Forum Flashbacks

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, April 16, 1975 Doctor Situation ‘Desperate’, Harr Says “The situation is desperate. We have a crisis here for medical health care,” Dr. Patrick Harr, Maryville family practice specialist, told a special Chamber of Commerce committee formed to recruit doctors for the area at its first formal meeting Tuesday night.…

25 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, April 4, 2000 The writing was on the wall. The North Nodaway High-Middle School, Hopkins, received an unusual bomb threat early Monday morning. The incident occurred just before 8 a.m. when a written threat was found on the wall in a classroom of the school building. “When school opened,…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, April 2, 1975 Mrs. Inez Bowman, Maryville businesswoman, Tuesday became the first woman ever elected to the Maryville City Council, winning a one-year unexpired term over J.B. Taylor in the city general election. In the voting for two three-year terms, incumbents Marlin Slagle and Gerald “Doc” Henggeler were re-elected…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, March 25, 1975 A public hearing on the recreational aspects of the proposed Mozingo Creek Watershed project will be held at 8 p.m. April 2 at the Nodaway-Worth Electric Cooperative building, according to Ken Baker, city director of environmental services. The purpose of the public hearing will be to…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, March 10, 1975 The home of Nodaway County Pros. Atty. John Fraze was struck by three blasts from a shotgun early Sunday morning, causing an estimated $900 damage. Fraze and his family escaped injury, although one of the shots sent pellets through the window of a bedroom where one…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Feb. 28, 1975 “It’s a good long time to wait for a celebration,” said Mrs. Ida Adkins. But what a celebration it was Wednesday with a number of birthday cakes, visits from many friends, flowers, gifts and most important of all, a visit from her son, William E. Adkins,…

25 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Feb. 20, 2000 Editorial: Are our homes still private? The sanctity of our own homes is one thing that seemingly no one can take away. But do we still have privacy at home? Unfortunately, the answer is beginning to be no. For the most part, people do not enjoy…

70 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Feb. 21, 1955 The United States must be able at all times to exercise leadership in the world or there will be no peace, Former President Harry Truman grimly warned the nation here yesterday afternoon when he dedicated the Martin-Pedersen National Guard Armory. “We shirked our duty in 1920…

50 years ago Maryville Daily Forum, Feb. 11, 1975 After years of confusion North College Drive is now officially North College Drive. The Maryville City Council, on a 3-1 vote, approved the name for the street running north of Northwest State University Monday night after a group of citizens requested the name be officially recognized.…