Stories from Thursday, December 2, 1993

CHARLESTON -- Billy R. Adams, 62, of Dexter, formerly of Charleston, died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1993, at his residence. He was born April 23, 1931, at Ripley County, Tenn., son of Aulcie R. and Ida Bell Tate Adams. He was a resident of Stoddard County for the past 17 years, employed with Cargill Barge Line of St. Louis...

Jackson attorney John P. Lichtenegger, who is president of the University of Missouri System Board of Curators, will present the winter commencement address at the University of Missouri-Rolla on Dec. 18. Approximately 500 degrees will be awarded at the university's winter commencement...

The Cape Girardeau Chapter of the Missouri Association of Social Welfare will hold a public forum on "crime and safety" on Friday. It will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Missouriana-Indian Room of the University Center on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University...

The Excelsior Optimist Club of Cape Girardeau is sponsoring an essay contest open to all high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. The topic for the contest is "The Boundaries of Freedom." Essays must be original and submitted by Dec. 23 to the Excelsior Optimist Club...

Metro Business College in Cape Girardeau recently received renewal accreditation from the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. Mary Emmenderfer, director of the college, said Metro Business College was awarded a recognition of excellence for exhibiting a thorough understanding of the accreditation criteria and implementing the standards in daily operations. The school was also commended for its faculty and staff...

JACKSON -- The St. Francis Information Center in Jackson will host a holiday open house Dec. 6-9, and Dec. 13-16, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., each day. The center is located at 2122 East Jackson Blvd. Free refreshments and door prizes will be available. Among the door prizes will be gift certificates for various health education and first aid classes available through the information center...

The Area Vietnam Veterans and Support Group recently honored two of its members for aiding victims during this summer's flood. Ron and Darlene MacCubbin were recognized for their service to the American Red Cross. Jim Holloway, commander of the veterans' group, presented the two with a plaque which reads: "In recognition of your untiring dedication and service to the victims of the Great Flood of 1993, the officers and members of the Area Vietnam Veterans and Support Group are proud to honor two of their own.". ...

When Gov. Mel Carnahan outlines his administration's goals for 1994 in the annual State of the State address, he will ask members of the General Assembly to focus on three main goals: enactment of a proposed health-care initiative, limitation on campaign contributions for all elected officials, and a series of welfare system reforms. Carnahan's agenda for the new year will come during January's executive State of the State address in which the next fiscal year's budget will also be outlined...

Sunday evening's downtown Christmas Parade was a remarkable event and one that we hope will become an annual mainstay of our Christmas season here in Cape Girardeau. Anyone who might have expected a half-hearted effort was certainly in for a pleasant surprise from the 57 entries and the hundreds who worked hard to make this parade a huge success...

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Head, Sikeston Route 1, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:38 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 25, 1993. Name, Jacob Wayne. Weight, 6 pounds 8 ounces. Mrs. Head is the former Lisa Newsom, daughter of Faye Schoelhamer of Chaffee, and Gene Newsom of Portageville. She is employed at Chaffee City Hall. Head is employed at Triangle Wire and Cable, and is the son of Harold and Jewell Head of Salcedo...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Pearl Kinder Barnhart, 63, of Jonesboro, Ill. died Monday, Nov. 29, 1993 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 13, 1929 in McClure, Ill., the daughter of Martin and Mellie Sitter Watkins. She married Thomas Kinder in 1945. He preceded her in death in 1989...

LILBOURN -- Mary Wiley, 67, of Lilbourn, died Sunday, Nov. 28, 1993, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Siekston. She was born Oct. 27, 1926, at Point Pleasant, daughter of Eli and Tennie Reed Hackney. Wiley was a member of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church and member of its Senior Choir and served on the ushers board...

MARBLE HILL -- Pearl J. Morgan, 98, of Jefferson City, died Monday, Nov. 29, 1993, in Jefferson City. She was born March 24, 1895, in Bollinger County. She and John Morgan were married in 1912. He died in June 1958. Survivors include retired judge J.P. Morgan of Jefferson City; four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren...

