Forum Flashbacks: July 10-16
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, JULY 13, 2000
25 YEARS AGO: Hopkins Picnic 2000 Begins – The 2000 Little Mr. and Miss Hopkins, crowned Thursday evening at the Hopkins Picnic are Trent Coleman, son of Mike and Linda Coleman and Jennifer Brown, daughter of James and Amy Brown. Other royalty are left to right, Tucker Null, son of Patrick and Colette Null; Leslie Birkenholz, daughter of Louis and Cheryl Birkenholz; Cole Forney, son of Jay and Christy Forney; Christina Roberts, daughter of Larry and Darla Roberts; Dwight Titus, son of Dan and Angie Titus; Kalen Mosley, daughter of Jerry and Carmen Mosley; Lane Pope, son of Mike and Teri Pope and Samantha Smyser, daughter of David and Amy Smyser.
25 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, July 11, 2000
Cornelison inducted into Nodaway Co. Hall of Fame
…Each year, a Historical Society committee makes two selections of Nodaway County citizens to honor and place their names and photos in the Hall of Fame.
This year, Joseph W. Cornelison and C.D. Bellows were chosen as honorees.
Cornelison led an honored life as a student in the Maryville area. …
A family friend, a retired lieutenant colonel, first implanted the idea of attending West Point in Joseph’s mind. …
West Point demands much of its students, mentally and physically and Joseph became a fluent Russian scholar and was on the Dean’s Honor Roll.
He graduated in June 1969, in the top 10 percent of his class and earned a B.S. degree in engineering. he was commissioned as a second lieutenant and stationed in various U.S. bases.
He served two tours of duty in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne.
It was during his service in Vietnam that Joseph began to send poems back to his parents as a means of expressing his feelings during the war. …
June 1, 1995, he was appointed deputy administrator of the Panama Canal and saw the treaty with Panama carried through.
Joseph received a Distinguished Service Award in December 1999 and was present at the final ceremony, Dec. 31, 1999, when Panama received the canal. …
Joseph married Ella Quintaro of Panama, whose father, Dr. Quintaro was one of the founding fathers of the Panama Canal and who participated in the first ceremony at the canal.
Joseph’s cousin, Alexander Cornelison, was a member of the original construction and engineering team of the canal.
So, a Cornelison took part in the beginning and ending of the U.S. relations with Panama and the canal.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, July 15, 1975
Water Tower Park Development Plan Will Be Considered Thursday Night
A plan for an enlarged and improved Water Tower Park will be presented to the city parks and recreation board at its monthly meeting Thursday night.
The park, located at the corner of West Ninth and North Mulberry streets, now has only a small amount of playground equipment. But under a proposal … by W. D. Driskell, parks and recreation director, the park would be greatly expanded to include tennis courts, off-street parking, another playground area, new playground equipment and a picnic and shelter house area. …
Included in the first phase would be the new playground equipment, the parking area and a 60-by-60 foot basketball area …
Eventually, when money becomes available for the second phase, the initial basketball area would be used for part of the tennis courts. There would still be basketball goals at the end of the courts, and there also would be provisions for volleyball, badminton and shuffleboard.
100 years ago
Maryville Daily Democrat-Forum, July 10, 1925
Imposing Beer Keg a Harmless Water Cooler
For fear that some might be mislead Judge Warren L. Johnson wishes to inform the public that the keg recently installed in his court room, is purely and simple a water cooler and the only contents therein are water and ice.
This keg, now painted white, is a relic of local option days in Maryville, with the head of the keg showing the trade mark of Pabst beer.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The 50- and 100-year flashbacks are courtesy of the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project from the State Historical Society of Missouri, accessible at shsmo.newspapers.com.
