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MATTIE MELTON CHENEY
(Obituary ~ 10/29/95)
PUXICO -- Mattie Melton Cheney, 87, died Saturday at the Puxico Nursing Center. She was born Nov. 5, 1907, in Dogwood, daughter of the late Thomas and Alice Heath Melton. She moved to Puxico eight years ago. She was married to Wilbur Cheney in 1973. He preceded her in death on Aug. 14, 1991...
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MISSOURI TEACHERS AWARD GOES TO FRUITLAND EDUCATOR
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
Martha Short has taught fifth grade at North Elementary in Fruitland for 18 years, and she must be doing something right -- this year she was named Outstanding Elementary Mathematics Teacher of the Year by the Missouri Council Teachers of Mathematics...
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MILLERSVILLE CHILDREN PROVIDE SCHOOL WITH PRETEND POSTAL PROGRAM
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
Robert Welker, 7, and Brittany Brown, 7, write letters to mail to their friends at Millersville School. Next week, 10-year-old Adam Davis begins his new job as the postmaster in Millersville. OK, just at the Millersville School, but it still looks to be a tough job...
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BRUSHES BUSY AT EVENING PAINTING CLASS
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
Cheri Colman paints a study she calls "Victorian." She has been working on it for about four weeks. Elwanda Seabaugh paints Old Appleton Mill. Lillian Schreiner arranges her painting supplies prior to getting down to work. Landscapes, portraits and still life paintings -- in cascades of colors -- fill the basement of a Jackson home on Wednesday nights as 10 aspiring artists gather to perfect their passion...
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AREA ACCIDENTS KILL FIVE ON SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
Five men were killed and five people were injured in area traffic accidents Saturday. David Adams, 18, of Charleston was killed in a fiery crash Saturday six miles east of Charleston on U.S. 60, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported. Adams was killed at 1:20 a.m. after he lost control on a curve, ran off the pavement and down an embankment. The car overturned several times before coming to rest on its top and bursting into flames...
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SORORITY HOLDS BIG CONVENTION IN CAPE
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
Some 600 members of Beta Sigma Phi converged on Cape Girardeau this weekend to share old memories and make new ones during the sorority's state convention. Walter W. "Bill" Ross III, son of sorority's founder and president of the Beta Sigma Phi's International Council, said he was impressed by the turnout...
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SILVER HAIRED LEGISLATURE HOLDS MOCK VOTING SESSION
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
John and Jean Seay of Cape Girardeau were two members of the 150-member Silver Haired Legislature which met earlier this month in Jefferson City. The 23rd annual event is for seniors from around Missouri who meet to discuss, debate and vote on bills and resolutions that address issues facing older residents...
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STATE SEEKS HISTORICAL DATA ON CAPE AREA
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
The State Historical Society of Missouri wants information on markers and plaques designating historically significant sites. Cape Girardeau County is one of the counties for which the society has no information, said Ann Rogers, coordinator of the Missouri Historic Marker program...
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KINDER'S COMMENTARY: BILL KENNEY RECHARGES GOP HOPES FOR GOVERNOR
(Column ~ 10/29/95)
My Senate colleague had a few folks in for a little get-together in Kansas City the other night -- last Thursday, to be exact. When it was over, a standing-room-only crowd of something like 800 people had packed into a ballroom at the Adams Mark Hotel, and the Bill Kenney for Governor campaign, which had showed $1,275 on hand as of the Sept. 30 reporting period, had been enriched to the tune of $162,000. As is common with such events, checks are still pouring in days later...
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MISSOURI WATCH: THERE ARE NO MONOPOLIES ON GOOD GOVERNMENT
(Column ~ 10/29/95)
In public governance, there have always been two worlds, and they haven't always been Democratic and Republican despite the beliefs of residents in both camps. From the earliest days of the Republic, Americans have defined themselves by issues they viewed as important, and since there are almost always two sides to every question, we have ultimately chosen to divide ourselves by political faith...
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MISSOURI COMMENTARY: WILL POWELL GIVE CLINTON A BOOST?
(Column ~ 10/29/95)
Once again we are about to face the unresolved constitutional conflict over war powers. Can the president alone put our military in harm's way or must he first be authorized to do so by Congress? Who determines whether U.S. forces are dispatched to Bosnia as part of a NATO peacekeeping mission?...
