75 years ago

aug. 11, 1949

After a long session Monday evening, the school board decided upon a location for a new gymnasium and vocational agriculture building. It will face east in the first block of S. Lincoln St., south of the Phil Stenzel home and on school playground and parking lot property.

Another unusual case was crossed off the sheriff’s books last week when a stolen tractor owned by Kenneth Richter of near Aulne was located near Hoxie, more than 275 miles northwest of here.

The cross-country tractor ride was made by a 24-year-old escapee from the state prison at Lansing.

Two Marion boys, Jon Barrett and Ralph Dohner, will leave Sunday from Wichita to go to Topeka, where they will attend a two-week training camp at Forbes Air Base sponsored by the Civil Air Patrol.

Showing Sunday and Monday at the Kaw Theatre will be “Little Women” starring June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O’Brien, Elizabeth Taylor, and Janet Leigh.