Forum Flashbacks

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Nov. 8, 1975 Elderly Enjoy Meals, Companionship At New Senior Citizens Center Here It looked a lot like Thanksgiving at the new Nodaway County Senior Citizen’s Center, Maryville, Thursday when the participants in the Meals for the Elderly Program sat down to a turkey dinner with all the trimmings.…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Nov. 6, 1975 ‘Cult’ Rumors Squelched Rumors of threats, molestations and deaths in this area by alleged “cults” have been checked out and are completely false and without foundation, law enforcement authorities said today. Following rumors which have been spreading for the past week, the Maryville public safety department,…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 26, 1975 Our Kountry Kousin Observes A Mistaken Idea Teen-agers from the country sometimes get the mistaken idea that their environment affords little in the way of entertainment that urban people would enjoy and that conditions just aren’t so favorable for them to be popular with the younger…

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…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 9, 1975 Mrs. Brown Named Top Counselor Mrs. Virginia Brown, counselor at Eugene Field School, was honored as the outstanding counselor in Missouri at the Missouri Guidance Association’s annual meeting in Jefferson City this week. While the MGA’s plaque will undoubtedly become a cherished memento of Mrs. Brown’s…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 6, 1975 Nearly 50 Years in Banking Recalled by Harold Harvey Elmo residents turned out in large numbers on a fine, sunny October afternoon Saturday to honor an old friend, Harold Harvey, who has retired after nearly 50 years in the banking business. The balmy fall afternoon and…

25 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Oct. 1, 2000 Christian, DeVers hit ‘home run’ with their wedding ceremony Beth Christian and Paul DeVers first met on the ballfield at South Beal Park in Maryville and they decided to have a wedding with a little different twist. “That’s the first place we ever met, on South…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Sept. 24, 1975 50 Hogs Stolen Tuesday Southeast of Maryville Fifty head of hogs, valued at between $1,750 and $2,000, were stolen from an unoccupied farm southeast of Maryville sometime Tuesday night or early this morning, according to the sheriff’s department. The Hampshire shoats, some black and some belted,…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Sept. 17, 1975 Petition Filed to Remove Nodaway County Court Judges A citizens’ petition has been filed in the office of Pros. Atty. John Fraze asking that the three Nodaway County judges be removed from office for failure to comply with equal districting requirements within the county, the Daily…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Sept. 10, 1975 Bizarre Cow Mutilations Puzzle Local Law Officials A devil’s cult? Someone with a strange fetish? A publicity seeker? “We’ve got a problem,” authorities in the Nodaway County sheriff’s office said today after a veterinarian ruled Tuesday the sexual organs of a cow had been “surgically removed.”…