50 years ago

may 4, 1961

It’ll be a big day in Marion next Thursday, when the cross-country Santa Fe Trail parade caravan comes to town and when the Chamber of Commerce plans to feed a big bar-be-que chicken dinner to 1,500 persons.

Sale of the Marion Lumber Company by Jacob Barrett to Harold Woerz is announced this week.

The headquarters office for the Old Settlers Centennial Celebration will be in the basement room under the Wheeler and Westerhaus law office. It is centrally located and is just what is needed for this purpose.

Many Marion friends of Joe Bill Gound are rightfully proud of the fact that his cover design of the official Kansas Centennial envelope is being widely circulated along with the first day mailing of the Kansas Centennial Commemorative 4-cent stamp. Gound is a former resident of Marion, now living in Chicago. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Scottie Gound.

An automatic stamp vendor recently was installed in the lobby of the Marion post office. Harriet Miller, one of the first customers of the new convenience machine, is pictured demonstrating how to use the machine.

Guests at a party Friday honoring the eighth birthday of Debra Vogt were Betty Linn, Denise Wiens, Wanda Hett, Lucinda Jost, Shirley Stika, Deborra Case, Shelley Batt, Pamela Slusser, Sandra Anderson, Ginger Helmer, Brenda Helmer, Jackie Fender, Patricia Regnier, Cynthia Highsmith, Ruth Morse, Dean Ensey, and Steve and Lloyd Behrendt.