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The following fines were collected by the Monroe County Circuit Court, Associate Division, Fine Collection Center in Jefferson City for Monroe County cases.
For speeding: Rebekah R. Gregory, Moberly, $55.50; William K. Hatfield, Columbia, $30.50.
Cases heard by Judge Michael P. Wilson are as follows:
Michael J. Novak, Monroe City, driving without a valid drivers license, $200.50.
Clay A. Warren, Madison, driving without a valid drivers license, $50.50.
Corey J. Hendren, Holliday, driving without a valid drivers license, $100.50.
Jason P. Kelly, St. Louis, speeding, 65, $155.50. Raymond D. Giesler Jr., Rolla, domestic assault in the third degree, $500 fine and one year in Monroe County Jail.
Jeffrey Harrison, Madison, peace disturbance, $500 fine and six months in Monroe County Jail.
Erin G. Woods, Paris, driving while intoxicated.
Jason H. Shatzer, Paris, seat belt violation, $10.
Jermaine T. Countryman, Quincy, Ill. possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, eight-year sentence to run concurrently with the existing Federal sentence 08CR-300009 that defendant is currently serving.
Civil cases
US Bank VS. Joyce Stahlschmidt, judgment for the Plaintiff, $5271.77 plus court costs and interest.
Capital One Bank FKA Capital VS. Charles Vanboening, judgment for the plaintiff, $1257.34 plus court costs and interest.
Ozark Financial group LLC VS. Sherry Halemeyer, judgment for the plaintiff, $5539.10 plus court costs and interest.
Routhmeir Steling Inc. VS. Loretta Wade, judgment for the plaintff $6237.02 plus court costs and interest.
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Monroe City Police
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Monroe City Police Chief Rick Stone reported the following activity for the past two weeks.
On Feb. 15, police assisted a woman who had fallen ouotside at the Senior Citizens Housing.
A hound dog with a John Deere collar was picked up on Stanton Avenue on Feb. 15.
Kirsti A. Beaver was issued a citation for no proof of insurance on Feb. 15.
A summons was issued on Feb. 16 to Harold J. Roberts for failure to stop for a school bus.
Brian W. Albin was issued a summons for failure to register his vehicle on Feb. 16.
Police assisted the Monroe City Ambulance crew during the week. Police also assisted with several domestic disturbances and juvenile situations during the week.
Joseph M. Gass was issued a summons for failure to stop for a school bus on Feb. 17.
Donale J. Bryson was issued a summons for driving while suspended and no proof of insurance on Feb. 18.
Police investigated a broken window and door at 201 Fourth St. and advised the owner of the property.
Christopher L. Miller was taken into custody and taken to the Monroe County Jail during an investigation of unlawful use of a weapon.
Jancee R. Blake was issued a summons for failure to stop for a school bus on Feb. 11.
On Feb. 14, Kimberly L. Trost was issued a summons for speeding.
On Feb. 14, Joseph A. Cox was issued a city citation for property damage and driving while revoked.
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New London driver's license testing
The New London driver examination station will be temporarily moved to at the Ralls County Family Services Building, located on East Fourth Street, in New London, instead of Ralls County Courthouse. Testing will be conducted during the regularly scheduled times of 8:30 a.m. to noon, and 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Driver testing will resume at the Ralls County Courthouse on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
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Monroe County History by Nancy Stone
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It is a little difficult to believe that any of the events that led to the United State’s purchase of not just the Port of New Orleans, but all of Louisiana Territory came as a total surprise to President Thomas Jefferson. He had his finger on the pulse of the political maneuverings between France, Spain and Great Britain not only through official diplomatic channels, but through correspondence between members of the American Philosophical Society.
In the last few weeks we have seen that Jefferson’s interest in the natural wonders of the American continent was intense. From the time he penned the “Notes on the State of Virginia” until his fellow APS member Barbẻ-Marbois negotiated the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, Jefferson’s intent was to explore land west of the Mississippi River. Gen. George Rogers Clark had declined his offer to lead an expedition to explore the natural wonders and study the native tribes in 1783. John Ledyard, a young adventurer from Connecticut that Jefferson met in France had agreed to return to America and “penetrate from Kentucky to the western side of the continent” but he died in Africa before he could fulfill his promise.
