Stories from Thursday, November 2, 1995

Graveside service for Ralph Terry Popp of Cape Cod, Mass., formerly of Cape Girardeau, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday under the gazebo in Memorial Park. The Rev. Milton Ryan will officiate. There is no visitation. Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements...

Turnout likely will be better than usual for the annual Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Highway Dinner. The dinner, which will be attended by members of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission and Department, will be held tonight at 6 Drury Lodge...

The director of Birthright Cape Girardeau says she hopes an abortion counseling bill will be reintroduced in the Missouri General Assembly next session. Gov. Mel Carnahan vetoed the bill, sponsored by Sen. John Schneider, D-Florissant, in May. The bill would have required women seeking abortions to first contact state-sanctioned counselors...

Bart Elfrink, who plays the Rev. Dr. Harper in Central High School's upcoming production of "Arsenic and Old Lace," wasn't convincing director Cynthia Wyatt with his reading of the line "It seems your nephew Mortimer lives only by electric light." Seated at the edge of the stage, she asked him to repeat it one, two, three, maybe 10 times...

Work by students of Jackson art teacher Nancy Collier will be on display at Gallery 100 beginning Sunday and continuing through Nov. 22. A reception for the artists will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Gallery, 1707 Mount Auburn Road. Collier has been teaching her oil painting workshops for more than 16 years, and more than 100 different artists have participated through the years, from beginning to advanced...

Director Robert W. Dillon Jr. instructed cast members during a rehearsal of "The Royal Family." From left they are Amy Monfort, Rita Jana and Ellen Dillon. Ethel Barrymore disliked "The Royal Family." In fact, "She hated the play so much she could quote from it for the rest of her life," says Robert W. Dillon Jr...

Eleven artists on the faculty at Southeast Missouri State University will exhibit their work beginning Monday at the University Museum. The annual art faculty exhibition will spotlight works in a variety of media, including painting, graphic design, printmaking, sculpture, fiber, photography, computer prints, ceramics and drawing. Each artist will exhibit two or three pieces reflective of their studio work and teaching...

A nice crowd turned out Tuesday at the Holiday Inn for a ceremony awarding "Heroes" awards to 25 thoroughly deserving recipients. Sponsored by Hardees restaurants and KGMO radio, the group of awardees and guests heard an address by new Southeast Missouri State University President Bill Atchley...

Hoping their work will snowball into a national movement, governors and legislators gathered recently in hopes of reclaiming state authority from Washington. At their three-day federalism summit, the officials came up with four ways states might wrest from Washington its growing power to rule and regulate citizens lives...

Apparently feeling its oats for the few times since it was formed to review requests for major capital expenditures at Missouri hospitals, the state's Health Services Review Committee recently denied three requests for resonance imaging systems. St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau was one of the three hospitals requesting a new MRI unit. Hospital officials are appealing the committee's denial...

To the editor: The alert reader might have noticed something missing from the page-long campaign column by Newt Gingrich and Robert Dole lauding the accomplishments of the Republican Congress in rolling back 30 years of expanding government: There was no mention of the impact of their Congress on human health and the environment. ...

To the editor: In view of the problems regarding the location of the new federal courthouse,I think the location should be reconsidered that has been passed over once before. I am referring to the block due west of the present city hall. This contains the old railroad station, a gun shop, an auto repair shop and mostly Happy Hollow, at present. ...

POPLAR BLUFF -- A Van Buren man was killed in a four-vehicle accident Wednesday morning in Butler County. The accident occurred at 11 a.m. on U.S. Highway 60 seven miles west of Poplar Bluff. William Asberry, 27, of Elsinore was traveling west when his vehicle collided with a vehicle driven by Charles Smith, 32, of Kennett...

To the editor: Thank you for your continue support of golf in Southeast Missouri by sponsoring the Southeast Missourian Cup Matches. Without your efforts over the last seven years, this event wouldn't exist. But thanks to the Southeast Missourian, it is the most prestigious tournament to enter annually in our area...

Luella Marie Hutson, 66, 805 N. Spanish died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Jan. 26, 1929, at Chaffee, daughter of Larken William and Roxie Howell Warren. She and Woodrow Wilson Hutson were married Nov. 14, 1946, in Arkansas. He preceded her in death May 10, 1993...

