Marion Sentinel And Linn County Farmer (Newspaper) - May 25, 1960, Marion, Iowa Fire Station H History Archives Des L Issues Defeated i t h 1 Marion substantially de bond proposals at a special election Tuesday which called for issuing a total of 000 in bonds to finance site ac and construction of a police and fire The actual vote on the fire sta tion was 367 yes votes and 540 no Just percent voted in favor of the On the police 253 voted in favor and 649 were Only 28 percent voted in Both issues needed a 60 percent majority vote to be The fire station received near ly this amount in just one ward 73 voted in favor and 50 were This amounted to a percent ma still not enough for pass v The first issue did not come close to receiving even a bare majority In any of the other three The po lice station Issue did not re a majority in any of the r the city must find suit able housing for a new fire truck which will be delivered this sum A total of 907 votes were counted on the fire station issue and 902 on the police station is The ward by ward count is as follows N Mayor Signs Poppy Proclamation FRIDAY AND SATURDAY are poppy days in The annual sale is sponsored by the American Legion Auxili Here Linda 8yearold daughter of and Robert member of the Junior watch as Mayor George Brewer signs a proclamation naming Friday and Saturday Poppy Days in Linda also sold the mayor the first 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Ward 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Fire Station Yes i 54 174 73 66 367 Police Station Yes 27 130 55 1 41 253 No lio 236 50 144 540 Raised to Extend Water to East Marion Area A NEWSPAPER WITH YOUNG IDEAS AND LINN COUNTY FARMER 79 THE SENTINEL May 1960 43 No 134 68 165 649 Buys Lumber Yard The Hiawatha Lumber has purchased the Robins Lumber It will be known as Hia watha Lumber Yard Ben Smejkal will be The yard will be open all day Satur day and all stock and services of the main yard will be available to 2 to Graduate Two Linn county seniors at university in Fayette Will be among the 80 to receive degrees at annual spring com May They include Clement Ozburn and Faye Through the joint efforts of the Marion Chamber of Com merce and Henry some 400 has been raised to extend water and High 150 east to Katz raised from inter ested property owners and the directors voted from its industrial development The matter was brought to a head by the of a new building by the newly organized General Mill Supply along Firms in this area do not have across to city water ami have been their own Robert Lerigo of who will head the said the firm planned to spend for a but would donate this V amount toward extending the Water would be needed in 30 days and this prompted the rapid action this Extension of the water mains will help open a new area for Firms in this area have indicated that they would eventually hook onto the water t Eldon said that the Chamber would attempt to negotiate a contract with the JH Outstanding Margaret HAS PLAY PART Dennis senior at the State University of has a part in The White by the Elizabethan playwright John presented at SUI last weekend and also set for May f Citizens Named L Eight Marion junior high school Outstanding Citizens were nam ed during the annual spring dance Tuesday night in the high Those named were announced by John The 7th graders named were Linda Ronnie Mar i ilyn Franklin and The 8th graders are Janet Clark Linda Luwe and John water department so that some of the money advanced could be recovered through charg John reported that Ray Rystrom hud been employ ed at Chamber of Commerce expense to make a survey and estimate of cost for a lagoon type wewer to serve the 700 acre tract east V L m F J I The directors voted to the i L T Marion high school Money will be used to send some mem Memorial q Observance I L Final plans are nearing com for the Marion American Legion post 298 annual Memorial day observance in the city Diane Miss Morris Selected For Crescent Diane daughter of bers of the band to stimer and Lee of Marion The directed by Paul route was tapped for member will three concerts in senior womans this summer on honor at the senior day Glenn re ported that Raymond chairman of the parking commit said that the site under con sideration for public parking had been but other locations were being