60 years ago
SEPTEMBER 30, 1943
The big scrap drive which was postponed in the spring will be conducted in Marion County starting Oct. 11 and will extend to Nov. 15. Vital materials needed the most are metals, waste fats, tin cans, nylon, and silk hose, and rags. Next to industrial scrap, heavy farm metal is most desired. Production lines depend on the farmer to get all his unused, obsolete, and broken-down equipment into the scrap drive. This means anything and everything from the tractor to smallest item. Every drop of waste fats help. As little as a tablespoonful a day saves a pound a month and this waste fat provides needed glycerin's for munitions and medicines.
Mrs. Douglas Herbert entertained Saturday afternoon in honor of the seventh birthday of her daughter, Diana. Ice cream cones and birthday cake were served to the following guests: Patsy Dixon, Carol Miser. Marilyn Reh, Carmen Siebert, Phyllis Youk, Janet Holub, Judy Coons, Carol Ann Hett, Charlene Youk, Nancy Lee Broadstreet, Jeannine Williamson, Karen Brodhead, Violet Bartel, Nancy Fay Allen, Donna and Doris Geis of Durham, and Diana and Billy Herbert.
A squabble between the janitor at Bown-Corby School and the janitor at the high school resulted in the resignation of the high school janitor after he hit the other in the head with a wrench.
The Marion High School football squad were outclassed by a heavy McPherson team in the season opener Friday and went down to defeat by a score of 51 to 6. Late in the game quarterback John Brose gave the followers a thrill as he slivered through the line and went almost half the field for Marion's only score.
Mrs. W.F. Harms entertained Saturday afternoon with a party in honor of Allan Dean's sixth birthday. Those present were Marion Hildebrand, Ann Davies, Charlene Youk, Carolyn Merrill, Jeanette Russell, Ladena Joy Bartel, Howard Mehlinger, Bobby Hiebert, Paul Wesley Roberts, Jerry Richards, Junior Bledsoe, and Stanley Ewert.
