60 years ago
J.B. Harms, efficient custodian of the court house, is transforming the old coal room, which had been used as a catch-all into a work shop and orderly storage space. With the aid of county prisoners, the wall have been white washed and Mr. Harms has taken the boards off the windows, repaired the frames, and replaced the glass. He is now installing shelving.
This week a business deal which has been in the making for several weeks was completed. Ben Bartel, a farmer near Marion, purchased Leonard Hilsenbeck's interest in the Marion Machinery Company in which he and Bill Stenzel have been partners for the past two years.
All teachers holding emergency certificates, both elementary and high school, must obtain eight semester hours in additional credit to qualify for a certificate valid in the 1948-49 school term, according to a warning issued by the State Department of Education.
Art Klein is now the owner of the Dinette Café on East Main street, having purchased it Saturday from Archie Marler. The name has been changed back to that of some years back, the Cozy Café.
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Coons are installing a new restaurant in the building owned by Edward Good, known as the Bank of Commerce building on the north side of Main Street. The opening date will be the latter part of December.
Peggy Slusser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Slusser, was honored on her seventh birthday with a party Nov. 12. The following little girls attended: Rita Miser, Rosemary Ollenberger, Nancy Keazer, Janice Hayward, Joan Johnson, Patsy Slusser, Helen Louise Weathers of Antelope, Susan Thiel, Carol Hollar, Darlene Oblander, and Marilyn Dixon.
Miss LaVaughn Christensen, bride-elect of Eddie Klose, was complimented with a shower at the Canada Hall last Thursday evening. Mrs. Chris Christensen, Mrs. Louis Christensen, Mrs. Bill Christensen, and Mrs. Floyd Siebert were hostesses for the affair.
Eleven Brownies of Troop 3 became Girls Scouts Tuesday afternoon in an impressive investiture ceremony in the basement of the city building. Brownies who took part in the Fly-Up Ceremony were Ann Davies, Barbara McDaris, Janice Hayward, Carol Beth Miser, Carol Jean Allen, Patty DeWitt, Judy Thatch, Nila Hoopes, Joy Burnett, Carolyn Merrill and Eula Morgan.