George Daniel O'Brien, 89, 818 Themis, died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1993, at his home. He was born Jan. 4, 1904, in Pine City, Minn., son of Thomas E. and Marge Payne O'Brien. O'Brien was a retired construction worker. There are no survivors. There is no visitation or service...

Alma V. Huber, 84, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1993, at the Lutheran Home. She was born Jan. 28, 1909, at Egypt Mills, daughter of Martin and Dorothea Doering Hilpert. She married Emanuel Huber June 1, 1950, in Cape Girardeau. He died June 19, 1978...

JACKSON -- Wilbur E. Crites, 81, of Jackson, died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Dec. 1, 1912, at Sedgewickville, son of P. Walter and Myrtle Moore Crites. He and Maggie Wolfenkoehler were married July 14, 1952...

Funeral service for K. Louise Williams, 2846 Whitener, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Crews, Welsh and Palmer Funeral Chapel in Sikeston. The Rev. Marvin Graham will officiate, with burial in Forest Hills Memorial Cemetery near Morley. Williams, 70, died Monday, Nov. 29, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Funeral service for Geraldine Koonce of Villa Ridge will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Villa Ridge Union Church with the Rev. Gerald Bethards officiating. Burial will be in Cairo City Cemetery here. Koonce, 71, died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1993 at her home...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Vinnie M. Willyerd, 85, of Jonesboro, Ill. died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1993 at Union County Hospital. She was born July 2, 1908 in Makanda, Ill., daughter of George and Stella Harris Cantrell. In 1925, she married Louis Willyerd. He preceded her in death in 1977...

One can use all the sports metaphors at hand -- the game went into overtime, the top players fumbled a big lead away, the underdog triumphed -- but the fact remains that St. Louis did not get a National Football League expansion team as hoped Tuesday. ...

Fourteen Missouri counties -- including Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Madison -- are included in a disaster declaration issued Wednesday by President Bill Clinton through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The declaration was requested last week by Gov. Mel Carnahan in response to severe storms, tornadoes and flash flooding that occurred in the state from Nov. 13-18...

From a giant condom to the dimming of lights, there were observances across the globe Wednesday for World AIDS Day. A Native American pipe ceremony at Capaha Park highlighted the observance in Cape Girardeau. AIDS activists in Paris decorated the column in the center of the Place de la Concorde as a giant pink condom. A man dressed as a pink condom led a group of German activists who gave away thousands of condoms to Christmas shoppers in West Berlin...

A citizens committee Wednesday recommended the Cape Girardeau City Council take steps to appoint a public housing authority. The Housing Assistance Task Force has met since June, talking with housing officials and touring public housing in area cities...

Some youngsters went about their merry way recently, making their lists and checking them twice. They were participating in the annual "Shop With a Cop" program at the Cape Girardeau Wal-Mart Supercenter. "Every year, we offer needy children an opportunity to buy Christmas gifts," said a spokesman of the Wal-Mart Charity Committee. "The Cape Girardeau Police Department volunteers their services in helping with the program."...

When Mrs. D's husband died earlier this year, she was devastated and wasn't sure where to turn. Opting for a change in her life, Mrs. D moved from her small country home to a mobile home in town. Now, Mrs. D thinks maybe she made a mistake. The mobile home, it turns out, was something of a lemon. It is poorly insulated, drafty and generally in disrepair...

When the National Football League named Jacksonville as the site for its second expansion team, supporters of a proposed St. Louis team were crushed. The team in St. Louis was to be called the Stallions; its players were to wear bright yellow and purple uniforms and play in a brand-new stadium the city is building...

When 8-year-old Minnie filled out her wish-list for Christmas on a Toybox application, she gave a few examples of what she wanted: roller skates, a reading book or "some special doll. "Just something to play with," Minnie wrote. She added: "Thank you Santa!"...

