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Two wounded local soldiers arrive at Ellis Island;
Another Monroe City soldier dies of pneumonia
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90 Years Ago
October 18, 1918
Miss Hattie Klein and H.S. Donovan were married October 15.
Roy Dooley and Charles Nesbit were the first soldiers from this community to return to the United States after being wounded in France. They arrived at the Army hospital at Ellis Island.
John Thomas Karr, 21-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Karr and a member of the military forces, died from pneumonia at Camp Mac Arthur at Waco, Tex. The body was returned to this city for services and burial.
Miss Lottie Montgomery, nurse in the U.S. Nursing Corps, was stationed at Great Lakes, Ill. and had as her first patient Ed M. Jayne.
80 Years Ago
October 19, 1928
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Dowlin of near Emden were parents of a son, William Lee, born October 18.
T.B. Jones resigned as manager for the Kroger store in this city, a position he had held for six years. He was succeeded by L.E. Ross of Illinois.
F.E. Edmunds sold his 80-acre farm, six miles northeast of this city, to Frank McColloch of Hunnewell. The 130 acres of land belonging to the W.R.P. Jackson estate near Sharpsburg was bought at partition sale for $3,300 by the Hannibal Loan and Investment Co.
70 Years Ago
October 20, 1938
Miss Murline Armstrong accepted a position as stenographer in the office of WPA Administrator Murray in Jefferson City.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jarman, southeast of town, were parents of a son born October 15. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schluckebier of near West Ely were parents of a son born October 13.
Miss Cecilia Quinn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Quinn, and Maurice Pike, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Pike, were married October 15 in Holy Rosary Church.
Miss Deana Handley, student at Gem City Business College, Quincy, was elected to the staff of “The Gem,” the college newspaper.
60 Years Ago
October 21, 1948
Richard Shively, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Shively, and Sandra Kay Hickman, daughter of Mrs. Garold Nesbit, were named “king and queen” of the Toyland contest conducted in the “Fun For You” show sponsored by Edgar McCann Post 263, American Legion. Terry Gibbs, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Gibbs, and Patricia Ann Pierceall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pierceall, were named prince and princess.
Robert McAllister, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.V. McAllister of this city, graduated September 30 from the New England Institute of Mortuary Science at Boston, Mass.
Miss Betty Rosy Spalding, daughter of City Marshal Tom Spalding, and Charles Burditt, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.E. Burditt of near Warren, were married October 20 in Holy Rosary Catholic Church by the Rev. Fr. E. Connolly.
Members of the school boy patrol for Monroe City public schools and Holy Rosary parochial school were organized. Eighth grade boys are members of the patrol and include: Holy Rosary, Harry Joe Wilson, Elbert Yates, Ronald Browning, Paul Buckman, the Rev. Fr. E. Connolly, supervisor; Monroe City, Freddie Joe Simmons, Dickie Painter, Leo Hill, Clark Geist, Buddy Shelton, Charles Carroll, Marcie Jackson, Wallace Buckwalter, John Redman, Don Lugena, J.L. Burditt, Lyle Heigl, Supt. C.L. Gottman, supervisor.
50 Years Ago
October 16, 1958
Officials at the First Baptist Church burned a cancelled $7,500 note which was used for construction of the educational building. The building cost a total of $43,000. Of this amount $36,000 was raised through pledges.
Miss Shirley Mudd was chosen president of the Cardinal Key at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College. The organization was made up of 25 members chosen by faculty committee.
Over 200 persons attended the annual reunion of the 35th Infantry regiment of World War II held at Mark Twain State Park in Florida, Mo.
Two brothers and their sister were reunited for the first time in 51 years. Earl B. Carrico of San Diego, Calif., and J. Wes Carrico of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, arrived for a visit with their sister, Mrs. Stella Yager.
The silver anniversary of the Tuesday Club was observed October 14 at the home of Mrs. D.B. Creech. Mrs. Floyd Smith presented a history of the club.
Cheerleaders elected for Monroe City High School were Sue Studer, Joyce Ardrey, Peggy O’Neal, Ann Long, Marceille Smith and Frances Chisham.
40 Years Ago
October 17, 1968
The Monroe City Century Club celebrated their 70th anniversary of its founding with a tea at the home of Mrs. Raymond Noel October 15. Mrs. Harry Smith, religious chairman, led a mediation entitled “Love”, Mrs. Paul Walker, a guest, sang “The Lord’s Prayer.”
