25 years ago
OCTOBER 31, 1979
Thanks to the efforts of many people over several years, Marion was the first place cash award winner in the population category 2,001 to 5,000 at the Kansas State PRIDE Day held Oct. 27 in Wichita. This is the highest award possible in the state cash awards competition.
Several students from the Marion area have been listed on the honor rolls at Brown Mackie College, Salina, for the summer quarter. Named to the President's Honor Roll are Renda Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Thompson; Annette Nienstedt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nienstedt; and Robin Brooks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brooks. Paula Vinduska, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Vinduska, and Brenda Friesen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Friesen, were named to the dean's honor roll.
Martin C. Tice of Marion recently completed an advanced training institute conducted by General Business Services, Inc., in Rockville, Md. Tice is associated with Wayne Thies as a GBS business counselor.
Shawmar Oil Company entertained with a luau or hog roast Saturday evening at Amelia Park near Antelope. Marland and Wilma Cloutier and Jack and Delores Caldwell of Topeka hosted the event. A crowd of between 200 and 300 were present to enjoy the abundance of food.
Twenty-three years ago Robert Stacey came to America from his home in Australia for a six-month visit with different families in Kansas and Washington. He spent three weeks at the home of the late Dr. R.R. Melton and Mrs. Melton in Marion, three weeks with the Rodney Symes family near Elmdale and the balance of three months at other points in Kansas. Last week, Robert, his wife, Judy, and their youngest son, David, returned for visits at the homes where he had stayed while he was in the International Farm Youth Exchange. Robert has not forgotten Marion, which he maintains has not changed at all, "still has the same feeling of home."
