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50 Years Ago, Monroe City Diecasting open house saw 500 people
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90 Years Ago
November 22-26, 1918
The following were elected as members of the Monroe City Red Cross executive committee for the ensuing year: Mrs. Joseph H. Smith, M.B. Proctor, E.W. Wilson, Mrs. Herman Levy, Mrs. T.M. Boulware, Mrs. J.S. Conway, Mrs. B.T. Wharton and Mrs. D.R. Davenport. E.W. Schweer was elected chairman with Miss Grace Turner, vice chairman; G.E. Chipman, secretary, and M.B. Proctor, treasurer.
Word was received by Mr. and Mrs. H.W. McCann from the U.S. War Department of the death in France from battle wounds of their son, Edgar McCann, on October 23.
Monroe City’s first community sing was held with A. Jaeger, Jr., as chairman. Mrs. J.M. Johnson was elected secretary and treasurer: Rev. E. L. Crane, director; Miss Ruth Wilson, assistant director; Mrs. Tom Dawson, pianist, and Miss Tomye Ely, Bess Wharton and Ruth Hoar, assistant pianists. Members of the various churches assisting in the program included: Christian, Misses Ruth Wilson, Bess Wharton, and Edna Nolen; Episcopal, Mrs. Lindstrom, and Miss Bertha Jaeger; First Baptist, Mrs. J.M. Johnson, Mrs. J.S. Conway, and Miss Lucille Proctor; Methodist, D. S. Sharp, Miss Nelle Landers, Mrs. H.E. Gray; Grace Baptist, the Rev. E.L. Crane, Mrs. J.D. Utterback; Presbyterian, Mrs. John Medcalf, Mrs. D.H. Stevens; Holy Rosary, Miss Ruth Hoar, Miss Bess Montgomery, and Earl Mudd.
80 Years Ago
November 23-27, 1928
Mrs. Marie Proctor returned from a trip to the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dawson returned for a motor trip to Guthrie, Okla., where they visited Mrs. Dawson’s cousins, Mrs. Fred Wedell and Miss Eula Bowles.
Miss Kathryn Lawless, operator with the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in this city, was transferred to the Hannibal office of the company in similar work.
Morris B. Vaughn of Montgomery City was named a delegate from Missouri to the World Educational Conference to be held in Geneva, Switzerland.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Corder were parents of a son born November 23.
Mrs. R.K. Noland of Great Falls, Mont., arrived in this city to be with her father, R.K. Megown, who was critically ill.
70 Years Ago
November 24, 1938
Five new members were received into the Monroe City Tuesday Club as follows: Mrs. John Medcalf, Miss Alice Virginia Shoemaker, Mrs. Morrison Morthland, Mrs. Iva Jane Ward and Mrs. R.M. Luyster.
Mrs. Marie Shoemaker and Richard R. Rhinehart were married November 10 at Ottumwa, Ia.
Seventeen members of the Monroe City High School football team were named to receive major letters for their work during the current season, according to announcement by Coach W.C. Pevestorff. Ten students were named to receive minor letters. Glen Ward and Claude Watson were named honorary captains. Those receiving major letters with Ward and Watson were: Robert Painter, Rayford Straub, Warren See, Gilbert Sorrell, Robert Lange, Raymond Rumbo, Ervin Rothfuss, Harold Hagan, Stephen Benson, Walter William Little, Harold Ford, Billy Gibbs, Harry Fisher, Glen Gaskill and Clyde Bohrer. Minor letters were awarded to Robert Burditt, Charles Paschal, Billy Bono, Junior Colley, Jimmie Gibbs, Jack Greathouse, Charles Jackson, William Rothfuss, Charles Redman and A. J. Zeiger.
60 Years Ago
November 25, 1948
Miss Edith Pierceall and Robert Roy Clairy, both of Stoutsville, were married November 21 in Hannibal.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Curran of Plano, Ill., were parents of a son, Roland Eugene, born November 8. Mrs. Curran is the former Gladys Tallent. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Ash were parents of a son born November 22.
