Forum Flashbacks: Dec. 14-20
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, DEC. 18, 1973
50 YEARS AGO: Tending plants which she hopes will bloom for Christmas is Courtney Krokstrom, a fourth grade student of Mrs. Edward Wohlford, Eugene Field Elementary School. The stained glass window was made by the class from tissue paper.
5 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Dec. 20, 2018
Nancy Rickabaugh must have misheard the phrase “it takes a village to raise a child,” because during the past 32 years, she’s raised enough children to fill a mid-size suburb.
An overflow crowd packed into the new SSM Health Preschool and Child Care Center last Thursday to celebrate Rickabaugh’s retirement, taking turns telling stories of how she had shaped their own lives, from the trials of their first steps to providing advice through the tribulations of adulthood.
Does she think about how many kids have come through her care over the past three decades?
“I think more about how many diapers I’ve changed,” Rickabaugh wryly told the crowd.
Coworkers and friends took turns saying how Rickabaugh had been there for them when they needed her most: a safe, steady presence in their lives.
“This was my mission, this was my dream,” Rickabaugh told the crowd. Now, Rickabaugh said she is looking forward to retirement with her husband, and doing “absolutely nothing” for a while. …
With dry eyes hard to come by in the crowd, Rickabaugh did what she does best, lending a calming hand of assurance. “They’ll be all right, you’ll all be OK,” she said. “You can always call me.”
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Dec. 15, 1973
WASHINGTON — AP — President Nixon signed into law today a bill that will temporarily place the United States on Daylight Saving Time, starting Jan. 6. He said the action could save the equivalent of 150,000 barrels of oil a day.
Acting only hours after Congress completed action on the administration-endorsed measure, Nixon welcomed the two-year return to daylight time.
Noting that many moves to meet the energy crisis require inconvenience and sacrifice, Nixon said in a statement that “Daylight Saving Time on a year-round basis, which will result in the conservation during the winter months of an estimated equivalent of 150,000 barrels of oil a day, will mean only a minimum of inconvenience and will involve equal participation by all.”
Under the daylight saving law, clocks will be turned ahead one hour at 2 a.m. on Jan. 6. After signing the bill, Nixon issued an executive order that permits states falling into two time zones to seek an exemption from the provisions of the new law.
The nation has not been on Daylight Saving Time throughout the year since World War II and the new law is due to expire in two years.
100 years ago
Maryville Daily Democrat-Forum, Dec. 15, 1923
MARYVILLE LOSES TO HARMONY TEAM
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The Maryville High School debating team was defeated by the Harmony team at Harmony last night by a 2 to 1 vote of the judges. The question discussed was, “Resolved: That the commission manager form of government should be adopted by all Missouri cities of less than 100,000 population.” Maryville upheld the affirmative side of the question.
Esther Roseberry and Edwyna Forsyth represented Maryville and Vera Brown and Fay Woodson Null were the Harmony debaters. …
About fifty persons from Maryville attended the debate last night. The contest was held in the Harmony Church and a large crowd was present.
The Harmony team was in the semi-finals for the championship of Missouri last year. Fay Woodson Null was the champion debater of the state last year. …
Miss (Frances) Holliday, the Maryville coach, said she was well pleased with the local debaters and the way they performed last night. …
Miss Forsyth, a member of the Maryville team, was especially strong on her delivery and presentation of the subject. Miss Roseberry, the other member of the team, was excellent in her rebuttal. The two made a wonderful combination.
Maryville Daily Democrat-Forum, Dec. 17, 1923
AN INNOVATION
Beginning with this issue, the Democrat Forum is inaugurating a special sport section consisting of athletic news from the high schools, College and towns throughout Nodaway County. All sport dope will be confined to this section and all fans will find here the latest news in athletics. The section today can be found on page 4. All lovers of sport are invited to suggest additions or improvements to this feature section.
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.
