Stories from Monday, November 9, 1992

Retired Lt. Col. Jack P. Grisham of Cape Girardeau told a group of about 150 people at a Veterans Day observance here Sunday that they should do more than simply honor veterans on the holiday. Grisham said Veterans Day should prompt Americans to examine themselves and judge whether they are true patriots who love, defend and support their country...

Future baccalaureate services for Cape Girardeau Central High School students might be sponsored by the local ministerial alliance instead of the school district. The Cape Girardeau Board of Education is expected to decide today on the future of baccalaureate services for graduating seniors in light of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in June. The court ruled that prayers at graduation ceremonies for public schools violates the constitution...

JACKSON -- Although voters last week overwhelmingly rejected county-wide planning and zoning, county zoning regulations won't officially be repealed until the Cape Girardeau County Commission takes action. J. Fred Waltz, attorney for the county planning commission, said Thursday the county commission is required to formally act within a "reasonable period of time" to declare the program terminated...

Like many fathers anxious to capture their family's stages of development in amber, Robert Hamblin made color slides of anniversaries and outings and vacations. The disconcerting problem, he said, was that photographs don't lie the way memories do. He's not being facetious. "Memories...are not accurate or factual," Hamblin says, "but they're very precious."...

Environmental Protection Agency officials will be in Cape Girardeau this week to receive comments on the second phase of a $2 million project to clean up the Kem-Pest Superfund site. The first phase of the project, which included excavation of soil from the site, was completed in June, and the EPA recently completed the design for the second phase...

The Southeast Missourian asked people, "What advice would you give to President-elect Bill Clinton?" Tim Piper: "They need to cut some spending. If they cut their own spending, then we would be in pretty good shape. All the cuts don't need to be the little people."...

The hiring last week of four Cape Girardeau police officers to replace four officers who have resigned over the past six months is a welcome development in a department that must respond to a steadily rising number of police calls. Not only do increasing requests for officers' to both emergency and routine matters point to the need for a department at full strength; so does a wave of recent drug-related arrests that grew out of indictments handed down by a county grand jury investigating illegal drug activities in the city.. ...

DONGOLA, ILL. Myrtle Belle Dillow, 79, of Dongola died Nov. 8,. 1992, at her home in Dongola. She was born Sept. 26, 1913, to Harvey and Blanche Dickerson Scronce. She was married to William G. Dillow Aug. 19, 1933. She is survived by her husband, three sons, James Dillow of Shannon, Ill., Gary (Pee Wee) Dillow of Olive Branch and Bing Dillow of Dongola; five daughters, Marcella McCommons, Lula Belle Tripp, Shirley Simmerman, all of Dongola, and Pat Webb and Joyce Poole, both of Anna; 25 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.. ...

BENTON -- Angela Mischelle Lawless, 19, of Route 1 Benton died Sunday, Nov. 8, 1992. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton.

ADVANCE -- Otis Amiel Shell, 93, of Advance died Nov. 7, 1992 a the St. Francis Medical Center. He owned and operated Shell's Grocery in Advance for several years, and with a brother had operated a restaurant in Advance for 15 years. He was born Feb. 4, 1999 in Dongola, Mo., the son of John W. and Della Greenwood Shell. He married Pearl Westbrook on April 5, 1934 near Advance. She preceded him in death on March 31, 1986...

Robert J. Stiegemeyer, 72, of 215 Camellia Drive, died Nov. 7, 1992, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel.

Lydia L. Bingenheimer, a former resident of Cape Girardeau, died Nov. 7, 1992, at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, La. She was 88. She was born March 26, 1904, to Gustav and Mary Teidaiman Koenig in Pocahantas. She married Leo William Bingenheimer Oct., 29, 1927, in Jackson. He preceded her in death May 16, 1987...

Southeast Missouri State University has been ranked as one of America's "best colleges" by U.S. News and World Report. Southeast was listed in the second quartile of Midwestern colleges and universities in the magazine's latest guide of "America's Best Colleges."...