50 years ago
OCTOBER 28, 1954
All the people whose names were drawn were present in Marion Wednesday to claim their Cash Day awards. A total of $235 was awarded to the five winners: Mrs. Donald Larsen, Peabody, collected $200; E.T. Pomeroy, 16; Mrs. Art Dieter, $10; Dorothy Schmersey, $5; and Mrs. Jim Krch, $5.
Ernie Haas has been employed by C.E. Cook as the new manager of the Cubby Hole café. Cook is the owner of the popular eating spot. The Cubby Hole formerly was managed by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dick.
James William Miesse Post of the American Legion will sponsor a carnival on Veteran's Day at the post home in Marion. Each year the local Legion post has conducted an Armistice Day carnival, but this year the holiday has been renamed to include all veterans and the Legion carnival will also adopt the new name.
Mrs. Fred Suffield went to Wichita Friday, called there by the illness of her granddaughter, Mrs. Lyle Denney, whose illness was diagnosed Saturday as polio. Mrs. Denney is in St. Joseph Hospital and her mother, Mrs. Robert Stack, is caring for her two small children, Clark and Debra Sue.
Mrs. Ed Klein entertained a number of girls Sunday afternoon in celebration of her daughter, Kathy's 10th birthday. Refreshments of ice cream, birthday cake, and punch were served and Halloween favors were given to each guest. Those invited were Linda Gutsch, Harriet and Sandra Miller, Sandra Janzen, Joan Brown, Eileen Fisher, Julianne Meier, Joleen Commerford, Doris Richmond, and Diane Davis of Wichita.
Billy Winkley was pleasantly surprised to hear his name announced Sunday as winner for the week on the Uncle Frito Joe program over KTVH television. Contestants make a picture by dropping ink on a sheet of paper, then folding the paper which makes a design and naming it. Billy's design portrayed three men duck hunting at night in a boat on a lake. Billy is the ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Winkley.
