35 years ago

july 14, 1976

The silver spoons, that commemorate Marion’s Hill School building, now listed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks, are available for sale to those who would like to have one of these outstanding collector’s items. They sell for $7 each.

Swim instructors Molly Ferrell, Julie Bina, and Ann Christensen are pictured getting ready to jump in for another day of swimming lessons with beginners from the Lincolnville and Lost Springs area.

This week’s “Personality Profile” features Dr. E.K. Schroeder, who has had a dental practice in Marion for the past 30 years.

More than 150 members of the Socolofsky family gathered in McPherson July 3, 4, and 5 to celebrate a centennial reunion commemorating the arrival on July 4, 1876, of Gottfried III and Katharina Socolofsky and their two sons in Peabody from their native village of Drispitz on the Volga River in Russia.