Stories from Sunday, October 11, 1992

"Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen." Peter Marshall, Senate Chaplain, 1948 Bill Clinton faces new credibility questions on abortion rights, after being quoted in the Reader's Digest as saying he has "no problem" in principle with a 24-hour waiting period. ...

A spokesman for KGIR Radio in Cape Girardeau said the radio station plans to resume broadcasting Monday. The station went off the air at midnight, Sept. 30, to begin an extensive upgrade of its transmitting and antenna facilities near East Cape Girardeau, Ill...

The Trail of Tears State Park north of Cape Girardeau could be one of five areas that will receive early certification as a site along the 2,220-mile trail, which starts at Murphy, N.C., and crosses nine states, ending at Tahlequah, Okla. "The management and use plan for the Trail of Tears includes 70 sites in its inventory," said Duane King of the National Park Service. "But we know there are other sites out there that we're not aware of."...

At least 75 percent of the property owners in the Twin Lakes subdivision have asked to be annexed into the city of Cape Girardeau. The move would add about 200 people to the city's population. This westward expansion seems a natural progression of Cape Girardeau's growth. We urge the City Council to proceed to bring Twin Lakes into the city's fold...

David E. Murphy of Jackson is executive director of Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation, which is involved in an effort to purchase the Old St. Vincent's Seminary as a national historic museum and Civil War interpretive center. He has been with the foundation since February, and previously worked six years on the staff of Rep. Bill Emerson...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Medical care in Cairo has taken a step forward with the relocation and expansion of Community Health Services Inc. A 20,000-square-foot mega-clinic opened Wednesday on a five-acre tract near the Interstate 57 and Route 3 intersection north of Cairo...

Voters in Southeast Missouri say they hope to hear discussion of issues, not personal attacks in today's presidential debate in St. Louis. "For me, the two issues that are most important are education and health care, not what Bill Clinton did 20 years ago," Betsy Moffatt, 21, said Saturday...

Life is a battle these days for Mike Carlton a struggle against a deadly cancer of the bone marrow. For the past several months, the Cape Girardeau firefighter and his family have also been locked in a struggle with his health insurance company, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri...

For cancer patient Mike Carlton of Cape Girardeau, health care is a life and death matter. For months, he and his family have fought to get his insurance company, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri, to pay for a costly bone marrow transplant. His story reflects America's health care dilemma...

Two of Missouri's top officials, Gov. John Ashcroft and State Treasurer Wendell Bailey will visit Southeast Missouri Wednesday to raise funds for state Senate candidate Peter Kinder. Ashcroft will attend a noon luncheon at Delmonico's restaurant at 524 W. Main in Jackson...

Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Webster will visit agricultural sites on a campaign swing through Southeast Missouri Monday and Tuesday. Campaign officials said Webster will visit the Delta Growers co-op between Charleston and East Prairie Monday, and also make stops at a farm in the Dogwood area, a New Madrid rice mill, the Delta Research Center at Portageville, a U.S. ...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri proposed a plan in August to fund part of the cost of a bone marrow transplant for Cape Girardeau resident Mike Carlton. The plan called for the insurer to pay a total of $100,000 over a five-year period, with essentially installment payments predicated upon Carlton surviving...

Though far from being considered a state with a large number of electoral votes to be claimed this November, Missouri with just 11 is getting the star treatment. Seen as a must-win state, Republican and Democratic candidates are clamoring to spend time here, literally reaching out to voters in an attempt to claim a state that some consider up for grabs...

PERRYVILLE -- Jesse C. Abernathy, 75, of Perryville died Saturday, Oct. 10, 1992 at the Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 1, 1918 in Perry County, the son of Albert and Addie Abernathy Abernathy. He married Mildred Clifton on Sept. 14, 1947. She survives of Perryville...

ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Ray E. Robins Sr. of Advance will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Morgan Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Arvil Huffman will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Wayne Page. Burial will be in Morgan Memorial Park, with military graveside rites...

Charles A. Burns, 64, of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 1992, at his home. He was born Jan. 2, 1928 in St. Louis, son of Harry Burns Sr. and Sadie B. Burns. He married Dolores A. LaTurno Aug. 17, 1957 at St. Louis. She survives of the home. He was first a postal employee at St. Louis. Later he worked with the Internal Revenue Service as a collector, both in St. Louis and Cape Girardeau. He retired in 1990. He also lived for a while in Texas...

Ruby Dale Welty, 84, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Aug. 19, 1908, in Leemon, Mo., daughter of Gilbert Dale Masterson and Mary Lula Clementz Masterson. She married James Welty on Sept. 13, 1933, at Ste. Genevieve. He preceded her in death on Sept. 7, 1965...