One by one, those who were not already members of the American Philosophical Society but who demonstrated an interest in Louisiana were drawn into Jefferson’s cross-functional team of players that could accomplish his goals and those of the APS Standing Committee of Antiquities. The big stumbling block to exploration was that Spain owned Louisiana, the Indians inhabited it, and the Society couldn’t afford to pay for a proper expedition.
In 1789 United States Secretary of War, Henry Knox, and others proposed a secret expedition to explore the Mississippi River and its tributaries. John Armstrong, a Captain in the American army, was chosen to conduct the expedition. Knox wrote a letter marked secret to General Josiah Harmer, commander of American forces on the Western frontier, dated Dec. 20, 1789 that said in part, “You will easily see that this [proposed expedition] cannot be undertaken with the sanction of public authority.” Armstrong explored the Missouri River some distance above St. Louis, not with an army, but entirely alone. He did not collect any data, but his attempt did give Jefferson and the Society insight into the manpower and provisions they would need to sponsor the Lewis & Clark Expedition. Henry Knox joined the American Philosophical Society in 1791.
In April 1793, the Society solicited subscriptions not exceeding $400 to “enable Andrẻ Michaux to make discoveries in the Western Country.” Michaux was a French diplomat as well as a renowned botanist. Young Meriwether Lewis, who has been described as a protégé of Thomas Jefferson, asked to be included in the expedition but was turned down. By 1796, the Michaux Committee of the APS reported that the proposed plan had failed. Michaux had traveled as far as St. Louis where he came under the influence of the French Foreign Minister to America, Edmond-Charles Genet. Rather than going straight to Philadelphia to officially be recognized as Foreign Minister, Genet went to South Carolina and tried to organize American volunteers to fight Britain’s Spanish allies in Florida. Because the Spanish controlled commerce at the all important port of New Orleans the American’s could not afford to alienate Spanish officials. Jefferson learned that Michaux had agreed to arouse the sympathies of French-born citizens in St. Louis against the Spanish, in support of Genet, and called him back from the expedition after he arrived in St. Louis. Michaux was expelled from the United States but did not return to France until 1797, the year Jefferson was became President of the APS and had expected to be elected President of the United States; as runner-up to John Adams he became Vice-President.
Genet, on the other hand, despite the havoc he intended to create in international relations, asked for and was granted political asylum in the United States by President George Washington. In 1794 he married Cornelia Clinton, daughter of New York Governor George Clinton. Gov. Clinton replaced Aaron Burr as Jefferson’s Vice President on March 4, 1805 and held that office under President James Madison until his death April 20, 1812.
One of the most controversial figures in American history, General James Wilkinson, figured prominently in the movement to establish Kentucky as part of Spain. The scope of that struggle to keep the Mississippi River open to American commerce is beyond the scope of this article. Some historians claim he was a paid agent of the Spanish Government, others simply state he was a “double agent.” Wilkinson became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1789. Although he was twice tried for treason, and acquitted, Thomas Jefferson named him Governor of Louisiana Territory in 1805. It is highly likely that Wilkinson’s association with Spain, and that of many others who were members of APS, opened the door for Jefferson to initiate exploration west of the Mississippi before it was public knowledge that the Spain had retroceded the land to France and before France sold all of Louisiana to the United States.
On February 23, 1801, eleven days before Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated as the third President of the United States, he offered Captain Meriwether Lewis a job as his private secretary. Lewis had wanted to join the failed Michaux expedition and Jefferson trusted the young officer to “not only 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.” Jefferson further wrote: “Your knowledge of the Western country, of the army and of all of its interests and relations had rendered it desirable that you should engage in [the office of private secretary.]”
Meriwether Lewis joined the APS in 1801, as did Robert Livingston, who had 20 years experience in the American Diplomatic Corps but has not joined the Society until Jefferson became President. Jefferson first sent Livingston to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans from France in 1801 but Napolean refused.
