60 years ago

april 21, 1966

The board of education will meet Monday evening with officials of Vickers and Everson architects to discuss plans and ideas for the proposed new stadium in Marion.

A petition for oiling Maple St. and the 400 block of Coble St. was approved Monday by Marion City Commission. Policemen Lyle Sanders, Paul Behrendt, and June Jost met with commissioners to discuss several law enforcement topics, especially a curfew law and laws on dogs and cats.

Durham schools were let out for a couple of hours Monday, and students were joined by adult spectators as the city’s tall new water tower was trucked into town and lifted onto its foundation by two huge cranes, the final major step in providing the city with a supply of the finest water to be found anywhere.

Norman Mueller and Pat Costello, who are playing Mark Twains’ fictional characters, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, are pictured as they “cool their toes” during dress rehearsal of the junior class play, “Adventures of Tom Sawyer.”

Plans are progressing nicely for the first annual Loyalty Day observance April 30. A parade and patriotic observance is planned along with Marion County Spring Beef Day and the Jaycees Auto Rodeo.

Babies born this week at St. Luke Hospital are Valerie Elaine Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Smith of Marion, and Tammy Lynn Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Harris of Marion.

Marion came home from a state speech and drama festival with five I ratings. Individual winners were Toni McElwain and Patty Plenert, readings; Jackie Thomas, poetry interpretation; and Susan Yeagley, prose interpretation. The school’s one-act play also received a I rating.

Fresh Wisconsin smelt, packed in ice and rushed in for the occasion, will be served Friday at the Legion hall — “all you can eat” for $1.