125 Years Ago: 1901
A number of Skidmore’s substantial citizens formed a stock company and bought the Skidmore Bank. The new directors were John Barrett, A. F. Howden, C.W. Barrett, James F. Cook, and W.M. Howden. The new officers were John Barrett, President; A. F. Howden, Vice President; D.R. Baker, Cashier and W.M. Howden, Assistant Cashier.
The docket for the November term of the Nodaway County circuit court was printed and showed a larger number of cases than ever before seen on the docket for several terms past. A great many of them, however, had been carried over from previous terms and were not what would be called new cases.
J. H. Bryant, Rev. J. B. Mendenhall, Joseph Maltby, F. M. Compton and Contractor Bond of Burlington Junction were in Maryville as a committee from the Burlington Junction Methodist Episcopal church investigating the serviceableness and artistic qualities of the frescoing on the Maryville church edifices with a view to using such a mode of decoration in the new Methodist Episcopal church at Burlington Junction. They were highly pleased with the work they had seen in Maryville and had the new church frescoed. Burlington Junction had two new churches in different stages of completion. The Methodist church was not all new but the old one was being so extensively remodeled that it would be “as good as new.”
The firm of Gibson and White at Carrollton, had gone into the hands of a receiver. It was claimed however that the receivership was not in the nature of a threatened bankruptcy or business failure, but it was made to settle up a partnership business. The firm of Gibson and White had been doing a large paving and macadam business with headquarters at Carrollton. They had made a bid on the Maryville paving, but neglected to enclose the required check with their bid.
75 Years Ago: 1951
The fourth annual school and public library workshop was held at the Northwest Missouri State College library. Open to all public and school librarians, the workshop was conducted in the library reserve room. A program of “Film and Film Strips” was also presented. The Maryville citizens that participated in the program were James Johnson, Lucille Brumbaugh and Wilma Wade, all of the College faculty; Grace Langan, Maryville public librarian; Elmer F. Klein, Maryville superintendent of schools, and Irene Wright, Maryville high school librarian.
A community Halloween masquerade party was held at the Champaign school near Parnell. Costume prizes were awarded with Joan Simmons winning first place, Elaine Simmons, second and David DeVoss, third.
Coach Don Peterson had a basketball team with a schedule but no basketball court or gymnasium to play in. Since early May the college gymnasium had been used to house air force men taking clerk typist training at the college and there seemed to be little chance of moving the airmen to another spot on the already crowded campus. College officials had announced that the annex to Residence Hall would be ready for occupancy about Christmas time but that offered little hope for a solution to the vexing problem.
Nine Nodaway County 4-H’ers who submitted standard report forms for state competition were either state or blue-ribbon winners, according to the county extension office. Hollis Osborne, assistant county agent, reported that Nodaway County had a higher percentage of state blue ribbons winners than any other county in the state. Blue ribbons were won by the following
4-H’ers: Eugene Spire, Parnell, meat animal; Mary Jane Barmann, Maryville, food preparation; Bernice Roach, Maryville, health; Paul Tobin, Burlington Junction field crops; Teresa Tobin, Burlington junction, girl record; Beverly Crane, Hopkins, home improvement; and Barbara E. Taylor, Maryville, poultry achievement.
50 Years Ago: 1976
Halloween, a time of treats for youngsters, was also a time of tricks, many of which were not much of a treat for the victims, and some of which were spread over the weekend. In Maryville three cars were turned over onto their sides, the windshields of four other cars were broken, with damage estimated at $700, at least one yard was “farmed,” or driven through, eggs were stolen, and tires were punctured. In Ravenwood, a telephone booth was blown up with a cherry bomb, two or three small fires were set in the street, an old coach was set on fire several times and a tank of anhydrous ammonia was turned on, resulting in a quick, voluntary evacuation of the streets and requiring a Public Safety Department fire engine to be sent to the scene to wash it away, according to the Sheriff’s department. In Parnell, junked cars and old tires were dragged into the street and set on fire.
The Blue Ridge Club, Burlington Jct., celebrated their 40th anniversary at the Burlington Jct. United Methodist Church. Mrs. Leo Long, president, gave the welcome and corsages were given to the charter members: Ada Adkins, Liva Adkins and Martha Jones. A skit relating to past happenings of the club was given by Martha Jones and Esther Denney. Liva Adkins gave the history of the club and Cleda Brush read correspondence from former members.
Northwest Missouri State University’s women’s volleyball team would attempt to end a three-match losing streak at its scheduled game at Washburn in Topeka, Kan., for the last match of the regular season. The Bearkittens, who had not won a match since Oct. 16 when they participated in the Cornhusker Invitational, would try to improve their match record before competition began in the Missouri Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women State Tournament.