Stories from Sunday, October 4, 1992

The nation now stands less than a month away from electing a new president. Certainly, some minds are made up. Undoubtedly, some who feel their decisions are steadfast will have second thoughts (probably third and fourth thoughts) in the coming four weeks. ...

What makes Ross Perot run? Ego, pure and simple. In his first political life, Perot was the Messiah who would deliver America from crass politics. In a country where disenchantment with politics and politicians was and is at an all-time high, Perot was, back in the early summer, something new an alternative to more of the same...

Janet Knoderer is program chairperson of the Depressive and Manic Depressive Association of Southeast Missouri. The Depressive and Manic Depressive Association of Southeast Missouri and Community Counseling Center are presenting the opportunity for individuals in the area to take advantage of the First National Depression Screening Day being held in 300 sites across the nation. Locally, the screening will be held Thursday at West Park Mall from 2-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m...

"An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing or good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water...

JACKSON - Local leaders of the Ross Perot presidential campaign will be holding weekly meetings each Wednesday at the Jackson Public Library at 225 S. High. Meetings will be from 6-8 p.m. and the public is invited to come by anytime during those hours...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Seyer, Chaffee Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 10:28 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, 1992. Name, Brooke Rebecca. Weight, 8 pounds 7 ounces. Fourth child, third daughter. Mrs. Seyer is the former Rebecca Ourth, daughter of Grace Ourth of Chaffee, and the late Gregory Ourth. Seyer is a conductor with Burlington Northern Railroad, and is the son of the late August and Minnie Seyer of Chaffee...

Vice President Dan Quayle left his mark on the Cape Girardeau area Friday, in a series of stops where he spent as much time shaking hands and greeting people as he did speaking about the political race he and George Bush are in the midst of. Air Force II touched down at the airport at 1:35 p.m. before a crowd of several hundred that included many school children. The Cape Central High School Marching Band provided a music background...

If you and members of your family are asleep when a fire breaks out in your home, do you think the smoke will awaken you? If you say "yes," you're wrong ... perhaps dead wrong. "When there's a fire, the smoke will actually put sleeping people into a deeper sleep, not awaken them. It's not the flames that kill people, its the smoke and hot, toxic gases," says interim Cape Girardeau Fire Chief Max Jauch...

In less than eight years, the United States labor market is expected to add 3.2 million health service jobs bringing the total of health care jobs to 12 million nationally. Missouri is expected to see a 38 percent growth in health services jobs by the year 2000. Missouri hospitals are estimated to need 25 percent more health care personnel by the same time...

David Limbaugh had never met Dan Quayle before, but the vice president was looking for him when he landed at the Cape airport Friday on a campaign stop. As Quayle patiently worked his way through a receiving line of about 30 civic leaders and Republican Party leaders, he came to the end of the line where Limbaugh, his wife Lisa, and mother Millie were standing...

Prospective students and their parents are being invited to "experience" Notre Dame High School next Sunday. The Cape Girardeau Catholic high school will hold an informational evening from 6-8 p.m. Sponsored by the school's marketing committee, the evening is being held to inform prospective students (in grades 6-8) and their parents about the school and its educational mission...

SCOTT CITY - The most immediate impact of a $1.2 million Economic Development Administration grant announced Friday for the Southeast Missouri Regional Port Authority is that construction can begin right away on the final phase of a railroad spur. The first phase was completed in late summer and, with the grant secure, the port will begin advertising for bids this week on the final phase...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Three persons, including one from Mounds City, Ill., were injured Saturday when their vehicles collided at the intersection of Illinois Route 3 and Redman Road, north of the Cairo Municipal Airport. District 22 Illinois State Police at Ullin said the accident occurred when a van driven south on Route 3 by Treva Vines, 68, of Mounds City, attempted to make a left turn onto Redman Road, in front of an oncoming car driven north by William Sullins, 63, of Carterville, Ga...

The vice president of governmental affairs for the Missouri Chamber of Commerce stressed Friday that the Nov. 3 general election will have a major impact on business. "This is a very important election year for business because we have not had what is viewed as a pro-business General Assembly," said Tony Reinhart, speaking at the Cape Chamber's monthly First Friday Coffee...

VIENNA, Ill. -- Hazel L. Jones, 66, of Route 3, Vienna, died Saturday, Oct. 3, 1992, at Marion Memorial Hospital in Marion. She was born Aug. 9, 1926, in Cypress, Ill., the daughter of John and Bertie Alsip Penrod. She married Arthur C. "Bud" Jones on Nov. 1, 1947. He preceded her in death on June 30, 1991...

Cecil D. Schatte, 92, of 3120 Independence died Saturday, Oct. 3, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

PERRYVILLE - Wallace H. Huber, 83 of Perryville, died Saturday Oct. 3, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Feb. 25, 1909 in Perryville, the son of Emil R. and Emma Sutterer Huber. On Feb 25, 1941, he was marred to Elsie M. Steinbecker, who survives...

Freddie Alice Moore, 45, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Oct. 1, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born in Morley on March 15, 1947, to Joseph and Cresie Nunnley Moore. She was formerly employed as a secretary at Southeast Missouri State University, and was a member of the Cape Rock Church of God...