In a secret message to Congress dated January 13, 1803, Jefferson appealed to Congress for support of his plan to send an expedition from the Mississippi to the Pacific. The APS had not been able to fund the exploration, but Congress had the power to do so as a means of opening commerce with the native inhabitants. It is not known exactly when Meriwether Lewis began training for the journey under the guidance of many scholarly members of the Society, but by mid-March Lewis was in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (today’s West Virginia) to obtain rifles and equipment for the expedition. The Louisiana Purchase was completed in April.
On July 3, 1803, Jefferson wrote Henry Payrous de la Coudrenaire, Spanish commandant at Ste. Genevieve, near St. Louis, to introduce Lewis and ask for his blessing on the Expedition. They had previously discussed Jefferson’s dream at a meeting in Philadelphia in 1791. Jefferson wrote: “You know that the geography of the Missouri and the most convenient water communication from the head of that to the Pacific Ocean is a desideratum of mine not yet satisfied. Since coming to the administration of the U.S., I have taken the earliest opportunity in my power to have the communication explored and Capt. Lewis, with a party of twelve or fifteen men is authorized to do it, his journey being merely literary, to inform us of the geography and natural history of the country. I have procured a passport for him and his party from the minister of France here, it being agreed between him and the Spanish minister, that the country having been ceded to France, her minister may most properly give authority for the journey. Before Capt. Lewis’s actual departure we learned that France has ceded the whole country of Louisiana to the U. S. by a treaty concluded in the first days of May.
Was Jefferson’s dream finally fulfilled? Despite his seemingly elaborate and politically intriguing maneuvers over nearly a quarter of a century, the Corps of Discovery did not meet the goals of the Standing Committee on Antiquities. Only a few specimens of plants and animals collected by the Corps survived transport back to Jefferson. Their journals were not published in a timely manner. By 1809, after the untimely death of Meriwether Lewis, the Committee was disbanded. No official record of their activities remains at the American Philosophical Society Library and Museum in Philadelphia.
UPDATE on Fort Orleans--Thanks to Karen Hunt, who is currently studying the John Quarles farm in Monroe County, I stand to be corrected. The location of Fort Orleans near Brunswick on Highway 24, mentioned in last week’s column, is known. Mrs. Hunt and a fellow archeologist discovered and mapped the location of the Fort during the increased interest in the Lewis and Clark Expedition’s 200th Anniversary. Thank you Karen for all you do and for calling this important research to my attention.
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Years Ago column by Janet Painter
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90 Years Ago
Feb. 27, 1920
A son was born Feb. 22 to Mr. and Mrs. T.U. Hamm of Williamsburg, Mo. Mrs. Hamm was the former Miss Pearl Settle of this city.
The fund being raised for a new Holy Rosary School had reached $25,000, approximately half of the amount sought.
Mrs. Anna E. Hills and Giles Ratliff were married Feb. 24.
Dr. H.B. Purl of Medford, Ore., a former superintendent of the Monroe City Public Schools, visited several days with Dr. and Mrs. W.T. Rutledge.
Organization of the Edgar McCann Post No. 263, American Legion, was completed at a meeting held Feb. 23. There were 30 charter members. The first permanent officers were: Lester Fitzgerald, commander, A. Leon Hays, vice commander; William F. Griffith, adjutant; E.M. Jayne, finance officer; Arthur J. Dierks, sergeant-at-arms, and Hunter Anderson, historian.
Thirty-nine head of Big Type Poland bred sows and gilts sold for a total of $15,666, an average of $400 around, in the Warren Fuqua sale. The top of the sale was $1,200 for a bred sow. Two other bred sows sold at $1,000 each.
80 Years Ago
Feb. 27, 1930
Shelbina girls and Holliday boys won the championship titles in the finals of the sixth annual basketball tournament sponsored by Monroe City High School. Holy Rosary girls and LaGrange boys were runners-up.
Miss Mary Agnes Finnigan and Edward Wallace were united in marriage Feb. 26 in St. Stephen Church in Indian Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ryan moved to Monroe City from their farm near Indian Creek.
