Forum Flashbacks

25 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Nov. 22, 1999 Media has a powerful effect on people’s lives and that’s what St. Joseph Light and Power is afraid of. Tonight NBC will air a made for TV movie which depicts hysteria taking place January 1, 2000. In the movie, the Y2K glitch has caused widespread disasters,…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Nov. 19, 1974 A large crowd gathered at the Washington R-II Middle School auditorium Monday night at a public hearing on a proposed 1-cent city sales tax which would provide ambulance service for the county and revenue for other city projects. Although many of those attending the hearing were…

25 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Nov. 10, 1999 Selena Owens, daughter of Randy and Kay Owens of Maryville, has been named to “Who’s Who Among American High School Students.” Owens is a sophomore at Maryville High School and was nominated by the National Cheerleading Association. Only 5 percent of the nation’s high school students…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Nov. 1, 1974 It was vandalism as usual Halloween night, most of it innocent, but some of it malicious and dangerous. The vandalism ran the gamut from somebody posting a “For Sale or Trade” sign on the courthouse lawn, to egging, blocking streets, arson and draining water towers. In…

90 years ago The Maryville Daily Forum, Special Morning Edition, Oct. 24, 1934 TORNADO HITS CITY AND CCC CAMP _______________ The peacefulness of Maryville was suddenly disrupted at 5:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon by a quickly forming tornado that dipped down in the residential section of the city, swept through to the northeast and demolished the…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 19, 1974 His shirt was faded; the wool plaid blending into an ill-defined, rusty red; his jeans were patched on both knees, with patches on patches on the seat and the cuffs were frayed; through his well-worn tennis shoes peeked a toe; and he wore an olive-drab cotton…

50 years ago R-II Homecoming 100 years ago Maryville Daily Democrat-Forum, Oct. 10, 1924 DR. BROOKS TELLS DESIRED QUALITIES _______________ Outlining a number of undesirable qualities in teachers, Dr. Stratton D. Brooks, president of the University of Missouri, appealed to the educators attending the meeting at the College last night to be above mediocrity in…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 5, 1974 Original editor’s note: Mrs. Patti Easterla wrote the following story for submission to a magazine but she is letting the Daily Forum publish it first. An amateur astronomer, Mrs. Easterla sighted UFO’s through her telescope last year along with many other local residents. …The first call…

25 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Sept. 30, 1999 Maryville residents might have noticed a funny taste or smell with the tap water that came from the city in the last week. It’s dead algae. “We had some algae die out in the reservoir,” said Barry Collins, water treatment plant superintendent. “We’ve switched from our…

10 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Sept. 22, 2014 Saturday’s re-naming ceremony at Northwest Missouri State University’s Hubbard Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship wasn’t just about unveiling a new sign in front of a building. It was about honoring a legacy embracing a quarter-century of service that will be remembered for decades to come. Alumni,…