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JEROME PRESSON
(Obituary ~ 05/17/95)
MORLEY -- Jerome "Johnny" Presson, 80, of Morley died Monday, May 15, 1995, in Morley. He was born June 29, 1914, to Charles and Algie Mae Carter Presson in New Madrid County. He married Marcella M. Treese on June 13, 1992. She survives. Other survivors include a son, David Jerome Presson of Bloomington, Ind.; two stepsons, Michael and David Smith both of Morley; three stepdaughters, Cathy Salyers of Sikeston, Shelia Sappington of Cobden, Ill., and April Farris of Jonesboro, Ill.; two sisters, Ruby Adams and Dorothy Williams, both of East Prairie; two grandchildren; seven stepgrandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.. ...
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CAPE RESIDENTS HAVE HAD AMPLE INPUT ON STREETS
(Editorial ~ 05/17/95)
After nearly a dozen neighborhood meetings, Vision 2000 has heard plenty of ideas about transportation needs in Cape Girardeau. The group, which promotes community improvement, first held meetings about specific needs and then held more hearings about how to pay for the improvements. ...
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PASS THE MENU, PLEASE
(Local News ~ 05/17/95)
Families like to gather around dining tables at mealtime. These days, the tables are as likely found in restaurants as a few steps from the home's kitchen sink. The collective move from whatever mom was serving to ordering today's special has been gradual. Used to, a family night out meant somebody was having a birthday or that an anniversary was remembered...
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PROFESSOR RECEIVES COLLEGE SCIENCE AWARD
(Local News ~ 05/17/95)
Dr. Jin Gong, associate professor of chemistry at Southeast Missouri State University, has received an $18,000 Cottrell College Science Award. The award, which is a two-year renewal of a previous grant, is to support Gong's research project titled "From Carbon Dioxide to C2 Organic Molecules."...
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CAPE CENTRAL STUDENT GETS MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
(Local News ~ 05/17/95)
A Cape Central student has been awarded the University of Missouri-Columbia Merit Scholarship. Jeffrey M. Riley, who graduates May 26 from Central, is one of 2,500 winners of Merit Scholarship awards financed by colleges and universities. College-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards provide between $250 and $2,000 annually...
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GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS ATTEND CONVENTION
(Local News ~ 05/17/95)
Area members of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri attended the 62nd annual Convention of the federation recently in St. Louis. Edna Ruth Fischer, Nadine Davis and Anne Foust, all of Cape Girardeau, toured the public gardens of St. Louis, and attended the convention, which met to determine the annual agenda of state and national gardening issues...
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GIRARDOT ROSE CHORUS MARKS 12TH ANNIVERSARY
(Local News ~ 05/17/95)
The 22 area women who sing barbershop harmony in the Girardot Rose Chorus of Sweet Adelines, International, are marking their 12th anniversary in the 50-year-old organization this month. Fifty years ago, the first Sweet Adelines chapter held its initial meeting at Tulsa, Okla. Today, there are more than 600 chapters around the world, including the Girardot Rose chapter, which was chartered in 1983...
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CITY BUDGET TO AKS FOR FEE INCREASES IN WATER, SEWER RATES
(Local News ~ 05/17/95)
Cape Girardeau wants to raise sewer, water, golf and various other parks and recreation fees as part of the proposed $55 million budget for fiscal 1996. The new fiscal year begins July 1. The monthly sewer charges would be raised 5 percent, and golf fees and various parks and recreation classes and programs by 5 to 8 percent, beginning July 1. Water charges would climb by 3 percent, effective Jan. 1...
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STILL NO GUNS AT SCHOOL
(Editorial ~ 05/17/95)
When the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down a federal law prohibiting guns within 1,000 feet of a school, many parents, teachers and school administrators had raised eyebrows. Why would the nation's highest court take any action that could be perceived as allowing guns in school?...
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HETTIE DAUGHERTY
(Obituary ~ 05/17/95)
ORAN -- Hettie Daugherty, 86, of Oran, died Tuesday, May 16, 1995, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born June 8, 1908, in Oran, daughter of Elmer William and Getty Ann Bryeans Joyce. She and Eugene Thomas Daugherty were married March 16, 1928. He died Aug. 28, 1975...
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ERNEST DIEFENBACH
(Obituary ~ 05/17/95)
ANNA, Ill. -- Ernest Christian Diefenbach, 92, of Anna died Tuesday, May 16, 1995, at Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born March 9, 1903, in Chester, Ill., the son of Fredrick and Mary Ahrens Diefenbach. He married Mary Elizabeth Corzine on Aug. 12, 1938, in Anna...
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WILMER E. RAEBEL
(Obituary ~ 05/17/95)
Wilmer E. Raebel, 87, of Cape Girardeau, died Monday, May 15, 1995, at Chateau Girardeau Health Center. He was born Aug. 28, 1907, at Barnhart, son of Ferdinand and Mayme Meyer Raebel. He and Mabel Murphy were married Dec. 7, 1935, at Union. Raebel was a real estate developer with Standard Oil Co. from 1925-69...
