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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009 ~ Vol. 13 No. 34

Monroe City, MO

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BID NOTICE

Sealed bids will be accepted in the offi ce of the Monroe County Clerk until 10:00 A.M. Monday, February
2, 2009 for the purchase of the following items.

Mark envelope “BID-LIST SEALED ITEM BID”
ROAD & BRIDGE ITEMS

*Gravel *Oil *Grader Blades *Truck, Auto & Grader Tires & Tubes *Corrugated Metal Culverts and
Plastic Culverts
PASTURE RENT

Pasture rent of county farm (approximately 105 acres). Please place your bid for a three (3) year lease
and for a (5) year lease. New lease year will begin 04/01/2009 (Renter to be responsible for fence) Rent
will be payable annually, due April 1st of each year. The county reserves the right to retain a portion of
the parcel for potential economic development. If any portion of this parcel is used for future economic
development the rental payment will be pro-rated by the day and by the acre.

FOOD AND SUPPLIES FOR JAIL

Precooked single serving frozen dinners – case lots – Banquet type
Honey Buns, Apples, Whole Wheat Bread, Single Serving Cereal (no sugar)
8 oz.size single serving whole milk
8 oz size single serving fruit juice
Single packets of mustard, catsup & tarter sauce

SUPPLIES

Plastic Forks & Spoons – Napkins – Gloves – Hairnets
( By Case Lots)
For Information on Road and Bridge Items, contact Mike Minor, Road and Bridge Supt. Weekdays
between 7 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. at 660-327-5640.
For all other information contact the Monroe County Commission or the Monroe County Clerks
Offi ce at 660-327-5106.

The County Commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Bid prices (except for pasture
rent) will be for the period of February 9th, 2009 through February 8th, 2010. 1815 090128 1/28/2009 cnw

20 Years Ago, Jackson scores 2,000th career point

90 Years Ago
January 31, 1919

Defi nite word was sent Mr. and
Mrs. M.E. Rouse by the War Department
that their son, Nelson
Rouse, had been killed in action
in France. The previous word was
that he was severely wounded.
W.S. Woodson and W.B. Pike
sold their garage to J.E. Johnston
and Thomas A. Caplinger.

J.S. Wideman bought from
Wittmar Bros. 119 acres of what
was known as the Godfrey Discher
farm eight miles north of town in
Marion County. Purchase price
was $60 an acre.

The honor roll in the city grade
school listed the following: Mary
Kratz, Wilfred Scott Dawson,
Ruby Fry, Eugene Nesbit, Josephine
Bridwell, Danella Johnston,
Lillian Ballard, Allie Wolf, Ruth
McFarland, Martha Elizabeth Conway,
Dona Fern George, Blanche
Scobee, Thelma Baynum, Burnley
Cook, Judith Ellen Johnson and
Paulyne Tuley.

80 Years Ago
February 1, 1929

J.G. Wade of this city was reelected
president of the Missouri
Retail Hardware Dealers Assn. at
the state convention of that group
in St. Louis.

Mrs. Susan G. Caplinger, who
came to Monroe County the year it
was organized, died at the home of
her grandson in Moberly at the age
of 102. She was the grandmother
of Charles H. Smith and Mrs. John
D. Utterback of Monroe City.

Letters were awarded to six
members of the Monroe City High
School boys’ basketball team. They
included: Wilfred Scott Dawson,
Mark Twain Swearengen, Edward
Wood, Nelson Hagerty, J.D. Sharp
and George Hicks.

Miss Ozelma Tedrick and Wallace
Warren were married January
26.

70 Years Ago
February 2, 1939

Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Wilson observed
their golden wedding anniversary
January 30 at the Monroe
Hotel which they had operated for
26 years.

The foundation for the new diesel
engine at the municipal power
plant had been poured.

