A fire destroyed a barbecue oven in the Uptown Kitchen at 6 am when grease from the oven caught fire. Wayland Sims, owner and operator of the restaurant at 108 S. Madison said today. “I lighted the oven and went up front to fix breakfast for a customer then I went back to the back room and found the oven afire. “It melted all the steel in the oven. It will have to be replaced.” The equipment in the building is owned by Sims and the building is owned by Mrs. Horace Neely.

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