Stories from Friday, September 20, 1991

Tom Williams, 84, 2825 Bloomfield, died Thursday, Sept. 19, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born April 8, 1907, in Sullivan, Ind., son of Frank and Lillie Dale White Williams Jr. Williams was a chef at Lennox Hotel in St. Louis, retiring 20 years ago. He moved here 12 years ago from St. Louis...

DEXTER -- An air show is planned Sunday at the Dexter Airport, sponsored by the Crowley Ridge Flying Club. Admission to the show is free. "The Air Day will be dedicated to the 1221st Transportation Company of Dexter, and all the men and women who served our country in Operation Desert Storm," said Tom Love, a local flyer and organizer of the event. He said members of the 1221st will be at the air show in uniform...

Authorities called it a miracle. A Cape Girardeau radio communications technician installing an antenna on top of the Cape Girardeau Federal Building fell 30 feet from the roof to the concrete pavement below. Steve Brandon survived with only fractures...

POPLAR BLUFF - State Rep. Steven R. Carroll, of Hannibal, will be the featured speaker Saturday at the annual Truman Day Rally in Poplar Bluff. The event will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m., followed by a dinner at 7:15 at the Elks Lodge on Highway 67 North. The Butler County Democratic Central Committee is sponsoring the rally...

CHAFFEE -- "To the victor belongs the spoils," however, in the case of the Chaffee General Hospital bankruptcy suit, there is no winner. Undoubtedly, many businesses have suffered severe losses due to the hospital's financial plight, yet it was the citizens of Chaffee who ~were left in devastation...

CHAFFEE -- On July 17, Chaffee General Hospital filed for bankruptcy, leaving many business seeing red. The most detrimental blow was to those holding unsecured notes. Unsecured notes are those businesses or individuals who hold no collateral or claims in a bankruptcy case...

The first in a series of community heart forums, sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Hospital Regional Heart Center, will be held Tuesday at the Advance Elementary School. The forums will provide residents an opportunity to learn more about the benefits of a heart-healthy lifestyle and about Southeast's heart programs...

JACKSON -- The Jacksonian chapter of the American Business Women's Association will celebrate its fifth anniversary Sunday at the Jackson City Park with a balloon release and "strut" around the lake. Sunday also marks the national ABWA's 42nd anniversary. The association was founded in 1949 to assist women in their career goals...

Here is the story of a crime from my youth. To my knowledge, it never found print. A shame, since the headline could have been fun: "Crime Most Fowl." No names will be used since we were all guilty of innocence in those days. Also, no one is sure what the statute of limitations is on chicken snatching...

Several Cape Girardeau City councilmen have expressed concern about the city's liability from such dilapidated structures as the old St. Francis Hospital and the Marquette Hotel. Their concern is rightly placed. We would go so far as to suggest it's urgent...

To the Editor: Recently I was appointed to chair a committee involving 911 and the hope of the people of this city for approving such a system on the November ballot. I listened to the reservations of many people about the system and what they thought was wrong with the idea. Some concerns were legitimate, and some were the product of misinformation or just not understanding what was being asked...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Roberts, Cape Girardeau Route 3, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:04 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, 1991. Name, Megan Lynn. Weight, 7 pounds 15 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Roberts is the former Melinda Seabaugh, daughter of Everett and Mary Seabaugh of Jackson. She is a bookkeeper at Capital Bank in Cape Girardeau. Roberts is a mechanic, and is the son of Stephen and Bonnie Roberts of Cape Girardeau...

Graveside service for Kenneth L. Heider of Hazelwood was held Tuesday at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis. An honor guard from Ft. Leonard Wood conducted military rites. Hutchins Funeral Home of Florissant was in charge of arrangements. Hutchings, 61, died Friday, Sept. 13, 1991, at his home...

CAIRO, Ill. -- John A. Pearman, 40, of Cairo, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was a retired laborer. Survivors include his parents, Robert and Frieda Pearman of Cairo; two sisters, Rhonda Pearman of Cairo, Shelia Davis of Cape Girardeau; four brothers, Terry Pearman of Enfield, Rodney and Tommy Pearman of Cairo, Jackie Pearman of Olive Branch; several nieces and nephews including Chuck and Mike Pearman of Cairo, with whom he made his home...

CHAFFEE -- C.E. Mantel of Chaffee died Thursday afternoon at age 74. Funeral arrangements, being made by Amick-Burnett Funeral Home in Chaffee, are incomplete.

SIKESTON -- A can of Old Style beer, a dozen red roses, a wreath with red, white, blue and yellow ribbon and plenty of American flags are among the items left at the Vietnam Veteran's Moving Wall memorial since it has been in Sikeston. "Some people use the wall as the grave they don't have," said Sandie Hulen of Sikeston, a volunteer at the wall. "They leave everything from flowers and poems, to torn-out pages from high school yearbooks and newspaper clippings."...

