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Robert Edward Cobb (1942-1997) Newspaper Publisher and Spanish and Journalism Instruction at Maryville High School
The above photo is from the 1967 Maryvillian Robert E. Cobb was a journalism teacher at the high school at the time. His son Phil Cobb purchased the Forum from Gatehouse Media in 2013, making Maryville one of the few cities in … Continue reading
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Photographer Orval Nicholas Heywood 1920-2017
Orval Heywood took many historic photos of Maryville in the 1950s through the 1980s and was also the main photographer for the Forum and Maryville High School yearbook. While he took thousands of photos, there are relatively few of him … Continue reading
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Barney (1911-1975) and Murial Alcott (1911-2008) Forum Newspaper and Teaching Icons
Here’s the story of Barney Alcott, editor/publisher of the Forum and Murial McDonald Alcott (Spoofhound and Bearcat teacher) who met in Michigan, graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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Chester Arthur Bristow (CA Bristow) (1904-1990) Principal at Maryville High School from 1943 to 1964
C.A. Bristow was Maryville’s longest tenured high school principal
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Maryville High School’s First “Mr. Schneider Bandleader”
Maryville High School has had two “Mr. Schneiders” as its band leader. The most famous is Lee T. Schneider, from Andrew County, who led the band from 1960 to 1992. From 1943 to 1945, Maryville had Erwin Schneider from St. … Continue reading
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Marching Spoofhounds Perform at Soggy KC Chiefs Opening Game at Arrowhead on September 16, 1973
On September 16, 1973, the marching Spoofhounds were supposed to be part of a 12-band, 1,600-person concert at Arrowhead supporting Chase band founder Bill Chase for the season-opening Kansas City Chiefs game vs. the Los Angeles Rams. Arrowhead had sold … Continue reading
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Stand Up Comic Kathleen Madigan on Noodling (hand fishing) in Missouri
Kathleen Madigan of Florissant, Missouri has a hilarious stand up on the Missouri tradition of noodling (hand fishing).
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Walter Cronkite’s Dogs in 1930 and 1975
Amazingly, Maryville plays a role in the history of Walter Cronkite’s dogs! Specifically, the dogs are terriers belonging to CBS Newscaster Walter Cronkite’s father, Walter Leland Cronkite, Sr., who was a dentist in St. Joseph, where the newscaster was born … Continue reading
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First Kindergarten Class (in Nothwest Missouri Administration Building) 1911
The first public school kindergarten class in Maryville (and probably Nodaway County) and was held in the Administration — creating a situation where Maryville students could attend all classes from Kindergarten through college bachelors degree in one building.
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Nodaway Valley Bank President Frederick Paul Robinson (1875-1936)
Caption from Forum on : Fred P. Robinson, president of Nodaway Valley Bank until 1936,when he died, is shown in about 1886 on his high wheeler bicycle. Picture was furnished by Mrs. Edward W. Gray, Long Beach, Cal.
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