Stories from Sunday, November 22, 1992

PERRYVILLE -- Funeral service for Joseph Robert Meyer of Perryville will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. David Pieplow will officiate, with burial in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Friends may call at Young and Sons Funeral Home from 6:30 a.m. to noon today...

Barbara Rose Rust is president of the Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation. She has been active in the Vision 2000. She and husband, Harry, have three sons. At last Monday night's Cape Girardeau City Council meeting, a progressive move forward was made for this community. It may have seemed to some that the Colonial Cape Girardeau Foundation (CCGF) gave up their request for the funds available from the hotel/motel restaurant tax...

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for Anna Carolyn Stroder, Chaffee Route 2, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel in Cape Girardeau. The Rev. Arvil Huffman will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to service time...

Bill Clinton is a career politician just as Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman were career politicians. To use the standard phrase, Clinton has never met a payroll, the way Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter and George Bush met payrolls in their pre-political, civilian days. ...

With the visit to Washington, D.C. of our newly elected President, almost all is smiles and good will. We are left to wonder whether, four years from now, a reelected Clinton administration will be celebrating, or whether we'll be watching the departure of another one-term President. The words of a self-described "freshly minted leftish lawyer" offer a sobering and cautionary reminder of the Carter years:...

Citizens of Cape Girardeau earlier this month spoke clearly on the issue of zone representation: they want it. In passing petitions and collecting signatures to advance this matter to a public vote, advocates for zone representation used the legal remedies available to them. However, attempts being made now to "fast-forward" implementation of this vote, without regard for legal standing or even the literal aspects of the ballot issue, are misdirected and they should stop...

Sgt. Carl A. Kinnison of the Cape Girardeau Police Department will give a program Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Hirsch Room at Cape Girardeau Public Library. His topic will be "Meeting the Unexpected." Sponsor of the program is the American Association of University Women...

SCOTT CITY -- Two Scott City residents captured Community Betterment Awards for their work in promoting the city. Shirley Young was honored with the 1992 Adult Leadership Award for her 36 years of continuous volunteer service to the community. Jennifer Bertrand was presented the youth leadership award for her work in a "Buy Local" campaign sponsored by Scott City High School's Future Business Leaders of America...

The Southeast Missouri State University Alumni Association of Business Professionals has been launched to provide a social and professional network for Southeast business graduates and students. "This is a great opportunity," said Deborah Beard, director of the group, an Alumni Council member and chair of Southeast's Department of Accounting and Finance...

The name of a sister was incorrectly given to the Southeast Missourian for the obituary of David Franklin James of Jefferson City. The sister is Ann Rettig of Norman, Okla. James, 56, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1992, at St. Mary's Health Center in Jefferson City...

Funeral service for Sue Ann Clark of Cape Girardeau was held Saturday at New Bethel Baptist Church. The Rev. Johnny Thomas officiated, with burial in Fairmount Cemetery. Clark, 81, died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born Sept. 13, 1911, in Pickson, Miss., daughter of Dave and Lillie Walker Jones. She married Arthur Clark, who died in 1972. She was a member and usher at New Bethel Church...

MARBLE HILL - Lawrence Huffman, 74, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1992, at the Bond Nursing Care Center in Marble Hill. He was born June 30, 1918, in Lutesville, to Lee and Ida May Barkes Huffman. Huffman worked as a nurse's aid for the Veteran's Hospital and the Missouri Baptist Homes...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Inis Sarah Mason Masters, 84, of Miami, Fla., formerly of Villa Ridge, died Friday, Nov. 20, 1992 at North Shore Hospital in North Miami. She was born in Villa Ridge, Ill., on Sept. 30, 1908. Survivors include a daughter, Sharon Chase of Galesville, Wis.; a brother, Benjamin S. Mason, of Villa Ridge; one niece and one nephew...

