Stories from Sunday, August 8, 1993

ALTENBURG -- Floyd F. "Spitz" Schuessler, 80, of Altenburg, died Saturday, Aug. 7, 1993 at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. He was born June 17, 1913 in Altenburg, son of Carl and Agnes Hellewege Schuessler. He was the former owner of L.W. Transfer Truck Line...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Kent Crider, 3030 Mimosa, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:57 p.m. Sunday, July 18, 1993. Name, Stephen Taylor. Weight, 9 pounds 14 ounces. Mrs. Crider is the former Debbie Taylor, daughter of Robert and Brenda Taylor of Benton, Ky. She is manager at Michelson Jewelers. Crider is program director with Zimmer Broadcasting, and is the son of Jim and June Crider of Paducah, Ky...

Cape Girardeau's city council embarks soon on a study of whether this community should adopt a minimum property maintenance code. Other cities of similar size to Cape Girardeau (as reported in a recent series by this newspaper) have implemented such a code, with the results being mixed. ...

Tickets for The Charlie Daniels Band, appearing at the SEMO District Fair Sept. 17, cost $8.50, $10.50, $12.50 and $15. Tickets for Collin Raye, appearing Sept. 18, are also $8.50, $10.50, $12.50 and $15. And tickets for the Gibson-Miller Band, appearing Sept. 16, are $6.50, $8.50, and $10.50...

JACKSON -- The Shawnee District Cub Scouts held day camp July 12-14 at the Jackson City Park. About 190 boys ages 6 through 12 attended each day. The boys came from Perryville, Jackson, Cape, Scott City, Patton, Pocahontas, Millersville, Gordonville and Marble Hill...

The Humane Society of Southeast Missouri will hold its second Annual Dog Wash Aug. 15, from noon until 4 p.m. "I was very pleased with last year's dog wash," said Nancy Richards, Humane Society administrator, "but I'm hoping for a lot more participation from the public. And I hope that we will see a lot more dogs brought out."...

Local girls participated in outdoor activities at the 1993 Girl Scout Cape Day Camp which was held July 19-23. Day Camp is a five-day camp where the girls learn and enjoy the outdoor experiences during the day. Girls were organized by age group into eight units who explored the outdoor extravaganza full of energy...

A family reunion of the Cato-Cardwell descendants will be held Sept. 3-5 at Holiday Inn Convention Center in Cape Girardeau. Those attending must register and prepay for all reunion events by Aug. 15. For more information and to make reservations, contact the Cato-Cardwell Reunion Committee, 4121 Shenandoah, St. Louis, Mo., 63110...

President Clinton has achieved his first major legislative victory of sorts. By the thinnest of margins, the Clinton budget as heavily revised by Congress is now law. If you had told Bill Clinton in January that the budget just passed was all that he could beg out of his friendly Democratic Congress, he wouldn't have believed it. How could fellow Democrats not accept the lead of a bold "new Democrat" with a vision for change?...

Funeral service for Jesse Eugene Wissmann, 603 Albert, will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel. The Rev. Cy Smith will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. to service time...

SIKESTON -- Doris C. LaPlant, 74, of Sikeston died Friday, Aug. 6, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Nov. 8, 1918, at East Prairie, the daughter of Henry Clay and Mary B. Higgins Cutliph. On Nov. 23, 1936, she married Clifford N. LaPlant, who preceded her in death March 28, 1993...

Marvin L. Fitzpatrick, 79, of 1509 Jane Street in Cape Girardeau died Friday, Aug. 6, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Jan. 4, 1914, in Lesterville, the son of Charles and Lottie Sizemore Fitzpatrick. On July 18, 1937, he married the former Enid Bernice Rickard at Chaffee. She preceded him in death Oct. 25, 1992...

Robert Ribaudo, 68, of 1105 Linden died Thursday, Aug. 5, 1993, at the Cape Girardeau Nursing Center. He was born April 11, 1925, at St. Louis, the son of George and Mary Ribaudo. Survivors include an aunt, Mary Ribaudo. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug.9, 1993. Ford and Sons Funeral Home in in charge of the arrangements...

BIEHLE -- Otto D. Blechle, 89, of Biehle, died Saturday, Aug. 7, 1993 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Aug. 26, 1903 in Biehle, son of Otto and Mary Catherine Schott Blechle. He was a painter at General Motors. On June 15, 1934, he married Ann H. Fellows. She survives of Biehle...

PERRYVILLE -- Nelma I. Davis, 69, of Moberly, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 6, 1993 at Perry County Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 5, 1923 in Moberly, daughter of Russell E. Mansfield and Jewel L. Bryson Mansfield Kennedy. Her stepfather, Michael J. Kennedy, also preceded her in death...

THEBES, Ill. -- Clyde Dunn, 68, of Thebes died Saturday, Aug. 7, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

PERRYVILLE -- The Rev. James Edward Cahill, 85, of St. Marys of the Barrens in Perryville died Friday, Aug. 6, 1993. He was born Aug. 27, 1907 in Chicago, son of John J. Cahill and Margaret Gearon Cahill. A Vincentian priest, Cahill was ordained June 12, 1932. He received his degree from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas in Rome, Italy in 1934. He was stationed for 15 years teaching at Kenrick in St. Louis...

