20 YEARS AGO

Oct. 4, 2006

With nearly perfect weather Saturday, several thousand people crowded Main St. from Walnut St. to Marion High School to watch floats, bands, and dignitaries pass by during the 95th Old Settlers Day parade.

Former county clerk Marquetta Eilerts of Peabody is pictured as she shares memories of her 27 years at Marion County Courthouse. Eilerts was part of a celebration Friday of the courthouse’s 100th birthday.

A new historical marker honoring those involved in construction of Marion County Park and Lake will be dedicated Saturday in front of the Civilian Conservation Corps statue along Lakeshore Dr. near Upland Rd.

Don Hayen, a native of Marion now living in San Marcos, California, was at Marion City Library on Friday selling and autographing copies of his first novel, “Moonshine Harvest.” The fictional story is set in Marion and draws on people Hayen knew while growing up here in the 1940s.

James Roudebush, Rod Roudebush, Ty Waner, and Jerold Waner took top honors in the championship flight of the Marion County Club golf tournament on Old Settlers Day. Kevin Burkholder, Dwayne Kahns, Jeff Kahns, and Trent Richmond finished at the top the first flight. Second-flight honors went to a team of Joe Bowman, Mike Dvorak, Gerald Shaft, and Doug Thompson.