60 years ago

july 19, 1951

Marion homeowners and businessmen and women have just completed a week of the most wearying, heart-breaking, discouraging work they have ever been faced with. They have been trying to bring some measure of order to their stores and homes following a terrible flood that left havoc everywhere in its wake.

Marion merchants who are being forced to virtually re-stock their stores after the disastrous flood last week are planning an event that will long be remembered. There is going to be a “Flood Sale” here on July 26, 27, and 28 that will be almost citywide.

The women of Marion, with a lot of good help from women from Hillsboro and other surrounding localities, have done a wonderful job of feeding flood evacuees, National Guardsmen, and distressed persons during and after the flood. A canteen, set up by the Red Cross in the basement home economics room of Marion High School has served an approximate 8,000 meals, plus countless hundreds of snacks, coffee, and doughnuts.

Mr. and Mrs. David Bowers are the parents of a son, Gregory Lee, born July 6 at the Marion hospital.