Master Sgt. Carson K. Peters and Sgt. Donald Peters spent time together while in Vietnam. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Peters.
Farmers were asked to check their hogs for more cases of cholera and have taken precautions to isolate and depopulate the infected swine to prevent the disease from spreading to other farms.
Cadet Michael Cookson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cookson of this city, was enrolled in the Kemper Military School and College at Boonville.
Births: a son, Christopher Charles, October 12 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moubry of Novelty; a son, Robert Felthan, October 11 to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miles; a son, Daron Blake, October 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Brooks of Moline, Ill. He is the 43rd grandchild for Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brooks of Hunnewell.
30 Years Ago
October 12, 1978
The frost of the season left the ground covered with the white stuff letting us know that the winter season is coming upon us. The trees in the area were starting to turn colors and was to prove to be a beautiful fall.
Ethel Bono was a recipient of the Missouri Association of Realtor-Associate Award for 1978. She works for the Warren G. See Agency, Inc. as a Realtor-Associate.
Mr. Mose Sharp of Hunnewell celebrated his 95th birthday with a party at the Senior Citizens Center.
Punt Pass and Kick winners included eight years old: Mark James and Steve Williams; nine years old: David Wolf, Chris Chumley and David James; ten years old: James Walkup, Trent Garner and David Hall; eleven years old: Paul Kendrick, Leslie Anderson and Casey Minter; twelve years old: Keith Hill, Dennis Lehenbauer and Jerry T. Burditt; and thirteen years old: Jeff Turnbull, Richard Thompson and Stacy Hawn.
20 Years Ago
October 20, 1988
The Monroe City Amoco was now open for business and the new Hardee’s Grand Opening will be next week. The new businesses are owned by Spike Ehrhardt of Macon and the Amoco will be managed Mike Crane of Hannibal.
The Holy Rosary Fall Dinner is Sunday, October 23 at the Msgr. Connolly Gym and will feature a country store and raffle.
The Monroe City R-I Junior High cheerleaders include Jenne Simmons, Melissa McElroy, Cathy Pfanner, Melody Smith, Melissa Redman and Korey Bohrer.
Paul and Frances Hill purchased the former Noel Drug Store and have opened the Olde Apothecary Antique Shop.
10 Years Ago
October 20, 1998
Taken from the files of The Lake Gazette
U.S. Representative Kenny Hulshof presented a $500 check to the Monroe City DARE Program earned from the K-Mart Corp. is their Race Against Drugs Promotion.
Gene and Donna Ketsenburg, local hog farmers, were recognized by the National Hog Farmer and their story was reprinted by The Lake Gazette.
Richard Adam was featured with his latch hook rugs, a retired tool and diemaker from Kuhlman’s Tool and Die Company, Richard spends many hours working on his creations and golfing.
Denise and Moe Oliver received updates for their home from the North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC).
Births: a son, Mason Aaron, Sept. 23 to Aaron and Michelle Hays of Platte City.
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Quest for local veterans’ memorial leads to Thomas Jefferson
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Most folks are so busy living their lives they forget they are writing the pages of our history. Last week I spent several hours trying to find out when the World War II Veteran’s Plaque was put on the wall at the Monroe County Courthouse, and who paid the bill.
I talked to several WWII and Korean Veterans and relatives of Veterans whose names appear on that plaque, including former Presiding Monroe County commissioner David Utterback. I’m still trying to avoid reading several years worth of newspaper microfilm to answer that question, so if you know, please contact me! Perhaps only historians honor those who fail to appreciate the importance of the part they played at the time? The memorials to their passing become part of the landscape and are scarcely noticed.
David mentioned that he would like to see more about our early American history in this column, especially Thomas Jefferson. How many students at the University of Missouri-Columbia, have walked past Jefferson’s memorial in the Quadrangle and didn’t see the obelisk or appreciate why it is there?
The inscription reads: “This original marker, placed at the grave of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, Virginia in 1826, constructed from his own design, was presented July 4, 1883, by the Jefferson heirs to the University of Missouri, first state university to be founded in the Louisiana Territory purchased from France during President Jefferson’s administration. The obelisk, dedicated on this campus at commencement June 4, 1885, commemorates Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, whose faith in the future of western America and whose confidence in the people has shaped our national ideals; commemorates the author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia statute for religious freedom, founder of the University of Virginia, fosterer of public education in the United States.”
