Forum Flashbacks: March 21-27
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, MARCH 27, 1974
50 YEARS AGO: Cub Scouts from St. Gregory’s Pack 142 collected old newspapers for the Nodaway County Sheltered Workshop recently. Pictured above are some of the participants in the collection (front row, left to right) Mike Walk, Tony Dorrel, Phil Schreck, Joe Marfice, Chris McCaffery, John Foster; (back row, left to right) Tim Barmann, Roger Frueh, Kurt Tobin, Robby Zimmerman, Mark Schieber, Karl Kissinger, and Pat Tobin. Not pictured are Kenny Wilmes and Gary Schieber.
10 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, March 24, 2014
Citizen’s Bank & Trust in Burlington Junction was robbed at gunpoint at approximately 11:15 a.m. Friday. The alleged robbers are in jail, but the $10,000 with which they fled remains missing as do the weapon or weapons used in the holdup.
Sheriff Darren White told reporters at a Friday afternoon press conference that the three suspects were taken into custody about two hours after the holdup following a pursuit involving both vehicles and a foot search that ended in a wooded area just south of the Iowa line.
Nodaway County authorities identified the suspects Saturday as Joseph O’Neill, 26, Mount Pleasant, Iowa; Travis Davis, 27, of Fort Dodge, Iowa; and Donald Kestner, 26, also of Mount Pleasant. All three men have been charged with felony first-degree robbery and armed criminal action and were being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.
Citizen assistance proved key in making the arrests, said White, who was alerted that something was amiss by Elmo resident Bobby Smith, who works in Burlington Junction and called the sheriff when he saw two men enter the bank by a rear door. Law officers also responded to a 911 call that came moments after the robbery took place.
“He told me that it just didn’t look right,” said White, who added that Smith followed the suspects north out of town on Dynasty Road and kept authorities posted on their whereabouts.
“Again, that’s why this is such a great community,” White said. “Without this man’s help we would not have these guys in custody.” …
At least one of two men involved in the robbery who entered the bank displayed a handgun, White said. The third suspect reportedly stayed in the vehicle and served as the getaway driver. …
Law enforcement officers following in a fleet of patrol cars and two airplanes, one of them a private craft piloted by Maryville resident Kevin Rankin and the other dispatched by the Iowa State Patrol, were hot on their heels, and cordoned off the area where the alleged robbers were believed to be hold(sic) up.
One team of four officers and another of three officers entered the woods, White said, and were able to apprehend the suspects without incident.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, March 25, 1974
Tighter enforcement of a city ordinance prohibiting the riding of horses, motorcycles and autos in the city parks will begin soon if such action is not stopped voluntarily, Richard Metsker, Maryville park and recreation director, warned today.
Metsker said recent riding while the ground was soft had left bad ruts in the various parks, particularly at Beal Park, which soon will be readied for baseball season. Not only do the ruts cause larger preparation in getting the grounds ready for summer, he said, but later cause damage to equipment during maintenance operations.
The parks director, who assumed his post last week, also noted that two watches and other jewelry had been left at the swimming pool last summer, and persons wishing to identify the lost items should come to his office at City Hall.
100 years ago
Maryville Tribune, March 24, 1924
ENTER MAITLAND FIVE AT CHICAGO
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The Maitland High School basketball team, winners of the state championship and the Northwest Missouri championship will be sent to Chicago to the national tournament in Chicago on April 1-5. The business men of Maitland have agreed to defray all the expenses of the phenomenal court team to the big meet.
Maitland won the state title by nosing out Fornfelt in the championship tilt Saturday night at Cape Girardeau by a 25-24 score. Maitland defeated Windsor in the first game by a 34-24 score.
Coach H. Frank Lawrence of the State Teachers College and U. L. Riley, coach of the Maitland High School, accompanied the team on the trip to Cape Girardeau.
The teams at the tournament were the winners representing four Teachers College districts of the state. Maitland won the championship of northwest Missouri at the elimination tournament at the State Teachers College. The Maitland team had played 31 games up to that time without a defeat. With the closing of this tournament it has won thirty-three games without a defeat.
Up to the time of this last tournament Maitland’s victories totaled 1,337 points, an average of 53 points a game. Maitland’s success is in its powerful offense, although its defense is also good. On an average it held its opponents to 17 points a game.
Ungales(?) and Connor, forwards, were effective at times, but every member of the team played almost faultless basketball.
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.
