35 years ago

december 11, 1974

Scott Heidebrecht is pictured on the front page as he sat on Santa’s knee during his visit to Marion Saturday. The Jolly Old Gent from North Pole country will return to Marion for a second visit on December 21.

Mrs. Lillie Schlotthauer advertised rye bread for sale recently and it has been going like hot cakes. One order from Virginia was filled last week. No one will be disappointed and soon Mrs. Schlotthauer’s fame, known locally, will be known far and wide.

Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Weber announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Diane Kay, to Gary Michael Bolton, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bolton, Council Grove.

First-degree murder charges have been filed in Butler County against Mrs. Robert (Vicki Barrett) Shields, 42, of Andover as the result of the fatal shooting of her husband, Robert D. Shields, 45. Shields is the son of Mrs. Eleanor Shields of Marion.