Stories from Thursday, December 30, 1993

MARBLE HILL -- Lucille F. Phillips, 90, of Marble Hill, formerly of St. Louis, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1993, at Bond Nursing Care Center. She was born Sept. 19, 1903, at Clifton, Texas, daughter of Lee and Helen Butler Richards. On May 6, 1922, she married John S. Phillips. He preceded her in death July 31, 1963...

Fans will pack into the Show Me Center tonight to witness the championship game of the 49th annual University High School Christmas Tournament, an event that each year showcases the area prep basketball season. The "U-High tourney," as it is affectionately known to local hoop followers, has been a Southeast Missouri sports staple for nearly half a century. And it continues to grow in popularity...

SIKESTON -- A man and his two daughters were injured when their vehicle ran off the road due to icy road conditions. James Jones, 34, of Moody, Ala., received minor injuries in the accident. His daughters, Michelle, 12, and Angelina, 14, received moderate injuries. All were transported to the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, where they were treated and released...

To the editor: The Associated Press stories you have run have pussyfooted around the tough questions (the national media still leaning to the left apparently) about the Clinton sex scandal. If the reader wants to know the real story, read the Post-Dispatch's editorial section on Dec. 22 (or the conservative American Spectator, whose article was apparently even more devastating)...

James Westele "Bud" Hoover, 67, of Elkland, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1993, at St. John's Regional Health Center in Springfield. He was born Jan. 10, 1926, in Cape Girardeau, son of William M. and Annie Jane Lincoln Hoover. He and Naomi Dean Moore were married in November 1948, in Cape Girardeau...

WOLF LAKE, Ill. -- Capt. E.A. Poe, 62, of Nashville, Tenn., formerly of Wolf Lake, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1993, at Nashville Memorial Hospital. He was born Sept. 14, 1931, in Cape Girardeau, son of Elbert and Lola Wilson Poe. He and Arlene Miller were married Jan. 19, 1952, in Wolf Lake...

Jim Bishop, 64, of Ocala, Fla., formerly of Cape Girardeau and former owner of the Chevrolet dealership here, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1993, at Munroe Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Scranton, Ark. He moved to Florida in 1984 from Cape Girardeau. He was a retired Chevrolet and AMC dealer, member of First Baptist Church in Ocala, the Masonic Lodge and Shrine Club...

SCOTT CITY -- Virginia Warren Hall, 79, of Tampa, Fla., died Monday, Dec. 27, 1993, at Village Nursing Center in Tampa. She was born Oct. 5, 1914, at Malden, daughter of Thomas Harwood and Chloe Marie Sims Hall. Hall was a retired bookkeeper at Continental Can Co...

Troy Lee Stevens, 62, of Garden Ridge, Texas, formerly of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1993, at a hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Rainey Funeral Home at Dexter is in charge of arrangements.

CAIRO, Ill. -- Anna Belle Williams, 111, of Cairo, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1993, at Daystar Care Center. She was believed to be the oldest living resident of Cairo. She was born Nov. 20, 1882, in Dalton City, daughter of Peter and Marie Jimison Ground. She married Dr. George Williams, who preceded her in death...

VILLA RIDGE, Ill. -- Opal B. Mathis, 74, of Villa Ridge, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1993, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She was born April 22, 1919, in Mayfield, Ky., daughter of Louis and Nannie Hunter Rushing. She married James C. Mathis, who preceded her in death...

The state may have thought it had hit the jackpot with a new bingo tax. But civic and fraternal groups that sponsor bingo games say the new tax will mean cutbacks in donations to local charities. Bingo sponsors across the state want the tax repealed. Locally, petitions calling for repeal of the tax have been circulated at bingo games...

Taxpayers and motorists whose vehicle or operator's license expire in December are reminded that most state license fee offices and county collector's offices will be closed all day Friday, New Year's Eve. The deadline to pay 1993 real-estate and personal property taxes without penalties is midnight Friday...

About 185 good Samaritans, some waiting in line for up to an hour and a half, turned out Wednesday to roll their sleeves up and donate blood. "It was a little inconvenient, but I realize it's kind of critical now," said Mike Shenberg of Cape Girardeau...

Members of Cape Girardeau's Board of Education expressed a desire to get moving on a building plan even if it may mean putting plans for a middle school on a back burner. The board Wednesday discussed the possibility of asking voters to approve construction of a new elementary school and an addition to Jefferson Elementary school. The board also asked for information about a middle school for grades seven and eight only...

BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. -- Tennyson Publishing Co., which includes newspapers in Blytheville and Osceola, Ark., as well as a printing company, has become affiliated with Rust Communications of Cape Girardeau. Rust Communications is the largest non-metropolitan daily and weekly newspaper group in Missouri...

TAMMS, Ill. -- A 200-bed prison work camp will open here a year before the $60 million, 500-bed super-maximum-security prison, which is expected to open in mid-1996. Gov. Jim Edgar visited this small southern Illinois community of 740 earlier this week to announce that the prison work camp will open in April 1995 because of an expedited construction schedule...

PERRYVILLE -- The filing period for the April 5 Perryville municipal and school board elections opens Tuesday. In the city of Perryville, those offices up for election include mayor, city collector, city marshal, municipal judge and an aldermanic post from each of the three city wards...

Dec. 30, 1993 Dear Dan and Polly, DC made chocolate cakes and salads to serve 25 homeless people who gathered at her church on Christmas Eve. Another couple roasted a turkey and brought mashed potatoes and gravy. DC recognized some of the folks from the clinic. ...

Southeast Missourians don't have to go far to sample a bit of Americana as enduring as mom and apple pie. Scattered throughout the region are small business establishments that are as much an integral part of their communities as the local churches and town halls...

Alcohol at New Year's Eve celebrations is a longtime tradition -- one that can lead to tragedy that changes people's lives forever or brings death. In recent years, efforts have been stepped up to crack down on holiday alcohol abuse, both from increased presence by police officers and from a greater awareness by partygoers, hosts and bar owners to promote designated drivers or programs to keep people intoxicated from driving...

The Show Me Center kicks off its 1994 concert series with the Oak Ridge Boys, featuring Little Texas and Faith Hill, on Thursday, Jan. 27, at 7:30 p.m. The Oak Ridge Boys, famous for their past releases which include "Elvira," "Gonna Take Alot of River" and "Soul and Inspiration" will be making their second appearance since the opening of the Show Me Center...

The Southeast Missouri Honors Wind Ensemble will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 8 in Academic Auditorium. The program will include works by American composers Claude T. Smith, Alfred Reed and Clifton Williams. Also included will be a setting by Percy Grainger of the Irish folk song "O' Danny Boy" and a transcription of Camille Saint-Sans' spirited "Pas Redoubl."...