Forum Flashbacks

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…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 16, 1976 How Successful Are Intramurals? Slightly more than one year has passed since the question of interscholastic athletics as opposed to an intramural program on the junior high level was raised in the Maryville R-2 School District. In September 1975, problems with over crowded facilities and staff…

75 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 9, 1951 Frosh Suffer Walkout Day Walkout day at Northwest Missouri State College was staged yesterday with the traditional march to the courthouse where the “M” club holds its freshman initiation court. At 9:15 a.m. the freshman class lined up in front of the College administration building and…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 7, 1976 Animal Officer Consumed by Work Dog is said to be man’s best friend; that is unless the man happens to be the dog catcher. Then the dog is likely to be dog’s best friend, and turn vicious towards man. That was just the case Wednesday when…

25 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Sept. 25, 2001 Abandoned money to go to county schools Nodaway County Sheriff Ben Espey recently petitioned the Nodaway County Court to forfeit abandoned monies, which have been collected since 1993. “The money came from things like burglaries and drug arrests,” Espey said. “The money will go to the…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Sept. 10, 1976 LaMaze Technique Gains at Hospital “Having a baby at St. Francis Hospital is becoming more of a “family affair,” says a fact sheet issued from the Obstetrics Department of the hospital. … No longer can be found at the hospital the stereo-typed, nervous father, sitting in…

25 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Sept. 18, 2001 Maryville resident sees second plane hit tower Tom Carneal, professor and chair of the History, Humanities and Philosophy Department, at Northwest Missouri State University, was near the site of the World Trade Center on Tuesday when terrorists struck the towers with two jetliners. … Carneal is…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Sept. 4, 1976 Local Octogenarian Freshman Tries Hand at Higher Learning It’s back to school again, after 64 years, for one Maryville resident. Orlen Kelley, 82, started back to school Monday at Northwest Missouri State University after having been out of school since 1912. He is enrolled in two…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Sept. 1, 1976 Boston’s Opera Wunderkind To Conduct Home Concert Sarah Caldwell is coming home, and although it’s been some years since she called it that, “home” is Maryville, the place of birth of “the first lady of American opera.” Caldwell will be the guest conductress of the St.…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Aug. 25, 1976 Local Public Safety Reorganization Sought A petition requesting the Maryville City Council to return to a volunteer fire department is circulating around the city. The petition asks the Council “to consider, take action upon and adopt ordinances reorganizing the Maryville Public Safety Department by recreating a…