25 years ago
Saturday's steady drizzle shrouded trees in Marion County with a glaze of ice. They were not the only things affected by the winter weather. Highways were particularly treacherous, and some pedestrians found sidewalks just as dangerous.
The days of house calls by physicians may never come back, but the medical community has substituted a similar practice in Marion County. The Marion County Home Health Agency was established in 1979 to provide medical care and convalescent treatment to homebound patients according to agency director Marilyn Hett. Since it started three years ago, the Home Health Agency has served 157 county residents who might have otherwise had to seek hospitalization.
Marsha Ames, executive secretary for the Marion Chamber of Commerce, is pictured as she tours "The Clothes Shop" Wednesday on her rounds of new businesses in town. A "first dollar of profit" was awarded to Merle and Nova Bruner, owners. Chamber representatives also recognized Dr. Don Hodson for his new practice at St. Luke Medical Clinic.
Dennis Fulton, young Methodist minister who is a native of Florence and well known in Marion, will return to Zaire on the continent of Africa to continue his missionary work. Kansas Methodists hope to send him back with a twin engine airplane. The statewide goal is $250,000.
The lake hall has been used this week. The Helmers had one side for a Thanksgiving family get-together on Thursday. The 50th wedding anniversary of Hank and Clyde Richmond was celebrated Friday evening.
