Stories from Thursday, January 23, 1992

MARBLE HILL -- Bonnie R. Shell, 75, of Marble Hill died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1991 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. She was born at Patton on Dec. 11, 1916 to Walter C. and Minta Starkey Green. In 1941, she married Lester H. Shell. He died Jan. 22, 1974...

The American Red Cross community blood drive will be held Jan. 29 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center from 2-7 p.m. The drive is sponsored by Elk's Lodge 639 of Cape Girardeau. The goal for the drive is 100 units of blood. January is National Blood Donor Month and all eligible donors are asked to give...

MORLEY -- A financial aid meeting will be held Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. at Scott Central High School. Juniors and seniors and their parents are invited. Information about financial aid available for college, vocational school, technical school or other post-secondary training will be discussed...

A number of local students have been named to the honor roll at Southwest Missouri State University for the fall semester. To be eligible for the honor roll, students must earn at least a 3.5 grade-point average and complete at least six credit hours during the semester...

SCOTT CITY -- Audie L. Cummins of Scott City has been named to the "Who's Who Among American High School Students." She is a junior at Scott City High School, where she is a member of Future Homemakers of America. She plays basketball and is a member of the swim team...

Evelyn Beussink and Angie Haas have been named Students of the Month by the Cape Girardeau Elk's Lodge 639. Beussink, 18, is a senior at Notre Dame High School. She is active in Students Against Driving Drunk, French Club, Future Business Leaders of America, Pro-Life Club, Liturgy Council, varsity basketball, and is president of the senior class...

SCOTT CITY -- Susan M. Brooks of Scott City has been named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Westminster College. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brooks of Scott City and is a 1988 graduate of Scott City High School. The dean's list recognizes students with a grade-point average of at least 3.6...

JACKSON -- Like the well-known storybook, "Little Engine That Could," the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad is also proving it's a railroad that can do. For the second consecutive year, the 6-year-old, steam-powered tourist railroad that operates over 18 miles of track between Jackson and Delta, has reported significant increases in revenues and passengers...

Craig Karges, a psychic entertainer, will perform tonight at the University Center Club on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. Karges' show consists of mind reading, linking finger rings together and reading serial numbers from a dollar bill while blindfolded. He also causes a table to "walk" and levitate off the ground...

The Show Me Center will host a Sports Show Feb. 1-2 that will showcase the newest in fishing, hunting, camping and boating equipment. Steve Nicholas, one of the show's organizers, said boat, recreational vehicle and motorcycle dealers will bring along their latest models...

The Southeast Baroque Players, a new chamber trio, will perform Tuesday as part of the Cultural Programs series offered at Southeast Missouri State University. The group consists of Paul Thompson, flute; Sara Edgerton, cello; and Gary Miller, harpsichord...

NEW MADRID -- The author of Missouri's most recent book on the Civil War will speak at the Feb. 6 meeting of the Col. A.C. Riley Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Phil Gottschalk, retired editor of the Columbia Daily Tribune, will speak on the Confederate Army's Missouri Brigade, the subject of his new book, "In Deadly Earnest."...

The Mississippi Valley Home Educators organization will host the 1992 Science-Art Fair for Region VI of the state home education organization, Families For Home Education. The fair will be held May 16 at Cape Bible Chapel, Mt. Auburn and Kage Roads...

A number of local students have been named to the 1991 fall honor roll at Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville. Students named to the list and their major course of study follow. From Cape Girardeau: Julie Suzanne Logan, undeclared major; Brian Randal Reeves, prelaw and history; Amy Christina Ringwald, communication disorders; Douglas Wayne Steward, English;...

Speaking with the kind of conviction that friends have never mistaken for political pap, John Ashcroft says he will make his final year in the executive office a time of progress and achievement. If he makes good on his pledge he will defy the rules of politics, which hold that a governor's last year in office is one filled with frustration and inertia...

Several years ago, Southeast Missouri State University basketball was promoted as "the greatest show in town." While teams have come and gone in the time since, the long-dispatched slogan now seems more viable than ever. In their first year of Division I competition, the Indian and Otahkian basketball teams are proving they belong in the upper elevations of NCAA play. Along for the ride, the region is being treated to some exciting, audacious entertainment...

SIKESTON -- Lloyd Forbis, 69, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. He was born Aug. 7, 1922, at Holts Summit, son of Fred M. and Hester Marie Windsor Forbis. He and Norma A. Paxton were married Oct. 15, 1944, at St. Johns...

CHAFFEE -- Leo Albert Schmitt, 79, Chaffee Route 1, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1992, at Deal Nursing Home in Jackson. He was born Oct. 25, 1912, at New Hamburg, son of Ludonis Frank and Anna Mary Weber Schmitt. Schmitt was a janitor at St. Ambrose Catholic Church from 1954-75. He was a member of St. Ambrose Church, its Men's Club, and Chaffee American Legion Post 389. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Van Halen, with special guests Baby Animals will perform at the SIU Arena in Carbondale on Feb. 5. Songs from Van Halen's latest album, "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge," will be performed along with picks from their other albums, "5150," "OU812" and "Women and Children First."...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- "The Late Great Ladies of Blues and Jazz," a musical review created by and starring Sandra Reaves-Phillips, will be presented Feb. 5 at the Shryock Auditorium in Carbondale. Reaves-Phillips adopts the singing and performances of some of the greatest female jazz and blues singers, including Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington and Mahilia Jackson...

