Stories from Saturday, June 18, 1994

To the Editor: To prove that Cape Girardeau is a uniquely lovely and happy place to live was again demonstrated with Wednesday's Band in the Park. Not over one in a thousand cities or hamlets in this country habitually furnish its people with a delightful evening-a-week to listen to beautiful music of all kinds done so artistically...

Builders who voluntarily apply their skills to construct churches and church-oriented structures across the country have landed in Jackson, where they're working on a new education center for the Shawnee Hills Baptist Church. The idea of helping neighbors put up buildings may not be a new one -- that, after all, is how much of this nation became settled -- but it remains an admirable pursuit, a true display of kindness in today's world...

Social security numbers, addresses, phone and license numbers were once about the only groups of digits the average individual would consider important enough to commit to long-term memory. However, with health topics becoming more frequent around office break rooms and family dinner tables, other numeral groupings are gaining attention...

Andy Fiehler, a senior at Central High School this fall, is among 18 area teenagers attending Boy's State this week. Boys State begins Saturday and runs through June 25. He is the son of Michael and Daphna Fiehler of Cape Girardeau. At Central High, he is active in football, junior varsity basketball, Letterman's Club, senior Beta Club, National Honor Society...

Southeast Missouri State University has experienced declining enrollment this summer. There are 2,519 graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in classes for the eight-week summer session, a drop of 55 from last year's headcount, school officials said...

Carolyn Vandeven, principal at L.J. Schultz Middle School for eight years, has taken a new position with Joplin public schools. "It is true. I am leaving," said Vandeven Friday. "It's a tremendous promotion for me." Vandeven will be assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction at Joplin...

The historic, former Corps of Engineers Dredge Ste. Genevieve is resting on the bottom of the Mississippi River for the second time in less than three years. This time it's on the bottom of the river at a Cape Girardeau shipyard while a legal battle continues to determine the fate of the former steam-powered paddle-wheel vessel...

The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Friday defended his agency's string of short-term interest rate hikes, contending they will lead to "maximum, sustainable economic growth." Thomas Melzer, president and chief executive officer of the reserve bank -- one of 12 such regional facilities in the nation -- spoke at the Southeast Missouri University Foundation's 11th annual Copper Dome dinner. About 500 of the school's major contributors attended the event at the Show Me Center...

I sat stunned Friday as the story of the apparently inevitable arrest of O.J. Simpson in the slayings of his ex-wife and her male friend moved across the Associated Press wire. In the days following Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman's brutal killing, circumstantial evidence against the NFL Hall of Famer continued to mount. Still I thought maybe he was set up. Maybe he had an air-tight alibi, or authorities would come through with new evidence that eliminated O.J. as a suspect...

Cape Girardeau school officials have decided Central High School's student newspaper, The Tiger, will not be included as part of the Southeast Missourian newspaper next year. The recommendation for a change came from Central High publications adviser Ray Anne Kloss and was approved by former principal Dan Milligan and director of secondary education Jim Englehart, Kloss said...

Myrtle L. Allen, 93, of Webster Groves, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, June 17, 1994 at LaClede Groves Lutheran Convalescent Center in Webster Groves. She was born Dec. 25, 1900 at Neelys Landing, daughter of John A. Watkins and Louise Abernathy Watkins...

James L. Timmerman, 69, of Cape Girardeau, died Friday, June 17, 1994, at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Ford & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, and will announce arrangements.

SIKESTON -- Marjorie Thomas Lemmons, 68, of Sikeston Route 1, died Thursday, June 16, 1994 at her residence. She was born July 9, 1925 in Arcadia, Fla., daughter of William A. and Hester A. Hickerson Thomas. She had been a resident of the Sikeston area since 1946, moving from Bradenton, Fla...

ANNA, Ill. -- Daniel Ralph Britt, 89, of Anna, formerly of Hopkinsville, Ky., died Thursday, June 16, 1994, at the Union County Nursing Home. He was born Nov. 11, 1904 at Ullin, Ill., the son of William Rubin and Mary Anglin Britt. He married Kate Williamson on March 3, 1942 at Cape Girardeau. She died on May 20, 1994...

CHAFFEE -- Hettie Moit, 77, died Friday morning June 17, 1994 at the Sikeston Convalescent Center. She was born in Rockview on Dec. 5, 1916, the daughter of the late William and Arry Goins Moit. Survivors include one son, Charles Moit of Route 1 Chaffee; five brothers, A.A. Moit, Route 1 Chaffee, George Moit of Benton, Bill Moit of Chaffee, A.J. Moit of Wentzville, and Tola Moit of Maryland Heights; and one grandchild...

SIKESTON -- Brian Clark, 16, of Sikeston, died Thursday June 16, 1994 following an automobile accident in Dayton, Ohio. Arrangements are incomplete at Ponder Funeral Home in Sikeston.

Frieda M. Schuette, 76, of 407 Penrod, died Friday June 17, 1994 at Advance. She was born Dec. 10, 1917 in Cape Girardeau County, the daughter of John C. and Carrie O. Crites Yeager. She was a lifelong resident of Cape County. On Dec. 29, 1962 she married Fred Schuette, who died on April 7, 1983...