75 years ago

april 13, 1950

The city commission this week signed an order with P-T Air Service of Hays, specialists in aerial spraying work, to completely blanket approximately 700 acres of Marion with a DDT solution to save valuable shade trees and for insect control.

Herbert Meier has purchased a privately owned shoe repair shop at the Fort Riley army base. He was at the base last week preparing to take over the business Friday or Saturday.

Marion County Rural Life Association will present “Aunt Silly” Thursday and Friday in the city building auditorium. The cast is composed of Pauline Best, Jean Cleland, Willard Conyers, Max Dunn, Harry Haas, Ernie Holmes Jr., Mrs. Bud McLinden, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Powell, Sandra Thiel, and Nora Zeller.

Work is going forward this week to dredge and deepen the old river channel just below the city water plant and in back of the retention dam. Riddle Quarries is removing silt that is impairing intake for the city water supply.