Stories from Sunday, January 19, 1992

Voters sent Jefferson City a message in November that higher taxes are unwanted in Missouri. Citizens of the state had been asked to make an investment in education; they didn't buy the package. Because of that vote and its various interpretations, legislators are now hesitant to act decisively on a gasoline tax increase that will bring in more federal money for state road projects and upgrade Missouri's infrastructure in a major way. ...

SYDNEY, Australia Where do you find out what's going on in a country like Australia, which is as big and as troubled as the United States? Go to the oldest saloon in Sydney and hear what people think. Trouble is there are three "oldest saloons in Sydney" so one has to choose. Flip a three-sided coin and go to one, The Lord Nelson. It's filled with historic grime...

PERRYVILLE -- Increasing enrollment in the Perry County School District has prompted the district's school board to consider asking voters to help fund construction of additional school space. Voters could be faced with a 25- to 30-cent tax levy increase or a bond issue to fund additions to several school buildings...

Missouri Gov. John Ashcroft's budget recommendations are welcome news to Southeast Missouri State University officials. Barring excessive budget withholdings, Southeast could receive a net state appropriation of more than $30.46 million for the 1993 fiscal year, which begins July 1...

Three locations on Interstate 55 were among the city's top four accident spots in 1991. The Cape Girardeau Police Department Friday released its list of the top 10 accident locations of the past year. Police logged the most accidents, 22, on I-55 between Route 74 and Nash Road. The second-most accidents, 21, occurred on Broadway between Park Avenue and West End Boulevard...

For Shari Marvel of Cape Girardeau, the "wow" was worth it. "I put my gown on and my 11-year-old son said, `wow,'" Marvel recalled as she and 10 other contestants rehearsed Friday for the Mrs. Missouri United States Pageant. Melanie Duncan of New Madrid, a high school math teacher, won the state pageant Saturday night before a crowd of several hundred at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Cape Girardeau...

Area blood donations have fallen off by 10 percent since Thanksgiving, due to donors not showing up after registering to give blood, according to local Red Cross officials. "Our follow up phone calls to our donors who missed indicate that a significant number did not come because they were sick with influenza," said Dana Garner, director of donor recruitment for the local Red Cross...

CARTERVILLE, Ill. -- U.S. Rep. Glenn Poshard, D-Carterville, said his resolve to see that every American has health care is even stronger following a series of town meetings in Southern Illinois. But he feels that it is unlikely Congress will act on a national health care proposal during this election year...

CHAFFEE -- A program for parents of active preschool-age children will be offered Monday by the Parents as Teachers organization. The program will be hosted by Connie Peiffer, a pediatric nurse at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Peiffer will discuss activity levels for preschoolers and how much activity is too much...

PERRYVILLE -- Oscar W. Hacker, 81, of Perryville, died Friday, Jan. 17, 1992, at Perry County Hospital. He was born Aug. 25, 1910, in Perry County, son of Oscar and Elizabeth Hoehn Hacker. He and Paula Weinhold were married Oct. 5, 1930. Hacker owned and operated Longtown Waterwell Drilling Co., and was a member of Zion Lutheran Church at Longtown...

OLMSTED, Ill. -- Mrs. Elsie Price, 75, Olmsted Route 1, was found dead Friday, Jan. 17, 1991 near her home. She had been missing since late Wednesday night. She was born Sept. 22, 1916 in Pulaski County, Ill. to Frank and Maude White Schultz. On April 6, 1937, she married Lewis Price. He survives...

JACKSON -- Mrs. Linda Kranawetter, 76, of Jackson Route 1 died Saturday, Jan. 18, 1991 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. McCombs Funeral Home will handle arrangements, which were incomplete Saturday night.

PERRYVILLE -- Karl H. Oswald, 80, of Perryville, died Saturday, Jan. 18, 1992 at Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville He was born Oct. 12, 1911, at Friedenburg, Mo., son of Louis and Emily Buettner Oswald. He was a general contractor and carpenter...

JACKSON -- Lori Ann Stacy, 17, of Jackson, died Friday, Jan. 17, 1992, at St. Louis Childrens Hospital. She was born Dec. 11, 1974, at Denver, Colo., daughter of Glenn R. Stacy and Joyce Anna Smith Stacy. She was a student at Jackson High School. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church of Jackson, the Signing Choir of St. Paul, and Muscular Dystrophy, Twin Rivers Chapter...

TILSIT -- Bertha Burgfeld, 97, of Tilsit, died Friday, Jan. 17, 1992, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 24, 1894, near Pocahontas, Mo., daughter of Herman and Emma Gerth Koenig. She married Henry F. Burgfeld June 28, 1939. He preceded her in death on Aug. 14, 1975...

Dorothy Rutherford, 64, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Grassy, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born May 25, 1927 at Scopus, daughter of Robert L. and Velma Brown Haynes. She married Bill Rutherford on Dec. 22, 1951. He survives of the home...

PHOENIX, Ariz. Homer (Chig) Jackson, 63, a native of Cairo, Ill., died in Phoenix Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1992. Jackson, who previously lived at McClure, Ill. and Cape Girardeau, was a retired machinist for an aircraft company. He was a World War II veteran...

William M. Betts, 76, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 1992, at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. He was born Feb. 15, 1915, in Lambert, Miss. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army. He received the Bronze Star, campaign ribbons and four overseas bars...

Irene Daugherty Ward Couch, of Sikeston, died Saturday, Jan. 18, 1992 at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. She was 82. A son, Richard Couch of Cape Girardeau, survives. She was born April 15, 1909 in Matthews to the late Albert Lee and Jettie Ann Stoker Daugherty...

