Stories from Monday, September 25, 1995

Lynn Mayfield showed one of the in-line skates that he sells at Play It Again Sports. Americans are not a nation of couch potatoes. Considering just the following statistics is enough to work up a sweat: -- More than 49 million people ride bicycles...

Hans Peter Stihl is no stranger to Southeast Missouri. Stihl, president and CEO of Stihl Germany, the world's largest manufacturer of chain saws, will be making his third trip to Marble Hill next month. The last time Stihl was in the area, in October of 1993, was to honor Crader Distributing Co. as Stihl's top distributor in the United States...

Wanted: Residents to serve on advisory boards. Requires attendance at frequent meetings. Benefits include helping improve city services. From the description, it doesn't sound like a glamorous job. But more than 150 Cape Girardeau residents hold seats on the city's 20 advisory boards and committees...

National attention on problems associated with college fraternities and sororities has prompted changes in the Greek system at Southeast Missouri State University. Following the 1993 hazing death of Southeast student and fraternity pledge Michael Davis, membership in Greek organizations -- particularly in fraternities -- declined on campus...

Cliff and Lynette Shirrell live in one of Cape Girardeau's most visible homes. Their home at 14 Morgan Oak is seen by almost everyone who crosses the Mississippi River Bridge. "I had always admired it as a kid, and my parents admired it as kids," Cliff Shirrell said. "It's been a landmark in Cape Girardeau for over 100 years."...

The Southeast Missourian asked, "What do you think law enforcement policy should be regarding high speed chases of speeding motorists?" Louis Haynes, Cape Girardeau "I don't think that they should chase suspects only because when a person is trying to get away from the law, they have no regard for what's in front of them. ...

I'M RESPONDING to the comment called "Lot's of pollutants." The caller is very ignorant on the whole ozone fact. I THINK it's pretty self-serving to call Speak Out and brag about being a stay-at-home mom. No one's judging you if you can stay at home. ...

Cape girardeau County Lillian Joiner to Missouri Highway & Transportation; Allen and Lorene McDowell to Herman and Virginia Wiedefeld; Bobby and Jane Clark to Clark & Sons Excavating; Cherry Massey to Michael Pohlman; Donald and Paulette Scheper to B&W Properties LLC...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- George A. Smith Jr., 51, of Baton Rouge and formerly of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, Sept. 24, 1995, at his home. He was married for 28 years to Cathi Popp Smith. A graduate of the Missouri School of Mines and the University of Missouri-Rolla, he worked in the chemical industry for 28 years, most recently as regional director of ecology and safety at BASF Corp. in Geismar, La. He retired in June of 1995...

Eva Wallace, 79, of Cape Girardeau died Saturday, Sept. 23, 1995. She was born Feb. 24, 1916, at Mine La Motte, the daughter of Charlie Walton and Emily J. Cummings. On April 23, 1948, she married John William Wallace, who died Dec. 11, 1989. She was a member of the South Side Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau...

JACKSON -- Mildred Marie Cook Johnson, 82, of Jackson died Sunday, Sept. 24, 1995, at Fountainbleau Lodge in Cape Girardeau. She was born Feb. 1, 1913, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Robert Lee and Mary Jane Hanners Cook. She married James Leonard Johnson Aug. 21, 1933, in Jackson. He died June 1, 1991...

CAIRO, Ill. -- Mattie Holland, 89, of Cairo died Friday, Sept. 22, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 1, 1906, in Tallulah, La., the daughter of Grant and Ollie Allen Saxton. She was married to Willie Holland who preceded her in death May 14, 1982...

CAHOKIA, Ill. -- Dortha Baker Hass, 73, of Cahokia died Sunday, Sept. 24, 1995, at Memorial Hospital in Belleville. She was born Aug. 1, 1922, in Marion, Ill., the daughter of William and Alice Bradsher Baker. She was married to Cleo A. Hass for 49 years...

CRUMP -- Beulah Stroder, 83, of Crump died Sunday, Sept. 24, 1995, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are incomplete at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

TAMMS, Ill. -- Jerrod Henderson, 4 months, of Tamms died Sunday at his home. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Zion Cemetery near Olive Branch.

Paul R. Lueders, 81, of 1115 N. Henderson, died Saturday, Sept. 23, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Aug. 31, 1914, at Edina, the son of Herbert L. and Adeline Popp Lueders. He and Genevieve Behrel were married Aug. 25, 1945, at Downer's Grove, Ill...

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the state law that makes fraternity hazing a crime. The court's decision last week didn't mince words in affirming the law, which got its first test after a 25-year-old student at Southeast Missouri State University died following a hazing incident in 1994...

It is time for all good Missourians to follow the trail-blazing path of one of their congressmen, Bill Emerson, who has long insisted that English should be declared the official language of the U.S. government. Before you declare that Representative Emerson is only indulging in a bit of alien bashing, you had better know that 73 percent of the American public agree with him...

Hundreds of U.S. newspaper editors are glad they weren't asked to make the tough decision that faced the editors of the New York Times and the Washington Post: to publish or not to publish a 35,000-word manifesto from the killer known as the Unabomber...

ALTENBURG -- When one first hears mention of the sport of mule jumping, the eyebrow sort of cocks in skeptical response. Mule jumping? "Grown men spending time with a mule making it jump over a stick, some people would call that dumb," Charlie Mangels of Oak Ridge, the announcer for the World Championship Mule Jumping Competition, said jokingly. "The only thing I can think of that's dumber is 5,000 people sitting on a hill to watch it."...

PUXICO -- The eighth annual Industry Day will be held Wednesday at the Puxico High School gymnasium. About 250 industries in the five-state area of Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee have been invited to participate in the event, said Ron Yersak, administrator for the Southeast Missouri Local Elected Officials Association, which will sponsor Industry Day...

Carol's Hallmark Store has opened in the Town Plaza Shopping Center. The store is the fifth Hallmark store for Morgan and Carol Soapers of St. Louis. Teresa Brown of Jackson is manager of the full-service store, which offers a large selection of greeting cards, gifts and Hallmark ornaments. Brown has more than seven years retail experience and had worked in real estate three years...

Coming up: Today -- Jackson Chamber of Commerce general membership meeting, 6 p.m., Flickerwood Arena, north of Jackson. Oct. 2 -- Industrial Appreciation Golf Tournament, Cape Girardeau Country Club. Oct. 4 -- Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce's Industrial Appreciation Banquet, Show Me Center, humorist Grady Jim Robinson, guest speaker at the dinner, 335-3312...

Earl Eftink and Elmer Eftink received sales and service awards from John Lehmkuhl, assistant sales manager of Fleischer Manufacturing Co. Jo Pierce receives a job service "Employer of the Year" plaque from District 25 state Sen. Jerry Howard. Earl Eftink and Elmer Eftink of Eftink Family Farm Equipment, 141 County Road, have received a sales and service award from Fleisher Manufacturing Inc., Columbus, Neb., manufacturer and marketer of cultivators, planters, planter attachments and other farm equipment. ...