75 years ago

sept. 14, 1950

Early arrivals for Thursday’s Old Settlers Day were busy Wednesday making the rounds of homes, renewing acquaintances, and remarking on how fine Marion and Central Kansas looks this year. From all indications, it is going to be a grand affair. Marion and all her residents bid everyone welcome.

Three business fronts — Merrill’s Cleaners, Boyer Jewelry, and Homer Reinke’s building — have been improved with new signs, painted exteriors, and some remodeling.

Ronald Ewert, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ewert, who live three miles south and one east of Hillsboro, is the first infantile paralysis case reported in Marion County this season, according to physician O.C. McCandless.

Warren Hayen, Roger Hannaford, and Harold Bowers have enrolled at Bethany College, Lindsborg, for the school year.

Two Durham girls, Augusta Duke and Muriel Christiansen, are entered in the Kansas Rodeo Queen contest to be part of the Wichita Jaycee Rodeo. The rodeo will be Sept. 14 to 17 at Lawrence Stadium.

Population figures recently released by the Kansas State Board of Agriculture show that Marion County has 17,203 inhabitants. Populations of the various towns in the county are as follows: Marion, 2,233; Hillsboro, 2,096; Peabody, 1,397; Florence, 1,055; Burns, 304; Durham, 240; Lehigh, 236; Lincolnville, 231; Tampa, 226; Lost Springs, 210; and Ramona, 184.