75 years ago

July 20, 1950

A Marion landmark, the airplane on the high school lawn, was moved away and out of town Thursday, leaving the school grounds with a vacant but more attractive appearance.

The plane was a Navy Hellcat F-6F fighter, the type used extensively during World War II. It was sold to a salvage company and will be taken to Texas.

Mary Margaret Hannaford and Sarabel Wolf planned and successfully carried out a surprise party Tuesday evening to honor John Newcomer’s 16th birthday.

The “Mystery of the Missing Conflagration” or “Where in Blazes is the Blaze” was solved Tuesday night when the cause of a siren blast was found to have been a telephone operator pushing a wrong switch while turning on the city marshal’s call light at Main and 3rd Sts.

Girl Scouts preparing to leave for a week at Camp Mary Dell include Judy Coons, Pat Dixon, Billie Herbert, Linda Johnson, Nancy Keazer, Connie Long, Kay Navrat, Alda Ratts, Jeanette Russell, Carmen Siebert, Maymie Swehla, and LeNore Wheeler.