50 years ago

Feb. 18, 1976

The school board is meeting with a great deal of opposition in its efforts to purchase two homes that adjoin Marion High School. The homes are sought in an attempt to increase the size of a parking lot around the school and gymnasium.

Mr. and Mrs. Mick Summervill of Marion were named Star Kansas Young Farm Family for the year at a weekend convention of Kansas Young Farmers and Farm Wives in Topeka.

When Roger Giesbrecht isn’t busy with pigs and hogs on his Oink, Oink Acres near the Chase County line east of Marion, he’s hard at work putting up wood.

Giesbrecht sells cord wood to an ever-increasing number of people who have fireplaces or stoves. With gas prices rising, many have taken to burning wood not only for enjoyment but also to cut down on gas consumption.

Marion High School’s pompon squad will perform Friday night at halftime of the boys’ game with Herington.

This is the first year for a pompon organization at the high school. Girls involved are Gail Brunner, Lynn Colburn, Shelley Cowan, Wanda Ireland, Donna Sherbert, Karen Stevens, Paula Vinduska, and Nancy Wood.

Mike and Don Vinduska of Lincolnville are south-central Kansas winners in the 1975 Kansas Soybean Yield Contest sponsored by Cargill Inc. Their yield was 56 bushels per acre.