60 years ago

NoV. 4, 1965

Another new business opened this week in Marion when Lucille Smith started operating the Pizza Corner in the former Marion Creamery building. The business will feature fresh, home-baked pizza in four varieties and two sizes.

More than 500 were served at the 11th annual meeting Thursday of Farmers Coop Grain Association at Durham Grade School. A total of $25,000 was distributed to the 338 participating stockholders.

Polka fans will be pleased to learn that the Six Fat Dutchmen from New Ulm, Minnesota, will be in Pilsen on Nov. 12. The popular television and radio recording artists are known over the world for their polka music.

The 33rd annual Veterans Day Carnival is scheduled for Nov. 11 at the American Legion hall. Home-cooked meals will be served, and games and drawings are planned all day long. The drawings will culminate in five grand prizes being awarded at 10 p.m.

Neil Osgood was voted mock homecoming king at the FHA Mock Homecoming ball game Saturday. The contest was staged by FHA girls assisted by football team members, M Club members, and a group of bandsters.

Assistant kings, each representing his high school class, were Norman Bowers, Kerry Domke, and David Magee.

Don Rittgers, owner and operator of Don’s Upholstery Clinic, announced this week his purchase of a building at 104 W. Main St., where he plans to move his business.