The City Council on Monday night added another man to the fire department. The new fireman is James Anderson, who has been an active member of the volunteer list at the fire department. He was placed on the regular force at a salary of $90 a month. Employment of an additional fireman was made possible through agreement of the council to use money collected by the parking meters for that purpose. Employment of a third fireman enabled Fire Chief Orlie Ing to move out of the fire department to an apartment nearby. A working schedule arranged by the fire chief will leave two firemen on duty at all times, while each man will be subject to call during his time off. For several years there have been only two paid men on the fire department and this system required the fire chief to live at the fire station, and any time-off allowed either of the firemen left only one regular fireman on duty.

(Extracted from local newspapers and compiled by Harry Boyd, posted at http://www.marionfire.us )