Forum Flashbacks: Oct. 22-28
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, OCT. 27, 1976
50 YEARS AGO: Story hour for children will begin Thursday at the Maryville Public Library at 10 a.m. for children ages four and five. Sessions for three year olds will begin Friday at the same time. These will be held every Thursday and Friday for six weeks. Shown in the picture are Bellinda Ehredt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ehredt, Jenny Johnson, Troy Slagle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Slagle; Susan Bruening, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bruening and Christy Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson. The story teller is Mrs. Leah Johnson, librarian at the Maryville Public Library.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 23, 1976
Lady Mechanics Study Cars
One class member has decided to ask for a wheel aligning and balancing pit and equipment for Christmas while another has decided on a hoist so she can lubricate her own car. The students are enrolled in the Powder Puff Mechanic Course at the Maryville Area Vocational-Technical School.
The women are only jesting about wanting the peculiar Christmas gifts but if they were given the equipment they would know how to use it.
The powder puff mechanics reached the halfway point in the 10-week course Tuesday evening. Thus far they have become acquainted with several of the basic automotive systems.
Each of the 11 women enrolled in the class stated her goals at the beginning of the semester. Most of the women agreed one of the things they hoped to accomplish by taking the course was to be able to converse more intelligently about their automobiles and to be able to explain to the mechanic what was wrong with the car. …
Class members bring their automotive problems to class. First they discuss their problems in class and then they drive their cars into the shop to gain firsthand experience in solving the problem.
75 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 25, 1951
Judge Grants Continuance of School Bus Suit
Circuit Court Judge Ray Weightman, yesterday, granted a continuance of the suit involving school bus service for the 12-year-old son of Frank McNaughton of near Elmo.
McNaughton had filed a writ of mandamus in an effort to force the directors of Elmo Consolidated School District No. 33 to provide transportation for his son from his home to school. He stated that the directors have refused school bus service nearer than two miles which he requested on Sept. 11.
The directors, in a reply to the writ, said they had not refused to route the bus nearer than two miles to McNaughton. Service to about 1 ½ miles of his home had been offered, they stated. The hard surface road ends about that distance from the McNaughton place.
Funds for taking each student to his doorstep are not available according to the directors, who pointed out that the overall plan of pupil transportation in the Elmo district has the approval of the Missouri State Board of Education.
McNaughton, a correspondent for Life and Time magazines, moved to Nodaway County about July 1.
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.
