60 years ago
AUGUST 31, 1944
After September 1, the order postponing induction of selective service registrants who had reached their 26th birthdays, issued June 1, will be rescinded, according to an order received last week by the local Selective Service Board. Selective service calls will be filled from age groups 18 through 37 by selecting volunteers, then non-fathers, then fathers.
An item of more than usual interest is the fact that the official shoulder patch of the troops fighting in the China-Burma theatre was designed by Warrant Officer Durward McGhay, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.H. McGhay.
A telegram received August 17 by Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Myers of Florence brought word that their son First Lieutenant Roland F. Myers, pilot of a B-25, was reported as missing in action in the South Pacific area since August 1. Lt. Myers is the husband of the former Nadine Noll.
Carol Creek was guest of honor at a party given Monday afternoon at home by her mother, Mrs. H.C. Creek, in honor of her 11th birthday. Games were played after which refreshments were served to the following guests: Janet Meisner, Patsy Rittel, Jeaneen Brose, Roberta Newsom, Joyce Marie Priess, Ruth Byram, and Mary Margaret Hannaford.
The scouts held their weekly meeting at the city park August 28. Bob Reinke and Elton Petersen were chosen color guards and Dennis Youk was chosen officer of the week. Richard Rhode was voted into the troop.
Mary Helen King, Jeanne Carpenter and Elizabeth Thies, who is here visiting from Wichita, spent Wednesday and Wednesday night at the Godfrey Longhofer home.
Proceeds from a car of tin cans, donated almost entirely by Marion Creamery, was given to the Community Hospital fund. Loading of the car was done by a few Marion men headed by Gordon Wolf and Howard Mullen and was under the supervision of Ollie Wight, county salvage chairman. Receipts from the shipment last week are $81.72.
Seymour Packing Co. is advertising for help with a starting minimum wage for women at 43 1/2 cents per hour.