ADVANCE - Harvey E. Richards, 81, of Advance, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 4, 1911, in Zalma, son of John E. and Myrtle Borders Richards. He and Thelma Garner were married on Dec. 9, 1935 in Advance...

OAK RIDGE -- Amanda Ludwig of Oak Ridge died Friday, Nov. 20, 1992, at the Lutheran Home where had been a patient for two years. She was born July 23, 1904 at Altenburg, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Steuve Hecht. She married Ernest A. Ludwig on June 3, 1923, at Altenburg. He preceded her in death on July 16, 1986...

MALDEN -- Nancy Sarah McConnell, 77, of Malden, died Saturday, Nov. 21, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Aug. 19, 1915 at Malden, daughter of George and Cora Coons Predeau. She married the Rev. Cecil H. McConnell. He preceded her in death...

NEW HAMBURG -- Charles Lawrence Steimle, 77, of New Hamburg, died Friday, Nov. 20, 1992 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born May 27, 1915 in New Hamburg, son of Frank Joseph and Mary Bertha Gosche Steimle. On Oct. 25, 1941, he married the former Clara L. Weissmueller in Kelso. She survives...

DEXTER -- Vivian May Rogers, 82, a resident of Crossroads Court in Dexter, died Friday, Nov. 20, 1992 at Dexter Memorial Hospital. She was born at Clines Island on June 7, 1910, the daughter of James and Martha Eaton Swan. She first married Raymond DeJournett, who preceded her in death in 1937...

SIKESTON - Keith W. Jobe, 28, died Friday, Nov. 20, 1992, at his residence. He was born Oct. 14, 1964, in Sikeston to Harold "Bud" and Evelyn Brashchler Jobe of Bertrand. Jobe graduated from Charleston High School in 1984 and Southwest Missouri State University in 1989. He worked as the store manager of Rent-A-Center in Sikeston...

Lorraine Galati, 83, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1992 at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was born June 23, 1909 in Essex, daughter of the late Oscar Smith and Carrie Edwards Googe, who survives of California. She is also survived by three sisters, Betty King of Oregon, Hazel Martin of California and Alice Cargle of Cape Girardeau; and a number of nieces and nephews...

The Southeast Missourian will publish Saturday editions on the next five weekends. The Saturday publications will be delivered to all subscribers and will be available at newsracks at the normal weekday price. "We're testing the market," said Publisher Gary Rust. "Advertisers and readers have asked for a Saturday publication. Ultimately, we will publish the newspaper seven days a week."...

"A lot of positive things are happening," said Harry Rediger, the new chairman of the board for the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce. "We're one of the larger chambers in the state. We have maintained a membership in excess of 1,500 and have good committees, and we're looking forward to 1993."...

Four elementary teachers from Herrin, Ill. were among thousands of shoppers making a day of craft hunting in Cape Girardeau Saturday. Two craft shows at three locations drew Christmas shoppers and craft fans by the thousands. More than 600 exhibitors are selling items at the two shows...

Although the Thanksgiving holiday has yet to arrive, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. In fact the Yuletide celebration is just 34 days away and people are preparing. Christmas decorations are popping up all over; holiday light exhibits are in the works; community projects to help the needy are poised to start; and shoppers are already out in force...

The Department of Mental Health Regional Center in Sikeston in cooperation with the Missouri Autism Project, is initiating plans to open a center in Southeast Missouri to serve families with autistic children. A Southeast office could serve 50-200 families in the area, providing assessment services, basic parent training, in-home behavior management training and crisis intervention...

Chateau Girardeau, a continuing care retirement community in Cape Girardeau, has received one of the highest honors awarded to facilities of its type national accreditation by the Continuing Care Accreditation Commission of Washington D.C. "This accreditation is only the second issued in the state of Missouri," said Kenneth Bender, president of the Cape Retirement Community Inc., which founded and operates Chateau Girardeau. ...

