50 years ago
OCTOBER 1, 1953
Virginia Hazeltine (Jenny) Corby, who taught continuously in Marion from 1898 to 1939 died Sunday, Sept. 27 after an extended illness. Miss Corby taught at Peabody five years, Durham two years, and Hillsboro two years, before coming to teach in the Marion valley school. The piano belonging to Miss Corby was left to Bown-Corby school, according to school authorities, and was moved there today, Thursday.
Through the combined efforts of the J.C. Penney Company and the Kaw Theatre, a style show will be held Monday evening, Oct. 5 at about 8:45 between the first and second feature picture showings. The style show will be enacted by six high school girls, presenting 12 fall fashion outfits, plus several small child models.
No living businessman in Marion comes within telescopic distance of Al Holder in point of continuously engaging in the same business in Marion. He's been cutting hair and tidying up faces of Marion men since 1893.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Keazer announce the arrival of a baby boy, Douglas Lynn, born Sept. 24 at St. Luke. The baby has a sister and brother at home to welcome him.
Among the 29 students from Marion County attending Emporia State College during the 1953 fall semester are Bob Gene Cook, Larry Lee Hoover, Doris Jean Meredith, Marion Leon Navrat, Leonard Francis Navrat, Carolyn Louise Platt, and Darlene Mary Schwendiman of Marion. Those from Florence are Jim Kenneth Brandt, Ronald J. Larkin, Jerry Lamont Pruitt, Ruth Ann Rice, Edwin Hayes Robinson, Karen Charles Slater, Fred Louis Van Buren, and Ruth I. Ireland.
William R. Novak, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Novak, Lost Springs, was awarded the silver wings of an Air Force pilot and the gold bars of a second lieutenant recently in graduation ceremonies at Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Okla. Lt. Novak has been assigned to B-26 training and will report for duty in the Far East the first of the year.
