Stories from Sunday, December 9, 1990

CHARLESTON - Rena Syre, 89, formerly of Bertrand, died Friday Dec. 7, 1990 at 6:30 p.m. at the Charleston Manor. She was born Feb. 28, 1901 in Bertrand to the late John and Dora Hall. She lived in Bertrand most of her life and had been employed with the International Shoe Co. in Sikeston. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Charleston...

Dear Editor: I have a few questions about how city court is run in Cape Girardeau. I had to appear in city court recently on two charges of harassing phone calls. As I do not live in Cape I brought along my long distant phone bill charges for the times in question thinking this would clear the matter up...

Dear Editor: It's a rare and unfortunate occasion when the American Lung Association finds itself the object of malicious and inaccurate accusations. When attacks do occur, the prudent response is silence, since rebuttal often only serves to spread the falsehoods further. But when the misinformation persists, and the accuser is granted a prominent forum, action is needed!...

The Cape Girardeau City Council's plan to hold a public hearing on proposed golf fee hikes is right on par. Users of the course are the ones who will be paying the added costs, and they should have a voice in the decision. The fee request is prompted by a desire to make the golf course self-sustaining. That's important, but the city must be careful not to price users out of the market...

Apocryphal excerpts from a meeting of the Democratic Caucus of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, December 4, 1990. Following is the exchange between the Speaker of the House, Tom Foley and Congressman Joe Courage of anywhere. In this secret Caucus, the Democrats voted 177-37 against the initiation of hostilities against Iraq. There was no recorded roll call...

Dear Editor: This is an open letter to the citizens of our area. We have just lived through a rather extraordinary period in the evolution of our area. Some good things, and some not-so-good things have happened on the trek to Dec. 3, 1990. It is time, however, for us to put the hysteria and recriminations behind us, and stop beating up ourselves, and each other, over why we prepared for disaster...

Don Pritchard's Advertorial in your Dec. 9 newspaper contained a misquote of a letter I had written to the Assistant City Attorney about the Louis Jordan/John Martin dispute. Don Pritchard quotes me as saying that I had spoken with Patrolman Louis Jordan and with John Martin and found them both "unbelievable." Actually, in my letter I said I found them both believable. ...

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John Reeves of Sikeston Route 2, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 9:42 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, 1990. Name, Jordan Lange. Weight, 7 pounds 14 ounces. Second daughter. Mrs. Reeves is the former Leah Phillips, daughter of Leah Quandt of Nashville, Tenn., and Earl Phillips of St. Louis. She is a bookkeeper at Sikeston Inn. Reeves is assistant manager of Denny's Ornamental Iron, and is the son of Wayne Reeves and Pauline Reeves of Sikeston...

COMMERCE -- Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Lucy C. Noland of Belle Chasse, La. Noland, a native of Commerce, died Sunday, Dec. 2, 1990, at a Bell Chasse hospital. She was the wife of the late Woodow Noland of Commerce. She was the daughter of the late Gastav and Lucy Sander, of Commerce. she had lived in Belle Chasse 30 years...

FROHNA - Nelda V. Steffens of Frohna died Friday, Dec. 7, 1990, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. She was 63. She was born Nov. 7, 1927, in Wittenberg, daughter of Gerhardt and Josephine Kassel Weber. She married Leo Steffens Nov. 3, 1946. Survivors include her husband; sons Vaughn, Randall and Daniel Steffens, all of Frohna; a daughter, Linda Palisch of Altenburg; brothers Oscar Weber of Jackson, Floyd Weber of Cape Girardeau, Elton and Gilbert Weber of Frohna; a sister, Dorothy McDonald of Cape Girardeau; eight grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.. ...

ST. MARYS - Rudolph Steven Hlavek of St. Marys died Friday, Dec. 7, 1990, at Ste. Genevieve Hospital. He was 77 years old. He was born Sept. 13, 1913, in East St. Louis, Ill., son of George and Anna Kalish Hlavek. On March 1, 1945, he married Mary E. Erdelen...

