50 years ago
OCTOBER 7, 1954
Nurses, doctors, patients — everybody was having a fine time at St. Luke Hospital this week with virtually a full house of brand new "kings and queens." The new babies were Tracy Mel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Koegeboehn; Cora Leonda, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Broadbent; Brenda Jo, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Richmond; Mark Leon, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Kline; Kerry Neil, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pagenkopf; Derald Dene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bezdek; Vincent Michael, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Day; and David Lynn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Krause.
Mrs. Percy Smith of Lincolnville was the first prize winner in Marion's Cash Wednesday series this week when she was awarded $145 cash. Other prize winners were Orville Hett, $15; Roscoe Blankley, $10; and Clyde W. Dunn, $5.
Three of the original members of the "Rube Band" played Thursday in the Old Settlers' Day parade. They were Jerry Mullikin, Nodie Baker, and Jay Hargett. Bill Kieferle would have been here had he not been detained by last-minute illness in his family. Nobody can remember when the band originated but it was sometime in the early '20s. Some of the props have remained unchanged: Hargett's frock coat, Mullikin's duster and straw hat, Baker's patched pants.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hannaford, Emporia, are the happy parents of a baby boy, whom they have named Roger III. He arrived at Newman Memorial Hospital Oct. 5.
Gwendolyn Kerbs, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kerbs of Durham, was bitten by a cat about 10 days ago in the upper part of her ear. It took five stitches to close the wound. The cat was kept 10 days to see if it was ill.
At a meeting of the Women's Christian Fellowship Wednesday afternoon, Miss Ethel Gillig and Miss Anita Flickner, teachers in the local school system, will tell of their work in four migrant camps in California this summer. The two women will tell of their experiences at Bible School teachers and show slides of various groups of west coast migrants.
