Forum Flashbacks: April 25-May 1
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, APRIL 29, 1974
Lori Shell “I think I’ll be pooped tomorrow.”
10 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, April 25, 2014
Celebrating its 24th year, the Tobin Benefit Golf Classic sponsored by the St. Francis Hospital Foundation will return to Mozingo Lake Golf Course on Thursday, May 22, and Friday, May 23.
The event has raised more than $850,000 over nearly a quarter century with proceeds benefiting various departments at St. Francis Hospital & Health Services. Proceeds from 2014 will be used for improvements planned at the hospital’s Childbirth Center. In addition to new beds for the unit, new technology to maintain the high standards of safety and quality will also be funded.
Golfers will have a choice of two tee times, 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, and 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 23. Players will be divided into three categories: men, women and seniors. …
The 2013 tournament drew 240 golfers and raised $36,000.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, April 29, 1974
The following is from the Omnibus column, written by Daily Forum Managing Editor Phillip Puntney.
This is for Lori Shell whom I met during the walk-a-thon yesterday.
Lori is a third grade student at Eugene Field School. She made the entire 15 mile distance under her own power, clutching a paper sack containing her sister’s candy bar and two sticks of gum.
I met Lori after the first five miles and we more or less stuck together during the entire trek.
The first thing we talked about was how much further we thought we had to go.
“Hey, how much further is it, do you think?” she said.
“The man back there said about 10 miles,” I answered.
“Wow, what if we get there and then have to turn back,” she said.
“Oh, I don’t think they’ll make us do that.”
“Well, I’m sure going to be pooped tomorrow.”
The next subject of the conversation was the paper sack and the morality of eating her sister’s candy bar.
“I wonder where my sister is?” said Lori. “She must be way ahead … if she doesn’t eat the candy bar soon it’s going to be all melted … won’t be much good to her that way, you know.”
I had to agree as I looked at the sack which had been bent and twisted until the candy bar was kneaded almost into the shape of Lori’s palm.
I gave Lori part of my orange.
“How much further do you think it is?” she said.
“Quite a piece.”
“Well, I think I’m going to eat part of the candy bar anyway … the only thing else I’ve had was five bites of an apple when we started out … I’m still running on my own steam … but, boy, I’ll bet I’ll be pooped tomorrow.”
She offered me part of her candy bar. …
I asked her to pose for a picture as we walked into the high school driveway.
“Is that going to be in the paper?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“That’s good, I’ve had my picture in the paper once and my name in the paper four times … even though the first three times it was for being in the hospital.” She was quiet a moment. “You know I’ve had some bad things happen to me, but most of the things that’ve happened to me have been good, but I don’t figure the good would be much good if it hadn’t been for the bad being there too.”
“Is my picture really going to be in the paper?” she asked again.
I promised her it would be.
“Thank you,” she said.
And I thank Lori and about 200 other stalwart souls who walked the distance and helped the Sheltered Workshop ….
“I think I’ll be pooped tomorrow,” said Lori.
Well, I am pooped today, but somehow I don’t feel bad about it at all.
100 years ago
Maryville Tribune, May 1, 1924
Young Car Thieves Brought Back Here
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William Laughlin and William Hardesty, Maryville youths who left here Sunday night with a Ford coupe belonging to the 242 Drive-It-Yourself station, were brought back to Maryville about 11 o’clock this morning by Steve A. Roach, sheriff, from Adrian, Mo., where the boys were being held by police.
The boys got held up at Adrian, Mo., by rain. They were also out of gasoline and money. The car ran out of gas before the boys reached Adrian and was pulled into the town by an oil truck. The boys attempted to go away and leave the car sitting in the street, but the Adrian officials suspected the youths and arrested them.
The boys then confessed the car was stolen from Maryville and the sheriff at Maryville was notified. The boys will be arraigned in Circuit Court some time in the near future.
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.
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, MAY 1, 1974
50 YEARS AGO: Today is May Day, and while children throughout the nation are gathering around the traditional Maypole, Shanda Wedlock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Wedlock, Maryville, is busy gathering flowers for a May basket. The linking of flowers with May 1 began in ancient times when the day was celebrated with outdoor festivals, in honor of Flora, the goddess of flowers.
