Forum Flashbacks: Feb. 8-14
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, FEB. 14, 1974
50 YEARS AGO: Brian Scrimager carries on the traditional valentine exchange with his kindergarten classmate Jamey Hall. Students of Mrs. Mardy Buckridge, Eugene Field, the children made the valentines in class. Brian is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Scrimager and Jamey is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hall.
25 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Feb. 7, 1999
Two members of the Board of Directors for the Nodaway County Senior Center and Rose Vance, administrator of the center, made a presentation Jan. 13, to the Nodaway County Commission, requesting they place a 5 cent property tax levy on the April 6 ballot. …
House Bill 351, passed in 1989, allows each Missouri county the authority to levy a property tax to provide programs to improve the health, nutrition and quality of life for people 60 years of age or older.
Following the request and presentation of Bill 351 information, the Commission agreed to place the levy on the ballot.
A coalition has been formed of all agencies in Nodaway County involved in helping older citizens to promote the passage of this tax levy. The group met Wednesday to begin making plans to get information out to the public.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Feb. 8, 1974
Threatened by the truckers’ strike and a rash of influenza, Maryville R-II Schools are continuing on a “day-to-day basis,” said Supt. Dr. Robert Hale.
“We have not yet been affected by the truckers’ strike,” Hale said referring to food supplies at the schools’ cafeterias. “Milk and food supplies are trucked on contract, not by independent truckers. But whether the independent truckers’ strike will affect those contracts will determine our situation.”
Hale said the school is also on a “day-to-day basis” concerning gasoline supplies.
While other Missouri schools — Cameron, Albany and Burlington Jct. — have closed schools due to an outbreak of influenza, Hale said absentee figures here are running at 10 per cent, about 2 per cent higher than normal.
“We do not feel the absentee figures warrant closing school now,” he said.
Cameron closed its schools this week due to absentee figures reaching 20 per cent, or 320 students absent from an enrollment of 1,500. Burlington Jct. and Albany closed for one day.
100 years ago
Maryville Tribune, Feb. 13, 1924
OLD BUILDING BURNS AS NEW IS DEDICATED
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In the midst of an elaborate program in dedication of the new public school building at Clearmont last night, word was brought into the auditorium that the old school building was on fire, and a considerable portion of the audience streamed from the building and hastened to the scene of the conflagration, two blocks away.
The old school building was a frame structure, two stories high and was built in 1887, and the fact that it was considered a fire trap was one of the controlling reasons for the voting of the $35,000 bond issue for the construction of the new building just completed.
The fire started in the furnace room and spread rapidly to every part of the building. Within a few minutes from the time the fire was discovered the entire building was in flames and an hour later it was a pile of ashes. Nothing was saved from the building and the loss of the school records and the books and school equipment represents the only essential damage, the building being insured for $6500, which is probably as much as could have been realized had the building been junked. …
The New Building.
Clearmont has right to the pride its citizenship feels in the new building. It is one of the most complete and most conveniently arranged structures to be secured for the money expended and it will meet the requirements of the districts for a good many years. … It is attractively located at the east part of the town.
Classrooms for the grades are on the first floor except one room to be used for the seventh and eighth grades on the second floor. One large room is arranged for the classes in domestic science and another for the classes in vitalized agriculture. On the second floor are the rooms for the high school.
The Auditorium.
The first floor is an auditorium that will seat 500 people. It is equipped with a stage and the seats may be removed when occasion demands.
Throughout the building the most approved system of lighting and ventilation is employed. The heating is placed in a basement room that is fireproof.
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.
