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SEPTEMBER 14, 1944

An area designated as an airport for Marion seems very near a reality. Officials of the Civil Aeronautics Authority have given encouragement on the project. Action will be taken after certain information has been submitted to the bureau. The site selected cannot be announced this week. If the site is approved by the Authority, it will be an open airport available to any flying craft wishing to land there.

A United States Treasury gift certificate designed by Walt Disney, bearing on its face, in colors, the whimsical animals known to children the world over, is available to anyone buying a bond for a new baby.

A feature written by Lucy Burkholder appears in this issue tells about The Salem Home, a refuge for old people, which was destroyed by fire in April 1944. With its going, disappeared from Marion County was a noble experiment for which the building was first intended when erected in 1896, "The Home of the Friendless." Orphans were housed and cared for here until suitable homes could be found for them.

Mrs. Fred Domke entertained several little guests, their mothers, and others Sept. 8 in honor of her son Jerry's first birthday. Those present were Mrs. Floyd Bredemeier, Nova and Beverly, Mrs. Ben Meier and Verlin, Janet and Daryl Riffel, Mrs. James Knaak and Jimmie, Mrs. Rex Owens and Marie, Mrs. Willard Dunn and Rose Marie Ollenberger, Mrs. Leland Weber and Gary, and Mrs. Louis Van Horne.

Cpl. Cyrus Goertz has just recently been transferred from Sioux City, Iowa, to Keesler Field, Miss. He is privileged with being a member of the football team there.

The Sub Deb Club gave a farewell party to their sponsor, Miss Lois Bibler, at the Country Club last Friday evening. Additional invited guests were Delphos Mehlinger, Bill Raymo, Don Wright, Bob Wiebe, Gene Nelson, Harold Ehrlich, Jack Beaston, Junior Case, Art Thomas, Bill Higgins, Jack Swain, Bob Edmunds, Rosse Case, Fritz Hayen, Ed Wheeler, Leslie Haas, John Brose and Paul Hansen.

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