SIKESTON -- Robert Lee Jackson, 94, of Sikeston, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 1992, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. He was born Dec. 29, 1897 in Dyersburg, Tenn., son of Andrew and Malissa Humphrey Jackson. He was a farmer. He was a veteran of both World War I and II, serving in the Army...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Farrel Furguson of Jonesboro died Saturday, Oct. 10, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at the Crain Funeral Home in Anna.

CHARLESTON -- Cortell R. "Ted" Smotherman, 78, of Charleston, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 1992, at the Bertrand Retirement Home. He was born April 7, 1914 in Calloway County, Tenn., the son of Hurshall and Bessie Wyatt Smotherman. He had lived in Charleston for the past 46 years, where he as a member of the South Side Baptist Church...

Bradley Michael Carr, age 13 months, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 1, 1991 in Cape Girardeau, the son of Bobby Joe Carr and Joy Marie Todd. They survive of Cape Girardeau. Other survivors are maternal grandparents Jackie and Marie Todd and paternal grandparents Bobby and Ruth Carr, all of Cape Girardeau...

John G. Cooper, 59, of St. Louis, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 1992 at St. Louis Regional Medical Center. He was born in Cape Girardeau, the son of Peter and Ruth Greer Cooper. He is survived by two brothers, James Cooper and Peter Cooper, both of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Vera Cooper, of Cape Girardeau; 12 nieces and one nephew...

Helen L. Humes, 78, of 1202 S. Ranney, died Saturday, Oct. 10, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Aug. 18, 1914 to Kelly and Hettie Kilbourn Gohn at Neelys Landing. She married Capel "Bud" Humes on Dec. 5, 1936. He died Feb. 23, 1966. Survivors include: one son, Donald Humes of Cape Girardeau; one daughter, Charlotte Brandon of St. Peters; three grandchildren; and four great grandchildren...

SCOTT CITY -- Mona E. Emmons, 73, of Scott City, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 1992 at her home. She was born Aug. 16, 1919 in Purman, the daughter of Clarence and Rosie Nesvit. She married William R. Emmons on Aug. 23, 1940. He survives. Other survivors are two sons, David Emmons and James Emmons, both of Scott City; one sister, Golda Porter of Arcadia and one foster sister, Opal Robb of Jackson...

ADVANCE -- Funeral service for Pearl F. Camren of Advance was held Saturday at Morgan Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Keith Price officiated, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park Cemetery. Camren, 89, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau...

JACKSON -- Wilma M. Lewis, 89, of Largo, Fla., died Saturday, Oct. 3, 1992, at Largo Medical Center. She was born Feb. 20, 1903, at Kurreville, daughter of Herman F. and Emma Haupt Martin. She and Denver Lewis were married Sept. 5, 1925. Lewis lived in Villa Park, Ill., from 1967 until moving to Largo in 1991. She was a member of the Congregational Church and Order of Eastern Star in Largo...

JACKSON -- Funeral service for Willie T. Ruesler of Jackson will be held at 2 p.m. today at McCombs Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Rodney Travis will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau. Ruesler, 86, died Thursday, Oct. 8, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

PERRYVILLE -- Louis J. Oswald of Perryville died Friday, Oct. 9, 1992, at his home. He was born Nov. 14, 1945 in Cape Girardeau, son of Martin Louis Oswald and Ruth Mueller Oswald. They preceded him in death. He was owner of Perryville Cycle. He is survived by his stepmother, Frances Oswald, of Denver, Colo.; two brothers, Martin Oswald of Ferguson, Mo. and Charles H. Oswald of Perryville; and two sisters, Mary Hannsen and Martha Heinbaugh, both of Denver...

Tenor Christopher Goeke, a member of the faculty at Southeast Missouri State University, will present a voice recital today as part of the music department's faculty music series. The recital will be held at Old St. Vincent's Church, beginning at 3 p.m...

State Auditor Margaret Kelly says she wants to become more involved in state government. "During the past eight years as auditor, all I could do is make recommendations for improvements," said Kelly, who is the Republican candidate for Missouri lieutenant government. "I want to be in a better position to share my views and be more involved in helping make better use of the taxpayers' dollar."...

There is a new personality in my kitchen with which to mumble and grumble about our national problems. That is, if you can attribute personality to an inanimate object. She's a kitchen witch, rather large, as if she's been into the cookie jar at night or when I'm away. ...

An ancestral castle, a compatriot of King Henry VIII, a martyr beheaded in the Tower of London, a Revolutionary War spy, and three cousins living right here in Cape Girardeau. When Jan Chamberlain began researching her family tree two years ago, she had no idea what family treasurers she would unlock. She has traced ancestors back to the year 99. That's a long time ago...

It is again autumn and time for the fall flower show given each year by The Council of Garden Clubs of Cape Girardeau. This show, Fall Floral Olympics, bears the insignia of the Olympics, the well known five continuous circles. The Family Life Center of Centenary Methodist Church, 300 North Ellis Street, where 177 countries participated. ...

