Stories from Thursday, November 17, 1994

Melba B. Roth, 74, of 1504 E. Riverside died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Cape Girardeau.

To the editor: Since this is American Education Week,the PTA of Central Junior High School would like to extend a word of thanks to our schools (teachers and administrators), our parents, community and local businesses that have supported us, especially our Adopt-a-School partner, St. Francis Hospital...

For 54 vocal students at Cape Central High School, tonight's Fall/Christmas Concert at Academic Auditorium is an opportunity to learn from singers who have a few trips up and down the scales on them. The students, members of the Cape Central High School Chamber Choir, will sing during the Fall/Christmas Concert by the University Choir of Southeast Missouri State University...

The urge to test their talent in the realm of commerce has enabled many area artists and artisans to turn a hobby into a steady source of income. Their work will be on display during the 24th Annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Bazaar at the Show Me Center this weekend...

If Rick Werner isn't busy filling orders at his Holiday Happenings shop in Cape Girardeau, he's fielding calls for the 18th Annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Show. "The phone has been ringing off the hook," Werner said. Werner said he had to close the show to exhibitors as early as last March. "We'll have 400 booths this year and we could have had more if there were more room," he said...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Last year, an East Prairie third-grade class learned to add, subtract and divide with dancing numbers. Artist-in-residence Randy Barron of the City in Motion Dance Theatre also had a sixth-grade class interpreting literature through dance, and a middle-school class of behaviorally disordered students expressing their wild side as jungle animals...

Riverfest '95 will be held June 9 and 10 in downtown Cape Girardeau, Riverfest President Tom Ross has announced. The theme for the festival of food, entertainment and carnival rides will be "Rockin' Round the Clock." The entertainment lineup will be announced in early spring...

DELTA -- The Delta School District has consolidated three bus routes into two because of a bus driver shortage. School Superintendent Larry Beshears said the change will go into effect Monday for the Randels, Dutchtown and Arbor routes. Beshears said a letter to parents will be sent home with students affected by the changes. Information about the change also is available through the school's administration office...

Two Scott County fire departments have been awarded $3,000 grants from the Rural Community Fire Protection program administered by the Missouri Department of Conservation. Receiving the grants were the Oran Volunteer Fire Department in Oran and the Scott County Rural Fire District based in Morley...

"Too bad you can't spank the parents." That is what a woman said over coffee Tuesday morning at the County Seat Cafe in Benton. She was among about 100 folks who took a coffee-and-doughnut break as guests of the Southeast Missourian on a rainy day. Although conversations throughout the morning ranged from the usual liars' table chatter to local politics, the biggest topic of all was how parents are failing their children...

ANNA, Ill. -- Maybe they aren't exactly magic beans, but they are different. The Japanese call them Oozuru, a special soybean bred especially for tofu. They grow to twice the size of their American cousins and have a clear hilum, or eye. The dark eyes of most soybeans cause specks in the tofu, and Japanese consumers like their tofu as white and pure as possible...

Bill A. Walter, 73, 37 S. Benton, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Nov. 15, 1921, in Scott County, son of William Henry and Amelia Sander Walter. He and Gertrude O. Dodson were married in 1947 in Osceola, Ark. She died Jan. 18, 1980...

ALTENBURG -- Gilbert K. Miesner, 80, of Altenburg died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1994, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Sept. 14, 1914, at Gorham, Ill., the son of Frederick and Christiane Schlichting Miesner. On Feb. 26, 1938, he married Ruth Heins, who survives of the home. A retired farmer, he was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg...

Son to Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Miller III of Memphis, Tenn., Baptist East Hospital there, 11:13 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, 1994. Name, Andrew Herron II. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. Third child, first son. Mrs. Miller is the former Nancy Noffel, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Noffel of Cape Girardeau. Miller is an orthopedic surgeon at Campbell Clinic in Memphis, and is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Andrew H. Miller of Nashville, Tenn...

ZALMA -- Funeral service for Luther Jackson of Zalma will be held at 1 p.m. today at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance. The Rev. Jewell Phegley will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Bill Sargent. Burial will be in Brush Creek Cemetery. Jackson, 88, died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1994, at Advance Nursing Care Center...

MARBLE HILL -- Marion Abernathy, 88, of Puxico, died at Dexter Memorial Hospital, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1994. He was born at Grassy, March 21, 1906, son of Ruben and Parley Myers Abernathy. He married Rose Hill March 3, 1990. Abernathy was a retired farmer...

Shawn Michael Luttrell died Saturday, Nov. 12, 1994, and Gregory Scott Luttrell died Friday, Nov. 11, 1994, at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis. They were born Nov. 11 at the medical center. The infants are the twin sons of Patti Luttrell and Shawn Conway of Cape Girardeau...

CHAFFEE -- Corine Brooks, 87, of Marmaduke, Ark., died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1994, at Arkansas Methodist Hospital in Paragould. She was born in McKenzie, Ala., daughter of Frank and Lennie Davis. She married Bert Brooks, who died in 1975. Brooks had lived in Kennett, Chaffee and Marble Hill...

CHARLESTON -- Artis O. Jarrett, 54, of Charleston, died Sunday, Nov. 13, 1994, in the emergency room of Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. She was born Aug. 30, 1940, in Deventer, daughter of Isaiah and Minnie Swope Jarrett. Jarrett was a licensed practical nurse, and member of Mercy Seat Baptist Church...

SIKESTON -- Mary Lee Howard, 34, of Sikeston, died Sunday, Nov. 13, 1994, in the emergency room of Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Oct. 17, 1960, in Howardville, daughter of George and Florence Williams Howard. Howard was a member of Powerhouse of God Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher, usher and choir member...

They are the class of 2000, a fact that L.J. Schultz Middle School students have been reminded of since they first entered the halls of formal education. "We heard about it a lot in the earlier grades," Schultz student Derek Engelmann said. "It's not mentioned too much in the seventh grade, but we know that by the time we become seniors in high school everyone will be watching and waiting to see how we turn out. I guess there's a little bit of pressure."...

The approach to a new Mississippi River bridge, from Interstate 55 to Sprigg Street in Cape Girardeau, will be finished in 1997, Missouri Highways and Transportation officials said Wednesday. "We're proceeding with plans for the bridge," said Joe Mickes, chief engineer with the department. "Work is under way on the Missouri side of the river, and Illinois officials have allotted funds for core drilling on their side of the river."...

Dear Julie, The big house behind the building I work in is dark these days. It used to be decorated for every holiday with an artist's care, no part neglected and at night lights playing up the especially good ones. During the day you could see a little Disneyland of toys and play equipment on the grounds, which were always trimmed and tucked like an English manor's...

Pat Joyce, a native of Cape Girardeau, was recently elected associate circuit judge Division IV in Cole County. Joyce, 39, lives in Jefferson City with her husband, Dan, and five children. The post opened when the present associate circuit judge ran for another judicial position in the circuit. Joyce beat her opponent by nearly 4,500 votes...

Former Cape Girardeau resident Gerry Geringer won the 65th District seat in the Kansas House of Representatives. He graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1950 and from Southeast Missouri State University in 1955. He is employed as a health-care consultant in Junction City, Kan., and will begin his legislative term Jan. 9...

MARBLE HILL -- There were no candidates on the Nov. 8 ballot for prosecuting attorney in Bollinger County, which means after Dec. 31 the job will be vacant unless Gov. Mel Carnahan appoints someone. Democrat Paul Hahn, in his second four-year term, did not file for re-election. Hahn will begin working next year in Jackson with the Lichtenegger law firm...