60 years ago
DECEMBER 21, 1944
Marion's triplets, Larry Herbert, Gary Herbert and Harry Herbert Winter, born December 14 to the surprise of parents and physician, are progressing splendidly, Dr. R.R. Melton states. Mrs. Winter and sons will be able to leave the Marion Hospital Saturday, he believes. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Converse will move to the Herbert Winter home to help care for the new babies.
Work on the Student Recreation Center has now been completed, it was announced this week, and plans are being carried out for an official opening on Saturday night, December 23 with a Christmas party for all Marion High School students.
The recent wet spell left the ground so bottomless that even the wild things took to wearing overshoes, or so Abner Gilbert of near Lincolnville contends. It seems he left his four buckle overshoes at the back door, but when he went to get them, lo and behold, there were none. A thorough search finally located just one of the boots. It was partially through a hole under the porch, caught there securely by one of the buckles. A little black kitty with a broad white stripe down its back, which the dog had chased under the porch the day before, is credited with the theft.
Marion High School seniors are sponsoring a New Year's party in the city building basement Dec. 29. Proceeds will be used for the benefit of the student recreation center. Bud Pierce and his orchestra will furnish the music for dancing. A floor show in which local talent will be featured will be staged at 10 and midnight.
T/Sgt. Harold B. Smith writes of his injury which occurred July 15. They came upon a big hedge fence behind which the Germans lay in wait. The Germans fired on an American tank loaded with ammunition. There was a big flash and the next thing Harold knew he was in a hospital. His only bodily injury was a burst ear drum. Three days later he was wounded in his left arm and evacuated to a hospital in England. He has recovered sufficiently now to be back with the troops in Germany.
