25 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, February 19, 1999
Stop lights have not yet been installed at the intersection of Route V and US 71 Business, but will be installed if needed.
The Missouri Department of Transportation made this commitment to the city of Maryville during a private meeting Thursday morning. MoDOT plans to conduct traffic studies in April and again this fall after the new middle school opens to track changes in traffic patterns. The first traffic study was conducted this fall, with MoDOT counting vehicles at the intersection and calculating the expected increase.
“Based on today's traffic and the traffic we anticipate, it will take several more years to meet the required permits for the signal,” said MoDOT traffic engineer Hank Krull.
The city has asked MoDOT to complete a study in anticipation of new school, business and housing development on South Main Street.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, February 15, 1974
Lockport Mayor Charles W. Shaw resigned, thanking everyone for his support but admitting that he was not qualified for the job.
Mr. Shaw, a former agricultural teacher by trade, was elected to a two-year term as a write-in candidate last April. A councilman who had been running unopposed died a few days before the election, and despite Mr. Shaw's protests, the public wrote him off.
“There are a lot of government regulations that I am unfamiliar with, and although I have read about them, I feel like I am too new to the political scene. But it would do a much better job,” Shaw said.
He said his resignation was not the result of political infighting in city government, as the four-member City Council has only split votes once on whether to turn on the city's Christmas lights during his term. he added.
100 years ago
Maryville Tribune, February 18, 1924
Get Indian Student Letter
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A letter and snapshot from a junior Red Cross member at Santa Clara Day School for Indians in Española, New Mexico, to a junior Red Cross member at Burlington Junction School arrived at the county branch office here today. These letters and photos were a response to a portfolio his third-graders at Burlington Junction sent to Española School, where they talked about Missouri and sent photos and maps of Nodaway County.
This work is part of the overseas communication activities of the Youth Red Cross Society. …
Indians who attend full-time schools in Española are among the poorest tribes in the United States. Here he received nine letters, one of which was about books, pencils, and clothing for scholars to be provided at the school. This letter said: “We like going to school because it gives us clothes, books and pencils, and the nurses and doctors come to see us every week.”
Almost every letter said that a doctor came to the school and put medicine in their eyes to cure trachoma. One of the letters read: “The medicine they put in our eyes works so well. Is there a doctor who will come to your school and put a smart medicine in your eye?'' Additionally, the letter says, “The medicine they put in our eyes works very well.'' It was written that all Indians were affected by a disease called trachoma and that if their eyes were not treated, they were likely to go blind.
There were 24 snapshots of letters. Some of them were from the annual harvest dance held in that community. One of the letters talked about the New Year's festival and said that every New Year they clean the streets of the village so that the New Year can start off right.
A letter written by a Santa Clara area forest official, who is also the school's principal, to Red Cross division officials in St. Louis was forwarded along with the letter. This letter talked about the work of the Indians and described many interesting customs and legends.
Editor's note: 50 and 100 Years of Flashback is provided courtesy of the Missouri State Historical Society's Missouri Digital Newspaper Project and can be accessed below. shsmo.newspapers.com.