MCCLURE - Ray V. Toler, 67, of McClure, died Friday Oct. 2, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Aug. 11, 1925 at Dongola, the son of J. Ira and Nina Woodard Toler. He was married to Annabel Karraker on Aug. 30, 1947 and she preceded him in death on July 19, 1974. On Aug. 2, 1975, he married Joann Collier, who survives...

ADVANCE -- Dorothy Lenora Mullins, 63, of Portageville, died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1992, at her home. She was born April 10, 1929, at Boekerton, daughter of Shaw A. and Henrietta Adams Hardin. She and Richard R. Mullins Jr. were married April 20, 1946, at Concord...

CANALOU -- Christine Powell, 76, of Canalou died Saturday, Oct. 3, 1992, at Sells Rest Home in Matthews. She was born Oct. 28, 1915 in Canalou, daughter of Charles and Bessie Deems McCullom. She was employed as a teachers at the Canalou Elementary School...

CHARLESTON - Eddie Eddington, 87 of Charleston, died Friday Oct. 2, 1992 at the Bertrand Nursing facilities following an extended illlness. He was born Aug. 2, 1905 in the state of Tennessee, and was a retired employee of the Lankheit farms. He was a member of the Mercy Baptist Church...

CHARLESTON - Mrs. Pauline Hawkins Murphy, 91, of Charleston, died Friday Oct. 2, 1992 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Oct. 16, 1900 in Charleston, the daughter of Edward and Mary Frances Hawkins. She was a retired teacher, having taught in schools all over the Bootheel area. She was a member of Perry Chapel AME Church...

MARBLE HILL -- Linus James, 83, of Marble Hill died Friday, Oct. 2, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born near Scopus on July 25, 1909, the son of John A. and Laura Jane Masters James. He married Pearl Lincoln on Aug. 19, 1934. She preceded him in death June 5, 1985...

PERRYVILLE -- John Edward Fellows, 85, of Perryville died, Saturday, Oct. 3, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Feb. 6, 1907 in Bollinger County, the son of Thomas Franklin Fellows and Ida G. Grantham Fellows. He was a real estate broker for 23 years...

The search for the great pumpkin this Halloween may be better than ever, say local pumpkin growers. Perfect growing weather means a bumper crop, which is being harvested now. "We're in the peak of our harvest and it's one of the best crops we've ever had," said David Diebold of Diebold Orchards Inc. at Benton...

We hear and read about family values these days. Nearly every day some newspaper, magazine or TV broadcast touches on the subject. Some readers and listeners ask, querulously, "What do you mean by family values?" On TV, if someone tried to explain, he (meaning he or she) is interrupted before he gets to finish a sentence, sometimes not even a phrase. ...

Nature is changing the season with cooler air, bluer skies and warm, but not hot, sunshine. This is ideal gardening time after a wonderful summer with adequate rainfall. House plants that have spent the summer vacation hanging on the porch or patio, dressing up gardens or even planted in the soil like any permanent feature of the landscape, need to come inside for the winter. Gardeners needs to do some work on them to make their transition easier...

Earl Norman has been in the health services business almost a quarter century. As founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Health Service Corporation of America (HSCA), headquartered in Cape Girardeau, Norman keeps a close watch on the world of medicine...

Two-hundred people can make a big difference in unemployment figures for a small county. Bollinger County is case in point. The work force in Bollinger for July was 4,605. "Of that total, 3,963 people had jobs," said Jackie Cecil, director of the Missouri Job Service office at Cape Girardeau. "But 642 people were jobless, and that all figures out to a 13.9 percent unemployment."...

Sabreliner Corp. has purchased the Neosho division of Teledyne, Inc. The new acquisition includes engine and component overhaul facilities, as well as repair and maintenance operations, in Neosho and Independence. "This strategic acquisition will add more than 140 engine specialists to our staff," said F. ...

Brase Distributing and B&H Fleet & Industrial Supply has opened a new machine shop at its warehouse at 2350 Rust Ave., in Cape Girardeau. David J. Kies Jr., sales manager for the firm, announced the new facility recently. "All types of engine work, flywheel reconditioning and other machine shop services will be available," said Kies. "The shop will work on all types and sizes of engines, from 3-horsepower Briggs & Stratton lawn mower engines to a 2,500-horsepower Detroit or EMD engine."...

Sam Blackwell has joined the Southeast Missourian news staff as a staff writer. Blackwell, a native of Cape Girardeau, has several of years newspaper experience at newspapers in northern and southern California and upstate New York. He also worked at the Southeast Missourian early in his career as a sports writer...

Southeast Fabricating, Inc. is expanding. The firm, a sheet metal fabricating company, will be moving into a 21,000-square-foot building in the 630 Industrial Park along Southern Expressway (Highway 74). "Groundwork started on the new building this week," said Dianna Todt, vice president of the company. "We hope to be in by mid-December or at least by the first of the year."...

EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, Ill. -- Mayberry Discount Music opened here recently. The new business, located on Highway 146 East, is a branch of Mayberry Audio, an Anna, Ill., firm that has been serving the music industry 25 years. Mayberry Discount, operated by Paul Mayberry, will feature a large selection of musical instruments, cables, speakers and other musical accessories...

Southwestern Bell Corp. has announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from St. Louis to San Antonio, Texas. Company Chairman Edward Whitacre said the move is intended to position the company for increased growth and new business opportunities...