35 years ago

0ct0ber 16, 1974

About 28 members and guests of the Marion County Historical Society met Tuesday at the Burns Café for dinner. Afterward they went to the 2,000-acre Grace Ranch for a tour.

Marion City Library is offering cookbooks as a fundraiser. The logo shows the Santa Fe depot, future home of the library. Funds raised from the cookbook sales go to the depot restoration project.

A 60-year-old resident of Hillsboro was rescued Friday from the waters at Marion Reservoir. While driving across the dam, Fred Epperson of Eastshore noticed an object in the middle of the lake. He summoned Park Ranger Terry Holt, who saw it was a wind surfer and that the surfing board was being blown away from the victim. Holt and Corps employees Francis Jirak and Mike Knak launched a Corps patrol boat and rescued the victim.