Stories from Thursday, October 22, 1992

Voters have the opportunity on Nov. 3 to direct lawmakers in Jefferson City to a course of greater fiscal accountability. Amendment 6 would write a so-called Budget Stabilization Fund into the Missouri Constitution. It is an imperfect ballot measure with its heart in the right place, and the best way to enable the amendment to reach its potential is to supply it with an overwhelming mandate. We endorse the passage of Amendment 6...

The Cape Duplicate Bridge Club held its regular open game Oct. 9. Winning pairs were first, Irene Lewis and Frankie Schott; second, Norma and Ed Stoever, and third, Paul Gilbert and Tom Wood. Club games are open to all. The club meets in the Hirsch room at the Cape Girardeau Public Library on the second and fourth Fridays of each month, and play starts promptly at 7 p.m. Although the games are sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League, one need not be a member to play...

The Cape Girardeau Central High School choirs will perform a fall concert Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the high school auditorium. The concert is a preview of a choral music festival scheduled Tuesday in New Madrid. Director Judy Williams said a varied program is planned for the Monday performance. In addition to singing, students will also tell about the music and the periods those pieces are from...

Although it is not a high profile office, John Ferguson and Mitch Herod see the public administrator's job as an opportunity for public service and a chance to help people who need assistance. "It's a job that I enjoy doing," said Ferguson, a Republican seeking his second term. ...

It's not often you meet people like the Sycamores. They are an off-the-wall clan, considered eccentric by the kind, and demented by the harsh. The grandfather collects snakes. The man who came to deliver ice eight years ago never left and now lives in the basement, usually sporting a toga...

He's a wealthy industrialist, a non-political reformer who has been drafted to run for president. A practical idealist, he's giving it a go because he wants what's best for the American people. If that scenario sounds suspiciously familiar this year, be assured that Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse wrote the play "State of the Union" in 1945...

SCOTT CITY -- Twenty elephants and a menagerie of wild animals will be on display Friday when the Carson & Barnes Five-Ring Circus raises the "biggest Big Top on Earth" near I-55 exit 91, across from the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport. Shows will be presented at 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Scott City Kiwanis Club...

The piano duet team of Dallas Weekley and Nancy Arganbright will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Academic Auditorium at Southeast Missouri State University. The concert is sponsored by the Cultural Programs Committee. A recent issue of "Clavier" magazine describes them as "this country's premier duettists."...

Billed as "the world's largest guitarist," 6-foot-10-inch and 300-pound Mike Griffin will bring his Unknown Blues Band to Broussards Friday and Saturday. The Nashville-based band is known for a hard-driving brand of blues in the Albert King style. Griffin is known for straying from the stage with his wireless guitar, and for playing his slide blues with anything from a beer bottle to a high-heel shoe...

Voters should recognize that change will occur no matter who is elected president, and they should decide who to vote for based on who they want to manage that change, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Edward Madigan said Wednesday. "This election is about change, but we respectfully suggest this is about management change," Madigan said in a noon speech before the Cape Girardeau Lions Club. "The question is: Who is the best person to manage that change?"...

The long-awaited construction of elevators in three academic buildings at Southeast Missouri State University is expected to begin next week. The work will be done by Penzel Construction Co. of Jackson, which submitted a low bid of $416,000. Bill Moon, physical plant director at Southeast, said Tuesday that the $416,000 figure is for actual construction work. Costs of design work and other expenses incurred in the planning stages will bring the total project cost to almost $500,000, he said...

State Senate candidate Betty Hearnes said Wednesday that her past experience as a Democratic state lawmaker would benefit Southeast Missouri State University when it comes to state funding. Hearnes said the Missouri Senate is run by Democratic lawmakers. "The state Senate is a Democratic organization; if you send a Democrat to the state Senate that person will be a chairman of a committee and will handle the legislation."...

JACKSON -- Fourth-grade students at West Lane Elementary School took a walk around the state Wednesday ... and still had time to catch their buses home. It was all part of the school's observance of Missouri Day. On March 22, 1915, the General Assembly set aside the third Wednesday in October each year as "Missouri Day," a time for schools to honor the state and for the people of the state to study and celebrate the achievements of Missourians...

Orval Thorne, the Democratic candidate for Cape County treasurer, will hold a Democratic rally Friday evening at Sands Pancake House. The rally will begin at 5 p.m. and feature Lt. Gov. Mel Carnahan, the Democratic candidate for governor, and Bob Holden, the party's nominee for state treasurer...

Trail of Tears State Park greets the Halloween season Saturday with campfire storytelling. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at the Trail of Tears amphitheatre, located behind the park's interpretive center. A park spokesperson said the stories will be more humorous than haunted and are suitable for all members of the family...

The Cape Girardeau Convention and Business Bureau will discuss naming a new vice chairman in the near future. Juan Crites, a member of the CVB Advisory Board, submitted her resignation as vice chairman during the regular monthly meeting of the board Wednesday...

Legislation passed this month by the Senate could make additional federal funds available for improvements at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport. The bill, now cleared for action by the president, would reauthorize Federal Aviation Administration programs...

