Forum Flashbacks: Dec. 7-13
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, DEC. 9, 1998
25 YEARS AGO: Christmas wishes – Shane Owens shares his holiday wishes with Santa Claus at Winter Wonderland Park.
25 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Dec. 8, 1998
A living tribute to the victims of Alzheimer’s Disease, as well as their family members and caregivers, was dedicated in Northwest Missouri Friday.
Memory Lane will be an area at Mozingo Park to be planted with trees in honor of Alzheimer’s victims.
The small forest grew out of the Memory Walk, a fundraising event sponsored by the Northwestern Missouri Alzheimer’s Chapter.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Dec. 8, 1973
Maryville women provided the majority of the testimony Friday at the legislative subcommittee hearing held in St. Joseph to inform the legislature of problems facing women because of sex discrimination. …
Twelve of the 20 women who testified were from the Maryville area and complaints ranged from discrimination in the schools and parks program to job discrimination.
Susan Kirkpatrick, speaking for Dr. Merry McDonald, testified concerning the right of domicile law which says a woman’s place of residence is that of her husband’s.
“Dr. McDonald was employed by Stephens College and her husband was completing his college work at Austin, Tex.,” Ms. Kirkpatrick said. “When she applied for a driver’s license in Missouri, she was denied because, under the law, she was a Texas resident.”
Dr. Betty Vanice, Maryville, complained that she had had problems obtaining a loan from her bank because she was a single woman.
“They said they could give me a $2,000 home improvement loan only with my father’s co-signature,” she said. “I have been self-supporting for a number of years and I am responsible for two children.”
The Army’s sexist treatment of women was cited by Gwen Lynch, Maryville, a retired Army nurse.
“A woman in the armed forces should be entitled to hospital benefits,” she said. “The Army says that it does not have gynecologists and therefore, it sends the women to a civilian hospital.”
Dana Vanice and Cynthia Henderson, Maryville eighth graders, testified concerning the lack of provisions for girls’ athletics in Maryville.
“The parks and recreation department won’t represent us,” Miss Henderson said. “We have poor equipment and have to get our own transportation. The boys are supported by the parks and recreation department, but the girls have to go to a private organization for sponsorship.”
Miss Vanice cited poor representation in the schools which give support for a girls’ basketball team, but not for other sports. “The boys have basketball, football and wrestling,” she said.
Renee Tackett, a sophomore at Northwest State University, told the subcommittee of several girls at the University who wanted to form a girls’ swim team.
“We were told we could join Sigma Phi Dolphins which is a group that swims around and makes flowers in the water,” she said. “It’s all right, but it’s not like competition swimming.”
She said that the boys’ swim team agreed that the girls should have a team and then suggested that they come to the swim meets in their bathing suits, wearing T-shirts which read: “The Good Timers.”
“We were supposed to run around and keep records and time,” Miss Tackett said. She added that the girls either wanted a girls’ team or co-educational swim meets.
She also testified concerning the hours imposed on girls, but not boys, in the University dormitories.
100 years ago
Maryville Daily Democrat-Forum, Dec. 11, 1923
ATHLETES HONORED BY BUSINESS MEN
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That building men is more important than winning football teams summarizes the spirit shown at the annual football banquet in honor of the high school and College teams given by the Maryville Chamber of Commerce at the Elks Club last night.
L. E. Ziegler, superintendent of the public schools and Uel W. Lamkin, president of the College, presided as chairmen of the meeting to honor athletes and athletics.
“If we can build up at the Northwest Missouri State Teachers College the spirit of ‘Never say die,’ we will be heard from more than ever before,” H. Frank Lawrence, College coach, said. “After all, the building of men is more important than the winning or losing of football games.”
It was the confidence of the townspeople and the members of the team that helped make one of the greatest elevens in the history of Maryville high school, Coach Harold G. Ebert, athletic director at the local high school, said at the banquet last night.
“I never coached a team that fought better, or had a better spirit than the high school team this year,” Coach Ebert said. …
A good football team is made only after years of trying, Dr. Fred Keller reminded the pigskin fans last night. A championship team cannot be built in a single year, he said. A high type of men is of primary importance anyway, Dr. Keller concluded.
Dr. Jesse Miller, Sr., said that the high school team met defeat at St. Joseph like men, and that the Maryville High School was especially fortunate in having a coach like Harold G. Ebert to instill the spirit of hard, clean playing into his charges.
“We have had two football teams this year of which we can be proud,” the Rev. Joseph A. Cooper said. “The citizens of Maryville back these teams and that is the spirit that counts. The high school team was the scrappiest bunch I have ever seen,” Mr. Cooper concluded.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The 50-year and 100-year flashbacks are courtesy of the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project from the State Historical Society of Missouri, accessible at shsmo.newspapers.com.
