Forum Flashbacks

25 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, March 27, 2001 Perfect game bowled “Spares and Strikes” column by Bob Ceperley Well, the “Big Guy” finally did it! A perfect game bowled in the Thursday Mixed Doubles, the first 300 of the season and the 14th overall in this association, was turned in by Gary Baumli, the…

Higher Mommy! 50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, March 20, 1976 Track Team Tests New Facility March 30 Improved team speed and strength in the field events will be tested for the first time March 30 when the Maryville track team meets LeBlond in a dual at the ’Hounds new track at the R-2 High…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, March 18, 1976 James Edward Gray Post Given Portrait Collection Mrs. Muriel Alcott, wife of the late Daily Forum general manager B. J. Alcott Wednesday night presented the James Edward Gray American Legion Post 100 a collection of more than 30 portraits of past post commanders at the Post’s…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, March 6, 1976 School Classification System Designed to Improve Education The lifeblood of a small community flows through its school. It is the center of social activity and the catalyst which often sparks citizen involvement in the community. One of the greatest fears is that the school might be…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Feb. 27, 1976 Student Trailblazers Shun Sidewalk Stepping Maybe young America is in too much of a hurry, at least that’s what Bob Brought, director of physical plant at Northwest Missouri State University thinks. What concerns Brought is that in their anxiety to get where they are going rapidly,…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Feb. 24, 1976 Honorary Swim Coach Has Best U.S. Record Northwest Missouri State University can boast having the only undefeated swimming coach among the college ranks. Dick Wiles, the newest “addition” to the Bearcat coaching staff, holds a 1-0 record after his coaching debut victory over Kearney State here…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Feb. 13, 1976 Building Bid Boondoggle Inflames Ravenwood Patrons An angry group of Northeast Nodaway R-V School District patrons had only one real question for the R-V School Board Thursday — why was the lowest bid on the construction improvements at the high school in Ravenwood some 30 per…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Feb. 7, 1976 West Nodaway Crowns Royalty Friday Night West Nodaway R-I Homecoming king, Mark Tobin, right, busses his queen, Jane Elmore, after he crowned her following the Rockets 65-45 defeat to the Craig Hornets Friday night in the R-I gymnasium in Burlington Jct. Other senior queen candidates were…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Jan. 30, 1976 Cooperative Efforts Required for Title IX Dr. Michael Hunter, athletic director at Northwest Missouri State University, is “strictly for equal opportunity in athletics but the most important matter now is how we are going to go about achieving it.” The problem for Dr. Hunter is one…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Jan. 24, 1976 Frank Expressions: Cradle to Coffin Help Still Draws Criticism It seems a young man lived with his parents in a public housing development. He attended public school, rode the free school bus, and participated in the free lunch program. He entered the Army and upon discharge…