MIAMI, Fla. - For the third year in a row, Cape Girardeau native Jeannie Hirsch Blaylock earned an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. This year, she received an Emmy for medical reporting at a Saturday night ceremony in Miami, Fla...

PADUCAH, Ky. Workers at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah have voted to oust the International Association of Machinists (IAM) and Aerospace Workers as their bargaining agent. The union had represented about half of the hospital's employees for more than three years...

CAIRO, Ill. -- The three-floor structure located at 1400 Washington in Cairo is simply referred to as "The Custom House." "That's what it was, a custom house," says Louise Ogg. "The city had been declared an official `Port of Delivery' by the 33rd Congress in 1854, and a surveyor of customs was appointed to inspect and collect fees after goods had passed the point of entry here. Five years later, it was determined that the city needed a Custom House."...

Garland D. Fronabarger, 88, a photographer for more than six decades, most of them with the Southeast Missourian newspaper, died Saturday at Southeast Missouri Hospital. Fronabarger, known throughout Southeast Missouri as "One-Shot Frony," was reporter and staff photographer during the 1920s, 1930s and into the late 1940s before becoming a free-lance photographer...

FRIEDHEIM -- The annual Klaus family reunion was held recently at Trinity Lutheran Church here. Officers elected for 1992-93 are: Frieda Huettig, president; Lorene Friese, vice president; Dorothy Bertand, secretary, and Verna Mouser, treasurer. Re-named to the reunion committee were Erma Thomas, Clarabell Zoellner and Betty Perr...

"Part of me never came back" reads one note left at the foot of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. Cape Girardeau native Burt Lehman scribbled this reminder on a note which was sent with him on his trip to the nation's capital last week, Nov. 6-11, for the 10th Anniversary of the wall...

New officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Otahki Girl Scout Council held recently in Perryville. Shirley Beggs is president. Carolyn Goodin and Dolly Jewel, are vice presidents. Mary Kay Day treasurer. Grace Hoover is secretary. They are all from Cape Girardeau...

Southeast Missouri State University's Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the Cape Girardeau Central Senior High School Concert Band will present a joint concert Tuesday in the Central High School Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The University's Wind Ensemble is composed of 41 students selected through...

Kristi L. Schetter of Cape Girardeau received the James R. Thayer Scholarship Award during the St. Louis College of Pharmacy's fall awards program. Schetter is a 1988 graduate of Cape Girardeau Central High School and is the daughter of Elmer and Sandy Schetter...

Valerie Holland, a student in the Music Conservatory at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, was recently awarded first place in the bi-annual National Association of Teachers of Singers auditions held at Avila College in Kansas City. Participants are classified into divisions based on age and year in school in the three-round competition...

The Cape Duplicate Bridge Club held its regular open game Nov. 13. Winning pairs were: first, Ken Schaefer and Ed Stoever; tied for second, Kitty and Vince Rueseler and Peggy and Milton Sadler; and fourth Jan Cotner and Mary O'Neil. 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. Play starts at 7 p.m...

Brian A. Beatte of Cape Girardeau, a senior at Westminster College in Fulton, has been named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Beatte qualified for membership in the annual publication on the basis of scholarship ability, participation in leadership roles and extracurricular activities...

Two area students have received scholarships from the University of Missouri-Rolla for the 1992 fall semester. Steven J. Renick of Cape Girardeau received a $2,000 Caterpillar Scholarship from the metallurgical engineering department. Chris J. Diebold of Scott City received a $500 Cunningham Scholarship from the mechanical engineering department...

Andy Wagoner of Cape Girardeau was one of five young professionals from Southern Missouri who recently returned from a visit to England as a member of a Rotary Group Study Exchange team. Wagoner works at the SEMO Crime Lab. Group Study Exchange is an educational program of the Rotary Foundation providing travel grants for exchange of teams between paired Rotary districts in different countries...