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Pike and sons, Charley Bill and Carl Blain, and Mrs. Carl Pike and daughter, Carla, returned to their homes in Denver, Colo., following a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Charles McClintic, Mr. and Mrs. Blair McClintic and Mrs. C.B. Baynum.
Raymond V. Sloop of Washington, D.C., former Monroe City resident, accepted a civil service appointment in Chillicothe, Ohio, where he was to serve as assistant superintendent of the Boys Reformatory.
50 Years Ago
November 20, 1958
The Monroe City Diecasting plant held an open house for the new addition recently completed. A crowd of between 500 and 600 persons attended.
Mr. and Mrs. William Gill of Hunnewell were to observe their golden wedding anniversary November 23 with an open house at the Community House.
The staff for the Rosarian, school paper for Holy Rosary School, was selected with Anne Utterback, editor-in-chief. Other members of the staff included Edward Simmons, Cynthia Saunders, John VanMarter, Janice Thompson, Dorothy Engle and John Kendrick.
New people: Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Hays were parents of their ninth daughter and 13th child born November 18. Captain and Mrs. Harold Church were parents of a daughter born November 6. Mr. and Mrs. Gail Christy were parents of a daughter, Patricia Ann, born November 11. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Stone November 9.
40 Years Ago
November 21, 1968
Over $650 was collected for United Cerebral Palsy from the Monroe City area.
The final report of the Missouri School District Reorganization Commission was presented to the State Board of Education at a joint meeting of the two groups In Jefferson City.
Mrs. Larry Abell was the first female deer hunter to be photographed with her 14-point buck shot on the first day of deer season.
Candace Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roberts was crowned Barnwarming queen. Her attendants were Jeanne Griffin and Sydney Williams.
Varsity cheerleaders included Jill Hagan, Janet Schachtsiek, Debbie Williams, Debbie Miller, Susie Kendrick and Martha Maddox.
Miss Marsha Batson and Larry F. Porter were married at the First Baptist Church November 16 by Rev. Charles Line.
Births: a daughter, Gina Laverne, November 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Newnam.
Miss Nancy Sparks and Larry Voepel were married November 15 at the First Baptist Church by Rev. Custer Vaughn.
Mr. and Mrs. Mose Sharp of Hunnewell celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary November 15.
30 Years Ago
November 16, 1978
Announcement was made of the closing of the closing of the Consolidated Aluminum Corp. plant located in Shelbina. One hundred fifty people will be affected by the closing of the plant.
Shawn Kendrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Juett Kendrick and Deanna Mudd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mudd, were chosen to attend the Danforth Youth Leadership Conference in Kirksville.
A picture of the Monroe Theatre displayed the remodeled front of the building.
Births: a daughter, Stacy Rene, November 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Smith; a daughter, Carrie Jo, November 9 to Mr. and Mrs. William Blackford; a daughter, Melinda Joann, November 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen N. Kendrick; a son, Joshua Anderson, November 5 to Rev. and Mrs. Donald Carter of Centralia; a daughter, Jennifer Ann, November 9 to Mr. and Mrs. William Croson of Columbia and a daughter, Jennifer Audrey, November 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Bono of Columbia.
20 Years Ago
November 22, 1988
Jonathan’s Holiday Floral and Olde’ Apothecary Antiques were to host open houses for the Christmas Season.
Over 300 attended the open house at Michael’s Flowers held November 20.
Births: a son, Kyle Patrick, November 5 to Floyd and Deanna Buckman of Stoutsville.
The Holy Rosary Speech Team won their first speech meet at Kirksville.
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Spalding of St. Charles, former residents of Monroe City, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on November 13 with a family gathering at their home.
10 Years Ago
November 24, 1998
Taken from the files of The Lake Gazette
The newest branch of the Madison-Hunnewell Bank was to open on Bus. Hwy 24-36 East.
