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ANNEXATION PLAN WOULD AID GROWTH
(Editorial ~ 11/30/95)
Unlike some of the counties in Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau County is enjoying vigorous growth, both in development and in population. The primary population centers in the county, Cape Girardeau and Jackson, are beginning to see significant growth not only within city boundaries but on their fringes. There are advantages for the cities and the property owners just outside the boundaries to bring property into the city through annexation...
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COUNTRY CHRISTMAS WALK THIS WEEKEND AT STE. GENEVIEVE
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
STE. GENEVIEVE -- The streets of historic St. Genevieve will be gaily decorated this weekend for the town's annual Country Christmas Walk. The festivities will start at 11 a.m. Saturday with a parade through the downtown streets. Les Petites Chanteurs, a children's singing group, will perform throughout the historic district from noon to 2 Saturday and from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday. Also roaming the streets both days will be caroling adults and Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus...
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VICTORIAN SOCIETY UNDRESSED
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
This garment was known simply as a waist. "Think what the corset told Victorian women about their bodies: their natural, healthy size and shape were an abomination to be squeezed down to the smallest possible circumference by corsets constructed of the strongest steel and whalebone, as if nature had perfected man but delivered him a flawed companion."...
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CAPITAL STOCKHOLDERS OK DEAL WITH UNION PLANTERS
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
Stockholders of Capital Bancorporation Inc. Wednesday approved Union Planters Corporation agreement to acquire Capital. Common stock shareholders approved the agreement and plan of reorganization whereby UPC will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Capital, in a transaction valued at approximated $133 million, based on UPC's Nov. 28 closing stock price of $31.69...
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SEMO OBSERVES WORLD AIDS DAY
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
Students and faculty at Southeast Missouri State University will hold a candlelight vigil tonight and wear red ribbons Friday in observance of World AIDS Day. The candlelight vigil will be at 5:30 p.m. near the Capaha Lagoon. Dr. Jennie Cooper, professor of English at Southeast and a member of the AIDS Advisory Committee, said students made ribbons to hand out on campus...
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ORNAMENTS GIVE CENTER RESIDENTS CHRISTMAS
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
A gift tree for residents of Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center is on display at Weber TV and Appliance in Cape Girardeau. The tree features ornaments bearing Christmas "wish lists" for the center's 32 residents. Interested donors can pick an ornament and purchase a gift to help the residents have a merry Christmas this year...
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JACKPOT WINNER HAS OLD CAPE TIES
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
As Missouri's newest multimillionaire, Jerry Sue Huellewig of St. Charles is probably hearing from lots of old friends and long-lost relatives this week. But Huellewig, who claimed a $69 million Missouri Powerball jackpot Tuesday, wonders if anyone from her old hometown remembers her...
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OFFICIALS OPEN OFFICE TO MANAGE FLOOD BUYOUT PLAN
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
COMMERCE -- Laurel Moldenhauer, grant administrator for the Commerce flood buyout, kept busy Wednesday filing paperwork and meeting with homeowners. Missouri's State Emergency Management Agency is supervising the buyout program. Twenty homeowners already have made appointments to discuss their buyout options. During those appointments, Moldenhauer explains the buyout program in detail and answers case-specific questions about flood insurance, previous loans and appraisals...
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PHELPS TO ANNOUNCE RE-ELECTION BID AT FREE PARTY FRIDAY
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
ELDORADO, Ill. -- David Phelps said in October that he would be a candidate for reelection to Illinois House of Representatives. On Friday, he will make his announcement official. Phelps, D-Eldorado, is serving his sixth term from the 118th District, which includes all or part of 10 counties in Southern Illinois, among them Alexander, Pulaski, Union, Johnson, Massac, Williamson, Gallatin, Hardin, Saline and Pope...
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CAPE CENTRAL HIGH PRINCIPAL DAN TALLENT PLANS TO RESIGN
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
Dr. Dan Tallent, principal of Cape Girardeau Central High School, will resign at the end of the school year to seek another job, perhaps as a superintendent. Tallent submitted a resignation letter to Superintendent Neyland Clark last week and sent a memo to staff members this week telling them about his decision. This is Tallent's second year at Central High...
