70 years ago

june 28, 1956

Wheat harvest in Marion County is adding up to be one of the most successful in many years. The average yield will be 22 bushels per acre, compared with last year’s average of 13 and a 10-year average of 17.2.

Bertha Mailen announced this week that she has leased Del Mar Café from Ruby Laudner and will take over operation the first of July. The café will be closed for a week but will re-open July 9 with Mrs. Mailen in charge and with Linda Covey remaining and Ann Davies added to the staff.

The Dickinson chain of moving picture theaters of Kansas City will resume management of the Kaw Theatre at Marion as of July 1.

Mrs. Joe Atherton entertained with a party Wednesday afternoon for her son, Charles, in celebration of his eighth birthday. Those present included Eddie Atherton, Sam Bernhardt, Bob Good, Richard Hume, Bobby Hoch, George Jackson, Darold Longhofer, Wally Slusser, John Thies, and Bob Weber.

A group of high school folks had a get-together Thursday evening at the recreation hall at the lake to bid farewell to David Montgomery, who left Sunday for the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Mary Lou Conyers was hostess.

The first sweet corn we have heard of here is from the garden at the Wm. Buethe home. Pastor G. Carol Gilbert reports he has picked his first ripe tomato from his garden at the Evangelical church parsonage.