Mr. and Mrs. David Cornish
moved to their new home on Second
Street which they had erected.
Offi cers installed by the Royal
Neighbors for the current year
were: Mrs. Carl Zeiger, oracle;
Mrs. John Umstattd, past oracle;
Mrs. J.F. Brown, recorder; Mrs.
Lena Brown receiver; Miss Evalyn
Brown, marshal; Mrs. B.P.
Swearengen, co-marshal; Mrs. Sallie
Foster, inner sentinel; Mrs. Ed
Karr, outer sentinel; and Mrs. M.T.
Swearengen, manager.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl St. Cinn of
London, England, were guests of
her son Roy Dean, and Mrs. Dean
in this city a few days. Mrs. St.
Cinn accompanied her husband to
England 19 years previously and
this was her fi rst visit back.

60 Years Ago
February 3, 1949

Miss Martha Ann Reid discontinued
her studies at Central College
in Fayette and entered upon
her duties in the offi ce of White
Supply Co.
Miss Anna Sue Straub was a
member of a group of 13 student
nurses who received their fi rst caps
in traditional capping ceremonies.
Reginald Sharp, son of Mrs.
Vautis Sharp, purchased an interest
in the Sikeston Tractor and Implement
Co. at Sikeston, Mo.

50 Years Ago
January 29, 1959

Norvin Yates was to retire from
his position as assistant cashier
at the Monroe City Bank. He had
been with banks in Monroe City
for 49 years.

A youth athletic club with emphasis
on boxing was organized by
George E. Bailey.

Lena Webb of Monroe City
High School; Cabrina Smith of Indian
Creek; and Anne Utterback of
Holy Rosary, all received the Betty
Crocker award for 1959 from their
respective schools.

Pvt. Roberta Campbell of the
WAC’s left for Okinawa where she
was to service as an X-ray technician
at a U.S. Army Hospital.

The Mother’s Club was to sponsor
the Mother’s March on Polio.
James A. Yates completed his
studies at Rolla School of Moines
and left for China Lake, Calif., to
enter upon his duties with naval
Ordinance Test Station.

40 Years Ago
January 30, 1969

Chosen for the Clarence Cannon
All-Conference Band were:
JoLynn Cary, Connie Kendrick,
Nancy Hill, Brenda Yager, Marla
Veatch, Susan Hill, Susan Adams,
Linda Adams David Schroeder,
Barbara Hall, Nancy Redman,
Bob Carson, Dennis Moss, Ralph
Harn, Mike Finnigan and Janet
Schachtsiek.

Miss Connie Lee Bailey and
Thomas Ralph Thurman were married
January 25 at the First Methodist
Church in Hannibal by Rev.
Henry Trevathan.

Mr. and Mrs. Preston E. Hymers
were to observe their 60th wedding
anniversary on February 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bohrer
observed their 62nd wedding anniversary
January 23.

30 Years Ago
February 1, 1979

Nine more inches of snow fell
during the past week making the
total snowfall to 21 inches in January.
Births: Charles James, January
19 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cunningham
of Hannibal; Erin Renee,
January 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Kenny
Wilson; Paul Eugene, January 25
to SK1 and Mrs. Thomas E. Conboy
of Charleston, S.C.; Cathy Jo,
January 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Gander; Anthony Jude, January 24
to Mr. and Mrs. Steve DeGrave; a
son, January 30 to Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Perrine of Hannibal.

Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Hays were to
celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary,
February 6. The couple was
married at St. William’s Church in
Chicago by Father Lauermann.

20 Years Ago
February 2, 1989

Teresa Jackson scored her
2,000th career point in basketball
during the game against the Knox
County Lady Eagles.
Anna Farnan and Tom Brady of
Stanberry were featured as the oldest
living twins in Missouri. The
two are the aunt and uncle of Rusty
Adam and are 94 years old.
Nine members of the Monroe
City Band were named to the Clarence
Cannon All-Conference Band.
Chosen were Jamie Baker, Scott
Burditt, Mary Dean Coleman, Michael
Copenhaver, Tanya Gottman,
Amy Hays, Marty Lincoln, Sarah
McElroy and Jackie Morris.

Melanie Ann Yates and Jeffrey
L. Albus were married January 14
at Holy Rosary Church by the Rev.
Henry Reichert.
Carol Wasson and Bruce Wisdom
were married at the Center
Christian Church by the Rev. Steve
Lake on December 3.
Ernie and Irene Newman were
to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary
February 4.