Tomorrow has finally come for Scarlett O'Hara. Rhett Butler is dumping her - again - only this time he'll pay her $500,000 to stay out of his life forever. Scarlett will never go hungry again with that kind of money. But can she live without Rhett? Thousands of die-hard fans of "Gone With the Wind," awaiting the answer to that and other questions, have already reserved copies of the book's long-awaited sequel, "Scarlett."...

Changes in the alignment of several Southeast Missouri legislative districts will be considered today when the Missouri House Redistricting Commission gathers in Kansas City for its final meeting. The changes will primarily affect the new boundaries of Reps. Gene Copeland, D-New Madrid, and Dennis Ziegenhorn, D-Sikeston. The two worked out an agreement after Copeland complained that the new map took away too much of his New Madrid County base...

The federal Centers for Disease Control on Thursday advocated the expansion of voluntary AIDS testing for people admitted to the hospital. The move, it said, would bring millions of Americans into the screening process for the deadly disease. A Cape Girardeau surgeon, Dr. Melvin C. Kasten, praised the idea. "I think it would definitely be a good idea," he said. "We eliminate a lot of diseases by routine testing in the hospitals."...

Cape Girardeau is one step closer to embarking on construction of a $42 million flood-control project that's expected to reduce by 70 percent damages from a 100-year flood. The Army Corps of Engineers Sept. 13 awarded the construction contract for the first phase of the Cape LaCroix Creek-Walker Branch flood control project to Dumey Excavating of Oran and Brenda Kay Construction of Cape Girardeau...

It used to be that for Spencer Trumps, the best thing to be in life was popular. "Whatever it took to be in the `in' crowd, I'd do it. If somebody was looking to go out and have a good time, they'd come and get me because they knew I'd go with them," said Trumps, 22...

JACKSON- Kenneth L. Waldron, of Jackson has received a prestigious dog-handling award from the National Bird Hunters Association (NBHA) Waldron, who had 36 amateur placements during the past year of bird dog trials competition, and qualified seven dogs for NBHA Amateur National Championships, was selected for the Elmer G. Brese Memorial Award, as National Amateur Handler of the Year...

JACKSON -- The Cape Girardeau County Gun Club's trap and skeet range, located at the junction of Highway 72 and 34, west of Jackson, is open to the public each Sunday afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m. Gun club members are on hand to operate the range. The shooting fee is $2.50 per round of 25 clay birds...

An 10-hour, hunter safety course will be conducted at Wappapello Lake Oct. 4-5. The course, sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake, and the Missouri Department of Conservation, will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m. to completion Saturday at the Wappapello Lake Maintenance Building, located a half mile south of the dame near the ranger shop....

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...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri hunters will be permitted to begin hunting ducks Nov. 2 and continue hunting through Dec. 29 in some parts of the state. The 1991-1992 regulations divide the state into three zones for the first time. Due to the change in zones and goose seasons, duck and goose season opening dates will not be the same in the Middle Goose, Southern Goose and Swan Lake zones, or in the new Schell-Osage Zone...

The Missouri Conservation Commission has approved purchase of four new tracts of land as additions to existing wildlife areas. They are: 85 acres in Dallas County, addition to Lead Mine State Forest. 324 acres in Scotland County as addition to Indian Hills Wildlife Area...

SMITHVILLE -- Hunters with permanent mobility impairments will have a chance to hunt deer Nov. 23 and 24 at the Smithville Reservoir in Clay and Clinton counties. Guides will be available to assist up to 25 disabled hunters during the two-day hunt, which is sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local volunteers. Deer hunting permits will be provided by the Missouri Department of Conservation...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Saturday will be "Living History Day" at Big Oak Tree State Park near here. The event, a demonstration of the lifestyles and skill of early Missouri settlers, will include a variety of crafts and activities, including blacksmithing, blackpowder guns, knitting, spinning, canning, and quilting...

The monthly antique and collector's market will be held Sunday at the Cape Girardeau Arena Building from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Exhibitors from four states will be selling quilts, glassware, jewelry, coins, comics, dolls, baseball cards, furniture, primitives and other collectibles...

Two area educators will be honored homecoming weekend at Southeast Missouri State University. Fred Janzow, Southeast associate professor of biology, will be honored as the winner of the 1991 Faculty Merit Award. Meanwhile, Grace Hoover, retired chairperson of Southeast's environmental studies department, will receive the 1991 Alumni Merit Award presented by the university's College of Health and Human Services...