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TOYBOX BRIGHTENS JAYCEES SANTA'S HOLIDAYS
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
Everyone has cherished Christmas memories of family and friends and finding just the right gifts under the tree. For the last nine years, Kevin Lasher has made wonderful Christmas memories as a Jaycees Santa, delivering toys and gifts to children all over Cape Girardeau during the annual Toy Box toy drive...
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LONELY WIDOW WISHES FOR CHIRSTMAS CHEER
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
On Christmas Day, while Mrs. D's friends are traveling to their children's home or at least chatting on the telephone with relatives, Mrs. D will be alone. She is almost always alone these days. Mrs. D is a widow with no children and no other family. She never mentions to her friends that she is alone. She doesn't want to intrude on their happiness...
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CAPE GIRARDEAU MAY TEMPORARILY FOOT BILL FOR AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
The city of Cape Girardeau likely will foot the bill to keep the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport tower open at least temporarily once federal funding ends Dec. 31. City Manager Michael Miller said the city has some reserve funds that could be used to operate the tower at its current level through the end of the fiscal year on June 30...
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LETTERS FROM HOME: LOADS OF GINGERBREAD MEN AND COOL WHIP SNOW
(Column ~ 11/30/95)
Nov. 30, 1995 Dear John, Karin, Christian and Inga The ritual of Christmas baking has begun. Like most rituals it has begun slowly. DC made gingerbread men and a gingerbread house. Our own house smelled otherworldly for days, the way you imagine Mrs. Claus' would...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 11/30/95)
WE'VE NOW had troops in Japan and Germany for 50 years. How long will we have to have them in Bosnia? ON NOV. 27 there was a Speak Out comment from old Scrooge. He called in to complain that he didn't want people in the Christmas parade to throw candy for the kids because it disturbed his view of the parade. Talk about a meany...
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MEMBERS NAMED TO SOUTHEAST COMMITTEE
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
Ten persons have been named to the newly created advisory board of the Southeast Missouri Public Issues Forum. The forum, sponsored by Southeast Missouri State University, will offer a series of programs on a broad range of topics. Dr. Bill Atchley, university president, announced the appointments...
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MADD TO HOLD VIGIL FOR VICTIMS
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
A candlelight vigil to remember those killed or injured by drunken drivers is planned next week at the Cape Girardeau Police Department, 40 S. Sprigg. The Cape Girardeau County Mothers Against Drunk Driving Community Action Team will provide ornaments with the loved ones' names and birth dates for family members to hang on a special Christmas tree at the police department. The ornaments also have the dates the loved ones were killed or injured by a drunken driver...
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CHAMBER BOARD TO HOLD ANNUAL RETREAT AFTER FRIDAY COFFEE
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors will hold its annual retreat Friday. Board members will meet at the Lone Star Natatorium immediately following the chamber's First Friday Coffee for a day-long session, to discuss goals, set priorities, establish budgets, and discuss other issues...
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WISCONSIN DRIVER KILLED ON I-55
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
SIKESTON -- A Wisconsin man was killed and a passenger injured in a one-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon. The accident occurred at 2:45 p.m. on Interstate 55 about three miles south of Sikeston in New Madrid County. The driver, Roosevelt Patterson, 48, of Milwaukee, Wis., died when his car ran off the left side of the road and struck a guard rail before overturning in a water-filled ditch, the Missouri Highway Patrol said...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 11/30/95)
Son to Charles and Edith Sanders of Whitewater, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 2:44 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, 1995. Name, Austin Caleb. Weight, 6 pounds 6 ounces. Third son. Mrs. Sanders is the former Edith Sadler, daughter of Leroy and Viola Sadler of Whitewater. She is a presser at Thorngate Ltd. Sanders is the son of Sammie and Wanda Pounds of Whitewater...
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VELMA M. GRAY
(Obituary ~ 11/30/95)
CAIRO, Ill. -- Velma M. Gray, 72, of Granite City, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1995, at her home. She was born May 18, 1923, in Cairo, daughter of Harry and Mamie Ross Bauer. She and Elmer E. Gray were married April 28, 1946, in Cairo. Gray retired as a contract specialist with the federal government. She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, St. Theresa Circle of Daughters of Isabella, and VFW Auxiliary, all in Cairo...