The annual Christmas Parade was to be held on Sunday, November 29.
The Monroe City Panthers were state bound as they head for the TWA Dome in St. Louis for their spot in the State Championship game.
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In honor of Joel Maupin, Monroe County census taker from Virginia
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Joel Maupin was a simple man from Virginia. He and his wife Sarah “Sallie” D. Moss owned 360 acres of marginal farm ground northeast of Paris just south of Crooked Creek, and another 80 acres near Northfork along the wagon trail to Randolph County, but he was not suited to the life of a farmer. He had been elected Sheriff of Monroe County in 1846 at age 54, but was replaced by Daniel M. Dulaney, age 34, in 1850. Perhaps it was that county-wide experience, and his lack of a job, that made him the ideal candidate for the prestigious position of Assistant Marshall to take the 1850 Federal Census.
It would be the first time since the nation began counting their citizens in 1790 that every name of every free inhabitant would be enumerated by name, gender, age, place of birth and occupation. The value of their real estate was duly recorded as well as their ability to read and write and any special circumstances, such as “insane, deaf and dumb, blind, idiot.” It was also the first year that an accurate count of slaves was made by their gender and age.
Later census records were broken into geographical townships. When Joel Maupin began his task on August 2, 1850, all of Monroe county was designated simply District #59. He opened his record book at the home of Jefferson Marr, about two miles southeast of his home, and made the final entry on December 10 with the name of Robin Shopshire, age 50, a free black man born in Kentucky, who owned property valued at $100; he lived alone and could neither read nor write.
In just over four months, Maupin traveled all the well-worn wagon trails and newly broken roads over the inhabited portions of Monroe County’s 400 square miles. He undoubtedly encountered mud, swollen streams, and inclement weather as he saddled his horse and made the journey. When he reviewed his records on December 11, he attested with pride that his books were “full and truly made according to the terms of my authority of office.” He had visited 1296 households that were home to 8,493 free inhabitants and 2,048 slaves.
Unlike many of the later Federal Census records, Joel Maupin’s penmanship was impeccable. His pen strokes were strong and clear and his corrections few. The microfilmed images of his books are a joy to read, even though it is a bit difficult to determine exactly where a particular inhabitant might have lived.
For the last few days I have retraced Joel Maupin’s route on a “virtual tour” of his travels. It was a fascinating journey.
We left Mrs. Maupin, and their daughter Jane, age 25, with Wilson and Mary Matton and their 3-year-old daughter Lucy to tend the farm and started south toward the Middle Fork of Salt River. I believe Mary and Jane may have been twins. Along the way we visited many households where adult children were living with parents until they could buy land of their own. Some were raising grandchildren and many households were home to more than a dozen people of all ages. Like many (but not all) of their neighbors from Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, the Maupin household also included one slave lady, age 32, and probably her three children ages eight, four and one years old.
The first two days we only visited 20 families scattered between Northfork and Paris. The post office had opened there in 1836 and also was known as Clinton or Summerset, so I imagine Joel visited with the postmaster before we began. On August 4 we took time off to update the Slave Schedule. By August 6 we had visited another 23 families and had counted 159 slaves, with David Major owning 29. He owned what appeared to be three couples and their children, the oldest being a Mulatto male age 47 and the youngest two little boys not yet a year old. His would be the largest holding of slaves in Monroe County through the Civil War. Major was a native of Virginia and his large land holdings were worth $6,000. He was considered one of the wealthiest farmers in Monroe County. In addition to the slaves, there were 13 free in habitants living in his household, including a young Methodist minister, Arthur Sears, his wife and year-old daughter.
In our travels we also found many households where there were only one or more slave children with no adult slave in residence.
From David Majors’ place we cut southeast across the Middle Fork to the Pleasant Hill neighborhood near the Elk Fork about five miles due east of Paris where we found an old established settlement of related families from Kentucky. We then worked our way back across country to Paris. By August 28 we had visited another 193 families and filled 40 pages of the census record book.