It’s hard to think about President Jefferson without also thinking about a young soldier, Captain Meriwether Lewis. As he stood on top of the Rocky Mountains in August 1804, apart from his fellow travelers in the Corps of Discovery, he wrote in his journal that it was his 30th birthday and he hadn’t accomplished much. He was, after all, just an Army Captain, following orders from his President and trusted mentor.
Lewis was an infant when Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. His parents, Colonel William Lewis and Lucy Meriwether, were from prominent Albemarle County, Virginia, families, as was Thomas Jefferson’s. Those family and social contacts helped shape the fate of the young soldier. At age 18, in 1793, he graduated from Liberty Hall, now Washington and Lee University, and joined the Virginia Militia. Thomas Jefferson was just then completing his four-year term as the first United States Secretary of State.
Thomas Jefferson had an insatiable desire to know what lay beyond the western boundary of the newly formed United States. His interest in science and prominence in politics put him a position to orchestrate a plan that would forever change the balance of world power. While Governor of Virginia (1779-1781) he became a member of the American Philosophical Society (APS.) In 1780 Pennsylvania had granted that organization a charter guaranteeing that the APS might correspond with learned individuals and institutions “of any nation or country” on its legitimate business at all times “whether in peace or war.” Jefferson replaced Benjamin Franklin as Minister to France (1785-1789) and made valuable contacts with other influential officials from around the world who were also interested in science.
When Jefferson became President of the United States in March, 1801, Meriwether Lewis was a member of the Regular U.S. Army. He had served in the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 and was at one point under the detachment of William Clark, who would become his partner in the exploration of Louisiana Territory. Jefferson had approached George Rogers Clark, older brother of William, about exploring the Louisiana wilderness in 1783. He declined, as did several adventurers Jefferson tried to entice, with or without the backing of the APS.
Many historians say that Jefferson was surprised when his negotiations with France for the purchase of land that would give the United States secure commerce through the Port of New Orleans resulted in the acquisition of all of Louisiana. However, when Jefferson learned of Spain’s cession of Louisiana to France in 1800, he arranged for a seasoned American diplomat, Robert R. Livingston to negotiate the purchase. Livingston joined the APS in 1801. Barbe Marbois, the French official that Napoleon Bonaparte trusted to represent his interests in the negotiations, had joined the APS in 1780 and had corresponded frequently with Jefferson on matters of interest to the Society. Jefferson served as APS president from 1797 to 1814.
Young Meriwether Lewis had expressed an interest in exploring Louisiana when Jefferson was wooing George Rogers Clark to accept the challenge. On February 23, 1801, shortly before his inauguration as the third President of the United States, Jefferson wrote to Captain Lewis and said he needed a secretary, “not only to aid in the private concerns of the household, but also to contribute to the mass of information which it is interesting for the administration to acquire. Your knowledge of the Western country, of the army and of all its interests and relations has rendered it desirable that you should engage in that office.”
Lewis accepted the position and became a trusted member of Jefferson’s staff while the Louisiana Purchase was made, funding secured, and as members of the American Philosophical Society arranged for the instruments, training and supplies he would need for the expedition. For two long years, the Corps of Discovery pursued their mission to explore Louisiana Territory and find an overland route to the Pacific. Thomas Jefferson busied himself with other more pressing domestic and foreign matters and had no idea whether the Corps was dead or alive until their return to St. Louis in September 1806.
Lewis’ despair at his lack of accomplishment on his 30th birthday only deepened upon his return. In his absence, the Territory of Louisiana had been split into two sections. He was named Governor of Upper Louisiana and given 1,500 acres of bounty land as a reward for his loyal service. His training as a soldier and his experience in the wilderness had not prepared him for the position. He did write to Jefferson and promised to send samples of the plants and animals the Corps had found, a report on the Native American tribes in the region, and complete details of the trip. Between his duties to his new job as Governor, trips to visit Jefferson, and by all reports an active social life befitting a returning hero, he failed to complete a written report of the Expedition before President Jefferson left office after the 1808 election. Many of the articles he shipped to Jefferson were ruined in transit. The first full transcription of journals he and William Clark kept was not successfully published in full until 1904, on the 100th Anniversary of the Expedition.
