Forum Flashbacks: July 17-23

MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, JULY 18, 2000
25 YEARS AGO: The first official Nodaway County Fair 2000 event was held Sunday, with the crowning of Selena Owens of Maryville, center, as Miss Nodaway County Fair Queen 2000. Also pictured are members of the royal court, (left to right) Nodaway County Princess Terra Higdon of Maryville; Nodaway County Sweetheart Crystal Schuler of Maryville; Second Runner-Up Kimberly Brand of Hopkins; Fair Queen Selena Owens; First Runner-Up Carrie Stiens of Maryville; Miss Congeniality Kailey Chitwood of Maryville; and Miss Hospitality Jill Barmann of Maryville.

50 years ago

Maryville Daily Forum, July 17, 1975

No Canning Lids Found In Maryville Emporiums

Those who decided to can food this year probably have encountered a snag: no canning lids are available to purchase.

Five Maryville stores were surveyed by the Daily Forum. None had lids and several have orders in but have no idea when or if they will arrive. One spokesman does not look for any more this summer.

“I can’t tell you whether we’ll ever get any more in or not,” one store representative said.

Another clerk said, “They haven’t been sending orders out; we’ve had two deliveries since October. If we get them we will put them on the shelf. They come from our warehouse. I have no idea where you could get them, I don’t know of any place out of town. We haven’t seemed to have too much problem in getting jars.

“One truck driver said they are stealing lids and rings off jars in Topeka and Lawrence, Kan.”

One store sold all its jars about one week ago but may have more soon. Lids at the same place have been out of stock since early spring although they have been on order.

Two stores have jars with lids and another has them on order but arrival date is not known. One store, which has an order in at its warehouse for lids, takes down the customer’s name, telephone number and quantity of lids absolutely needed.

100 years ago

Maryville Daily Democrat-Forum, July 17, 1925

CARTER IDEAL IS SUCCESSFUL

Symphony music, founded by a Missourian and supported largely by middle westerners, is Southern California’s chief outdoor attraction this summer and has a particular interest for Maryville because of its founders. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Carter, who lived and were married in Maryville a number of years ago, have established through their belief in “music for the people” the now famous Hollywood Bowl Summer Concerts, and the opening on July 7 was their fourth season of “Symphonies under the Stars.”

Miss Artie May Mason will be remembered by Maryville persons as a charming young piano teacher. Her home was in Salisbury, Mo., but after marrying Dr. Carter here they lived for the next seven years in Weston, Mo. Dr. Carter was the leading physician of that vicinity, and his young wife continued her teaching among the nearby communities. They traveled abroad just before the War, and lived in Vienna for several years, where Dr. Carter practiced and studied in the clinics, and where Mrs. Carter studied with the great master of the piano, Leschetizky.

The Bowl Concerts are the result of the Carter ideal of “music for all people,” and their belief that, if given the opportunity to hear the world’s finest music at low prices, the people will respond and will support their own orchestras. This summer from July 7 to August 30, the Bowl Concerts will play their fourth season — a Festival year in celebration of California’s diamond Jubilee. …

“I attribute most of the Bowl’s success to those splendid middle westerners who are ‘pioneering’ in California today,” says Mrs. Carter. “Because the Bowl is founded on sane and democratic principles and offers fine music to the people at a price they can pay — 25 cents — it has triumphed where other symphony orchestras fail. It does my heart good to see audiences of 20,000 throng into the Bowl on the special nights we sometimes set aside as ‘Missouri Night,’ ‘Illinois Night,’ or ‘Iowa Night,’ for I know these are the true Americans, and the ones who perhaps have the greatest appreciation for good music.” …

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.