60 YEARS AGO

Sept. 29, 1966

Old Settlers Day parade chairman Dave Hanson says 21 floats have registered so far for the parade Saturday. Conrad Steinel, band chairman, reports that 12 bands will be in the parade. This will include the Rube Band and a western band. It looks like another big parade, with many unusual features.

Marion National Bank has a fine new time-and-temperature rotating clock on the front of its remodeled building. The bank also has a new burglar alarm. When the alarm shorted and sounded early Monday morning, many town wags pestered the bank unmercifully, telling bank employees their alarm clock had gone off.

Earl Winter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Winter, and Bob Herron, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Laudner, met by chance recently at Guantanamo, Cuba. Both are serving in the U.S. Navy.

Letters of commendation honoring high performance on the 1966 National Merit Scholarship qualifying test have been awarded to four Marion High School students. Those commended were Steve Heinz, Linda Loney, Norman Mueller, and Cathy Palmer.

Wayne Hett, Marion, missed $200 this week at the Marion Cash Days drawing. Margaret Hett, Marion, missed $15; Mrs. Pete Pankratz, Marion, received $5; Alice McKibbin, Marion, received $15; and Pete Rudolph, Marion, missed $10

J.D. “Jim” Ferrell will be the Old Settlers Day parade marshal Saturday, leading the parade on one of his famed paint stallions, Country Squire. Jim, who operates a large ranch in the northeast corner of the county, breeds and raises paint and quarter horses.