50 years ago
SEPTEMBER 3, 1953
The 1953-1954 school year at Marion and most schools over the county gets underway next Tuesday, Sept. 8, and the familiar bells, wherever they still remain, will start their daily ringing.
A number of men gathered at Coons Restaurant Tuesday afternoon for an informal birthday party in honor of Bill DuVall. The following men were among those present: Bill DuVall, Earl Kreuter, Howard Mullen, Max Jackson, Scotty G. Gound, Al Hiebert, Lonnie Tidwell, Vernon Regier, Bill Meyer, Bud Pierce, Leslie Powell, Gail Merrill, Dale Jirik, Ed Sandwell, Homer Stenzel, Ray Longhofer, Rosse Case, Dave Montgomery, Carl Elling, Shorty Ross, Roger Morse, Lloyd Davies, and Dale Cavender.
Edward J. Costello, young Marion attorney, this week announces that he has accepted a position as cashier of the Tampa State Bank effective Sept. 1. In addition to his new duties at the bank, he plans to continue his legal practice from there. The Marion law firm of Johnston and Costello has been dissolved and the new firm of Johnston and Colburn established.
Gary Hammer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hammer, was diagnosed Sunday as having polio and was immediately taken to Wichita for treatment. He is the first polio case from the Marion area reported this season.
The D.W. Wheeler residence at the corner of Locust and Denver, was taken apart and leveled to the ground last week to make room for two new houses planned by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Meier and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Stenzel.
A number of school friends got together Wednesday for a picnic in the park and a visit with Darlene Johnson of Ventura, Calif., who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernal Johnson. Those present were Miss Johnson, Mrs. Monette Avery, Mrs. Joe Childs, Mrs. Bill Richardson, Mrs. Jack Summerville, Mrs. Bud Pierce, Mrs. Roland Parmley, and Anna Belle Rees. After the picnic all went to St. Luke Hospital to see Mrs. Bill Meyer and small son, Eric Kent.
