60 years ago

march 26, 1964

The City of Marion’s twin major improvement projects — a new water treatment plant and a new sewage treatment and disposal system — are about ready to go into operation, the commission advises.

Four Marion High School girls, Melody Thompson, Mary Swann, Linda Bauman, and Mary Jane Reppart, are taking advantage of an annual Easter vacation train trip sponsored by the Kansas Student Tour Council to visit Chicago, New York and Washington.

A group of nearly 150 sheep producers and their families attended the annual Marion County Sheep and Wool meeting March 19 in Marion City Building.

Marion High School science student Edsel Schroeder won the Junior Biological Sciences Division of the Salina Regional Science Fair with his experiment, “The Effect of Tranquilizers on Mice.” Susan Hansen also received a first-place award for her experiment, “A Solar Furnace.”

Stores in Marion generally will be closed this Friday from noon to 3 p.m. for annual observance of Good Friday. Union services will be in half-hour segments at the Methodist church.