60 years ago
SEPTEMBER 17, 1942
Old Settlers visiting Marion for the annual picnic this year, will miss one building on Main street, at the west end, which has been a landmark here for many years, and which has given the town a good portion of its "local color" through those years. It is the old "Rink Livery" barn at Main and First streets, which is now being razed by the present owner of the property, Mr. Frank Knott.
Classes at the high school are fully organized with the following officers elected: Seniors — Mac Kreuter, president; Doug McGinness, vice president; Darlene Johnson, secretary; Jean Pierce, treasurer. Juniors — Mary Jo Utting, president; Bill Perry, vice president; Mildred Garrison, secretary-treasurer. Sophomores — Anna Lou Hoch, president; Johnny Brose, vice president; Rosse Case, secretary-treasurer. Freshmen — LaVerna Knight, president; Jack Beaston, vice president; Wanda Hannaford, secretary-treasurer.
The American Legion has arranged to have a ceremony in connection with the return of the park cannon to the Army for vital metal scrap. Judge Jay Hargett will speak at 2:00 Thursday afternoon in presenting the gun to Maj. Platt from Fort Riley.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bernhardt and Margie, Mrs. Ben Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Will Olsen, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Olsen, and Mrs. Albert Ollenberger went to Canton Sunday for a birthday dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe McIntosh.
The invitations are being issued this week for the wedding of Miss Eldena Sampson to Mr. Cyrus Goertz, the ceremony to take place Sunday, Sept. 27.
