which is owned and operated by MidAmerica Hotels Corporation. MidAmerica Hotels also owns and operates the Victorian Inn of Cape Girardeau, the Holiday Inns at I-55 and Butler Hill Road in St. Louis, and 18 Burger King operations in four states, including those in Cape Girardeau, Jackson, and Scott City...

Patricia C. Coughlin, clinical director of the PMS Program Center at St. Louis, will be guest speaker at "The Woman...The Syndrome," a PMS seminar to be held at the University Center on Southeast Missouri State University Sept. 27. The 7 p.m. seminar is sponsored by the Rainbow Counseling services. The fee for attending is $5. Additional information is available by calling 339-1450...