Starting to school was a wonderful experience for Drenna Burton. "I think that's why I've always taught first grade or kindergarten," she said. "My hope is that I have given my students an enjoyable `beginning' to school throughout these years." For 21 years, Burton has welcomed children to the world of education through her classroom door...

William A. Haley, son of author Alex Haley, will speak Monday at the annual meeting of the Depressive and Manic Depressive Association of Southeast Missouri. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in conference rooms A & B at St. Francis Medical Center. Haley, of St. Louis, is vice president of the St. Louis chapter of the National Black Child Development Institute...

A memorial mass for Adelaide Josephine "Adele" Flori of Cape Girardeau will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday at St. Vincent's Catholic Church. There is no visitation. Ford and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements., Flori, 85, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1992, at Cape Girardeau Nursing Center...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Daniel of Advance, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:26 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, 1992. Name, Raleigh Newton. Weight, 6 pounds 15 ounces. First child. Mrs. Daniel is the former Sherry Jordan, daughter of Al and Jane Jordan of Advance. She is a registered dental hygienist for Dr. L. Taylor Bahn. Daniel is employed by North American Arvin Automotive at Dexter, and is the son of Cletis and Verneal Daniel of Advance...

WHITEWATER -- Howard Glenn Moore, 72, of Whitewater, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 3, 1919, at Whitewater, son of Ruddle O. and Carrie Graham Moore. He and Betty Acup were married Aug. 1, 1954...

CAIRO -- Edward A. Adams, 31, of Cairo, died Oct. 21, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was employed as a brick layer. Adams was born in Clinton, Ky., on July 21, 1961, the son of Elmer Wesley and Margie May Harper Adams. He is survived by his wife, Sylvia Bankson Adams of Cairo; two sons, Benjamin Edward Adams of Cairo and Jeremy Edward Adams of Tampa, Fla; his mother, Margie Adams of Cairo; a stepdaughter, Christen Jackson of Villa Ridge; three sisters, Brenda Keller, Patricia Estes and Nancy Case, all of Evansville, Ind.; and a brother, Junior W. ...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Albert Mier, 91, of Cairo, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 12, 1901 in New Hamburg, son of Joseph and Philomenia Dirnberger Mier. He was a salesman for Heil Beauty Supply Co. of Paducah, Ky. He retired in July 1977...

Ida Bierschwal, 97, the sister of Albert Dankel of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1992, at Story County Hospital in Nevada, Iowa. Local funeral arrangements at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau are incomplete, but a graveside service at Memorial Park Cemetery in Cape Girardeau has tentatively been set for Saturday afternoon...

PERRYVILLE -- James M. McCarthy Sr., 90, of Perryville, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1992, at American Care Center. He was born Feb. 7, 1902, in St. Louis, son of Joseph and Clara McCarthy. He and Chlola Brown were married Sept. 26, 1941. She died Dec. 25, 1987...

MARION, Ill. -- Funeral service for George W. Miller of Spring Hill, Fla., will be held at 2 p.m. today at Wilson Funeral Home in Marion. The Rev. Lee Swope will officiate, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home after 8 a.m...

JACKSON -- Beulah Glidwell, 86, Jackson Route 7, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Sept. 9, 1906, at Morehouse, daughter of William and Ada Cline Robinson. She and Lee Glidwell were married March 1, 1924. He died June 25, 1971...

State Treasurer Wendell Bailey traveled the state Wednesday challenging claims by Lt. Gov. Mel Carnahan that he "saved the state millions of dollars" during the time he served as state treasurer. "Nothing could be further from the truth," declared Bailey, who succeeded Carnahan in the office in 1985. "It's not true. He wasted millions of dollars. It's not fair to say we built on his record."...

DEXTER -- Funeral service for Mary Edith Atchley of St. Louis was held Tuesday at Watkins and Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter. The Rev. Keith Atchley officiated, with burial in Bernie Cemetery. Atchley, 71, died Saturday, Oct. 17, 1992, at Westwind Care Center in Ellisville...

Blanche Deck, 84, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1992, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. She was born Aug. 11, 1908, in Advance, daughter of A.N. "Gus" and Edith Heisserer Deck. Deck worked 30 years at Eli Walker Co. in Scott City, and was a member of Third Street United Methodist Church...

CHARLESTON -- Edith Williams, 87, of Charleston, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1992, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Covington, Tenn. She was born Feb. 24, 1905, in New Madrid County, daughter of George and Virginia Baker Cade. She first married Riley Matheny, who preceded her in death. She later married J.M. Williams, who also preceded her in death...

MARBLE HILL -- Orville Junior Elledge, 66, Marble Hill Route 1, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1992, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 22, 1926, at Chaffee, son of Rev. Clarence and Ada Angel Elledge. He and Gladys E. Shell were married Dec. 25, 1946...

BLOOMFIELD -- Luther Martin King, 89, of Bloomfield died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1992, at the Dexter Memorial Hospital in Dexter. He was born May 18, 1903, at Potosi, the son of James and Martha King. In December 1972, he married Brizelle Crawford, who preceded him in death in December 1972...