35 years ago

may 25, 1977

Walt Disney’s “The Ugly Dachshund” will be shown Friday in the Marion city building. Three Disney cartoons also will be shown. A small fee will be charged. Hot buttered popcorn and other concession- stand items will be available. The film is a project of KanzAton Junior Club.

This week’s subject of the “Personality Profile” column is Vera Highsmith. Highsmith has worked at Marion County Courthouse for the past 20 years.

Three seniors have earned co-valedictorian honors of the Marion High School Class of 1987. They are Rhonda Williams, Carol Colburn, and Bradley Heerey. Co-salutatorians are Sue Fruechting and Cathy McGuire. Gary Boyle and Cindy Harris have been named outstanding boy and girl.

Over 70 were present for the May meeting of Marion Chamber of Commerce Friday noon when Dr. Roger Jensen was at the meeting as a guest of Tom Evert, St. Luke Hospital administrator. Dr. Jensen is in his third year of residency leading to a family practice specialty. It is hoped he might choose to practice in Marion.

Marion’s Luta Creek, or “Mud Creek” if you prefer, has been running high in her banks all week—the result of bountiful spring rains.

Mrs. Ernest Bina of Pilsen will join her five sisters this Friday for a trip to France to visit the homeland of their mother. The six sisters were featured in a special story, with picture, in a recent copy of the Salina paper.