Stories from Monday, March 22, 1999

Kim Baldwin, of Jackson has joined Super Styles Beauty Salon at 502 D W. Main in Jackson as a hairstylist. She is a graduate of Stage One the Hair School in Cape Girardeau. Baldwin offers a number of services -- hair cuts, styling, perms, color, manicures and waxing...

Construction is under way at Union Centre, Ohio, on a new 300,000-square-foot facility that will house the offices and laboratories of the Procter & Gamble Global Supply, Engineering Research & Development Organization, which has the responsibility for development of new manufacturing systems for many of P&G's existing and new products...

Construction is continuing on the $350 million expansion at Procter & Gamble Co.'s facility north of Cape Girardeau. The 850,000-square-foot building will house two giant paper machines and associated converted equipment, to handle towel and tissue production, which is expected to start operations next winter...

Dorothy Buchheit of Cape Girardeau looked through items of clothing at a garage sale last Friday. More than 500 people brought items for Cape Girardeau's rendition of the Antique and Collectible Road Show, held at Franklin Elementary School gymnasium recently...

This "Financial Focus" column is prepared by Edward Jones Investments, headquartered in St. Louis. Jones includes branches throughout the nation, including Cape Girardeau and Jackson. Since they were established in 1975, IRAs have become a tremendously popular way to save for retirement. Although IRAs offer tax-deferred growth, some Americans hesitated to jump on the bandwagon because they weren't sure they wanted to defer taxes until retirement...

Dennis Seabaugh, a package driver for United Parcel Service, was honored recently for completing 25 years with the company. Seabaugh of Jackson works out of the UPS facility at Cape Girardeau and was cited for years for loyal service. UPS serves more than 200 countries and territories and employs more than 339,000 workers. The company has more than 30 centers in Missouri and employs more than 5,000 people...

Cynthia J. Gage of Cape Girardeau, a Lutheran Brotherhood district representative, recently earned the fraternal insurance counselor designation from the National Fraternal Congress of America. The designation is given to representatives who complete extensive basic and advanced training courses in fraternal life insurance, pass three comprehensive exams and meet production requirements...

Carol Despain of the McDonald's Restaurant at 3419 William in Cape Girardeau has received a bachelor's degree of hamburgerology from McDonald's Hamburger University (H.U.) at Oak Brook, Ill. McDonald's managers are trained in all aspects of general business management, including customer service, equipment fundamentals, accounting and marketing...

Brenda L. Hanle, accredited records technician and director of health information management and business office at St. Francis Medical Center, was guest speaker at the Voluntary Hospitals of America Medical Records and Business Office Study Participant spring meeting held recently at Charlotte, N.C...

Ferrellgas is observing its 60th anniversary. Ferrellgass, established in 1939 at Atchison, Kan., has grown from one store serving a few hundred customers to the second-largest retail marketer of propane in the United States, with more than 4,000 employees serving more than 800,000 customers in 45 states...

NationsBanc Mortgage has introduced Neighborhood Advantage Zero Down and the Neighborhood Advantage Credit Flex mortgage products in Southeast Missouri. Because of the merger between BankAmerica Corp. and NationsBank, the zero down program will be available in 34 states and the District of Columbia, and the credit flex program will be available in 35 states and the District of Columbia...

Demand for workers will remain near seasonal expectations during the second quarter. Another giant retailer will join the Cape Girardeau market during the same quarter. Everything is on "go" for the new aircraft manufacturing facility at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport...

The Missouri Association of Legal Secretaries will hold its annual meeting April 16 through 18, at the Chateau on the Lake in Branson. Representatives are expected from the association's 11 chapters, which include the Cape Girardeau County chapter. Additional information is available by contact Vickie Camplain, (314)-961-5800...

Janet Dalton of Prudential Bridgeport Inc., Realtors, has been named to Prudential Real Estate Affiliates Inc. Leading Edge Society, for sales performance in 1998. Sales associated selected for this award are among the top 6 percent in the Prudential Real Estate Network, which has more than 1,500 offices and 29,000 sales associates...

Ni-Med, a Farmington health care company, is under new ownership, and will undergo an expansion that will double the size of the company's 40,000-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility in Farmington. Fax Pollnow, president of Arbor Land Co., a St. Louis real estate development company, and Farmington businessman Terry Braxton recently purchased Ni-Mex, which has annual revenues of about $25 million...

Spectators watched as a racer went down the St. Francis River near Fredericktown during the 32nd annual Missouri Whitewater Championships Sunday afternoon. The cold and turbulent St. Francis River played nature's weekend host to kayak and canoe enthusiasts during Missouri's Spring Whitewater Championships near Fredericktown...

Betty Grable, most noted for her roles in "Pin-Up Girl" and World War II fund raising -- she sold more savings bonds than anyone -- was born in St. Louis. Rush Limbaugh, host of the most listened to radio talk show in America, was born in Cape Girardeau...

Imagine a narrow lake extending the 120 miles from Cape Girardeau to St. Louis, its fingers turning the Southern Illinois cities of Carbondale, Murphysboro and Herrin into ports, its dams across the Mississippi River at Thebes and across the old river bed at Cape Girardeau creating the largest manmade lake in the United States...

