Forum Flashbacks: July 11-17
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, JULY 15, 1999
25 YEARS AGO: In front of a cheering audience, Dave Weichinger and Dennis Dau engage in a little romancing of a native pig Thursday night during the “Kiss the Pig” contest at the Nodaway County Fair. Both Weichinger and Dau received the same amount of cash donations earning them the pleasure of kissing the pink and perky pig. Dau is the former band director and Weichinger is the new principal at Eugene Field.
25 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, July 14, 1999
It all happened so quickly.
One minute, a young child is playing in the pool and the next, he is under water.
However, 4-year-old Austin Reynolds is in good condition today following such an incident at the Maryville Aquatic Center.
Late yesterday afternoon, the child was playing in the area of the pool with an underwater bench. Then, Reynolds apparently slipped and went under the water, assistant pool manager Holly Wilmes said.
Wilmes said one of the lifeguards on duty, Jamie Silvey, noticed Reynolds in the water and blew her whistle as she moved to the water. The whistle alerted another child who was in the water near Reynolds. The second boy then pulled Reynolds up and another lifeguard, Lynn Magnussen, brought Reynolds out of the water.
At that point, Reynolds was very scared and had swallowed some water, Wilmes said. He then vomited and was in much better condition. …
Wilmes said the ambulance was called to the pool and emergency personnel made the decision to transport Reynolds to St. Francis Hospital, where he was admitted and kept overnight.
This morning, a hospital spokesperson said Reynolds was in good condition. He is the son of Lela and Brandon Reynolds.
Maryville Daily Forum, July 15, 1999
The young rescuer from the Maryville Aquatic Center has been identified.
As it turns out, there were actually two boys who were instrumental in preventing the drowning of Austin Reynolds Tuesday.
Seven-year-old James Burns and 10-year-old Bradley Seipel were playing at the pool Tuesday afternoon when Burns saw Reynolds, 2 ½, under the water. Seipel then helped pull the toddler out of the pool.
Seipel’s mother, Sandy, said the boys, both students at Northeast Nodaway, were reluctant to draw attention to their deed. Seipel’s grandparents, Raymond and Eileen Seipel, alerted the Daily Forum to the boys’ identity and said they were very proud of their grandson.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, July 15, 1974
Lori Dunn, “almost 12,” of Maitland, is just one of the guys.
Lori, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dunn, is a Little League baseball players, one of two girls on the Maitland team this year.
There are no deep-rooted, underlying motivations in Lori’s desire to play baseball. At age 11, she’s “not really” into women’s liberation. She simply wanted to play baseball and that was fine with Maitland Little League officials.
This is the first year Lori has participated in the Little League program. She explains she had always been interested in baseball, an interest stemming from playing catch with a couple of cousins and with her mother, Tina, who plays women’s softball.
Earlier this year, when forms were being passed out, “I asked the coach if I could have one,” Lori said. “He said I could.”
One other girl, Sharon Yeager, also turned out, and the two girls now rotate between leftfield and rightfield on the Maitland team. …
As a recent recruit to the baseball playing ranks, Lori admits she sometimes has trouble catching the ball in the outfield, especially “when the sun is bad.”
But at the plate is a different story. For a time this season Lori and Sharon were the top two hitters on the Maitland team. Now, she says, a couple of guys have passed the girls as the team’s top hitters. …
As Lori stepped to the plate recently, she was greeted by a lot of noise from the opposing team. “It’s a girl!” someone shouted. “Don’t let her get a hit — it’s a girl!”
Do those reactions bother Lori?
“Naw,” she says.
“Sometimes they think I’m a boy but that doesn’t bother me either.”
100 years ago
Maryville Tribune, July 14, 1924
DR. THOMAS MADE PLAYER PIANO ROLLS
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While in New York City recently, Dr. D. J. Thomas recorded two pieces on Duo-Art piano rolls at Aeolian Hall. They are: Valse, by Noelke, and Arabesque, by Leschetizky.
Dr. Thomas, although unknown to the Aeolian Company, was granted this privilege after his playing had met the approval of a committee of critics.
“It costs $150 to make a record,” Dr. Thomas said today, “and they are booked up for two years in advance, so I count myself as very fortunate.”
Recording is done on a Steinway concert grand piano, connected electrically with duplicating attachments in a separate room. The Duo-Art is the only reproducing piano in the true sense of the word, for it gives faithfully every modulation and variation of tone.
Rudolph Ganz is the only other resident of Missouri who has made Aeolian piano rolls.
Upon applying for the privilege of making records, Dr. Thomas was discouraged. However, they gave him an audience with the critics, and he played several pieces. His fingers were stiffened from two weeks of inactivity, and he was given an hour to “warm up.” After hearing him, they told him he could play the two mentioned for reproductions. Neither had been recorded before.
Since coming home Dr. Thomas has received an invitation to return to New York next fall and make six more rolls.
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.
