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MEMORIES:   60 years ago

March 25, 1948

Right in the middle of the parade of Easter lovelies at the style show last Tuesday night, appeared four beauties who sang commercials for Schoneman's and brought down the house. They were Art Schmersey, local mail carrier, turned Beau Brummel; Homer Stenzel, local shoe merchant, recommending his wares; Francis Roberts, county treasurer, selling farm shoes; and Gordon Wolf, manager of the Marion Creamery, advertising industrial type boots.

Miss Jean Hagans, Manhattan, and Miss LaVerna Knight attended an inter-fraternity dance in Emporia Saturday evening.

The body of the late Private John Schneider, who was killed on Iwo Jima arrived March 22 in San Francisco aboard the United States Army Transport Walter Schwenk. It will be forwarded to Marion County in two to six weeks and will be interred in Durham Park cemetery in the lot with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schneider. Another body, that of his brother, who was killed in Belgium, will be returned for burial there also.

The Rainbow Café has recently undergone extensive redecorating, Ben Meier, proprietor, reports. The sky blue walls with springtime green trim and ivory woodwork presents a fresh appearance.

New car deliveries during this past week or so by the Paul Seifert Motor Company include: Buick special sedanette to Ben Stenzel; Chevrolet town sedan to Paul Tajchman; Chevrolet fleetmaster 4-door sedan to Floyd Fike; Chevrolet 5-passenger coupe to Winslow Colburn; Chevrolet 1/2 -ton pickup to Wm. Black.

Ira Turner, head of the meat department at Kroger's, was awarded a pin for five years service with the Kroger Company The award was made by Kroger headquarters at Wichita.

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