Stories from Sunday, December 22, 1991

CHAFFEE - Beatrice Glaus, 74, of Chaffee, died Saturday evening, Dec. 21, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center. The body was taken to Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, where arrangements are incomplete.

EAST PRAIRIE -- Miles Andrew Wallace, 79, died Friday, Dec. 20, 1991 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston following an extended illness. He was born Sept. 17, 1912 in the Barnes Ridge community to Ruben James and Lottie Hubbard Wallace. He lived near East Prairie all of his life. He was a retired farmer...

MARBLE HILL -- The Rev. Jake Welker, 54, of Marble Hill, died at his home Friday, Dec. 20, 1991. He was born at Kennett on July 1, 1937, son of Charles and Nancy Long Welker. On May 15, 1957, he married Betty Newell. She survives. Also surviving are one son, Rocky Welker of Marquand; two daughters, Jackie Long and Rhonda "Sis" Massa, both of Marble Hill; three brothers, C.M. ...

OAK RIDGE -- Edna Dulah Jones, 76, of Oak Ridge, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 1991, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born July 10, 1915, in Bollinger County, daughter of Robert and Mattie Hietman Mayfield. She married John L. Jones June 17, 1937, at Fruitland...

ADVANCE -- Buford Donley, 64, Advance Route 2, died Friday, Dec. 20, 1991, at Dexter Memorial Hospital. He was born Dec. 14, 1927, at Sturdivant, son of Ernest and Ella Elmore Donley. He and Betty Leadbetter were married March 31, 1960, at Marquand...

A year ago the Democratic nomination for president was a booby prize worth avoiding. No longer. The sluggish Bush Christmas and the now admitted Bush Recession puts the Democratic nominee in the political ballpark. Bush's eventual opponent will not be the favorite, to be sure, but will not be so far out of the running as to make 1992 like 1984 when Ronald Reagan benignly campaigned for his second-term coronation...

JUST WANT TO compliment the people who sponsored the bus tour of lights in Cape. It was very good and the bus driver was a very good and conscientious driver. I hope they have it next year. IF YOU WANT to see some pretty lights, come to McClure, turn east off Route 3 at the McClure Grade School, and continue one mile. Thank you...

Walt Wildman, co-director of Interstate 66 Project, Inc., received some good news through a Christmas card last week. Seven different entities in western Kentucky's Ohio County sent Wildman a three-foot Christmas card, which featured a Christmas decorated with seven checks...

Dear Editor: On Dec. 18, 1777, Gen. Washington marched his 9,000 Continental Regulars into winter quarters at Valley Forge. Washington himself wrote in his diary that the army could be tracked by the flood of their feet in the snow. Their food lasted only a few days. ...

SCOTT CITY -- The adult choir of the Illmo Baptist Church in Scott City will present a Christmas Cantata, "King of Love," at 4 p.m. today in the church auditorium. The Cantata will be preceded by a program of Christmas music played on English handbells...

BERTRAND -- Donald Adams, 83, of Bertrand Route 1, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 1991, at East Prairie Nursing Center. He was born Aug. 1, 1908 in Charleston, Ill., to Guy and Jessie Snyder Adams. He was employed with Brown Shoe Co. in Charleston, Mo., until his retirement in 1970. He had lived in Mississippi County for a numnber of years...

At this newspaper, we're in the business of reporting facts to the public. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that this is not always the surest way to win a popularity contest. We accept this as an unpleasant but unavoidable fact of our trade, as we constantly strive to fulfill our responsibilities to our reading public in a responsible manner...

Richard Harvey Schwank, 75, of Beaufort, S.C. died Saturday, Dec. 21, 1991 in Hilton Head, S.C. He was born March 12, 1916 to Adolph and Rose Dayton Schwank in LaHarpe, Kan. He was a retired director of purchasing for Airlift International. He began with American Airlines in 1935...

ORAN -- Emil Kielhofner, 94, of Oran died Saturday, Dec. 21, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born in New Hamburg on Dec. 15, 1897 to Peter and Catherine Messmer Kielhofner. He married Christine Schott on Aug. 14, 1924. She preceded him in death on June 20, 1980...

MCCLURE, Ill. - Porter Brewer, 85, of McClure, Ill., died at his home Saturday, Dec. 21, 1991. Formerly of Sikeston, Brewer was born Oct. 17, 1906 at Ripley, Tenn. to the late Dellie L. and Maggie Hawks Brewer. His wife, Janie M. Hornbeak Brewer, preceded him in death...

JACKSON - Business leader James F. "Jim" Moore of Jackson died Saturday, Dec. 21, 1991 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was 53. Moore, the president of Brennecke Chevrolet in Jackson, had been a patient at the hospital for 12 days...

