Stories from Monday, August 17, 1992

JACKSON -- Girls interested in joining Girl Scouts for the 1992-93 school year may register at the Jackson City Pool for $6 on Saturday. The registration will take place from 10 a.m. to noon. Girls who are presently Girl Scouts will re-register through their troops at a later date...

GORDONVILLE -- Darren Harris takes horse riding competitions very seriously, so much that he gets up at 5 a.m. every day to round up his horse after a night of grazing. He doesn't want M.I., or "Classy" as he calls her, to fade in the daytime sun, so Classy grazes at night and stays inside the barn during the day...

A new Cape Girardeau public schools committee hopes to see a lot of new, older faces at school activities this coming year. The committee is inviting senior citizens to take part in school events, like football games, plays and concerts, and eventually hopes to organize a classroom volunteer program...

The Southeast Missourian asked people what they thought about President Bush naming Secretary of State James A. Baker III to be his chief of staff who would work for the president's re-election. Jim Stubbs: "I think that Bush needs him to help, but it's going to be a little bit late. I don't think it will help much. I think the Democrats and the women are going to take over."...

Frederick William Reimann, 80, of 429 S. West End Blvd. died Sunday, Aug. 16, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 28, 1912, at Egypt Mills, the son of Charles and Dorothea Gerlach Reimann. On June 7, 1936, he married Anita L. Popp in Cape Girardeau. She survives of the home...

FROHNA - Frohna native Arnold R. Schuessler of Sandusky, Ohio, died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992 at Providence Hospital following an extended illness. He was 83. His sister, Olga Ruehling, lives in Jackson. He was born in Frohna on Oct. 7, 1908 and was a lifelong resident of Sandusky. He retired from Sandusky Foundry and Machine in 1973...

CHAFFEE -- Florence Grace Walker, 89, of Chaffee died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992, at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 2, 1903, at Bertrand, the daughter of the late Robert and Sarah Slinkard Grayam. On Nov. 1, 1919, she married Robert Roy Walker of Chaffee, who preceded her in death July 3, 1948...

SCOTT CITY -- Theodore J. Jackson, 68, of Scott City and formerly of Sikeston died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 10, 1923, at Morley, the son of the late Thomas J. and Myrtle Cruse Jackson...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Verna P. Drake, 92, of Cairo died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo. She was born March 6, 1900, in Dongola, the daughter of Sidney and Theodosia Penrod Drake. She was a retired telephone operator for the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. and was a member of the Cairo Baptist Church, the American Legion Auxiliary and the Telephone Pioneers of America...

ADVANCE -- C. Kenneth Littleton, 56, of Advance died Sunday, Aug. 16, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 30, 1935, at Atkins, Ark., the son the late Earnest Littleton and Delma Childers Littleton, who survives of Advance...

BURFORDVILLE -- Margarette Maue, 78, of Burfordville died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Nov. 21, 1913, at Burfordville, the daughter of Francis and Hester Medley Howard. On Jan. 19, 1931, she married Dale Helderman, who preceded her in death Dec. 20, 1960. On Aug. 19, 1965, she married Harry Maue, who preceded her in death Jan. 11, 1974...

Bob G. Jones, 61, of 2613 Gardenia died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 10, 1930, at Lamar, Ark., the son of Fred and Flossie Waldo Jones. On May 5, 1956, he married Wilma Enderle at Kelso. She survives of the home...

SIKESTON -- Curtis D. Barnett, 65, of Sikeston died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Feb. 25, 1927, at Tuckerman, Ark., the son of John and Elsie Gray Barnett. On Jan. 8, 1945, he married Violet Hanshew in Bloomfield. She survives of the home...

Lester R. Etheridge, 88, of 843 Morgan Oak died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992, at his home. He was born July 21, 1904, at Waverly, Tenn., the son of James D. and Margaret E. Moore Etheridge. On Oct. 20, 1951, he married Velma E. Lund in St. Louis. She preceded him in death Aug. 6, 1992...

Adolph A. Fee, 76, of 431 E. Cape Rock Dr. died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Feb. 14, 1916, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Ira A. and Vada Gaines Fee. On June 5, 1942, he married Iva M. Schnurbusch, who survives of the home...

SCOTT CITY -- Lillian Eakins, 86, of St. Charles and formerly of Scott City died Saturday, Aug. 15, 1992, at the Emmaus Evangelical Home in St. Charles. She was born in September 1906, at Gordonville, the daughter of Edward and Lovey Eakins. Survivors include seven sisters, Monola Senn of Scott City, Hazel Hennecke of Fruitland, Vergie Kies of Cape Girardeau, Rosie Dryer of Frohna, Oma Dell Clark of Waukegan, Ill., Erma Ellinger of Scott City and Lovella Figel of Conway, Ark.; and three brothers, Cecil Eakins of Cape Girardeau, Claude Eakins of Janesville, Wis., and Scott Eakins of Little Rock, Ark.. ...

Gene Huckstep is Presiding Commissioner of Cape County. The following is from an Aug. 11 conversation between County Commissioner Gene Huckstep and Perspective editor Jon Rust about economic development in Cape Girardeau County. First of all, it is important to understand that economic development and industrial development are two separate things. ...

The Democrats had their day, and now the Republican party will bask in the limelight as the GOP convention begins today in Houston. Present day conventions have none of the suspense of year's past. But they can provide a real learning experience for voters if we take the time to really listen...

Dear Editor: This is an open letter to invite disgruntled citizens of the City of Cape Girardeau to come to the City Council Meeting tonight at 7:30. The trash issue will once again be on the agenda. At the last council meeting, the council was asked to again consider taking bids from private trash haulers so that we the people, can make an intelligent decision as to whether a private hauler could indeed compete with the city in offering solid waste management at a reasonable rate...

Allan Maki is Executive Director of the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority At the outset, I would state that I am very much encouraged by the potential organization of a coordinated metropolitan economic development office. With the serious competition that we face from neighboring states and international pressures, it is important that we band together to not shed economic blood locally...

Paul W. Sander is a Jackson City Councilman and former Jackson Chamber of Commerce President. The concept of a team-effort economic development for Cape County could be one whose time has come. With the towns of Jackson and Cape Girardeau virtually bordering each other's city limits, it would seem that a team effort would benefit both cities equally. Let's face it, if new industry is lured to Cape Girardeau, Jackson or the out-county, the entire area stands to gain...

Robert B. Hendrix is President/CEO of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. Economic Development is the "BUZZ" word of the century. What does it mean? Jobs and dollars, which benefit everybody in the community from top to bottom. We now have several entities in the Cape Girardeau area promoting it...

Walt Wildman is Executive Director of the Regional Commerce and Growth Association. The Regional Commerce and Growth Association (RCGA) is in full support of the formation of a group in Cape County to work on industrial development. We have been involved in the promotion of this group because we feel it will be an asset to the Region...

John Mehner is chairman of the board of the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. Come with me, if you will, to the year 2037. We are going to attend a huge celebration at the Cape County Park. It seems the greater Cape Girardeau area has done it again! Another Fortune 500 company is coming HERE! Yes - ANAD Corp., a manufacturer of electronic road maps for computer programmable cars will be building a factory to be completed sometime in '39...