50 years ago
MAY 7, 1953
Thieves took the school safe from the Burns High School building Thursday night or Friday morning in an apparently perfect disappearing act. The safe, which stood probably 2 1/2 feet tall, was taken down two full flights of stairs. Ropes from scenery on the school stage apparently had been used to slide the safe down the steps. At landings it was rolled on its wheels to the next flight. The safe contained only a few dollars.
A tie in the close contest for top placing in "Operation Goodwill" at Marion High School resulted this week in naming six students who will present talks next Tuesday evening as part of the final in determining the winner to be given an all-expense-paid good will tour to Mexico this summer. All six winners were girls, chosen from the junior class at the high school. The six are Pat Kruse, Nancy Broadstreet, Karen Brodhead, Ginger Price, Nancy Burkholder, and Marilyn Reh. Sponsors of the trip are Veterans of Foreign Wars posts over the state. The local VFW post will send the winner from Marion.
Miss Clara Louise Sattler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Sattler, Newton, and Allen LeRoy Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy G. Roberts, Marion, were married April 12 at the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Rev. C.R. Findley read the double ring service.
According to Mrs. Inez Ray, clerk of the Marion County Selective Service Board, ten Marion County men have been notified of induction on the 14th of this month. The men are Leland Nienstedt, Florence; Howard Remmers, Morris Ehrlich, Merle Bruner, Robert Kline, and Wallace Seibel, Marion; Eldon Laubhan, Arlie Hagan, and Gary Herbel, Hillsboro; and Paul Griffith, Peabody.
Eight Marion High School boys will participate in the regional track meet at Manhattan Friday. Participating will be the medley relay team of Bob Cook, Verlin Meier, Johnny Tuell and Sam Jewett, Leon Lais, Ronnie Post, Bob Ehrlich, and Johnny Williams.