JACKSON -- Arnold Emanuel Schmidt, 80, of Jackson died Friday, Dec. 7, 1990 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 1, 1910 at Whittenberg, the son of Emanuel Schmidt and Bertha Mueller Schmidt. On Oct. 30, 1937, he married Esther M. Lohmann in Altenburg. She survives...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Ellade A. Reed, 82, of Cape Girardeau died Friday, Dec. 7, 1990 at her home, 1411 N. Water. She was born April 9, 1908 at Whitewater, the daughter of John and Columbian Hayden Ervin. On May 4, 1925, she married Glenn Reed at Cairo, Ill. He preceded her in death in January 1979...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Marion H. Kemp, 76, of 411 Albert, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 1990 at the Lutheran Home. He was born Oct. 22, 1914 in Cape County, son of George and Effie Sanders Kemp. On Sept. 30, 1944, he married Jewell Jones at Blytheville, Ark. She survives...

BLOOMFIELD -- Funeral service for Mrs. Jewel E. Lewis of Bloomfield will be held at 2 p.m. today at Chiles-Cooper Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Paul Catterton will officiate, with burial in Bloomfield Cemetery. Mrs. Lewis, 95 years old, died Friday, Dec. 7, 1990, at Dexter Memorial Hospital...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Funeral service for Mrs. Elizabeth Worst, 2525 Boutin Drive, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel. The Rev. John Ferguson will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 8 a.m. until time of service...

HIRAM -- Funeral service for Mrs. Rosie Skaggs Baker of Hiram will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Liley Funeral Chapel in Lutesville. The Rev. Gene Robbins will officiate, with burial in Grassy Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today...

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Longtime Cape Girardeau attorney, civic leader and aviation pioneer Rush H. Limbaugh Jr. died here Saturday after a lengthy illness. He was 72. Limbaugh, a member of a prominent Cape Girardeau family of attorneys, was a former Republican county chairman who earned a reputation as an exceptional public speaker on Americanism and patriotic topics. ...

My ears were alert for the first Christmas song of the season. It's a little game I play with myself each year, guessing which one it will be and where I will be at the time. This year it was "Oh Come All Ye Faithful," known in Latin as "Adeste Fideles." I was coming down the stairs with an armful of angels, shepherds, Wise Men, and sheep when the age-old song came to me by way of Magnovox...

Many people feel there is no substitute for the "real" Christmas tree. Only a natural evergreen, with its crisp winter smell and deep green color can bring recollections of Christmas past, enrich Christmas presents, and create memories for Christmas future...

SADDAM HUSSEIN MOVES into Kuwait and now listen to all the Chamberlains. They say it's just a small country and just for oil; forget it because it isn't worth it. Hitler moved into Czechoslovakia, just a small country. Chamberlain went to Munich and made a deal. ...

I WOULD LIKE to say thank you to two teen-age boys who helped my daughter and granddaughter get to the hospital on Dec. 2. They had a big girl. Thank you. I AM CALLING about the Southeast Missourian Speak Out answer about Iben Browning having egg on his face. ...

THIS PERTAINS TO the gossipers in our society. I thoroughly agree with Mike Seib's article, Pin Talk, in the Nov. 26 paper. I moved away from here a number of years and returned because of the good schools here for my children. Now I must say I do believe gossip is the main subject for most meetings, whether they be private clubs, church circles, community socials, business meetings or just plain backyard gossip. ...

I THINK IT'S A total disaster that Sarita Wesley was not named to the all-tournament team of the girls SEMO basketball tournament, which was just held. You've just got to pick people that the media want on the team and not the best players. Sarita, by far, should have been on that team. Thank you...

IN YOUR PAPER each day you show the Gulf Mail Bag with the serviceman's name and address. Why don't you list all the addresses of the people instead of a different one each day? Thank you. We started the feature in an effort to generate readers' interest in writing to U.S. ...

I SEE MARY "Cares" Wulfers is at it again. When will it end? I do not think that any council member would or should use city taxpayers' money for chandelier-type lighting, especially at a cost of $6,200. What happened to Mary "Cares" Wulfers? HELLO SPEAK OUT. ...

THERE WAS NO newscast of the earthquake they had in Nevada yesterday. It could be that Browning wasn't all wrong. I WOULD LIKE to remind the readers that Iben Browning's prediction was not wrong. There was an earthquake in California registering 5.9 on the Richter scale (Dec. 3). He also had a projection for the 31st of this month. So we're not out of the woods yet...