Forum Flashbacks: March 20-26
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, MARCH 26, 1975
50 YEARS AGO: Easter Delights – The Eugene Field kindergarten classes of Mrs. Dick Buckridge and Mrs. Phillip Bram paid a visit to Seipel’s Hatchery in Maryville Tuesday as a pre-Easter treat. The hatchery trip has been an Eastertime treat for the kindergarten classes for the past several years. Besides fueling the age-old debate concerning the chicken and the egg the trip delighted all the youngsters who made the visit.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, March 25, 1975
A public hearing on the recreational aspects of the proposed Mozingo Creek Watershed project will be held at 8 p.m. April 2 at the Nodaway-Worth Electric Cooperative building, according to Ken Baker, city director of environmental services.
The purpose of the public hearing will be to give local and area citizens the opportunity to voice their opinions on the need for water-based recreation, and on the specific types of recreational facilities needed in this area.
The Nodaway County Court, the Nodaway County Soil and Water Conservation board and the city of Maryville will co-sponsor the public hearing and interpret the results to aid in setting goals for development of the proposed reservoir.
The proposed 1,100 acre reservoir would be located north of U.S. 136 about three miles east of Maryville.
It would be a multipurpose structure, furnishing flood control for the 23,988 acres in the watershed, additional water supply for the city of Maryville and rural water district, and water-based recreation which could accommodate up to 4,000 persons at one time.
Of these three primary purposes of the reservoir, a total population of approximately 146,000 persons living within a 100-mile radius of Maryville could enjoy the recreational facilities. Some 100,000 visits to the recreation area could be expected annually.
There has been much discussion in recent years on a lake to supply the unsatisfied demand for water-based recreation. There is no other facility comparable to the proposed Mozingo Creek project in this area.
100 years ago
The Maryville Tribune, March 20, 1925
SMOKE-STACK IS TOPPLED BY WIND
A ninety-foot steel smoke-stack on the plant of the Maryville Electric Light and Power Company at Fifth and Buchanan streets was felled at 11 o’clock this morning by a gusty March wind which this morning swept Nodaway County from the south and veered around with increasing force to the west.
One of the eight steel guy wires which kept the stack upright gave way and the towering column of steel swayed slowly to the north. Passing the center of balance it gathered terrific speed and crashed to the ground, dragging with it a maze of high tension service wires which serve Clarinda, Ravenwood, Barnard, Pickering and the Maryville waterworks on the One Hundred and Two river. Service wires to the north part of Maryville were also carried away.
The base of the stack was torn from the socket, but remained on top of the building, causing the immense cylinder to span Fifth street from the south to the north side. The end which struck the ground was flattened as if made of tin.
When workmen cleared the street for traffic by hauling away portions of the steel, the base of the stack was pulled from the roof of the building, tearing away a large section of the wall. …
A similar calamity befell the plan about six or seven years ago when a north wind blew down the other stack, laying it across the adjoining building on the south.
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.
