35 years ago

september 16, 1981

Marion police officers conducted a driver’s license check Sunday afternoon at the Luta Creek Bridge on Main Street. The check lane was operated for about an hour and 10 warning tickets and four citations were issued. The warnings were to people who had licenses but did not have them with them at the time. Two underage drivers and one adult driver were charged with having no license. And one driver was cited for operating a vehicle with an expired tag.

The state flower was never more colorful than this year and never more profuse than in the field planted by Glen Hett two miles east of Marion at the US-56/77 junction.

Pattie Sue Padgett of Florence and Cerita Konecny of Marion are recipients the annual Marion County Hospital District No. 1 Auxiliary and the Dr. James A. Wheeler annual health care scholarships given each year to young students seeking a career in health care.

Hospital administrator Ron Cork will speak at the Chamber of Commerce meeting Friday noon. Following his remarks, all present will be encouraged to participate in a tour of the recently completed clinic building.

Everyone is asked to bring whatever is needed to cut weeds and make the downtown area more attractive for the PRIDE judges who will be in Marion Thursday and old settlers who will be here Saturday.