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral mass for Charles E. Unterreiner of Perryville was held Saturday at St. Vincent's Church. The Rev. Henry Grodecki officiated, with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Young and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Unterreiner, 67, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 1992, at American Care Center...

Funeral service for Jessie McCutchen of Memphis, Tenn., was held Thursday at Memphis Funeral Home. The Rev. Gamble officiated, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery there. McCutchen, 95, died Monday, Jan. 13, 1992, in a Sheffield, Ala., hospital. She was born Dec. 15, 1896, at Caruthersville, daughter of E.R. and Ada Jane Kelley Nichols. She married Dr. Jack McCutchen, who preceded her in death...

ADVANCE -- Charles A. Hawkins, 90, Advance Route 2, died Friday, Jan. 17, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 16, 1901, at Brownwood, son of Dillard and Minnie Matsel Hawkins. He and Lula Jane Kirk were married Jan 4, 1931, at Marble Hill...

PERRYVILLE -- A kidney transplant from a father to his daughter was postponed at the last minute because doctors found what they think is an infection in the father's lung. The transplant was scheduled for Jan. 9 in St. Louis. But 6-year-old Alisha Schumer of Perryville may now have to wait weeks or months for a her father's kidney, said her mother, Linda Schumer...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hester of Scott City, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, 1992. Name, Rianna Dawn. Weight, 7 pounds 6 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Hester is the former Donna Ramsey, daughter of James and Edna Ramsey of Scott City, and is employed at Blair Industries. Hester is employed at HWI, and is the son of Bobby and Ruby Hester of Chaffee...

Cape Girardeau Public Schools celebrate their 125th birthday this week; growing from one classroom in the basement of a church to today's 10-building campus with 4,410 students and a $19.5 million budget. The school district was created Jan. 24, 1867 by an election of Cape Girardeau citizens, beginning a tradition of public education...

Dress patterns call for more material than is actually needed. This was a statement of Mama's made to her Sewing 101 class of three little daughters gathered around the big dining room table. She would spread less yardage of gingham, dimity, nainsook, bengaline or any other of the old-time materials than the pattern called for. "But you must still be careful to save every little scrap," she would say, and we'd shake our heads affirmatively showing we'd made not-to-be-forgotten mental notes...

"What has happened to winter?" "When is the weather going to get cold?" These are some of the questions being asked before the first part of the week, when these inquiries were answered by lower temperatures and a white blanket of snow. Gardeners were also concerned about roses and other shrubs putting out new growth, and spring flowering bulbs coming through the ground. ...

Boatmen's Bank of Cape Girardeau has extended its automatic teller machine services (ATM) to a Cape Girardeau grocery store. The new ATM is located at Schnucks, inside the store near the customer service area. "It seemed a natural partnership to us," said Jim Limbaugh, president and CEO of Boatmen's Bank. "We're happy to offer an additional convenience to our customers, and the customers of most area banks...

State lottery officials are gambling that a new game to be unveiled Monday will keep more Missouri lottery money at home to fatten the state's lottery coffers. "Super Cash," or "Pick 5," will be introduced on the sixth anniversary of implementation of the Missouri lottery. It will give players a chance to win up to $100,000 every day Mondays through Saturdays...

CHAFFEE -- Echo Billing Center, which provides electronic filing of health insurance claims for physicians and other health-care-related businesses, has opened in Chaffee. Margaret Phegley, a Chaffee native who has been in the health care billing business 11 years, is the owner. She has completed four months of training with Network Billing Center (NBC), a national software technology company which has established processing centers throughout the nation...

Jay B. Knudtson has been promoted to assistant vice president, real estate loan officer at Boatmen's Bank of Cape Girardeau. Knudtson specializes in residential real estate lending. He has been with Boatmen's as a real estate officer since March of 1990...

JACKSON -- Gina Cook, former manager of the Andrew Jackson store here, has purchased the business. "I worked at the store a total of four years," said the new owner, who started as a part-time employee. "I was manager the last two years." Cook on Monday assumed operation of the men's formal-wear sales and rental store at 102 S. High...

D-J's Beauty Mart has expanded. "We've acquired more space and added new services," said Darlene Barham. "We've added tanning booths and beauty salon operation, including a barber." The business, now located in Suite F at 1020 North Kingshighway has added two tanning booths, three nail technicians, three hair stylists, and a barber...

Joan Jones has retired from First Exchange Bank of Cape Girardeau. Bill Stanfield, president and chief executive officer of the bank, announced Jones' retirement and the promotion of two bank employees to new positions. Shirley Cates has been named vice president-cashier and Geralyn Counts has been promoted to assistant vice president...

JACKSON -- Jerry L. Strack and his wife, Mary J. Strack, have purchased Compas and Strack Inc., and have changed the name of the John Deere agriculture, lawn and garden equipment firm to Strack Equipment Co. Strack has been a partner in the business since it was founded 25 years ago in Cape Girardeau...

SCOTT CITY -- A bicycle and a number of hams were among prizes valued at more than $200 that were presented by Baker's Bestway at Scott City during a recent promotion. The contest was sponsored by the store and Coca Cola Co. Ham winners were Trina Sinn, Jim Burton, J.P. Ham, Aleen Leible, and Idalene Head. The bicycle winner was Chad Chaney...

Terry Roth has joined First Exchange Bank of Cape Girardeau as auditor for the bank. Roth's appointment was announced recently by Bill Stanfield, president and chief executive officer of the bank. Roth has been in the banking industry for 10 years and has held a variety of positions. He was most recently associated with the Bank of Altenburg as auditor-compliance officer...