CHARLESTON -- Ruth Wilson, 95, of Charleston, died Friday, Dec. 20, 1991, at Charleston Manor. She was born Oct. 22, 1896 in Mattoon, Ill., to Samuel and Anna Smith McCleary. She had lived in Charleston for most of her life and attended the First General Baptist Church in East Prairie...

Eva M. Catoire, 88, of Route 1 Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 20, 1991 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Feb. 4, 1903 to William and Nora Narmore McKa in McCory, Ark. In 1945, she married Dennis Catoire in New Orleans. He preceded her in death...

Ethel Marie Arnold, 83, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, Dec. 20, 1991, at the Lutheran Home. She was born on Feb. 2, 1908 in Rector, Ark., daughter of Loranzo and Gertrude Hill Arnold. She moved to Cape Girardeau from Rector at the age of 12. She was employed as a sales clerk at Doyle's Hat Shop from 1929 to 1960...

ADVANCE - Daniel Webster Conder, 86, of Advance, died Saturday Dec. 21, 1991 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 7, 1905 at Zalma, the son of Benjamin and Dorothy Feltonberger Conder. On Dec. 9, 1933 he married Rosie Roe at Bloomfield, who survives...

SIKESTON -- Ruth Edwards, 83, of Sikeston, died Friday, Dec. 20, 1991, at the Miner Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 7, 1908 in East Prairie, to Arch and Rhoda Gore Fleming. She lived in Scott County for the past 13 years. She was a member of the New Bethel Baptist Church near Charleston...

At Christmas time, the most meaningful gifts are often simple ones. Through the Hospice Tree of Life, the simple gift of caring can bring much-needed help to terminally ill patients. The Hospice Tree of Life, planted two years ago on the grounds of Southeast Missouri Hospital and now lighted for the holiday season, "is a lasting symbol of the hope and compassion of Hospice and the celebration of life in all of its stages," said Southeast Missouri Hospital Cancer Program Coordinator Nancy Mattingly.. ...

The Federal Reserve Board's move to cut the benchmark discount rate by a full percentage point may give the economy a shot in the arm and unleash lower interest rates for consumers and businesses, some Cape Girardeau financial executives say. But, they add, it may have little effect on long-term credit...

Cape Girardeau County officials may attempt to clarify whether Missouri statutes require the state to reimburse counties for the medical expenses of some state prisoners held in county jails. Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle said he believes statutes require the state to reimburse medical costs of prisoners charged with felonies. Swingle said he will research statutes and court cases and may recommend the county commission file a lawsuit seeking payment of medical costs...

A Faculty Senate task force at Southeast Missouri State University has recommended the university retain its textbook rental system, but with some policy changes. The recommendation was nearly unanimous, with only one dissenting vote on the 12-member task force...

Southeast Missouri State University should phase out its textbook rental system in favor of a system requiring students to purchase the books, maintains the chairman of the university's Textbook Services Task Force. Albert Hayward, faculty member and task force chairman, recently offered his recommendations in a minority report of the task force...

PIEDMONT -- Capt. Kenneth D. Sharp, 81, of Piedmont, who commanded the Salvation Army in Cape Girardeau from 1973-75, died Friday. He devoted a combined 28 years of service to the Salvation Army as corps officer, retiring in 1975. Sharp died at the Lucy Lee Hospital in Poplar Bluff after a brief illness...

SCOTT CITY - The artwork of Scott City sixth-graders Todd Bles and Barry Graham has drawn the attention of state officials. Their artistic flair adorns this year's Christmas greeting cards of the state's commissioner of education, Robert Bartman, and State Board of Education President Gary Cunningham, said Scott City R-1 Schools Superintendent Bob Brison. The students, who are also friends, are the children of Fred and Cathy Graham and Joe and Brenda Bles...

A Cape Girardeau woman was injured Saturday morning when the car she was driving ran off the road on Highway 34, four miles west of Glen Allen. Marsha Williams, 28, was injured when she failed to make a turn on the highway and ran off the roadway, the Missouri Highway Patrol said...

TAMMS, Ill. - Floyd Coleman, 59, of Tamms received major injuries Saturday morning when he stepped into the path of a car on Route 127, a half mile north of Tamms. Coleman was taken to Union County Hospital. Herman Hazelwood, 71, of Tamms was the driver of the car. No charges were filed, authorities said...

OAK RIDGE -- The Oak Ridge R-VI School District Board of Education has set filing dates for the upcoming election. Filing will open at 8 a.m. Jan. 7 and close at 5 p.m. Feb. 4. The two-three-year seats up for election on April 7 are presently held by School Board President Dan Seabaugh and member Bob Eisenhauer...

