Forum Flashbacks: Aug. 1-7
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, AUG. 1, 1974
50 YEARS AGO: Battle Worn First Graders Offer Advice for Newcomers.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, August 1, 1974
Few of us can remember the combined terror-excitement we felt when we knew we would be entering school for the very first time. We cried the whole day, having finally been pulled from our mothers’ skirttails, but the tears eventually dissolved into laughter as we learned the ropes.
Several first graders were interviewed shortly before school was dismissed last summer to see what advice they would like to pass along to children entering the first grade this year.
Lori Beavers warned upcoming scholars that the hardest part about school was writing for a long time. “You learn how to do numbers, but you don’t get to play as much as you did in kindergarten,” she said.
Michelle Hodge revealed that the first grade was a time to “learn words and obey the teacher.” She added that having a teacher was “like having a Mom away from home.”
Concerning handling the teachers, Tim Bauhs cautioned: “You don’t backtalk teachers like you can your parents; they’ll get mad at you more.”
Heidi Brown’s advice would be most welcome by teachers: “Be good, be quiet and don’t run in the hall or yell in the bathroom.”
Mike Auffert seemed to have the most advice, covering a variety of first grade topics:
“Going to school means you’re growing up. Don’t fool around.
“If you don’t know what to put on a paper, don’t throw it away or don’t do it. Figure it out or just think. Or ask the teacher, unless she’s in a reading group.
“At recess, don’t play too close to the bees,” and, he added, displaying a small scar on his hand, “don’t play on loose gravel, cause you could fall and cut your knee and hand.”
Terry Aley found another area of school-going as the basis for advice:
“Look in the newspaper the day before and see whether you want to take your lunch or whether you want to buy it.”
100 years ago
Maryville Tribune, Aug. 2, 1924
WOMAN DIES AFTER BEING GORED BY COW
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Mrs. John Hubbell, southeast of Barnard, died at 7:30 o’clock last night as a result of injuries sustained when she was gored by a cow in a pasture at her home at about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Hubbell had walked out into the pasture where the cattle were and was attacked by one of the animals. A grandson, who was mowing hay in an adjoining field, heard her cries and came to the rescue, but arrived too late to prevent the injuries that resulted in Mrs. Hubbell’s death.
Mrs. Hubbell is survived by her husband, John Hubbell, and four children, Bert and Archie Hubbell, who live near Barnard, Mrs. Arthur Thompson, of Guilford, and Mrs. Mollie Stephens. Several other children are dead. Mrs. Hubbell was about sixty years of age.
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.