PERRYVILLE -- Larry H. Pryor, 54, of Perryville, died Friday, Aug. 6, 1993 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. He was the retired owner and operator of the Park-Et Motel and served as mayor of Perryville from 1980 to 1982. Born on April 13, 1939 in St. Louis, he was the son of Harley Andrew and Vivian Estelle Marks Pryor...

SIKESTON -- Gladys M. Kindred, 79, of the Sikeston Health Care Center died Friday, Aug. 6, 1993, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Dec. 2, 1913 in Dexter, daughter of Ellis K. and Wrista L. Fulkerson Alcorn. She was a housewife and a member of the First Baptist Church in Sikeston. She and her husband formerly owned Little Big Dollar Store in Kennett and Kindred's Grocery & Market in Sikeston...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Olen H. Wilson, 84, Jonesboro, Ill. died at home Friday, Aug. 6, 1993. He was born Sept. 9, 1908 at Alto Pass, Ill., the son of Calvin and Emma Stone Wilson. He married Verna Franklin in Murpheysboro in 1925. She preceded him in death Aug. 10, 1976...

Cape Girardeau's Board of Education Monday must decide if it will ask voters to approve a tax increase in October. If board members decide yes, they also must determine what, exactly, they will ask voters to approve. The school board meets Monday at 5 p.m. at 61 N. Clark. The deadline to place a measure on the October ballot is Tuesday...

As the Mississippi River in Cape Girardeau inched closer Saturday to an expected crest tonight of nearly 49 feet, weary flood warriors continued to wage battle against the water's assault. At 6 p.m. Saturday, the river at Cape Girardeau stood at 47.9 feet...

Sledgehammer, blood and guts violence on television is under siege these days. Critics, ranging from congressmen to housewives, want the television industry to put the brakes on such programming. Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., has given the television industry two months to clean up TV violence or face the threat of federal regulation...

Renovation of the Towers West residence hall at Southeast Missouri State University is in full swing, and the project is being expanded to improve the "chilled water" cooling system on the north side of campus. The Board of Regents Friday approved plans to construct a centralized cooling facility on the north side of the Towers parking lot, including a connecting utility tunnel. ...

The Otahki Girl Scout Council recently presented the Silver Award to 50 Cadette Girl Scouts. The Silver Award is the second highest recognition given in Girl Scouts in grades seven through nine. Those receiving from Cape Girardeau receiving the Silver Award were Tami Bartley, Melody Bell, Sarah Benton, Beth Essner, Angela Golden, Heather Ham, Angela Job, Emily Johnson, Ankita Kadakia, Amber Keller, Carlen Keller, Amanda Lemonds, Ame Maevers, Angela Mirales, Maria Ortiz, Nancy Renfro, Renee Robinson, Brenton Stevens, Jaimie Welker and Jennifer Wildman.. ...

A Southeast Missouri State University history professor advised the summer graduated class Friday to find work they love. "It is unfortunate that work is so often portrayed as drudgery, toil and grind," said Frank Nickell, professor of history and director of the Center for Regional History...

The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents axed men's tennis Friday, eliminating the program as part of a move toward greater equity in funding men and women's sports at the school. The decision was unanimous and came on the recommendation of the university administration, including Athletics Director Richard McDuffie...

ZALMA -- The Order of Eastern Star chapters in the 49th District will hold an official reception Thursday at Zalma Masonic Temple. The reception will honor Worthy Grand Matron Myrl Clemens of Keytesville, Worthy Grand Patron Jim Hensley of Bolivar, and other distinguished members of the order...

D. Mitch Robinson says nearly everyone in a community plays a role in industrial recruitment. Robinson, executive director of the Cape Girardeau Area Industrial Recruitment Association, was the guest speaker Friday at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Coffee...

The Jackson Municipal Band will hold its final in a series of weekly concerts gazebo Thursday at 8 p.m. One more program will wait until the opening session of Jackson Homecomers on Aug. 17. Mike Dumey will be the special guest for Thursday's program. He's producing a new dinner theatre featuring "Spotlight Tonight."...

KeyWords: YOUTH, EDUCATION A Cape Girardeau youth has recently returned from a National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine held in Boston, which was designed to give outstanding students from around the nation a chance to probe health care issues. Jessica Hicks, daughter of Jim and Becky Hicks, was one of 360 incoming high school seniors and college freshmen invited to participate in the forum...

Something seems amiss when I find myself carrying buckets of water to my tomato plants and pumpkin vines when less than three miles away and all up and down the Mississippi and across the middle of Missouri folks are hurting so terribly from too much water...

John and Carolyn Watkins, a 19-year-old daughter, seven dogs and two cats have just moved to this 180-acre farm lush with woods, grasslands, ponds and a spring. This farm is where most of the injured, sickly or undeveloped wildlife discovered in Southeast Missouri will be brought to be nurtured back into the sky and forest...

"How To Add Longevity To Your Heart" is the topic of Thursday's "Ask Your Doctor" program at 8 p.m. Dr. C.R. Talbert is the guest. The program can be seen every Thursday on Cable Channel 5. "Ask Your Doctor" is sponsored jointly by St. Francis Medical Center and Southeast Missouri Hospital, in conjunction with the Cape Girardeau County Medical Society...

The Mississippi Valley Home Educators will be on Thursday at Cape Bible Chapel from 1-3 p.m. The theme for this month is "Things That Are Woven," and all students are invited to give a presentation on that subject. Sara Bohnert will be teaching about basket weaving. Then, during the second hour, a gym class will be provided for the students while the teachers are having their business meeting...