Hello Bill Millikin,
I see this too and do not have a direct solution. However, the following change automatically orders items in alphabetical sequence by default, which works (for me) for pages not in edit mode:
In file: packages/edit-this-page/tcl/etp-procs.tcl line 628 or so, there is:
set limit_clause ""
Just after that, add:
# by default, sort by title
set orderby title
I believe the order will not be alphabetical for some locales. Hopefully this works, at least as a temporary fix, until someone submits a patch.