Place Population at in Ten Years convocation at Coe last 4 Miss who has been ac tive in speech and was one of only seven juniors selected for next year in h The society has as its purpose the recognition of Women stu dents who have demonstrated a high standard of achievement in all phases of college schol charac personality and During the past ten the city of Marion has gained more residents than even lived in the city in Since when the popu lation was more persons have made raising the population to a whopping according to information from Harry census supervisor for the second h The 1940 census figures show ed Marion with a total of residents and 30 years ago in the city boosted a popula tion of The citys new population total represents a percent increase during the ten year interval be tween census in all will be one of the fastest rates of gain in if X not the These figures are still The official population to tal will not lie released for sev eral but there likely to be any great change in the Plan to Organize Archery Club Here Interest in bow and arrow shoot ing has increased to the point in Marion where are under way the citys Also the city fc a club A y t j i j I EL dr will now be permitted to hire its own property Marions climb above the 000 mark will have certain ef in several For one voter registration will now be required for the first time in The total population for Linn county was placed at making it Iowas second largest Cedar Rapids population now totals making it the second largest city in a two notch gain in the past ten site has been The club will be open to and teen Persons interested in joining such an organization are asked to contact Norman John or Ray An organization meeting will be called in the near Bv J Linda Sive of Cedar Rapids was weekend guest of Bettie Lake in the Ray Lake Memorial day is M There will M a guent speak er that will begin at 10 ami the fir squad saulte will be fired nt 1 1 L The high school band will participate in the The Legion Rifle Cub and Boy Scouts and Junior Auxiliary as well as the firing squad will take part in the pa Oration Contest Larry seventh grade student at Lincoln junior high L speaking on the Mans New was judged winner of the civic oration contest 18 at Lincoln School Second place winner was Linda sixth grade student from Washington Miss Margaret Win ifred Deeds and Betty Pot ter judged the efforts of the final chosen from prelim inary q From a possible 100 Larry Stookey was points by the and the scored 91 Wall suitably were presented to the win Council Storm An engineering report on the proposed northeast storm sewer I face water drainage in this area THE MARION HIGH school spring comedy will be at Thursday and 26 and the Lincoln the taken J Players from the Larry John The Karen Jim i f F T 9 L a scene from V I project was given tbe Marion city council Monday night by Archie engineer hired to con duct the Conklin said drainage area was quite covering most of the area and east of 10th street and 7th to 31st street and the north edge of estimated roughly that the storm sewer project cost about This would amount to an average assess ment of lot within the J assessments would higher low areas ly Jng near the sewer itself I residents of the area asking for on the I storrn sewer was presented to the council at this A dele proposed of about 12 persons in in this project attended present open ditches used for meeting and heard the MHS Seniors John Jay Airy Eileen Carol Alien Elsie Mae Andrews Eileen Bartusch Dorothey Du Chain e Baughman Dianne Olivia Bencke Robert Brian Berry Marilyn Louise Ronald Earl Sharon Kay Bradley Dorothy Kay Brodio Richard Lee Brown Ann Marie Bullis James Steven Burns Lynn Allen Burton Carroll Ann Judy Lea Christiansen Janet Marie Cira Charles Edwin Clark Lee Terry Conklin Bernard Dean Cooper Linda Mary Cory Samuel Craig Thomas Curtis DeWitt Decker Jan Dickey Dorothy Ann Dinter Robert Francis Ebeling Jeanne Elizabeth Sherril Dale Elam Sharyn Kay Farrell Everett Allan Diane Fitzgerald Patricia Jean Foley Raymond Eugene Gerth Karen Greene Betty Louise Haessig JoAnn Marie Hahn Micheal John Hampton Ruth Anne Hann Lois Mae Hanna Thomas Sloss Hanna Jean Ellen Heath Sallye Jo Hess Marvin Paul Hilmer Patty Jo Hippie Roberta Kay Holland Karen Sue Huffman William Harold Huntoon Michael