Forum Flashbacks: Oct. 16-22
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, OCT. 19, 2000
25 YEARS AGO: Stranger Danger – Maryville Public Safety Officer Becky Hailey talks to Head Start children about “Stranger Danger” Tuesday. Students are left to right, back row, Dustin Partridge, Christopher Mullins, Ashley Angie, William Alexander, Toni Carroll, Savannah Hutson and Lucas Sanders; the child in the middle is Sean Watson; front row, Mikayela Carter, Lydia Rauch, Draven DuChien, Amanda Brown, Patricia Priddy, Courtney Carter, Samantha Dooley, Kyndall Schieber and Bryson Smith.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 22, 1975
Nodaway Sheriff Not Drawing Conclusions in Cow Mutilations
Nodaway County, which has had some cases of cattle mutilations reported, is not the only county in the state investigating the mysterious mutilations involving animals with missing eyes, ears and sexual organs. …
Four or five cases have been reported to the local sheriff’s office. A couple of the cattle have been posted and results of lab tests currently are pending. …
Sheriff John Middleton said today the evidence is still out on whether the mutilations his office investigated were caused by humans or animals. He did say, however, that some of the dead cattle did have blood, which seems to contradict the theory of a devil’s cult which draws blood from the animals after they are killed and the organs removed. …
So far, law enforcement authorities in the state have had no success in their investigations of the mutilations.
“It’s one of those things that don’t make any sense at all,” said Lawrence County Sheriff Marvin Quade, who has investigated three such cases since Saturday in the southwest Missouri county. Quade said that in each case, the cow’s tongue, rectum and uterus had been cut out.
“We’re trying to compile what we can get, but so far, I’ve got to say we’re stumped. It’s a real mystery,” Quade said.
Similar reports have been received from county sheriffs in other parts of the state.
The Shelby County sheriff’s office in Northeast Missouri reported that it was investigating the mutilation of an Angus bull found Monday with its sexual organs removed.
Capt. C. C. Maddox, head of the Missouri Highway Patrol’s criminal investigation division, said the patrol was assisting in some of the cases. …
“I feel like it’s a religious cult myself,” said Pike County Sheriff Dave Jenkins. A cow was found dead in that Mississippi River county Oct. 4, missing its tongue, right eye, right ear, tail and sexual organs.
A rash of cattle mutilations were reported recently in 11 western states, with most of them occurring in Colorado. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation looked into a number of theories as to what might have caused the mutilations, ranging from religious cults to farmers wanting to collect insurance on animals already dead from disease, but no solutions were reached.
75 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 21, 1950
Large Crowds Applaud Music And Floats of College Parade
Applauding crowds of people jammed the downtown area of Maryville this morning to witness the 1950 Homecoming Parade, one of the top features of this year’s homecoming at Northwest Missouri State College.
Color, music and comedy were the order of the day as the College band, 24 high school bands, numerous floats, clowns and decorated jalopies passed the judging stand in front of the courthouse. About 40 minutes was required for the parade to pass a given spot. …
The float which seemed to make the biggest impression with the crowd was that of the Industrial Arts club. The float represented a stern-wheel steamboat complete with bell, whistle and pilot house. The revolving paddle wheel of the “USS Bearcat” urged the Bearcats to “Beat Emporia.”
“The Bearcat Victory Belle,” a float sponsored by Delta Sigma Epsilon, featured a girl atop an automobile wearing a huge yellow hoop skirt of crepe paper.
Alpha Sigma Alpha’s contingent was headed by a float featuring a group of girls sporting large candy suckers and bearing the admonition “Lick Emporia.”
A hapless Sigma Tau Alpha representing Emporia reclined on an operating table as white-robed Bearcat doctors “operated on Emporia.” …
Many of the floats and cars carried a theme honoring the 1925 football team which went through an undefeated season. Members of the team are guests of honor for this year’s homecoming.
A special float carried the newly-crowned Homecoming queen, Miss Mary Bauman of Savannah and her attendants, Miss Mary Beth Fries of Plattsburg, Miss Nadine Cramer and Miss Polly Cramer, both of Pasadena, Tex.
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.