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ANTIQUE TOYS ONLY SMALL PART OF MARBLE HILL TOY SHOW
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
Christmas is coming a month early to the residents of Marble Hill. The Bollinger County Historical Society/First Presbyterian Church's antique toy show will have the theme of "Christmas in November" on Nov. 4. But antique toys aren't the only things people will see at the one-day event, not by a long shot...
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JACKSON PAGEANTS ANNOUNCED
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
The Jackson charter chapter of the American Business Women Association is proud to again sponsor the Miss Jackson Scholarship Pageant, Miss Christmas, Miss Junior Christmas, Miss Holly and the Little Miss Snowball and Snowflake Pageants. These pageants will be held Nov. ...
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NORMA PAULINE CRITES
(Obituary ~ 10/29/95)
MARBLE HILL -- Norma Pauline Crites, 84, died Friday, Oct. 27, 1995, at the Bond Nursing Care Center. She was born on Aug. 24, 1911, at Lutesville, daughter of the late William Joseph and Melola Eaker Myers. On April 4, 1937, she married John S. Crites, who died April 18, 1976...
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DOROTHY FRANCES HARTMANN MILLS
(Obituary ~ 10/29/95)
Dorothy Frances Hartmann Mills, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Oct. 27, 1995, at the home of her daughter in Perryville. She was born Sept. 15, 1918, near Jackson, the daughter of Samuel A. and Mary M. Sander Hartmann. On June 2, 1946, she and Paul William Mills were married at the Zion Methodist Church in Old Appleton. ...
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HARRIET M. FIALA
(Obituary ~ 10/29/95)
PERRYVILLE -- Harriet M. Fiala, 86, of Perryville died Saturday, Oct. 28, 1995, at the Perry Oaks Nursing Center in Perryville. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville.
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STATE ELECTIONS MAY BE BAROMETER OF GOP DIRECTIONS
(Editorial ~ 10/29/95)
Odd-numbered years such as 1995 aren't usually viewed as election years, at least not in states such as Missouri where general elections are confined to even-numbered years. At least five states, however, will hold statewide general elections that will have major national implications. They are Virginia, New Jersey, Kentucky, Mississippi and Louisiana...
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DAVID CHRISTOPHER ADAMS
(Obituary ~ 10/29/95)
CHARLESTON -- David Christopher Adams, 18, of Charleston Route 3, died Saturday, Oct. 28, 1995, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident at Highway 60 and 61 at EE Road. He was born Aug. 12, 1977, at Granite City, Ill., son of David Adams of Dover, Tenn., and Paula Black of Charleston...
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ROY T. BOLEY
(Obituary ~ 10/29/95)
MORLEY -- Roy T. Boley, 64, of Livonia, La., died Friday, Oct. 27, 1995. He was the son of Jennings Bryan and Hettie Mae Billings Boley. He worked as a farmer, and in 1978, he was named one of the top 100 farmers in the United States by Allied Chemicals...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 10/29/95)
Daughter to Terry Umfleet Jr. and Kendra Brown of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 11:05 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1995. Name, Briana Jean. Weight, 6 pounds. Miss Brown is the daughter of Pamela Furlong of Cape Girardeau and Perrie Brown of Toledo, Ohio. Umfleet is a carpenter with Strack Construction. He is the son of Teresa Tate of Manteca, Calif., and Terry Umfleet Sr. of Springfield...
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A DAY IN THE LIFE: A ROSE FROM ANY OTHER BOY
(Column ~ 10/29/95)
The daily ritual phone conversation with my fiance was going well enough at first. My fiance -- we'll call her Lori because, after all, that IS her name -- is in Kansas City in medical school so she can support me in the style to which I want to become accustomed...
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VOLUNTEERS FIX UP, STITCH TO `MAKE A DIFFERENCE'
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
At the Cape Girardeau Civic Center, volunteers spent Saturday morning putting down carpet, scrubbing windows and walls and generally sprucing up the place. At the University Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus, students made quilts...
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MOST PROPERTY OWNERS: `NO SALE'
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
A majority of property owners in a two-block area of downtown Cape Girardeau don't want the federal government to buy their homes and raze them for a federal courthouse. There are 31 property owners in the neighborhood. The area is bounded by Themis on the north, Middle on the west, Lorimier on the east and Independence on the south...