ADVANCE -- The Rev. Henry James Masters, 83, of Advance, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Oct. 28, 1908, at Yount, son of William Andrew and Mamie Conrad Masters. He and Dorothy Mosier were married Dec. 23, 1945, in Jonesboro, Ark...

ORAN -- Henderson Howard, 92, of Montgomery City, formerly of Oran, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1992, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 22, 1899, at Old Appleton, son of George Washington and Juliet Cotner Howard. He and Rosa Lee Moser were married July 5, 1924. She died in 1986...

Terri Frayser, 29, 2029 Anthony, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

MARBLE HILL -- The name of a sister was incorrectly given in the obituary of Jack Lincoln of Marble Hill that appeared in Wednesday's newspaper. It should have been Margaret Melvin of Cape Girardeau, not Margaret Miller.

SIKESTON -- Deloma Hulehan, 74, of Pensacola, Fla., died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1992, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Pensacola. She was formerly of Sikeston. Hulehan was born Nov. 11, 1917, at Poplar Bluff, daughter of Homer L. and Sylvia Comer Stallings Sr. She married Horace Adrian Hulehan Nov. 22, 1937. He died June 5, 1991...

SIKESTON -- Mary Ellen Nance, 83, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Nov. 26, 1908, in Hardin County, Tenn., daughter of John K. and Ida Prince Northcutt. She and William S. Nance were married Jan. 3, 1932, in Hardin County. He died May 2, 1969...

Dovie Mae Abshire, 69, of Cape Girardeau, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Aug. 16, 1922, in Mena, Ark., daughter of James and Nettie Bouchelle. She married James Carroll Abshire Jan. 12, 1944. He died Nov. 17, 1965...

ADVANCE -- Truman A. Niswonger, 82, of Route 1, Advance, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. McCombs Funeral Home at Jackson will be in charge of arrangements, which will be announced later.

CHAFFEE -- Amanda S. Baronowsky, 86, of Chaffee, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Jan. 20, 1906, at Oran, daughter of Frank Lawrence and Sophia Goetz Heisserer. She married Charles Joseph Baronowsky Sept. 22, 1928, in St. Louis. He died March 15, 1956...

The Faculty Senate at Southeast Missouri State University accepted two differing reports Wednesday on whether to retain the textbook rental system or require students to purchase textbooks. But the senators took no action on the recommendations contained in the reports from a senate task force. The issue could come up again at next week's meeting, Allen Gathman, Faculty Senate chairman, said following the meeting...

After lengthy debate Wednesday, Cape Girardeau's City Council voted unanimously to further study the feasibility of building a Shawnee Park sports complex with city tourism dollars. Also at the meeting, several property owners objected to city street improvements in their neighborhood...

Gov. John Ashcroft has proposed legislation requiring hospitals to disclose comparative cost and medical-results data to help consumers make better informed decisions about health care. Hospital spokesmen said it is good to have well-informed consumers, but they urged caution when comparisons are drawn on hospitals across the state...

CABOOL -- Earl Durnell believes career politicians have failed to come up with solutions to the nation's pressing problems. As a result, he says, the country has been in a state of decline for the last few years. To reverse that decline, Durnell believes it's time congressmen be replaced. So he will challenge U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson in the August Republican primary...

PERRYVILLE -- Voters in the Perry County School District will decide in April if they will pay more in school taxes to fund additions to school buildings. The Perry County Board of Education Wednesday night unanimously decided to ask voters for a 19-cent increase in the current school operating levy and also to approve a $4.9 million bond issue...

The board of trustees for the Cape Girardeau County Mill Tax for Mental Health elected three new trustees and installed officers at its annual dinner Monday night. Elected to the board were Tom Jamieson and Dr. Harold Ridings, both of Cape Girardeau, and Judy Statler of Jackson...

SCOTT CITY -- The number of polling places in Scott City has been reduced from three to two and ward lines in the city have been redrawn to even out the number of voters in each ward. Scott County Clerk Bob Kielhofner said new voter registration cards were mailed this week to Scott City voters advising them of the changes...

Volunteer training for the American Cancer Society's upcoming residential fundraising campaign began this week with a meeting of residential campaign captains Wednesday night. The door-to-door campaign March 24 throughout Cape Girardeau County. Carolyn Little of Cape Girardeau will serve as the overall Cape Girardeau County chairman for the 1992 residential campaign...

The Cape Girardeau City Council Wednesday tabled a measure that would impose stringent identification requirements on people who sell merchandise to pawnshops and jewelry stores. The Cape Girardeau Police Department had asked the council amend the city's "pawnbrokers" ordinance to strengthen the department's ability to investigate thefts and recover stolen property...

Education has changed a lot over the years, and Shelby Shell has seen it change from her perspective as a mathematics teacher since 1957. She teaches at Cape Central Junior High School. "Mathematics education has gone from just teaching how to do the problems," Shell said, "to the new math decade of teaching the `why' of the operations...