Charlie and Ruthie Knote recently served as barbecue judges at the American Royal's International BBQ contest in Kansas City. "Two major cookoffs were held," said Charlie Knote. "The invitational cookoff consisted of 45 teams, each of which had won a major regional barbecue contest."...

Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages has recycled more than 3 million old telephone directories since late 1989, when Project ReDirectory was established in the Tulsa, Okla., area. "Our approach on Project ReDirectory is twofold to save thousands of trees annually and to alleviate the overuse of our nation's landfills," said Gary Bradford, coordinator of the project...

Glik's is having an anniversary celebration. The retail clothing chain, which carries a variety of men's, women's and children's apparel, is observing its 95th year this month. "We are in the process of carrying out several special anniversary promotions," said a spokesman at Glik's headquarters in Granite City, Ill. "These include shopping sprees, backstage passes for top concerts, free gifts and other events to be held before Oct. 25."...

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.'s new Cape Girardeau telephone directory was unveiled at a news conference at West Park Mall Thursday. The cover of the directory features the city's official Bicentennial seal. Also introduced during the unveiling was Project ReDirectory, a program urging people to recycle outdated telephone books...

Twenty artists have indicated they will be present for the grand opening of Gallery St. Avit in downtown Cape Girardeau Oct. 18, starting at 1:30 p.m. The new gallery, owned by John and Evelyn Boardman, is at the corner of Spanish and Independence. It provides a showcase for area artists...

"Business After Hours" will be held at the Drury Lodge Oct. 20 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The monthly event is an unstructured program sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce and designed to give members an opportunity to meet, mingle and make new business contacts...

Linda Whitehead recently joined Classic Real Estate Ltd., Better Homes and Gardens, as a sales associate. Whitehead is a member of the Missouri Association of Realtors, the National Association of Realtors, and the Cape Girardeau Board of Realtors. She is also a member of the Cape Girardeau Multiple Listing Association...

Philips Consumer Electronics Co., a developer and manufacturer of home entertainment products, has announced the formation of a Philips partnership with Shivelbine Home Entertainment Center, 535 Broadway. "We're proud to introduce the complete line of Philips-branded home electronics to the Cape Girardeau market," said Fred Gilbert, who was at Shivelbine's last week...

Cape Insurance has moved. "We're in a newly remodeled building at 107 S. Broadview," said Loy Welker. "This will be our permanent location." Loy and Mary Welker and Paul Stehr are owners of the insurance firm, which moved from 20 S. Sprigg. "One of the agencies that lease space in the structure at 20 S. Sprigg needed more space," said Welker. "This building was available and we decided to purchase and remodel it, giving up our space on Sprigg Street."...

Teresa Brown of Jackson has joined Sunny Hill Gardens as a floral designer. Brown, who was employed by The Greenhouse for more than seven years, is a graduate of Frankie Shelton School of Design in Houston, Texas. She has received several awards. She received first place in Teleflora design competition at Shaw's Botanical Gardens in St. Louis for her silk Christmas design and has received awards in FTD competitions for her fresh flower designs...

Cape Girardeau cardiologist, Dr. James B. Chapman, served on the faculty of the Advanced Cardiovascular Systems Annual Fellows Conference held Wednesday through Saturday at Carlsbad, Calif. Chapman participated in several sessions of the conference, which was attended by more than 200 cardiology fellows in their final year of angioplasty training...

A new large-animal care clinic Cape Girardeau Large Animal Services opened recently. Dr. David Burgermeister, a native of Arkansas, opened the facility at 853 S. Kingshighway. He has worked in Missouri the past three years one year as associate veterinarian at the Moore Veterinary Clinic in Buffalo, a year at the Animal Care Clinic in Bolivar, and a year at Hermitage, where he operated the Animal Care Clinic through a lease agreement...

ST. LOUIS Interco Inc. has reported improved earnings for the third quarter, having emerged from bankruptcy. Interco, which makes furniture and shoes, said its earnings for the quarter that ended Aug. 31 rose 5.5 percent, to $29.4 million from $27.9 million in the same period last year...

Cape Chimney Sweeps is observing its fifth anniversary this month. Ed McElfresh founded the company, which specializes in chimney service, in October 1988. "It was founded to provide chimney sweeping and maintenance. We also provide stainless steel reliners and other accessories," he said...

Heartland Crafts is the newest addition to downtown Cape Girardeau. The new arts, crafts and gift shop 5 N. Main, on the second level of the building that houses Heartland Antique Emporium, is holding its grand opening this weekend. "The grand opening started Saturday and will continue from noon to 5 p.m. today," said Sharon Hahs, who operates the business. "We have 14 arts and crafts dealers and we will be expanding that in the near future."...