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LAURA A. PENNY
(Obituary ~ 05/17/95)
Funeral service for Laura Ann Penny, 1315 Jefferson, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel. The Revs. Kendal Hicks and Wesley Rider will officiate, with burial in Old Salem Methodist Cemetery at Daisy. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5-9 p.m. today...
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R.G. BIVENS
(Obituary ~ 05/17/95)
VANDUSER -- R.G. Bivens, 64, of Sardis, Miss., died Monday, May 15, 1995, at his home. He was born Oct. 14, 1930, in Monroe County, Ark., son of R.L. and Lydia Lou McCrory Bivens. He and Janice Jackson were married Jan. 17, 1976. Formerly of Vanduser, Bivens was a self-employed farmer. He was a member of Morley VFW Post, and served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War...
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BIRTHS
(Births ~ 05/17/95)
Daughter to John and Tina Neal of Chaffee, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 4:39 p.m. Sunday, May 7, 1995. Name, Elizabeth Anne. Weight, 7 pounds 7 ounces. Third child, first daughter. Mrs. Neal is the former Tina Bonney, daughter of Richard Bonney of St. Louis and Joyce Long of Jackson. Neal is a truck driver with Wolohan Lumber and Home Improvement Center. He is the son of the late J.P. and Mary Neal of Trezevant, Tenn...
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BETTY J. COFFEE
(Obituary ~ 05/17/95)
MORLEY -- Betty June Coffee, 68, of Morley, died Tuesday, May 16, 1995, at her home. She was born Aug. 3, 1926, in Marion, Ill., daughter of Edward and Roohie Abney Ford. She and Jerry Coffee were married March 4, 1944. Coffee retired in 1994 as a nurse aide with Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau. She was a member of the Church of God at Morley...
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STORMS PROMPT NEW CREST FOR RIVER
(Local News ~ 05/17/95)
On the left, Mike and Joe Layton, sons of Ron and Vickie Layton of Cape Girardeau, tossed sticks into the Mississippi River Tuesday. Dark skies, heavy rains mixed with hail, lightning and strong winds swept over a wide area of Southeast Missouri Tuesday morning...
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SIKESTON SUFFERS IN BILLS' FAILURE
(Local News ~ 05/17/95)
It's going to be another long, hot summer for Sikeston police if the trend of warm-weather violence continues. During the summer of 1994, residents of the city's Sunset Addition -- a large, primarily black neighborhood on Sikeston's west side -- took to the streets. They visited, and in some cases, drank, gambled and fought. People were shot and law enforcement officials who responded to the brawls were pelted with bottles and rocks...
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HERO DOG SURVIVES SANS PAW
(Local News ~ 05/17/95)
SIKESTON -- When Pam Smith called Delbert Cobb to ask if he'd ever made an artificial limb for a dog, the answer was no. And no, the prosthetist didn't want to start now. But after hearing how Tooshie had been injured -- heroically protecting Smith's children from a pit bull -- Cobb had to try...
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BY THE WAY: RECKLESS RACQUETBALL SHOT NOT SO EASY TO GIVE UP
(Column ~ 05/17/95)
Today it's giving up the shot you used to make in racquetball; tomorrow maybe it will be declining an invitation to compete in a limbo contest. Or is it the other way around? At any rate it's this thing we call aging. There are times when the aging process taps you on the shoulder in subtle ways. Like hair turning gray or muscle that becomes tougher to tone up...
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SPEAKOUT
(Speak Out ~ 05/17/95)
CALLING IN regards to the Central Hall of Fame, the banquet that was held last week and I noticed in the paper that in regards to Coach Lou Muegge it was noted that his team in 1929 was undefeated and unscored upon. I believe that somebody forgot the 1942 team which was undefeated, unscored upon and scored 316 points to the opponents zip...
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RAMS DECIDE ON TEMPORARY PRACTICE FACILITY; SEMO STILL IN RUNNING FOR SUMMER CAMP
(College Sports ~ 05/17/95)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Louis Rams ended a long search for a temporary practice facility Tuesday, choosing the Mathews-Dickey Boys' Club on the city's north side. Steve Ortmayer, Rams vice president of football operations, said the team will move its administrative offices into Mathews-Dickey in mid-June and the players will begin using the facilities in August...
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LADYBUG: CONTAINERS ALLOW GARDENING IN SMALL PLACES
(Column ~ 05/17/95)
Bedding plants are taking off -- off the ground that is, and into window boxes, containers, wall fixtures and hanging baskets. Of all the decorative uses for bedding plants, hanging baskets are perhaps the most attractive and versatile. More and more people are getting into the gardening act. Gone are the days of gardening being a relatively few rural and suburban dwellers. City people are enjoying gardening's great benefits in clever and attractive ways including the use of containers...
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