Stories from Friday, November 27, 1992

Storms that raged through the southern part of the United States, then east and north of our region, blew in not only grim tidings but a fair amount of citizen discontent last weekend. In one Mississippi town, where tornadoes ravaged property and killed at least six, people were upset that their community's warning sirens hadn't sounded. ...

Based on the number of times he mentioned the subject during the recent campaign, and because its high priority is constitutionally mandated, it's reasonable to assume that the first order of business for the next governor of Missouri will be increased public funding for local school districts...

The Southeast Missourian will begin publishing a Saturday edition beginning tomorrow. With tomorrow's edition, the Southeast Missourian begins a five-week trial with Saturday publications. The newspaper will be delivered to subscribers and will be available at newsstands at the regular weekday price...

Conveying the spirit of the holiday, the Salvation Army hosted its 10th annual community Thanksgiving dinner Thursday afternoon. "It just went great," said Salvation Army Capt. Elmer Trapp. Trapp estimates that about 220 people came to eat at the Salvation Army center at 701 Good Hope. In addition, nearly 160 meals were delivered to the homes of people who could not make it to the center...

JACKSON -- The annual Festival of Lights that marks the start of the Christmas season in Jackson will be held at 6 p.m. today, in front of the Cape Girardeau County Courthouse. The event is sponsored each year by the Jackson Girl Scouts, in cooperation with Jackson merchants, said Patty Reisenbichler, executive secretary of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Randy Kuehn of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 12:58 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20, 1992. Name, Kimberly Lynn. Weight, 7 pounds 6 ounces. First child. Mrs. Kuehn is the former Christina Trickey, daughter of Joann Trickey and Ronald Trickey of Cape Girardeau. Kuehn is employed at Town and Country Supermarket in Jackson, and is the son of Bill and Mary Kuehn of Jackson...

ORAN - John Morgan, 90, of Roan, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1992, at the Missouri Delta medical Center in Sikeston. He was born Jan. 30, 1902, in Alabama, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Morgan. Morgan retired in 1966 as a farm laborer. He married Ida Ricketts on July 15, 1942. She preceded him in death on Feb. 26, 1992...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- A survivor's name was inadvertently omitted by the funeral home in the obituary of Betha I. Pettit of Jonesboro, which appeared in Thursday's Southeast Missourian. Survivors include three daughters. One of them, Francis Irene Sissom of Olive Branch was not listed...

Dorothy M. Willmann, 78, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, at the Cape LaCroix Health Center. She was born June 27, 1914 at New Hamburg. She married Richard H. Willmann, Oct. 3, 1949 at Hernando, Miss. He preceded her in death April 3, 1992...

Harley Langston, 1457 N. Main St., died Thursday, Nov. 26, 1992, at his home. Funeral arrangements at Ford and Sons Funeral Home are incomplete.