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RUTH J. BUCKNER
(Obituary ~ 11/30/95)
SIKESTON -- Ruth Jane Buckner, 91, of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Nov. 28, 1995, at Miner Nursing Center. She was born July 31, 1904, in Thorpe, daughter of Levi and Elizabeth Minta Wright Buckner. Buckner had been a lab and X-ray technician and radiologist at Missouri Delta Medical Center and Medical Arts Clinic...
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LOUISE CHRONISTER
(Obituary ~ 11/30/95)
CHAFFEE -- Louise Chronister, 81, of Chaffee, died Tuesday, Nov. 28, 1995, at Chaffee Nursing Center. She was born Feb. 27, 1914, in Chaffee, daughter of Henry and Stella D. Drinkard Campbell. She and L.L. "Lee" Chronister were married Dec. 25, 1934, in Chaffee. He died in September 1992...
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CHARLES D. LOUCKS
(Obituary ~ 11/30/95)
Charles DeWitt Loucks, 68, 725 E. Rodney, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1995, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Oct. 1, 1927, at Blomeyer, son of Fred R. and Mary Elizabeth Lape Loucks. He and Beulah "Boots" Cotner Bowerman were married Oct. 13, 1975, in Scott City...
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EDMUND BALLARD
(Obituary ~ 11/30/95)
Edmund "Jim" Ballard, 81, of Owensboro, Ky., died Tuesday, Nov. 28, 1995, at Owensboro Mercy Health Systems. He was born Feb. 13, 1914, in Daviess County, Ky., son of Evaristus and Birdie Wayne Leigh Ballard. He and Mary Martine Howard were married in 1935...
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CLYDE W. LITTLE
(Obituary ~ 11/30/95)
PATTON -- Clyde William Little, 78, of Patton, died Tuesday, Nov. 28, 1995, at his home. He was born Nov. 15, 1917, in Searcy, Ark., son of Porter E. and Amanda E. Little. He married Ola Jean Goodwin, who died June 10, 1979. Little served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
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MARRIAGES
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
Cape Girardeau County: Alfred Lee Chapman, 22, and Amanda Dawn Wren, 18; Noel Dean Jackson, 48, and Zedith Elaine Isaac, 46; Stephen Charles Seabaugh, 25, and Leigh Susanna Underwood, 23; David Paul Green, 19, and Tinea Marie Houts, 21; Michael Kevin Fichter, 30, and Dora Alexandrova Keremedtchieva, 24...
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BERTHA C. HOFFMEISTER
(Obituary ~ 11/30/95)
JACKSON -- Graveside service for Bertha C. Hoffmeister of Jackson was held Wednesday at Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau. Dr. Neil Stein officiated. McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson was in charge of arrangements. Hoffmeister, 87, died Monday, Nov. 27, 1995, at her home...
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RICH BROOKS ART OPENING SATURDAY AT GALLERY 100
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
Work by St. Peters artist Rich Brooks will be on display at Gallery 100 beginning Friday and continuing through Dec. 22. Brooks' work consists of embossings, paper sculptures, acrylic paintings and pen and ink drawings. The artist, who has been creating art for 30 years, is fascinated with the use of recyclables. Some of his paper sculptures -- miniature oriental jackets devised from watercolor scraps, for instance -- essentially are trash-to-art creations...
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THE SWEET ADELINES IN CONCERT
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
"Barbershop, Bells and Brass" will take center stage at Southeast's Rose Theatre Saturday when the Girardot Rose Chorus of Sweet Adelines, International, presents a program of seasonal music. The group, under the direction of Irene Stevens, will give a matinee performance at 4 p.m. to be repeated at 8 p.m...
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`ECO-ART' ON SATURDAY
(Local News ~ 11/30/95)
The second in a series of programs titled "Eco-Art" will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Clippard Elementary School cafetorium in Cape Girardeau. Designed for children ages 5-13, the program teaches children art skills along with their parents. This month's program will teach how to create seasonal wreaths using found natural materials. All supplies are provided, and children should dress in "art-friendly" clothing...
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