The senior students in the teacher training class in Monroe City High School were spending a week in practice teaching in rural schools. The students and the school where they were teaching were: Emiwilda Hardesty, Barr; Virginia Baynum, Flint Hill; Mildred Roland, White Franklin; Flossie Utterback, Tewell; Clara Marksbury, Ely; Margaret Smelser, Stoutsville; Ruby Frye, Snider; Mary Jane Tompkins, Clear Creek; Lyndell Elam, Clapper; Elsie Painter, Cooper; Deana Ray Handley, Todd; Ethel Lewellen, Nolen; Cora Harris, Crabapple; Lorena Greeves, Hassard; Celestia Steele, Hurd, and Carrie Lee, Linwood.
Arthur L. Lange purchased a barber shop in Kidder.
70 Years Ago
Feb. 20, 1940
Announcement had been made of the marriage on Feb. 14 of Miss Marie Minker and Emil Garner of Miami, Okla. Garner was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Garner of Monroe City.
Miss Carol Christian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Broadus Christian of this city, and Clair C. Washburn of Flint, Mich., were married in the home of the bride Feb. 26. Miss Margaret Beckley and Claude Watson, Jr., were married Feb. 24. Miss Frances Couch and Robert Wood were married Feb. 24 in the Hunnewell Methodist Church.
Two ministers in Monroe City churches tendered their resignations. The Rev. E.T. Mangum resigned as pastor of the First Baptist Church, effective May 1, after a pastorate covering 17 ½ years. The Rev. Beryl S. Kinser resigned as pastor of the Christian Church. He had served this church since Sept. 1, 1935. The Rev. Kinser had accepted a call to the Christian Church in Clarksville, Tenn.
Miss Doris Swearengen was named on the honor roll of Culver-Stockton College, Canton, for the first semester.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Kelly observed their 45th wedding anniversary on Feb. 20. They were married at Lakenan Feb. 20, 1895, by the Rev. D.F. Sullivan. Mrs. Kelly was the former Rose English.
Robert L. Hawkins, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Hawkins, was initiated into Missouri Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta at Westminster College, Fulton.
60 Years Ago
Feb. 29, 1950
George L. Hampton, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hampton, southeast of Monroe City, was promoted to assistant secretary of the Phoenix Insurance Company and the Connecticut Fire Insurance Company in charge of the Middle Western division with the Hartford Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn. He was transferred to the home office at Hartford, Conn.
Miss Adelene Cruser and Harold Aldrich were married Feb. 26. Miss Vivian E. Weeks and David E. (Ebey) Rouse were married Feb. 26 in Lakeview Presbyterian Church in Chicago. Miss Christine Montgomery and William Joseph Smith were married Feb. 23. Mrs. Mildred Mitchell and Leon Woodford were married Feb. 24 in Pocahontas, Ark.
Walter William Little received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Commerce with a major in accounting at DePaul University in Chicago on Feb. 12.
Francis E. Lindhorst, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lindhorst, was a candidate for a Bachelor of Science Degree in education at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College at Kirksville March 12.
Staff Sergeant James H. Gibbs, who had been stationed in Washington, D.C., had been assigned to duty at London, England.
The Noel Pharmacy moved to their new location, the drug store of the late L.M. Wood.
50 Years Ago
Feb. 25, 1960
Monroe City High School Panthers clinched the Quint City Conference title when they defeated Louisiana High School Bulldogs by the score of 57-52.
Linda Jo Bastian, seventh grade student and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Bastian, won the finals in the public school spelling contest at the February meeting of the Parent-Teachers Association.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Pelhank who built and operated the Dairy Queen and Cafe in Monroe City for eight years sold the business to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Heinecke of Paris.
Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Buckman were parents of a second son born Feb. 23. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Ryan of San Mateo, Calif., were parents of their fourth daughter and seventh child born Feb. 18. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Healy of Mexico were parents of their fifth child and second daughter born Feb. 17.
Three Monroe City girls, graduates of Holy Rosary High School with the class of 1959, Patricia Seward, Rosemary Spalding and Virginia Paul, also Rose Marie Porter of Lakenan, were among the 29 student nurses at St. Mary’s School of Nursing, Quincy, who received their caps in exercises held Feb. 12.
