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James Melton, son of Dr. and Mrs. R.R. Melton, was the speaker at the Monday meeting of Marion Kiwanis Club. Melton spent six months in Australia and returned with a lot of facts and information about the country.
First place winners in the Marion Motor Center "Punt, Pass and Kick" contest were Thomas Triggs, Brad Esslinger, Doug Heerey, Casey Case, Dennis Hamm, and Scott Miesse. They will compete in the zone contest at Salina Saturday morning. Second place winners were Jerry Hett, Rocky Kristek, Ricky Richmond, Rodney Parsons, Steve Bryant, and Brad Hill. Third place winners were Gary Ehrlich, Bill Hoch, Darin Helmer, Matthew Parsons, and Randy Savage.
Cadette Scout Troop 66 met Sept. 20 and elected officers as follows: Janelle Dreier, president; Teresa Costello, vice president; Cindy Harris, secretary; Shelly Cowan, treasurer; and Julie Zerger, scribe.
Donna Ewert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ewert, and Jerome Hajek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hajek of Lost Springs, were united in marriage at 2 p.m. Sept. 25 in St. John Nepomucene Church, Pilsen.
Jack Loomis and Danny Heim celebrated their 17th birthdays Saturday evening with a "toca-rita" dinner at the Heim home. Others attending were Bill Finke, Doug Hague, Don Bredemeier, Mike O'Dell, Bob Fetrow, Roger Williams and Pat Robinson, all students at Marion High School, and Richard Heim, Leon McLacy and Gordan Janson of Tabor College, Hillsboro.
All 28 units of low rent housing at Hilltop Manor are now filled, according to Mrs. Gordon Wolf, executive director of the Marion Housing Authority. Units are filled by residents from the following towns in Kansas: one from Herington, one from Hillsboro, two from Wichita, one from Florence, two from Englewood, and 21 from Marion.
Florence Junior High posted its first football victory of the season Thursday night by defeating the Whitewater Elks 16-6. The game was sparked by tough defensive play and the fine broken-field running of halfback Brook Beaston. The defense looked much improved over last week's game with big Bob Green and hard hitting Greg Regier turning in outstanding performances.
Barbara Farley, editor of the Florence Bulletin, was elected president of the south central Kansas Press Association at a meeting at the Wichita State University.