The canvas of Paris took more than a week to complete. We took the weekend off, since the area farmers would be visiting the county seat in droves, and politely waited back at the Maupin farm. We recorded 185 residences in Paris, including the Shropshire, Poindexter and Barnett families who were Free Black or Mulatto inhabitants.
At that time, Free Negros and Mulattos who had moved to Missouri from another state, were apparently required to obtain a license from the County Court in order to live as a free person in this state. While the 1850 census was being taken, some citizens had petitioned the Court to revoke the license of one “Armstead” a free Negro from Virginia. In the February 1851 session, according to a New York Daily Times newspaper article, the court ruled that an 1847 Law prohibiting free Negros or mulattos from coming to Missouri was in violation of the “solemn compact entered into by Missouri in order to be admitted as a State of the American Confederacy.” Armstead apparently did not wait around for the decision. He was not a resident in 1850, but his case had won others the right to stay.
From Paris Maupin’s travels took us to the far northwest section of the county near Crooked Creek, where there was also a post office and back through his own neighborhood to just south of what would become the town of Hunnewell once the railroad was completed in another seven years. By late September he was at the home of Robert P. Stout, for whom the village of Stoutsville would later be named, and on September 28 began visiting the families along Indian Creek. The post office that served that vicinity had been established at Elizabethtown just eleven years earlier and was a busy office. By October 9 we had completed more than half the census. Maupin had recorded 665 families in 109 pages of his ledger and 1260 slaves. We took a long weekend off!
The next stop was Florida, then south to Santa Fe and Long Branch along the Audrain County line. The names and occupations in the scattered villages include many blacksmiths, merchants, a surprising number of lawyers, doctors and a few school teachers and preachers.
We returned to home base on October 31 and on November 4 resumed northwest of Paris across what would become the Granville to Woodlawn road. The communities of Duncan’s Bridge and Ash and area around Madison were included in the November canvas where we found as many families from Virginia as from Kentucky. Some had also come from the northern states and a few from Germany. Winter was fast approaching, so the intrepid census taker insisted we push on through to Madison and down the Paris-Fayette road to Middle Grove. From the time we left on November 4 until December 2, we only took four days off.
The last week of Joel Maupin’s term of service as Assistant Marshall was probably spent reviewing his records and making sure no home had been missed. A few final entries appear to have been made before he signed his official report on December 11, 1850. His was truly a significant contribution to Monroe County history.
Joel Maupin died in 1860 sometime after that census taker, Willis Snell, visited his home on August 3 in Paris. He was laid to rest in the Founder’s Cemetery at the north edge of Paris. His wife Sallie D. Moss Maupin joined him there after her death April 2, 1869. No newspapers of 1860 survive to show how the town he was then serving as mayor, or the county he had served so well as Sheriff and chronicler honored his passing. Mrs. Maupin’s death received only a slight mention in the Paris Mercury. Today their headstones are all that remains to tell their story. Hers was erected by her children and says, “Wife of Joel Maupin, born in Campbell County, Virginia, removed to Jessamine County, Kentucky, thence to Missouri in 1819. She was 78 years, 2 months and 11 days old.” His says he was born in Albermarle County, Virginia and only the year of his death has survived the elements. They rest inside an iron fence with her sister and the three wives of Daniel M. Dulany, the man who succeeded Joel Maupin as Monroe County sheriff and opened the opportunity for him to record Monroe County’s first complete census.
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Hoffman sworn in early as sheriff
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| David Hoffman, right, was sworn in as sheriff of Monroe County on Monday. He succeeds Gary Tawney, center, who resigned. Darren Freidank of Monroe City was named chief deputy.
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Monroe County Sheriff David Hoffman was sworn into office on Monday in the rotunda of the Monroe County Courthouse.
Hoffman, 40, succeeds long-time Sheriff Gary Tawney who submitted his resignation to Monroe County Commissioners on Monday.
