Forum Flashbacks: Jan. 18-24
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, JAN. 24, 1999
25 YEARS AGO: Leah Jasinski is contently chewing on one of her toys as her mother, Denise, watches the car races at the Troop 74 Pinewood Derby held Tuesday at St. Gregory’s Fellowship Hall. She is the seven-month-old daughter of John and Denise Jasinski of Maryville.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Jan. 12, 1974
The mercury dipped Friday night and early today . . . and dipped . . . and dipped . . . and dipped . . .
In fact, according to weather records, it dipped farther than it ever has before in Maryville, all the way to 32 below zero.
That set not only an all-time record for this date but also was a record low for any date. Ironically, if one can think in terms of irony on the coldest day in Maryville history, the previous all-time record low was 28 degrees below, recorded six times, and once on this date in 1912.
The low mark was tied the following day, Jan. 13, 1912.
On Feb. 9 and 10 of 1899, lows of 28 below were recorded, with a 27 below on Feb. 11 and 28 below again the next two days, Feb. 12 and 13.
In recent years, the low reading was the 26 below recorded on Feb. 7-8 in 1971. …
Cold temperatures completely engulfed Kansas and Missouri during the night, with the only temperature to top Maryville’s the 33 below recorded in Vliets, a small northeastern Kansas community.
75 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Jan. 21, 1949
Nodaway county’s six-man school board and W.H. Burr, county superintendent, today announced two-sevenths of the tentative plan to redistrict the county’s 98 rural and 16 high school districts into seven large districts.
The county board and the superintendent met yesterday in the county courtroom with the Worth county board and superintendent of schools Kenton Thompson, and the Parnell and Graham school boards.
Phases of the redistricting, which (must align) with state legislation passed in 1948 was discussed by the attending groups.
The two proposed Nodaway county districts, R-1 and R-8, were announced today by Supt. Burr. There is a possibility that these tentative districts may be changed slightly before they are voted on by the people living in the proposed district.
District R-1 located in the northwest part of the county includes Elmo, Clearmont and Burlington Junction high school districts and 24 rural school districts.
100 years ago
Maryville Tribune, Jan. 24, 1924
EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES IS SERIOUS HERE
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Forty cases of measles have been reported to Dr. C. P. Fryer of the Nodaway County Health Department since last Monday, about 50 per cent of these are Maryville cases. Dr. Fryer said, “I think the epidemic has reached its crest now. From now on it will probably subside. There was a slack in the number of cases reported for a few days after the exposures brought about by the visiting during the holidays had taken effect, but only lasted a little while. When the disease again started it was worse than before.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: The 50-year, 75-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.
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, JAN. 22, 1999
25 YEARS AGO: We have a dream -Jefferson kindergartners, from left, Jacob Stoll, Lindsey Coffman, Chelsey Merrigan, Troy McQuinn, Garrett Meyer and Taylor Luke, stand next to the rainbow they made of hand prints. The students have been learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They made posters about what their dream was for the world.