Matthew Strohmeyer, a senior at Notre Dame High School, has been awarded the Leadership Award from Quincy College in Quincy, Ill. The award is given in the form of a Quincy scholarship to high school student council presidents. Strohmeyer is currently president of Notre Dame's Student Council. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Strohmeyer of Cape Girardeau...

At this Thanksgiving season, to make a litany of the things I'm thankful for would take up this whole newspaper and then some, all in very small print. Still, at this season of the year when the harvest is in and there is a certain summing up, one wants, almost seems impelled, to reflect on past and present blessings and have frequent and spontaneous conversations with God...

As you begin your Christmas shopping, you may want to take a moment and look at your feet yes, your feet. Medical professionals say our tootsies may be amongst the most neglected parts of our bodies. And holiday shopping with its miles of walking and searching and hours of standing in lines takes a toll...

JACKSON -- Warranty deeds issued at the office of Janet Robert, Cape Girardeau County recorder of deeds: Charles E. and Carole A. Moutell to Jon E. and Sandra M. Hinton; Cindy L. Schumacher to Thomas C. and Denise N. Gerber; C. W. Allen Jr. and Barbara Allen to Anthony W. Varnon...

Live Christmas trees are still a tradition of many American families. More than 36 million American families will bring a "real" Christmas tree into their homes as part of the holiday celebration this year. This could be a record year for live-tree sales, said spokesmen for the National Christmas Tree Association Inc. There has been an upward trend in tree sales over the past four years: 35.2 million in 1988, 35.4 million in 1989, 35.5 in 1990, and 35.7 million last year...

Maurices will hold its grand re-opening at West Park Mall Tuesday. "Actually we've never been closed," said Cindy Garcia, regional supervisor for Maurices Inc., headquartered in Duluth, Minn. "But we have been remodeling and we'll be ready next week to show the community our new-look operation."...

Marvin Cramer is new manager at Wolohan Lumber Co. in Cape Girardeau. Cramer has 13 years experience with Wolohan. He joined the firm at Rockford, Ill., and opened a new store in Niles, Mich., six years ago after working in Rockford and Defiance, Ohio...

Martha Hamilton has been elected president of the Cape County Board of Realtors. Other officers include Art Blaylock, president-elect; Marta Green, secretary-treasurer; and Bud Leming, director. Larry McCulley has been elected president of the Cape County Multiple Listing Services. Other officers are Cary Curry, vice president; Jeanne Owens, secretary-treasurer; and Ken Howard, director...

SIKESTON -- A new cut-and-sew garment factory will open here in 1993. Ground-breaking was held on Compress Road recently for a 20,000 Sports Wear Inc. factory that will produce athletic T-shirts and sweat shirts for companies such as Fruit of the Loom, Target, Sears, Winning Ways, Galt, Sand and Niki...

Dr. Jack "Duke" Rushin has been selected Missouri representative to the International Chiropractic Association for a two-year term starting Feb. 2. Rushin is second vice president of the Missouri State Chiropractic Association. He is a graduate of Life Chiropractic College and practices in Poplar Bluff. He is the son of Jack Rushin of Jackson and Marjorie Rushin of Poplar Bluff...

JACKSON -- American Linens Supply Co. has opened a textile rental business in Jackson. "We rent uniforms, mops, welcome mats, table linens, flatwork sheets and towels and a number of other items," said Donna Ballard, sales manager of the local distribution center at Route PP and Dogwood. "We cover a wide area including Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky."...

Cape Art Mart, 21 Plaza Way, is the newest official adoption center for Original Cabbage Patch Kids. "These are the hand-stitched, soft-sculptured babies from the Cleveland, Ga., Cabbage Patch," said Nancy Reppen of Cape Art Mark. "They are created by Xavier Roberts."...

A meeting will be held Monday to start plans for the 25th reunion of Central High School class of 1968. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the home of Tom and Flossie Leggett, 317 S. Louisiana. The reunion is planned for summer. Anyone with current addresses of class members is asked to call the Leggetts at 335-0480...