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MIGRANT WORKERS FILL VOID FOR FARM LABOR
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
COBDEN, Ill. -- On Friday, Fidel Bartola put his migrant life behind him. He became a U.S. citizen. Bartola came to the Cobden area from Mexico 18 years ago as a migrant farm worker who toiled in the area's vegetable fields and fruit orchards. He now manages the USDA migrant camp he first visited in 1977...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 10/29/95)
THE ANTI-RELIGIOUS bigotry that is so prevalent in the United States made me yet think about some other countries like India, which is probably the most religious nation in the world, and Sweden, which is the most irreligious country in the world. It looks like America is a nation of Indians governed by Swedes. ...
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SCHOOLS LACK ACCOUNTABILITY, PLANNING COMMITTEE ADVISED
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
The Cape Girardeau school district has a credibility problem, stemming in part from a lack of confidence in the district's superintendent, that has to be corrected before the school system can move forward. Those concerns topped lists of ideas and suggestions generated at the final community meeting of the school district's Vision Planning Committee. The meeting Saturday at Clippard Elementary School was scheduled to collect information on school finances...
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HOSPITAL'S CHOICES FOR NEW HELICOPTER NARROWED TO TWO
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
A permanent replacement helicopter to the Southeast Missouri Hospital Bell 206 that crashed Sept. 20 could be on LifeBeat's pad by the first of the year, the chief flight nurse says. Chief Flight Nurse Rodger Huffman said the hospital's board of directors could hear a helicopter recommendation within two weeks. He said officials have narrowed the field of helicopter models from six to two. But only one will be recommended to the board...
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NEW PERMITS TO PROVIDE A LIFETIME OF HUNTING, FISHING
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
JEFFERSON CITY -- Would you like to buy just one permit, and be able to hunt or fish for the rest of your life? Soon you'll be able to do that. Beginning next year the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is offering lifetime permits to Missouri residents...
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OUTDOOR CORNER: MISSOURI HUNTERS ADJUST SIGHTS TO NOV. 1 QUAIL SEASON OPENER
(Column ~ 10/29/95)
Wednesday, Nov. 1, is more than just the day after Halloween. If you are a quail hunter in Missouri, it is the day when you would rather feel the heft of a game bag than the weight of a trick-or-treat sack. It is the day that you, and your bird dog, have waited for since last January. It is the opening day of quail season. Quail hunters have from Nov. 1 through Jan. 15, 1996, to pursue their quarry. A daily limit of eight and a possession limit of 16 will apply...
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THE SPIRIT OF WILLY
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
The former Wilhelm home initially attracted Charlie and Marian Hutchings because it had enough room to accommodate both their home and photography business. They didn't know something already lived there. Charlie Hutchings said the ghost of Charles Wilhelm would turn on the photo processor in the basement to indicate his spirit was present...
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JOY ALONG THE WAY: PERSIMMONS AND BLACK WALNUTS
(Column ~ 10/29/95)
As usual, in October, I've been meandering along lazy, old lanes of long ago. Some of them are gone, eaten up by bulldozers that seemingly can't tolerate these old, originally cattlemade, or, perhaps, Indian-made trails. But there are a few left, untouched by "progress." Along these few, I found a suitable number of persimmon and black walnut trees to steady my sagging fear that a hundred years from now, both trees will be on the endangered list and the old lanes will be covered by houses, concrete or scrubby third growth of cut-over forests.. ...
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COLLEGE HIGH CLASSES TO GATHER
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
The classes of 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945 of the College High School will hold a reunion on Nov. 4-5 at the Drury Lodge. This marks the fifth reunion of the classes with the first one in 1982. These classes are unique in that they are the graduating classes during the years of World War II. This reunion coincides with the 50th anniversary of the end of the war...
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BREASTFEEDING WILL BE TOPIC
(Local News ~ 10/29/95)
The advantages of breastfeeding will be the topic of the November meeting of the La Leche League. The meeting will be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. at 519 S. Pacific in Cape Girardeau. Nursing babies and toddlers are always welcome. This is the first in a series of four discussions that offer both encouragement and breastfeeding information to interested mothers. For further information, call 334-2705...
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