35 years ago

february 4, 1976

Governor Robert Bennett named two area men this week to the important Kansas Emergency Medical Service Council. They are Senator John Crofoot of Cedar Point and Jim Bridges, Marion County Emergency Medical Service Director of Marion.

Bright-eyed and alert as ever, Nodie Baker is all set to celebrate his 102nd birthday Tuesday. Members of the Marion Christian Church are inviting Mr. Baker’s friends to an open house in the recreation room at St. Luke Hospital between 1 and 5 p.m. that day.

During half time of the Warriors A-team basketball game Friday, MHS will crown a new “Queen of Courts” for 1976. Queen candidates are Betsy Bowers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Bowers; Nancy Wood, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Earl Wood; and Joni Wiens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wiens.

Ruby and Delbert McElfresh and their family are doing mission work in Africa. Ruby is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Winkley of Marion. The family is at Mukinge Mission at Kasempa, Zambia, where there is a high school for 400 girls and a large leprosy and TB hospital with 175 beds.

Alice Gantz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Gantz of Marion, is one of six candidates for homecoming queen at Neosho County Junior College at Chanute. A nursing student, she is active in campus affairs and is listed on the fall semester honor roll.