The Cape Girardeau City Council today will conduct a special study session with the city's Board of Appeals to iron out differences in a proposed property maintenance code. The debate over whether the city ought to adopt the law, which is aimed at ensuring maintenance of buildings in the city, has been waged between tenant and landlord groups for nearly two years...

December 2, 1993 Dear DC, I hear a jet far overhead in the middle of the night and remember you're back in California again. I measure the distance not in miles but in the time we're losing. One of the poems in Louisa's gift reads: "Go lovely rose Tell her that wastes her time and me...

ULLIN, Ill. --UNITYFEST '93 will be held Dec. 18 at Shawnee Community College here. The event promotes harmonious relationships between students in the four school districts of Pulaski and Alexander counties, increases awareness of the effects of violent behavior, and provides positive alternatives to resolve conflicts. It is sponsored by the Northern Pulaski County Youth Development Committee and local businesses...

PADUCAH, Ky. -- Paducah Symphony's Gala Holiday concerts will be held Dec. 11 at 8:15 p.m. and Dec. 12 at 3 p.m. in Symphony Hall. Orchestra conductor Jordan Tang and chorus director Bob Fejes have put together a holiday program for the family. Tickets can be ordered by calling 444-0065 or 1-800-738-3727. Tickets are $10.50 for adults and $8.50 for students...

SIKESTON -- Proceeds from a record album will benefit the Second Harvest office and Second Harvest food banks, including the food bank at Sikeston. The Merle Haggard tribute album, entitled "Mama's Hungry Eyes," contains songs by some of country music's most popular artists. The campaign began Nov. 25 and will continue through next year, culminating in the album's release and a TNN television special in November 1994...

BENTON -- Residents of Scott County received more than $1.6 million in loans and grants from the Farmers Home Administration in fiscal 1993, the agency announced. Farmers, ranchers and prospective homeowners who were unable to obtain credit elsewhere took advantage of the FmHA funds to buy repair, expand and improve properties...

FLAT RIVER -- Grand prize in the recent Missouri Community Betterment competition went to Flat River. Flat River was selected from among the first-place winners in eight community population categories and one neighborhood category. Among the first-place winners in the eight community categories were Steelville and Perryville...

The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission has awarded contracts for a bridge replacement on Route A over Castor River in Marquand and for strengthening of a bridge on Route OO over Whitewater River seven miles west of Gordonville. Freeman McCullah, the highway department's southeast district engineer, said the contract for the Route A work, in the amount of almost $1.18 million, went to Robertson Contractors Inc. ...

CHAFFEE -- The 1994 Community Birthday Calendars have arrived and can be picked up at Rice Insurance Agency or Chaffee Chiropractic Center. The calendar is a joint project of the Chaffee Chamber of Commerce and the sophomore class of Chaffee High School. Profits from the sale of the calendars, which are $5 each, are used to fund various chamber projects and some money goes to the class...

BENTON -- Many schools in the area are named after educators. But the Scott County R-4 School District is an exception: It's named in honor of a young Scott County Army officer who gave his life for his country in World War II. Capt. Thomas W. Kelly of the Army Corps of Engineers was killed in action 49 years ago, on July 28, 1944, during the Allied invasion of France...

DONIPHAN -- The Current River Museum will sponsor a Christmas Bazaar and Country Tea Room in the Doniphan Community Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Booths offering a wide variety of craft items suitable for Christmas decorating or gifts will be available. The Country Tea Room will serve snacks and drinks as well as breakfast and lunch on both days...

An exhibit titled "CONtrastinG ELEmenTs" by Lee Spalt will open Sunday at Gallery 100. The exhibit will consist of works in pen-and-ink, watercolor, acrylic and oils, and includes landscapes, figures and abstract designs. His work has been exhibited in juried, group and solo shows from Florida to Arizona...

Most people have a dusty old glass vase sitting in the attic. It could be only sentimentally valuable or perhaps a prized example of the art glass created during the golden age of Western glassmaking at the end of the 19th century. One way to find out is to visit "British and American Art Glass 1850-1910," an exhibit opening Sunday at the Southeast Missouri State University Museum...