On March 16, 1965, the day before St. Patrick’s Day, the church bell from the steeple of St. Patrick’s Church was removed and shipped to the Moila Shrine in St. Joseph. The space was to be used for Carson’s Apartments.
The caption for the top photo says
Fred Foster is showing Dr. Roy Canon the inscription on the bell, while Virgil Nelson stands behind Foster. and Charles Riley, right, look on.
The images in this are from the online Forum and have been colorized and enhanced using AI.
I believe this was the last class with St. Patrick’s name to graduate from the school on First Street in 1961. This was the highest grade there, which was 8th grade. In 1962, when St. Mary’s and St. Patrick’s merged to form St. Gregory’s, the school was renamed St. Gregory’s. The building was closed in 1963 when the new school in its present location opened. This class has 25 students. There were 5 in the 1959 class. I have so many questions, including where the students ate in 1962. Previously, the cafeteria was in the basement of St. Patrick’s Church, but it was condemned in 1961. I’ve spent more time working on this photo than any other. Among the annoyances is that the caption lists students in alphabetical order rather than in the order in the photo. The original online Forum was very low resolution and dark, so I had to use AI to brighten it, which may have introduced artifacts or altered faces.
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Carrie Nation, the temperance crusader famous for her hatchet, only had one scheduled visit to Nodaway County — to attend the Parnell Picnic on September 27, 1907. She was supposed to meet Homer Cook, president of the Maryville Normal School (Northwest Missouri). She was to talk about hatchets, and he was going to talk about hammers.
Carrie was a very colorful character with more than 30 arrests, and things seemed to happen when she appeared. Interesting things happened with this event.
Carrie has strong ties to the area. Her family lived in Belton, Missouri, where she is buried, and she died in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Here’s a sequence of events based on news articles.
New dark green gaberdine custodian uniforms were rolled out in 1950. Here’s the caption from the Forum. HAPPY UNIFORMITY–Pausing long enough from their work to display their. New uniforms are Bill Short, Everett Baker, Eugene Field, Ollie Majors, and Howard Comer. Because of their friendly smiles and greetings, they are well known at both local public schools. Mr. Short, Mr. Majors, and Mr. Comer work at Maryville High.
The above image is an AI Colorized and enhanced version of a very dark online copy of the Forum, so it is not certain how accurate the faces are.
One of the most iconic sights coming into Maryville from the south on 71 were the horse farms on the east side of the highway between Five Mile Corner and Maryville. Here’s the story of the Double B Farm owned by Dr. Byland.
Sue Wright married future Northwest president B.D. Owens in August 1957 at Graham Methodist Church
In 1968, the Nodaway Community Theatre performed shows at a theatre-in-the-round in the American Legion. Cast members included prominent residents (including former Mayor Charles Koebel, pictured above) as well as prominent Northwest instructors. The Forum ran full-page ads for the shows supported by local businesses, and the shows were bundled with dinner at Armstrong’s.
These Eugene Field Children Have Doubles. The eight sets of twins enrolled at the Eugene Field School are, from left to right, standing: Greg and Allen Wilson; Earl and Edward Soetaert; Truday and Judy Shrauner; Judy and Jeanette Wermelskirchen; Donnie and Ronnie Marsh; seated: Harriet and Margaret Ayers; Judy and Jody Fine; and Shirley and Stanley Mounts.
Above image is AI enhanced Source Image: Maryville Forum May 11, 1959
The Northwest Missouri College, Albany, was organized in 1892 and was associated with the Methodist Church. The building burned as it neared completion in 1893. The advertisement below shows it formally opening in 1904, but news reports indicate it was already open before then. The above picture is based on a postcard from eBay and is AI colorized/enhanced. The advertisement below, from the Albany Capital, September 22, 1904, is AI-enhanced.
