Stories from Saturday, July 20, 1996

Increasing enrollment, overcrowded classrooms and limited building space aren't just problems of public schools. Even parochial schools in Southeast Missouri have seen increased enrollments and all the problems that come with it. Almost all the classes at Immaculate Conception School in Jackson are at full capacity. The school limits enrollment to 30 students per grade level...

Beginning in November, Missouri's welfare recipients will purchase food and get cash with a debit card, doing away with food stamps and welfare checks. The program, Electronic Benefits Transfer, or EBT, looks to be more efficient, cost effective and secure, said Ed Bailey, the EBT project director for Missouri in Jefferson City...

ADVANCE -- Last October, a group of concerned residents began raising funds to help build a new multipurpose room at Advance High School. On Friday, ground was broken to begin construction of the multipurpose room, which also will serve as a gymnasium, and a high school building...

Happy Hollow remains the preferred site for a new federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau, but a final decision won't be made before fall. The General Services Administration isn't rushing to make a decision because construction of the $30 million courthouse is still three years away...

Like those in most regions, people in Southeast Missouri have a distinct way of doing things and behaviors that may appear quirky to outsiders. There is, of course, nothing wrong with that. People tend to view the way they learned to do things as the correct way, and question when others behave differently. That is one reason why the Federation and the Klingon Empire always have so much trouble getting along...

Carl Bearden says it's time the state treasurer's office took a more active role in controlling state spending. Bearden, 40, of St. Charles is the Republican hoping to unseat incumbent Treasurer Bob Holden, a Democrat. During a campaign visit to Cape Girardeau Friday, Bearden said he'd like to see passage of legislation that would require performance-based budgeting by all state departments...

The city of Cape Girardeau is holding out a carrot to encourage cooperation from landowners on Perryville Road improvements. All those who get behind the transportation sales tax improvement plan may get the work done for free. It is a pretty inviting carrot. To qualify, property owners must donate their right-of-way to the city. Those who don't donate their land will pay a $35 per front foot assessment...

High bids and resident complaints about design plans stalled the New Madrid-Henderson Street realignment next to the new business building on the Southeast Missouri State University campus. But attention has turned to a 10-year-old plan drawn by a former city engineer that would make the intersection a four-way stop...

To the editor: I want to thank the people of Cape Girardeau and the 8th Congressional District of Missouri for sharing Bill Emerson with your country for the past 16 years and with me for the past 18 months. My home is in rural south Georgia, an area much like many of the communities of the 8th District of Missouri. ...

To the editor: Recent polls show Bob Dole falling farther behind President Clinton in the contest for the presidency. Even though Clinton's numbers remain constant and well above Dole's falling fortunes, voters in both parties seem to be showing reluctant enthusiasm at best...

Son to Bradley Edwin and Lisa Ann Twidwell of Scott City, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 8:29 a.m. Friday, June 28, 1996. Name, Braden Marshall. Weight, 8 pounds 14 ounces. Second child, first son. Mrs. Twidwell is the former Lisa Robertson, daughter of David and Carol Robertson of Cape Girardeau, Steven and Kathie Borden of Indianapolis, Ind., and Larry and Diana Mir of Columbus, Ga. ...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Beulah Abercrombie, 100, of Tamms died Friday, July 19, 1996, at her home. Funeral arrangements are pending at Crain Funeral Home in Tamms.

FROHNA -- Joe Foster, 18, of Frohna died Friday, July 19, 1996, at the Perry County Memorial Hospital in Perryville. He was born Feb. 14, 1978, in Oran, son of Robert Lee Foster and Valerie Marie Redmon. He worked for Perry Crating in Frohna. He is survived by his father and stepmother, Shirley L. ...

GRAND CHAIN, Ill., -- Edward Glynn Grubbs, 87, of Waterford, Calif., formerly of Grand Chain, died Thursday, July 18, 1996, at his home. He was born June 10, 1909, in Grand Chain, son of the late Charley and Kate Heisner Grubbs. He was a retired driver and salesman for Walker Food Supply and a member of VFW Post 9679 of Waterford. He was a resident of Waterford for the past 10 years...

PATTON -- Funeral service for Beatrice Jo Green of Patton will be held at 10 a.m. today at Liley Funeral Home in Marble Hill. The Rev. Randy Miller will officiate, with burial in Russell Heights Cemetery at Jackson. Green, 82, died Wednesday, July 17, 1996, at Bond Nursing Care Center...

MOREHOUSE -- Howard Leo Mosley, 72, of Morehouse, died Thursday, July 18, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 25, 1924, in Morehouse, son of Leo and Alene Reynolds Mosley. He and Juanez Hall were married Oct. 27, 1943, in Hernando, Miss. She died Oct. 25, 1994...

Rachel E. Gillispie, 81, of Wichita, Kan., formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Thursday, July 18, 1996, at Lakewood Heights Nursing Home in Wichita. Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

CHAFFEE -- Funeral service for John F. Lizenbee of Chaffee will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance. The Revs. Joe Payne and Randy Morse will officiate, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4:30-8 p.m. today...

SIKESTON -- Funeral service for Ione L. "Brownie" Urban of Sikeston will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ponder Funeral Home. The Rev. Kenneth Jarvis will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Urban, 80, died Thursday, July 18, 1996, at Missouri Delta Medical Center...

Jarvis Anne Lange, 57, 2530 Lynnwood, died Friday, July 19, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born Dec. 24, 1938, in Charleston, Ill., daughter of Cecil and Alice Morgan Willingham. She and James Patridge were married in 1959. She later married Randy Lange Jan. 19, 1979...

Richard C. Hagan, 85, 3120 Independence, died Thursday, July 18, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center. He was born Jan. 31, 1911, in Griggsville, Ill., son of the late Warren L. and Mabel Bruner Hagan. He married Lois Holder Hagan in June 1940 in New York City...

PERRYVILLE -- An 18-year-old Perryville man was killed and a St. Marys woman seriously injured in a three-vehicle accident Thursday night. The accident occurred at approximately 8:30 p.m. on U.S. 61 just north of Rte. NN, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol...