70 years ago

july 12, 1956

George Janzen was boosted out of his usual Sunday morning routine at the Lincolnville service station when Nat King Cole and his big band, traveling in cars, stopped.

“There were cars and cars,” says Janzen who had the pleasure of meeting the famous star and talking with him.

The caravan was on its way to Omaha from Oklahoma City.

What appears to be the first case of polio in Marion County in 1956 was reported Friday.

Adeline Deines, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Deines of near Lost Springs, was taken to St. Francis Hospital, Wichita, for treatment.

Her condition remains unchanged at this time.

Free tickets are available from Marion merchants for the first Marion game in the Cottonwood Valley League Babe Ruth tournament July 17. The Marion team has gone through the season so far without a loss and is gunning for wider honors.

Father John J. Moffitt celebrated his first Mass July 7 at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Tampa.

Members of Girl Scout Troop 61 hiked to the county lake Tuesday morning, set up camp, cooked, and had their mothers as guests at lunch.

Scouts involved were Jo Ellen Atherton, Edith Ann Jewett, Kay Amick, Sydney Hume, Rose Marie Loveless, Linda and Glenda May, Mary Melton, Jean Morse, Sharon Nelson, and Betty Jean Tipton.