Forum Flashbacks: June 20-26
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, JUNE 26, 1974
50 YEARS AGO: Maitland residents and visitors had an activity-filled weekend as the 32nd annual Maitland Bluegrass Festival was underway. The highlight of the festival was the crowning of the 1974 Maitland Bluegrass Festival Queen, Cindy Sue Brown by James Kirkpatrick, Missouri secretary of state.
10 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, June 20, 2014
A groundbreaking Thursday at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park provided a surge of excitement for local golf fans as the Tom Watson Junior Course moved a step closer to reality.
The nine-hole course project, headed locally by Dr. Bruce Twaddle, is now officially under construction and scheduled for completion in May 2015.
“There are hundreds of kids and thousands of kids across the region that will benefit from the Tom Watson Junior Golf Course and the junior program here at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park, not only on the course, but off the course,” Maryville City Manager Greg McDanel said.
Building the course will cost an estimated $520,000, all to be raised through private donations. Twaddle and other organizers say that goal is rapidly coming within reach.
As of June 11, Twaddle said, 90 percent of the necessary funds had been raised.
“Remarkably, not one public dollar will be spent on the construction of this Tom Watson Junior Golf Course for Mozingo Lake Recreation Park,” McDanel said. “All of us appreciate the generosity of each and every donor, whether corporate or private citizen, who has shared in this vision.”
Containing nine holes and encompassing a large practice green, the new course has been designed especially with novice players in mind.
“The most important people that I want to thank are those little guys over there (children),” Twaddle said. “All those people, because they’re the ones that inspire us to do things for their future. I hope they — well I know they’re going to learn a lot of lessons out here.”
According to Twaddle, the junior-course-to-be was the highlight of a meeting of golf course architects in Tulsa, Okla. A couple weeks ago, and those close to the project and its development maintain the course will be a huge boost for Maryville.
“This is a special moment, and I think it’ll be special 20 years from now,” Twaddle said. “This is a game-changer.”
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, June 26, 1974
The $195,000 general obligation bond issue proposal for improvements to the Maryville Memorial Airport went down to defeat Tuesday in the second special election on the issue.
The proposal was also defeated May 7, when 66.3 per cent of the voters cast favorable votes; but in Tuesday’s election, the percentage of yes votes dropped to 56.4 per cent, far short of the required two-thirds majority.
The final tally was 1,188 in favor and 920 against. …
Tuesday’s vote was heavier than the May 7 election but still represented only 45 per cent of the registered voters in Maryville.
Officials report it is extremely unlikely the issue will be put up a third time.
Ironically, supporters of the proposal had conducted a “get out to vote” campaign. More people turned out — 445 — but the yes votes increased by only 85 and the no votes by 360. …
One difference between Tuesday’s election and the May 7 election was an active opposition, the Justice and Rights United Committee, headed by Austin Spoor, which campaigned against the issue. The proposal, had it been passed, would have raised the local tax levy by 10 cents per $100 assessed valuation.
100 years ago
Maryville Tribune, June 25, 1924
Mother Bat and Babies, Placed in Window, Die
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Persons who expected to see the gradual development of two baby bats in the window of the Maryville Drug Store are disappointed, for this afternoon they are on their way to be cremated.
H. R. McGinnis found the mother and her two suckling babes in his front yard at 215 West Ninth street after the storm yesterday morning. Placing them in a glass tobacco jar, he presented the family, minus Daddy Bat, to the drug store, where they were given a place of honor in the south window.
Mama Bat gave the youngsters the best of tender care, and nursed them faithfully, but to no avail. When the jar was lifted, she would spread her wings over them and threaten the disturber with her teeth. And today, she followed them to the trash pile, faithful to the end.
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.