Lewis also was lax in submitting vouchers for his travel expenses in a timely manner. In October 11, 1809, while traveling to Washington to explain his expenses and try to obtain reimbursement under the new administration, he either committed suicide or was murdered at a road house in Tennessee. He was 35 years old. Like the accomplishments of his mission, the circumstances of Meriwether Lewis’ death received more publicity during the Bi-Centennial Corps of Discovery celebration in the 21st Century than they did in his own.
Most historians conclude that expanding commerce rather than a quest for knowledge was the primary purpose of the Corps of Discovery’s expedition. If wealth was to be had, and it was, Jefferson did not share in the bounty. He died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Although his was one of the wealthiest families in the country, through a series of events he could not control, he died deeply in debt. His legacy is not measured in material gain, but rather in the contributions he made to the world at large. He achieved distinction as, among other things, a horticulturist, statesman, architect, archaeologist, paleontologist, author, inventor and founder of the University of Virginia. When President John F. Kennedy welcomed 49 Nobel Prize winners to the White House in 1962, he perhaps summed up President Thomas Jefferson’s life better than anyone. He said, “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent and of human knowledge that has even been gathered together at the White House—with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”
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NOTICE
THE FOLLOWING WILL NOT PERMIT HUNTING ON THE LAND OF THE UNDERSIGNED. ALL TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED
BARBARA KARR FARMS (10-09)
KENNETH CARROLL FARMS (11-08)
JIM SHORTRIDGE FARM (HH) (9-09)
LEMUEL BECK SR. FARMS (01-09)
MARGE BUCKMAN FARMS (9-08)
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
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WHEREAS, Clifton H. Sharp and Paula Sharp, as Husband and Wife, by their Deed of Trust dated the December 11, 2002,
and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds for Monroe County, Missouri, at Paris, Missouri, in Book 297 at Page 1239, conveying to Robert Cowherd, Trustee, the said Robert Cowherd pursuant to the terms of said Deed of Trust having been removed by written document then replaced by C. David Henderson, Successor Trustee, the following described property situated in the County of Monroe, State of Missouri, to-wit:
All of Lots Five (5) and the East Twenty (20) feet of Lot Four (4) in Block Fifteen (15) of Warner’s Second Addition to Monroe City, Monroe County, Missouri.
which conveyance was made in trust to secure the payment of one Promissory Note in said Deed of Trust described; and
WHEREAS, default was made and still continues in the payment of said Note, despite demand for payment having been made;
NOW, THEREFORE, at the request of the legal holder of said Note and in accordance with the provisions of the said Deed of Trust, I, C. David Henderson, Successor Trustee will sell the property above described at public vendue, to the highest bidder for cash, at the West front door of the Monroe County courthouse, in the City of Paris, Monroe County, Missouri, on October 17, 2008, between the hours of 9:00 o’clock A.M. and 5:00 o’clock P.M., and more particularly at 1:30 P.M. for the purpose of satisfying said indebtedness and the costs of executing this trust.
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C. DAVID HENDERSON, Successor Trustee
NOTICE
Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the expense permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
PUBLISH ON: September 24, 2008, October 1, 2008 October 8, 2008, October 15, 2008
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
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For default in the payment of debt secured by a deed of trust executed by Lulu M. Doten, dated March 18, 2005,
and recorded on May 12, 2005, Document No. 1389, in Book No. 312, at Page 1389 in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Monroe County, Missouri, the undersigned Successor Trustee will on October 28, 2008, at 11:00 AM, at the Front Door of the Monroe County Courthouse, Paris, Missouri, sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash:
Lots Number Nine (9) and Ten (10) in Block Number Two (2) of “THOMAS McBRIDE’S ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF PARIS”, now in the City of Paris, Missouri, commonly known as 225 St. Elmo Street, Paris, MO, 65275
subject to all prior easements, restrictions, reservations, covenants and encumbrances now of record, if any, to satisfy the debt and costs.
South & Associates, P.C., Successor Trustee
First Publication: October 1, 2008. For more information, visit www.southlaw.com
NOTICE
Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no information concerning the collection of this debt may be given without the prior consent of the consumer given directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose (No. 90919).
Run dates: 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22
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