60 years ago

DEC. 30, 1965

Barbara Weber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Weber of Ramona, is the first-place winner in this year’s Marion County Record subscription campaign.

She made a hard choice this week between a new typewriter, an adding machine, or a photocopier. She picked the streamlined new Studio 44 Underwood Olivetti typewriter.

Mike Vinduska and Ed Steiner are mighty pleased with the results of their hunting trip last week in which they bagged two nice young deer near Topeka. This season is the first time in 60 years that it has been legal to shoot deer in Kansas.

The staff of Marion High School joined forces Wednesday afternoon at the close of school in a surprise birthday and retirement party for school custodian Herb Hett.

The Marion Mashers, town basketball team, suffered a hard-fought defeat at the hands of the blood-thirsty crew of college all-stars and former Marion High greats before a fine crowd Tuesday night.

Stand-out players for the alums were Gene Schimpf, 11 points; Lowell Ensey, 13; and Mike Schwemmer, 14. The big guns for the Mashers were Jay Jost with 23 and Boyce Baumgardner with 22.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sawyer and their daughter, Sandra, have taken over management of the A-1 Café from Dave Greenemeyer. The café is at Main and Freeborn Sts.

Pleasant visitors in Marion from Saturday to Tuesday were two popular former teachers here, Nadean Kruse and Irma Wymore. Both are teaching in Brighton, Colorado.