40 Years Ago
Feb. 26, 1970
Property owners in the Cannon Dam area were awarded increases in the amounts offered for their land in suits filed by the Corps of Engineers Sept. 15, 1969. The amounts awarded by the courts were increased by almost 27.5 percent over the highest figures offered by the engineers.
The Holy Rosary boys won the Monroe City R-I junior high basketball tournament coached by John VanMarter. The team consisted of Dennis Hays, manager; John Yates, Jack Quinn, Floyd Buckman, Scott Buckman, Jay Benson, Keith Crowe, Kevin Crowe, manager; Mark Watson, Gary Hays, Mike Tuley, Richard Seward, Ed Thomas, Steve Griffin and Kevin Long.
Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Hagan were to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary Feb. 22. The couple was married Feb. 18, 1929 at St. Stephen Catholic Church Indian Creek, by the Rev. Meinhardt.
Miss Cathy Ann Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Smith and Craig Owen Schock were married Feb. 14 at the United Methodist Church in Monroe City.
Miss Susette Henderson of Bethel and Sgt. James David Berlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Buell Berlin Philadelphia were married Feb. 14 at the Christian Church in Bethel.
Mr. and Mrs. Estel Couch celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary Feb. 14.
30 Years Ago
Feb. 21, 1980
Jim Head’s speech and drama class at MCHS was debating the pros and cons of the U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympics.
Monroe City was holding their own Olympics at the high school featuring basketball and volleyball games and arm wrestling. Cheerleaders for the occasion were to be Jerry Botkins, Bob Kendrick, John Hays, Terry Kendrick and Don Schnelten.
Monroe City R-I Schools celebrated National FFA Week with special activities throughout the week. FFA officers include Roger Fray, president; Marty Chitwood, second vice president; Mike Bichsel, second vice president; Martin Reagan, second vice president; Jeff Redman, sentinel, David DeLaporte, chaplain; Joe Kendrick treasurer; Doug Hills, secretary, Chris Ludwig, reporter and Tom Maher, parliamentarian.
Births; a daughter, Megan Leah, Feb. 12 to Mr. and Mrs. Phil Thompson; a daughter, Laura Elizabeth, Feb. 15 to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Butkievich; a daughter, Alisa Ann, Feb. 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Keith Paris of Hunnewell.
20 Years Ago
Feb. 22, 1990
The Northeast Missouri Area Vietnam Veterans, Inc. were to held an organizational meeting Feb. 28 at the VFW Hall to discuss building a NEMO memorial honoring the area’s KIA’s and MIA’s and starting a Monroe City area chapter.
The Missouri Division of Highway Safety announced winners in the essay contest on ways to fight teenage drinking and driving. Winners included: Douglas Erickson, Eighth grader Monroe City Junior High School; Jennifer Zerrer, Seventh grader Holy Rosary Catholic School. Runners-up were: Emily Walker, 8th grader at Holy Rosary and Mindy Hufford, 7th grader at Monroe City Junior High School.
Births: a son, Michael Donovan, Jan. 29 to Chris and Denise Morrow of Boonville; a daughter, Catherine Renee, Feb. 6 to Dale and Sue Labuary.
Claude and Margaret Watson were to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Feb. 24. The couple was married Feb. 24, 1940 at the Monroe City Christian Church.
The Monroe City Progress edition was with the News this week.
10 Years Ago
Feb. 22, 2000
Taken from the files of The Lake Gazette
The City Council unanimously elected Rick Stone to replace Monzell Sharp as city marshal.
Monroe City R-I Quiz Bowl team hosted a tournament Feb. 19 with the participating schools being: Canton, Francis Howell-Central, Hannibal, Highland, Kirksville, Louisiana, Macon, Moberly, North Shelby, Palmyra, Paris, Scotland County and South Shelby in the varsity teams. Junior varsity teams participating included: Francis-Howell North, and North Shelby.
Jocey Kendrick, 19-year-old daughter of Norman and Debbie Kendrick of Ewing, was named Miss Mark Twain Lake during ceremonies held at the Mark Twain High School in Center.
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