60 years ago
MARCH 9, 1944
Ernest L. Hoefgen, sentenced by Judge James Coleman February 7 in the Marion courthouse to die for the murder of Bruce Gibson Smoll September 18, will be hanged on the gallows in the early morning hours of March 10. No move has been made to stay the execution.
Milton Eisenhower, president of Kansas State College and brother of the famous General Dwight Eisenhower, will speak in Marion May 9 under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. A dinner for members and wives is being planned.
Mrs. Braden Johnston has received word from her son, Winslow Colburn, that he will graduate Sunday from advanced training at the Army flying school at LaJunta, Colorado, and will receive the rating of second lieutenant. He is a pilot flying a B-25 Billy Mitchell bomber. He will be home Monday to spend his furlough with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Ed Winter entertained last Thursday with a party for her little daughter, Beverly Jean's, first birthday. Glass candy-filled army tanks were given as favors. The following children and their mothers were guests: Shirley Ann Cook, Sharon Lee and Earl Wayne Winter, Virginia Ruth and Alice Jean Powell, Deanna Rae Glover, Harold and Gerald Lefert of Burns and Beverly Jean's grandmother, Mrs. Lloyd Converse of Burns.
A very important meeting was held Monday night at the Peabody City Hall relative to the retaining of the Prisoner of War Camp at Peabody, which was attended by some 75 farmers and others who have been using prisoner labor in the past. It seemed to be the consensus of opinion of those present that the camp was needed and everything possible should be done to retain its operation for the coming months. Arnold Berns Jr. and Nelson Poe were in charge of the meeting.
The Red Cross yarn has arrived, accompanied by an urgent request for the garments to be made up at once. Knitters are asked to see Mrs. Harry Harris to get the yarn.
