45 years ago

aug. 15, 1979

Members of Marion Chamber of Commerce and their families will have a picnic Friday evening in Central Park. Speaker for the evening will be Donna Newsom Tabatabai, who will tell of her experiences since making her home in Iraq.

A continuance was granted Monday in Marion County District Court to Timothy Newfield, charged with first-degree murder of Peabody State Bank teller Grant Avery.

Rodney R. Williams, owner of Williams Service, International Harvester truck dealership in Florence, is this week’s subject of Ruth Meyer’s weekly “personality profile.”

Johnny Loomis and his grandmother, Yetiva Young, hauled in the most recent entry in the Marion County Record produce derby — a 63-pound pumpkin.

A group of large jet airplanes from Kansas Air National Guard will fly over Marion on Saturday as part of Arts, Crafts, and Aircraft Day celebrations.

An Army helicopter piloted by Chief Warrant Officer Lester Harlan, a 1968 graduate of Marion High School, will land at the airport Saturday morning and be available for public inspection.