He had announced his retirement plans and Hoffman won the November general election vote after ousting Republican contender Bill Blades.
Hoffman and his wife, Heather, a U.S. Cellular agent in Paris, live three miles south of Paris with their three daughters, Kelse, 15; Alex, 12 and Jessie Rae, 7. His parents are Jim and Sarah Hoffman of Clarence.
A 1986 graduate of South Shelby High School, Hoffman served in the U.S. Army with a tour of duty in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. He was a police officer in Shelbina for one year and has been a deputy with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department for 16 years, serving as Tawney’s chief duputy since 1994.
Additionally, Hoffman is a certified rescue diver, is president of the Monroe County Gun Club and is a fire instructor.
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Local veterans honored Tuesday at R-1 Schools
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| Among the participants at the Monroe City R-1 High School annual Veterans’ Day were Bill Thorndyke, Sonny and Kathy Lee-parents of guest speaker Josh Lee pictured with his daughter, Bob Stone and Wayne Porter.
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“When the rest of the world said, ‘Oh, no!’ they stood tall and said, ‘Yes.’”
Supt. of Schools Jim Masters talking about veterans Josh Lee, who served two tours of duty in Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps, was the guest speaker at the Monroe City R-1 School’s annual Veterans’ Day celebration. Trey Zeiger and Melanie Albus were moderators for the event.
Lee, an employee of Hometown Auto and Tractor Parts, is the son of High School Secretary Kathy Lee and her husband, Sonny, and the husband of MHS graduate Cassie Nichols. They have a daughter, Alyss.
He is a graduate of Marion County R-II High School and entered boot camp on Set. 3 with five buddies of his from high school. He did marine combat training and trained as a multioperational specialist with vehicles. He went to Fort McCoy, Wisc. to train before being deployed for Iraqi Freedom. He was sent to Fallujah, Iraq where he served with a convoy unit transporting soldiers. “It’s an experience when you’re driving through Fallujah and you her a big boom and hear rounds coming and hear them whizzing by your door. If you here whizzing, you’re still alive…”
He said he was home for two years during which time he married and had a baby and then re-deployed to Iraq. He said that his experience the second time was entirely different as Iraqis were in the streets trying to clean things up and make their country better.
Unlike veterans of previous wars, he and other current soldiers have enjoyed the privilege and convenience of e-mail correspondence to keep in touch. He complimented Mrs. Jan Gottman’s class for sending him packages and letters while he was overseas. “All of the support from home was a big factor in getting through the deployments,” he said.
He was given a standing ovation from the students.
Jim Clark, post commander of VFW Post 4240 in Monroe City, spoke briefly and recognized Tyler Watson who enlisted in the National Guard while in school. He asked all Iraqi War veterans to stand.
The third to six grade choir sang.
Superintendent of Schools Jim Masters said that the day’s presentation brought to mind two words: actions and deeds. “Certainly, both are well represented here today…We live in truly historic times…”
Masters urged students to thank a veteran for their service. “When the rest of the world said, ‘Oh, no!’ they stood tall and said, ‘Yes.’”