Would-be donors are staying away from blood drives in Southeast Missouri, and Red Cross officials are worried it will result in a blood shortage. Since Thanksgiving, blood donations have dropped by 10 percent. "We need to start really having some strong collections in the area," said Dave Palmer with the Cape Girardeau County chapter of the American Red Cross...

For Mrs. J, Christmas came a little early this year. She clapped her hands and giggled in pleasure as Cape Girardeau County Health Department nurse Vicky McDowell carried the brightly-wrapped gifts into her home. The gifts came from Christmas for the Elderly and the hundreds of people who donated both presents and money to make this Christmas special for needy, elderly neighbors...

Winter's debut today will be on the warm and wet side, but that's better than the bitter cold temperatures that heralded arrival of the winter solstices in 1989 and 1990. Forecasters say today will be wet and dreary, with little, if any, sunshine. Rainfall amounts are not expected to be heavy...

As much a Christmas fixture as carolers and frenzied shoppers, the Salvation Army's red kettles are observing their 100th anniversary this year. The ringing bells have heralded the Christmas season for the past century, raising money to help those less fortunate during the holiday and throughout the year...

Bethsaida, Galilee Chisleu, 3761 My dear sister Anna; It was good to visit with you recently in Bethlehem. As you know, we went down earlier to enroll for Caesar's census than most of the House of David families from Galilee. Since our return home to Bethsaida we've heard about some happenings on a night near the end of Chisleu. ...

Since the early years of Christianity, followers have formally and informally been celebrating the birth of Christ. Time has changed some of the methods and has added new customs, but the original intention remains the same the symbolic representation of the birth of Christ...

The Southeast Chamber Players will perform a concert at 3 p.m. today in Old St. Vincent's Church. The concert will feature a variety of wind chamber music, including marches by Franz Joseph Haydn and the famous philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Charles Gounod's Petite Symphonie, a serenade by Mozart and an arrangement of the overture from "The Barber of Seville."...

JACKSON -- The Mental Health Association of Cape Girardeau County held its 12th annual Christmas party recently for 80 clients in placement from the Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center in Farmington. These clients reside at the Lou Masterman Center, nursing homes and apartments in the area...

Cape Girardeau home buyers are beginning to feel more comfortable with home-buying conditions. "The housing market is continuing to pick up," said Marta Green, president of Classic Real Estate Ltd. "The interest rates are attractive, there are a lot of homes available, and consumers are beginning to be more comfortable with the rates because they have stayed down for a long while."...

The Missouri Bar will present a continuing education program for lawyers in Cape Girardeau on Jan. 3. The program, "Missouri Litigation Settlements," will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn. Program costs are $125 for layers and nonlawyers; $95 for newly-admitted laywers. The cost of the program includes a copy of the deskbook on the same topic...

Bob Stone of Cape Girardeau, a respiratory therapy supervisor at St. Francis Medical Center, has been named the hospital's 1991 "Employee of the Year." Glenn McFadden, executive vice president of the medical center, announced the honor during the recent employee Christmas party...

CHARLESTON -- Randy Brazel of Charleston has signed a dealer contract with Lynks Seeds of Marshalltown, Iowa. Lynks markets seeds throughout the Midwest and in the East through a network of 1,200 dealers. Brazel will offer customers in Mississippi County a full line of corn hybrids, soybean varieties, alfalfa and forage sorghum...

PERRYVILLE -- A Perryville business is taking on a new franchise and a new name. Gary Luttrell, owner of Eastern Missouri Glass Repair, recently purchased a Glas-Weld Systems windshield repair franchise. "We have changed our name from Eastern Missouri Glass Repair to Glas-Weld Systems," said Luttrell...

Evelyn G. LeGrand of Cape Girardeau has been named to head Chafin and Associates' Healthcare Education and Training Division. W. Fred Chafin, executive director of the 7-year-old national health-care firm, announced LeGrand's appointment. The purpose of Chafin's new division is to provide educational and physician-bonding programs to hospitals nationwide...

Dorothy L. Arnzen was recently selected as the Missouri State Employee of Month for November by the Governor's Advisory Committee on Productivity. She is employed by the Division of Youth Services in Cape Girardeau. "Dorothy is a credit, not only to all Department of Social Services employees, but to the more than 60,000 state employees from whom she was selected to be selected State Employee of the Month," said DSS Director Gary Stangler...

Connie Koosak was grand prize winner of the Addams Family Scavenger Hunt conducted recently at West park 4 Cine'. Koosak's prize, valued at $275, includes overnight accommodations at Holiday Inn South in St. Louis, dinner for two at Rick's Cafe Americain in St. Louis, 10 free West Park 4 Cine' movie passes, 15 Chick-Fil-A sandwiches, 10 Burger King meals, and 10 bowling games at West Park Bowling Lanes...