10 Years Ago
February 2, 1999

Taken from the fi les of
The Lake Gazette
Brooke Ludwig was named
the 1999 Basketball Homecoming
Queen.

Births: Emilee Ann, February 1,
to Jim and Kelli Jones of Marceline.
Plans were underway to the
Third Annual Car, Truck and Motorcycle
Show sponsored by Car-
Quest and Pete Paris Chevrolet.

Catholic Schools Week was to
begin at Holy Rosary School with
special activities during the week.
Marge O’Donel won’t quit driving
a school bus after the sale of
the bus line to J.T. Spalding last
year as she has plans to fi ll her days
with other activities.

COOKBOOKS AVAILABLE FOR $7.50 1793 090128 1/28/2009 his

Thomas Jefferson’s dream of land for the common man fell on deaf ears by Nancy Stone

(Part two of a series)

Thomas Jefferson was not quite
20 years old when the Treaty of
France ended the French and Indian
War on February 10, 1763. He had
completed his studies, with highest
honors, at The College of William
and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia
in 1762 and was studying law with
the eminent scholar George Wythe.

Jefferson was admitted to the bar
in 1767 and in the course of his legal
career represented some of the
wealthiest and most infl uential families
in Virginia. Jefferson also represented
Albemarle County in the Virginia
House of Burgesses beginning
in 1769. His long and illustrious
career in political life culminated
with two terms of offi ce as the third
President of the United States 1801-
1809. Jefferson’s other contributions
to the creation of a new nation
tend to overshadow the infl uence his
deep passion for farmers had on our
Monroe County pioneers’ ability to
purchase their land.

In his book “Measuring America”
Andro Linklater said that even
though Jefferson became an insider
with his election to the House of
Burgesses, which represented plantation
owners’ interests, he was never
a typical member of his class; he
thought about land in a way that no
speculator would.

According to Linklater, “To Jefferson
the possession of land was
the Newtonian principle that made
a democratic society work. It guaranteed
the independence of the individual
and gave each one an interest
in building a law-abiding community.”
Jefferson had seen the turmoil
created after the Treaty of Paris gave
Great Britain over 270 million acres
of land east of the Mississippi River.
Investors had rushed to claim the
new territory, which led directly to a
series of bloody battles with the native
inhabitants known as Pontiac’s
Rebellion. It began May 7, 1763 at
Fort Detroit. Eight other forts were
attacked by June 19.

On October
7, 1763, King George III issued a
Royal Proclamation that forbad private
development within the territory
without the express permission
of the Crown. He further instructed
any of his subjects who were occupying
the land to remove themselves
from such settlements and expressly
reserved the right to buy land from
the Native American inhabitants for
the Crown.

A decade passed and other grievances
with Great Britain were also
arousing the ire of the Colonists, but
the loss the speculators had suffered
from the Royal Proclamation of
1763 was a major source of discontent.
In 1774 Jefferson published a
pamphlet titled A Summery View of
the Rights of British America that
directly attacked the King’s authority
to dispose of land in the American
colonies. Jefferson’s phrase
“each individual of the society may
appropriate to himself such lands
as he fi nds vacant, and occupancy
will give him title” undoubtedly was
music to the ears of land speculators
who still hoped to carve a profi t out
of the frontier.

Two years later Thomas Jefferson
was appointed by the Second Continental
Congress to a three-man
committee that drafted the Declaration
of Independence. His original
draft included a lengthy onslaught of
George III’s feudal powers, which
was cut by the other members of the
committee. Although he was serving
as Minister to France (1785-1789)
when the new Constitution was ratifi
ed, he was a main proponent of the
Bill of Rights, which includes the
Fifth Amendment: “No person …
shall be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of
law; nor shall private property be
taken for public use, without just
compensation.”

After independence was declared
July 4, 1776, Jefferson returned to
the Virginia Legislature. According
to Linklater, his primary goal was
the wider distribution of land. “He
introduced a bill to give 75 acres to
any Virginian who did not already
have land and to offer a ‘headright’
grant of 50 acres to every landless
immigrant who arrived in the state
from overseas. Together with Virginia’s
generous promise of land to
soldiers enlisting in its regiments—
ranging from 100 acres for enlisted
men up to 15,000 acres for a major
general—Jefferson’s land grant proposals
would have created a network
of small farms guaranteeing
the future health of democracy in
the state. In the same spirit, he drew
up legislation to change inheritance
law so that a landed estate could be
left equally to all the children rather
than to the eldest son alone, and to
abolish entail—or wills preventing
heirs from breaking up estates.”