Participating veterans were:
Jim Clark, current commander of V.F.W. Post 4240 and corporal in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954, escorted by his niece, teacher Kelley Rodgers;
Bill Thorndyke, third class petty officer in the U.S. Navy and escorted by his wife, Nancy;
Mike Gregory, S-4 in the Army, escorted by grandson, Caleb Benn;
Bryan Benn, AMH2 in the Navy, escorted by Gage Benn, son;
James Grant, HT1 in the Navy, 1975 to 1987, escorted by his granddaughter Mikayla Plympton;
Brad Curless, lance corporal in the U.S. Marines from 1977 to 1980, escorted by granddaughter Gwen Major;
Justin Demming, Sgt. E-5 in the U.S. Army, escorted by niece, Reagan Woolen;
Warren Beaver, served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970, escorted by daughter Casie Crider and grandsons, Cole
and Austin Crider and nephew Brandon Ellison;
Roger Holden, lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force from Feb. 1950 to April 1992, escorted by niece, Ashlyn Brocksmith;
Tuley Elliott, E-4 in the U.S. Army, escorted by Cheyenne Hughlett, granddaughter;
Carl Hathaway, Korean war veteran, escorted by great-granddaughter, Haylee White;
Ty Watson, E-1 in Army National Guard, escorted by mother Tessy Buckman;
Neil Gottman, sergeant in the 82nd Airborne division of the U.S. Army, escorted by Nathan Fishback, grandson;
Charles Joe Treaster, radio man/chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy and retired Reserve from 1959 to 1984, escorted by granddaughters, Samantha Wright and Shelby Wright, and grandsons, Cory Culp, Cody Culp, Brenton and Bradley Donovan;
Ronald T. Hays, Spc. 5 from 1963 to 1967, adjutant general corps, U.S. Army at Fort Bragg, N.C., escorted by grandchildren, Josh and Dalton Hetheriton and Kristin Thornton;
Frank Coberly, corporal in the U.S. Army from 1987 to 1993, escorted by daughter Alissa Coberly;
Kenneth W. Curtis, sergeant in the U.S. Air Force from April 1974 to January 1978, aircraft maintenance technician, escorted by granddaughter Dominique Carter and grandson, Brenden Williams;
Richard Daggett, operations specialist third class, U.S. Navy from 1970 to 1974, including a tour of the North Pole in 1973, escorted by grandson, Nathan Martin;
Gary Turnbull, lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1969-1971 with tour of duty in Vietnam from 1969-1970, 1st Marine Division, escorted by Shelby Davis;
Teacher and coach Jim Lytton, Specialist E-5, 701st Maintenance, 1st Infantry Division, escorted by granddaughter Angela Ashby;
Charles Smith, Sgt. E-5 U.S. Army, escorted by Allie Foster;
Bruce Hull, E-5, U.S. Air Force 1971 to 1978, escorted by Victoria Lynn Hull, granddaughter;
Teacher Andrew Tolivar, gunner’s mate in the U.S. Navy on the USS Elliot DD-967, escorted by students Derek Kendrick, Angel Minter and Puchetta Mayfield;
Robert Stone, boatswains mate, third class, U.S. Navy, escorted by Kevin Terrill, grandson;
Josh Lee, corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, escorted by friends Katie Karr and Monica Harris and daughter, Alyss;
Thomas P. Yager, SW U.S. Navy on USS Plymouth Rock LS029, served for six years and released in 1969, escorted by D.J. Weisenborn;
Wayne Porter, sergeant in the U.S. Army, 87th Infantry, Vietnam veteran, escorted by niece Rashelle Porter;
Harold Olson, corporal in the U.S. Army, escorted by Jayla Olson, granddaughter;
Welton Hood, sergeant first class in the Korean War, escorted by great-grandsons Kaelin Kendrick O’Bryan and Kannon O’Bryan Minor;
Leslie B. Long, corporal in the Korean War, escorted by son, Mike Long;
Ben Broughton, private 1st class U.S. Army, 20th infantry serving during World War II 1943 to 1945, granddaughter of Angela Peters and great-grandchildren of Aaron and Lauren Peters;
Christofer Lorenson, corporal from 2000-2004 in the U.S. Marine Corps, avionics technician of F/A-18, escorted by stepson Voepel and daughter Ellyse Lorenson;
Eugene Copenhaver, Pfc in World War II from February 1943 to October 1945, escorted by friend Tyler Mudd;
Billy Ray Hunter, corporal from 1951 to 1959, escorted by grandson Michael Berry. Michael’s brother-in-law, Joseph Darling is serving in the Army at Fort Hood and will be leaving in December for Iraq;
Lemuel E. Beck Sr., CWO4 in the U.S. Navy, was escorted by his grandson, Josh Beck.
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