60 years ago
Mrs. Roger W. Phillips (the former Hilda Urbanek) received a telegram Sunday morning from the War Department which stated that her husband, Pvt. Phillips, was killed in action in Germany February 26, and that he had returned to duty February 11 from a previously reported wound. Pvt. Phillips was a rifleman with the 102nd Division of the Ninth Army. He was the son of Mrs. C.E. Phillips and the late Mr. Phillips.
Marion Implement Company, owned by Wm. Stenzel and Wm. Christensen, is celebrating this week their first anniversary in their new building on south Second Street.
John B. Greer, prominent citizen, Marion County Probate Judge for 16 years, and leader in the Republican party for 50 years, died at his home Thursday following an illness which had made him an invalid for the last two years. Mr. Greer has been a familiar figure in Marion since making his home here in 1887.
Mary Helen King gave a slumber party Saturday night in honor of Anna Lou Hoch. Those present were Lois Mathiot, Dorene Stenzel, Vivian Pierce, Pauline Keazer, Carol Kiddoo, Mary Lou Williams, Ella Marie Reinke, Anna Lou and Mary Helen.
Pfc. Albert Klose, according to a War Department card received by his brother, Henry Klose, was wounded in action March 2 in the left and right thigh. He was with a tank battalion in Italy when he was wounded. Pfc. Klose, who was educated in the Ramona schools, has two brothers in the service, Cpl. Harry Klose, now in France, and Eddie Klose, S2/c, in the Philippines.