Jefferson’s plans for Virginia
also included a proposal to lay off
every county into townships of fi ve
or six miles square, with a parcel in
the centre of each for a free English
school.
He served as Governor of Virginia
from 1779-1781. The British
invaded Virginia twice during his
term and due to public dissatisfaction
with his performance he was
never again elected to public offi ce
in Virginia. He never succeeded in
convincing the legislature of the
merits of creating a society of yeoman
farmers.

Those familiar with the Public
Land Survey System (PLSS) of dividing
land into nice neat blocks, six
miles wide by six miles square, with
Section 16 set aside for the support of
schools, know that ultimately Jefferson’s
plan became the law of land.
Next week we will look at the
confusion land ownership created
east of the Mississippi and how prior
planning simplifi ed the process after
Jefferson nearly doubled the size
of the United States with the 1803
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Notice of Trustee's Sale

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

For default in the payment of debt secured by Deed of Trust executed
by Lance Olivas, a married man and Taisha L. Olivas, a married
woman, dated May 15, 2006 and recorded on May 17, 2006 in
Book 317, Page 1937, Offi ce of Recorder of Deeds, Monroe County,
Missouri, the undersigned Successor Trustee will, on February
19, 2009, between the hours of 9:00 o’clock A.M. and 5:00 P.M.

(foreclosure sales in Monroe County are customarily held at 11:30
A.M.), at the Monroe County Courthouse, 300 North Main Street,
West front door, Paris, MO 65275, sell at public venue to the highest
bidder for cash:

Lot Six (6) and the South Half (S-1/2) of Lot Five (5) in Block Two
(2) of Piersol’s Subdivision of Bush Stock Yard Lands in Monroe
City, Missouri.

to satisfy said debt and costs.

S&W Foreclosure Corporation
Successor Trustee
Pub Commences January 28, 2009
S&W File No.08-003387
By: Shapiro & Weisman, L.C.
www.shapiroattorneys.com/mo
Purported address: 406 South Main St., Monroe City, MO 1816 090128 1/28/2009 not

Notice of Trustee's Sale

BID NOTICE

Sealed bids will be accepted in the offi ce of the Monroe County Clerk until 10:00 A.M. Monday, February
2, 2009 for the purchase of the following items.
Mark envelope “BID-LIST SEALED ITEM BID”
ROAD & BRIDGE ITEMS
*Gravel *Oil *Grader Blades *Truck, Auto & Grader Tires & Tubes *Corrugated Metal Culverts and
Plastic Culverts

PASTURE RENT

Pasture rent of county farm (approximately 105 acres). Please place your bid for a three (3) year lease
and for a (5) year lease. New lease year will begin 04/01/2009 (Renter to be responsible for fence) Rent
will be payable annually, due April 1st of each year. The county reserves the right to retain a portion of
the parcel for potential economic development. If any portion of this parcel is used for future economic
development the rental payment will be pro-rated by the day and by the acre.

FOOD AND SUPPLIES FOR JAIL

Precooked single serving frozen dinners – case lots – Banquet type
Honey Buns, Apples, Whole Wheat Bread, Single Serving Cereal (no sugar)
8 oz.size single serving whole milk
8 oz size single serving fruit juice
Single packets of mustard, catsup & tarter sauce

SUPPLIES
Plastic Forks & Spoons – Napkins – Gloves – Hairnets
( By Case Lots)
For Information on Road and Bridge Items, contact Mike Minor, Road and Bridge Supt. Weekdays
between 7 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. at 660-327-5640.
For all other information contact the Monroe County Commission or the Monroe County Clerks
Offi ce at 660-327-5106.
The County Commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Bid prices (except for pasture
rent) will be for the period of February 9th, 2009 through February 8th, 2010. 1817 090128 1/28/2009 not

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