The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Clay Collins lying in pools of their own blood with a gunshot thru the temple of each head was the sight that greeted two night policemen who entered the Collins home at 104 North Russell Street about two thirty o’clock Tuesday morning. Continue reading
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Leroy A. Goddard was born in Marion, Illinois, June 22 1854, the son of James T. and Winifred (Spiller) Goddard. His grandparents from Virginia settled in 1832 near where Marion was afterwards located. Mr. Goddard’s father opened a general store in Bainbridge, near Marion, in 1841, and later moved to Marion and erected a three story brick building where the Marion State and Savings bank was located. Continue reading
Elijah Lewis was born on a farm near Creal Springs February 27, 1878, the son of John P. Lewis and Adeline Kennedy. His father John was a teacher in the Crab Orchard precinct. Continue reading
How the Marion City Recreation Board went from a $1.33 treasury and $250 in bills in 1944 to a more than $16,000 a year budget was outlined at the regular meeting of the Lions Wednesday by retiring recreation director, Cliff Storme. Storme was appointed principal of the high school and will no longer have time for additional duties. Continue reading
After four days of intensive searching in an abandoned strip-mining area, dotted with mine shafts, caves and water-filled pits, divers recovered the bodies of two Marion brothers Thursday afternoon. Continue reading
