40 years ago

june 18, 1986

Farmers in Marion County are harvesting wheat early this year, but some face dismal prospects of lower yields and lower prices.

Moisture at the wrong times, high winds, and plant diseases have combined to reduce grain heads, according to agricultural experts.

The first loads of wheat were brought to local elevators June 11.

Thomas Jasper and Mahala Fordyce Sampson settled on a homestead five miles east of Lincolnville in 1869. Their descendants had their annual reunion June 8 in Lincolnville. Forty-two family members registered.

Amy JoAnn Tollefson of Topeka and Douglas Willard Kjellin were married May 31 at the Free Methodist Church in McPherson.

Kelley Enos, a 1986 Marion High School graduate, has won a $900 Catherine Riddle scholarship, awarded each year to two graduating seniors, one from Marion and one from Abilene.

A one-drawer cash box was the only item missing after cat burglars scaled into Marion Municipal Pool. Police Chief Bob Hoffman reported that the thief climbed a fence, scaled a wall, and dropped through an opening in the roof into the ladies’ shower to get to the pool office, then knocked a hole through a door.

Robin Summervill and Charlotte Thies arrived home late Friday after spending five days in Lindsay, Oklahoma, at a girls’ basketball camp.