HILLARY STOOD by her man through all his perversions and lies. Now let her stand by him all the way down to his complete degradation. But it looks like she's about to jump ship and play on her victim's role for sympathy. She's a manipulator and just as devious as Billy is. She's now distancing herself for her own political reasons. What an exploitive character. She can't fool New Yorkers though. They are street-smart voters and will see through her...

For those who are looking for a spectacular way to usher in the new millennium, a party at the Show Me Center is the place to be. The gala being put together by Judy Wilferth, Melvin Gateley and others is expected to cost more than $100,000 before all is said and done. It will feature dinner, dancing, two bands, all the accessories and even an indoor fireworks display. Party-goers will watch celebrations from around the world on a large video screen...

To the editor:I am a firm supporter of all our law-enforcement agencies, but I am disturbed by the extent the drug laws have given unreasonable authority to our officials. It sets the stage for legal abuse of the innocent.When the Highway Patrol, Drug Enforcement Agency, FBI or anyone wearing a badge can stop us and take our money and divided it among themselves and never charge us with anything, that's an awful lot like a police state.W.T. WOODSBertrand...

To the editor: My family ties were strong. There was much respect, love, compassion and loyalty among us. I feel blessed to be able to boast of this. I am sure others can also. My twin sister and I were the last remaining family. Now I am. We were so very close. Only death could part us seven years ago. Each day, I am reminded of memories we shared...

Law-and-order advocates can take comfort in the fact that the United States soon may surpass Russia as the nation with the highest rate of incarceration. The Justice Department says that over the past 12 years the number of adult Americans incarcerated in this country has more than doubled, reaching its highest level ever last year. In mid-1998, an estimated 1.8 million people were behind bars, compared with 744,200 at the end of 1985...

To the editor: I would like to offer a salute to the America that still loves freedom. Poverty is still the norm in the world, and wealth is the exception. With freedom, we create wealth, and with oppression, we create poverty. For those who have in the past and who still provide for freedom, I salute you. For those who believe that less government means more freedom and wealth, history has proven you right...

RICHMOND, Ky. -- Southeast Missouri State University's hopes for a sweep to open the Ohio Valley Conference baseball season evaporated Sunday in a dreadful eighth inning. Host Eastern Kentucky erupted for eight runs in the bottom of the eighth -- all of them unearned because of two Southeast errors -- as the Colonels posted a 12-5 victory...

JACKSON -- Alma Irene Proffer, 86, of Jackson died Saturday, March 20, 1999 at Southeast Hospital. Born May 3, 1912, she was the daughter of Friedrick Henry and Lillie Day Loos. On July 12, 1930, she married Linville "Bill" Proffer. He died Oct. 28, 1988...

Jack Collins Robertson, a prominent life and health insurance executive, died Saturday, March 20, 1999. He was 79. He was born March 10, 1920 in Ironton, Missouri to the late Duncan M. Robertson and Virginia M. Robertson. He was reared in Ironton and attended elementary and secondary school there. He was a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University...

Edward C. Renfro, 77, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, March 21, 1999 at the home of his daughter in Kelso. Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

Marcus David Musgraves, 19, died Sunday March 21, 1999 in an automobile accident. Funeral arrangements are pending under the direction of Ford and Sons Funeral Home.

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Kathleen R. Crawford, 78, a lifelong resident of Cape Girardeau, died at her home Saturday, March 20, 1999. Born Jan. 31, 1921, she was the daughter of Ray and Iva Nothdurft Roberts. On March 22, 1943 she and Charles Crawford were married...

SCOTT CITY -- Idalene Head, 77, of Scott City died Sunday, March 21, 1999 at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are pending under the direction of Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Edith Mathis Thrailkill, 94, formerly of Villa Ridge and Murphysboro Ill., died Saturday March 20, 1999 at the Harborside Health Care Center in Venice, Fla. Born March 1, 1905, she was the daughter of James William and Allie Watkins Mathis. On June 23, 1929, she married Howard M. Thrailkill of Carbondale...

ADVANCE -- Lottie O. Hoover, 93, of Advance died Sunday afternoon, March 21, 1999, at Advance Nursing Center. Arrangements are pending under the direction of Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.

Irma L. Hain, 79, formerly of St. Charles, Mo., died Saturday March 20, 1999 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Arrangements are under the direction of McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson.

Virginia Marie Ervin, 86, died Friday, March 19, 1999, at Ratliff Care Center. She was born Oct. 16, 1912, near Daisy, daughter of William Harrison and Effie Friese Moore. On Jan. 30, 1932, she married Clarence Hezekiah Ervin in Cape Girardeau where she lived all of her adult life. He preceded her in death Nov. 12, 1989...

A Cape Girardeau man was killed when the car he was driving went into the Whitewater River near Scopus. The victim was identified as Marcus D. Musgraves, 19. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Musgraves was westbound on Bollinger County Road 368 and was attempting to cross a low-water bridge when the car slipped off into the water, overturning. The accident happened at 1 a.m. Sunday...

Alberta E. Theissen, 92, died Saturday, March 20, 1999 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau. Born July 31, 1906 in Gordonville, she was the daughter of Henry G. Schwab and Ida Rosetta Siemers. On July 2, 1939, she married Otto Theissen. He died March, 17, 1969...