50 YEARS ago

february 2, 1967

Marion’s new athletic stadium is taking shape fast. A photo on page one shows excavation and shaping of the running track that will circle the football field. Tall supports in the foreground show pre-stressed concrete columns that will support the concrete seating for about 1,200 spectators. Also, the old lights and poles are down and new poles are erected for lighting.

Winners were announced this week in the Litterbug poster contest sponsored by Marion federated women’s’ clubs. The were: fourth grade, Darryl Ehrlich, Ronald Weber, Ronald Bezdek, and Pat Kjellin; grade five, Doug Helmer, Debbie Enos, Becky Wood, Janet Ehrlich, and Melody Meier; sixth grade, Teresa Case and Daryl Enos; eighth grade, Janet Hanson.

Engagements announced in this issue are those of Karen Kay Hess and Gary Waner, Norma Frick and N.M. Patton, Donna Marie Herzet and Bernard Weber, Betty Ann Brunner and Donald Stenzel, and Marilyn Riffel and Robert Stinchcomb.

A party at the Harold Woerz home Saturday afternoon celebrated the eighth birthday of Diane Woerz. Invited friends were Carol Colburn, LeFran McGranor, Carolyn Decker, Rita Warkentin, Lori Schmidtberger, Sue Fruechting, Roxana Cook, Teresa Waner, and Krista VanBuren.