Forum Flashbacks: Oct. 9-15
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, OCT. 13, 2000
25 YEARS AGO: Fire Safety – Lt. Phil Rickabaugh, Maryville Public Safety, Fire Safety Division, shows Preschooler Aubrey Kimble how the ladder works, as it goes upward, on a fire truck. Various classes at St. Gregory’s School were recently entertained and informed on the various functions of a fire truck.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 9, 1975
Mrs. Brown Named Top Counselor
Mrs. Virginia Brown, counselor at Eugene Field School, was honored as the outstanding counselor in Missouri at the Missouri Guidance Association’s annual meeting in Jefferson City this week.
While the MGA’s plaque will undoubtedly become a cherished memento of Mrs. Brown’s educational career which began in 1932, the reception she received from the faculty and students at Eugene Field School Wednesday when she returned means just as much, if not more, to Mrs. Brown who cares a great deal for her school, its faculty and, most importantly, the students that pass through its curriculum.
When she returned, Mrs. Brown found the walls of her office and the teachers’ lounge festooned with congratulatory messages and a pile of handcrafted thank you cards representing the meticulous work of some of the students at the school. …
Her attitude toward the honor is best contained in her description of what she said when she mounted the dais to accept the award:
“I said something, I can’t remember exactly what it was but it was something like ‘I just can’t believe someone could get an award for having so much fun.’”
Mrs. Brown is the first and only counselor Eugene Field School has ever had. She instituted the present program in 1966 after teaching in the Maryville system since 1956 — beginning as a substitute teacher at Eugene Field.
Guidance counseling is a relatively new discipline in elementary schools but Mrs. Brown considers it as important, if not more so, than the more overt counseling on higher levels specifically directed toward career choices.
“What I try to do,” she said, “is anything that makes a kid feel better about himself, in building his self-concept and making him a better student.”
75 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 9, 1950
First Couple Married at Maryville Fair To Observe 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Milo Manes, 109 East Garfield street, Clarinda, Ia., first couple to be married in a public ceremony at the traditional fall fair in Maryville, will observe their 50th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, October 11, by holding an open house at their home from 2 to 5 o’clock in the afternoon and 7 to 8:30 in the evening. …
15,000 See Wedding
According to the issue of the old Maryville Daily Tribune, date of Friday, October 12, 1900, the couple was married on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 10, as the closing feature of the street fair and was witnessed by a crowd of an estimated 15,000 in the courthouse yard and on the surrounding street.
Married on Stove
The bride and groom exchanged their wedding vows, standing on a stove that was presented to them by J. E. and W. H. Hudson, hardware dealers, and the officiating minister was the Rev. E. B. Lytle, pastor of the First Methodist church. The bride, before her marriage was Lena B. Fort.
Bridegroom a Brunette
The bridegroom, according to the account, was “a brunette” and the lady who became Mrs. Manes was a very decided type of blonde. She was stylishly costumed in a cream cloth gown with demitrain. “The bridal veil was gracefully caught in the high coiffure, and in her hands she carried a dozen bride roses.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: The 50- and 75-year flashbacks are courtesy of the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project from the State Historical Society of Missouri, accessible at shsmo.newspapers.com.