SIKESTON -- Fern A. McCain, 82, of Sikeston, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1995, at Missouri Delta Medical Center. She was born Nov. 2, 1912, in Sikeston, daughter of John Lawrence and Daisy Lee Frohock Goetz. She and Ernest W. McCain were married Dec. 21, 1935, in Sikeston. He died Dec. 9, 1994...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Earl Cartwright, 74, of East Prairie, died Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1995, at his home. He was born May 16, 1921, in Mayfield, Ky., son of James Thaxton and Maude Story Cartwright. He and Peggy Cripps were married Sept. 23, 1939. Cartwright was a retired carpenter. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...

OLMSTED, Ill. -- Emma Sutton, 76, Olmsted Route 1, died Saturday, Oct. 28, 1995, at Charleston Manor in Charleston, Mo. She was born Jan. 8, 1919, in Olmsted, daughter of William and Ida Williams Barnett. She and Carl Lee Sutton were married in 1934. He died in 1979...

LICK CREEK, Ill. -- Vern Carter, 79, of Lick Creek, died Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1995, at his home. He was born Feb. 22, 1916, in Lick Creek, son of George William and Etta Emma Beggs Carter. He and Rosa Brasel were married Dec. 29, 1934. Carter was a member of New Hope Baptist Church, and Union Lodge 627 AF&AM. He served 12 years as district deputy grand master of the Masonic Lodge...

Dorothy Eckelmann, 88, of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1995, at Ratliff Care Center. Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- LaVerne Liston, 78, of Camdenton, Mo., formerly of Villa Ridge, died Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1995, at her home. Jones Funeral Home at Villa Ridge is in charge of arrangements.

Son to Tim and Lisa Brown of Jackson, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1995. Name, Caleb Isaac. Weight, 7 pounds 7 ounces. Second son. Mrs. Brown is the former Lisa Mays, daughter of Juanita Daume of Jackson and the late Claude Mays. She is employed at Cape Girardeau Post Office. Brown is employed at Fleming Inc. in Sikeston. He is the son of James Brown and Patricia Brown of Millersville...

Friends of U.S. Rep. Bill Emerson say he will fight his recently diagnosed lung cancer the way he fights for constituents and issues: head-on with a positive attitude. The eight-term Republican from Southeast Missouri's 8th District disclosed Wednesday that he has lung cancer and plans to begin a series of treatments Friday at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C...

Construction of the Osage Park community center and Shawnee Park sports complex would cost $1.1 million more than the city budgeted, bringing the total price to about $5.3 million. Dan Muser, Cape Girardeau parks and recreation director, said Wednesday the city underestimated the cost of the projects...

Southeast Missouri State University has offered the city additional financial incentives in an effort to move ahead with the New Madrid-Henderson intersection project. Southeast wants to hire a contractor and improve the intersection before the new College of Business building opens next August...

Nov. 2, 1995 Dear C.C. We are raking leaves into piles that grow and grow because the leaves continue to fall and fall. We do it the old-fashioned way. If each of us is here at this moment to add our voice to the universal chorus, let mine not sound life a leaf blower...

Cape Girardeau has done it again. The engineering department has selected a St. Louis architectural firm to design a small elevator project for the city hall. Three Cape architects submitted requests to be considered plus two from out of town. When we send our tax dollars out of town, we never see them again. ...

Dr. Louisa Panou-Takahashi, an assistant professor of voice at Southeast, will give a recital at 8 p.m. Monday at Old St. Vincent's church. Assisting her will be Dr. James Sifferman, an associate professor of piano at Southeast. The program will consist of arias by Handel and songs by Schubert, Duparc, Griffes and Wolf-Ferrari...

The Aspen Wind Quintet, winners of the Naumberg Award, will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday in Academic Auditorium. Admission is $10 for the general public and free for members of the Community Concert Association, children under 12 and Southeast Missouri State University students...

The Southeast Missouri State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble will join the Golden Eagles Marching Band for a University Band Extravaganza at 8 p.m. Nov. 12 in Academic Auditorium. General admission is $4. Tickets for seniors and students are $2. University faculty, staff and students will be admitted free with an I.D...