Louis Suanne Jones Kenneth Dean Joss Charles Louis Kacena Sandra Kay Keleher Judith Dianne Kendrick Carole Jane Kent Kenneth Lee Kray Linda Sue Joyce Lorraine Kuebler Leon Maivin Lacock John Brooke Lange Janet Mary LeClere Karen Ann Linkletter Douglas Keith Lint ners by John Lincoln I Donald Edward Lochner junior high Arthur Michael Joseph McCann A permanent presented I Robert Louis McDowell to the will be inscribed Karen Sue McLeod with the name of this years win Don Allen Magnuson ner and may be used for similar Carmella Jean Maley contests for the next two Hana Maly Mario Masoni Other contestants I Kathryn Louise Meroshek included Bea Longfellow Larry Dennis Miller school Judy Lincoln school Thomas Richard Mitchell ami Steve Lincoln Patricia Moyer mi 1 Nelson The by Fow Donald Norman Nemec was sponsored by Modern R Woodmen of America and was Sue the 13 such competition held on a nationwide 1 Raetta Patterson Mary Ann Peterson Susan Marie Peterson Janet Marie Pogue Thomas Russell Preston Li ml a Kay Price James Edwin Ross Darrell James Shirk Sharon Shoop Narda Kay Simonsen Steven Simonsen Weaver Clyde Simonsen Veta Smith Judith Ann Sorten Sharon Lea Marilyn Sortor Thomas Spratt Stade Richard DeWayne Stickney Paul Stimson Strugariu Frederick Ernest Thatcher Coliette Waite Jane Rae Warner Judy Ann Warner Hears wer of There is a small a mount of storm sewer in the area already in The sewer would be sized from IS and 24 inches at the northeast up to a maximum of 66 inch es lat the west The next step be obtain ing easements for construction of the The council ac report and in Mayor George Brewer to obtain necessary After this step is I Mary Irene Weber a public hearing will be held at Ann Williams which time objectors to the Mary ject can be A petition signed by about 120 as 11 n I I Danny is spend ing a 14 day leave with his moth May He will re Seniors Members of the high school senior class include Janet Kay Albaugh David Eugene Bauer Jacqueline Lea Coons Ron Covington n Jean Muriel Ann Gray Ernest Arthur Elaine Kay H us man Rodney Eugene Elaine Ester Sharon Miller Russell Newlin Irene Marie Pike Carol Rao Rinderknecht Ronald John Sharp Jerry Winston Solomon Diane Kay Stillions Lila Swartx Bonita Fay Vargason Clifford is superintend ent of the Marion rural commun ity Name Director i For Playground v James Owara of Cedar Rapids will he supervisor of play ground this will bo open at son ami Lincoln Directors include Judy Sonja Alice Ka ren Assistant directors will be Dianne Mor gan James anr Linda Playgrounds will be open June 20 to children of Liu neighborhood from 9 to 12 m from 1 tc turn to Kessler Air Force May 31 to complete a course in Allan Berry et For Early June A total of 10 high school seniors and about 114 Mar ion high school seniors will in exorcises lo ho hold curly in first annual com will held June nt ft in tlie rural Virgil of tion at Inva will Ort sub ject The Power to will be presented In the by Rudy president of the of Jean pas tor of the First Presbyterian will give the invocation and and Don high school will class awards and present graduating a native of received his BA degree from Coo MS from Drake university anad D from Iowa Slate He became a staff member at In Ma rim i high schools nn he held Juno ni nt tlw Clarion letir if the will he hold in the school The address will bo given by Clifford hoad of tho department of science at Iowa State Teachers on the subject Preparing for To morrows Norman president of the board of education will present diplomas to the Hauler will give the cation and John Mes will present the Glen princi will assist in awarding the Until schools will hold mem laureate services May The service will jit 8 and high schools will at The i Ralph pastor of the Marion Methodist will deliver the baccalaureate ser mon at the His subject will be Youll Walk The Herbert pastor of the Marion Kirst Christian will deliver the sermon at the Marion high school Mis subject will No t n Alburnett Honor Students Willmott a farm north of had was named valedictorian and Al lan Berry of the 1900 graduating class at Albur nett community high the daughter of and Leo Willmott who live on a grade point of She plans to enroll at Coe college next son of and Guy Berry of had a grade point of His plans for the future are A grade point of is s f l r
