The Lion’s Club of Marion was chartered on April 24, 1923 and was organized by Warren A. Chilcote. The new club had forty members and met at the Marion Garage Tuesdays at 8:00 P.M.
The Charter officers were John M. Reid, President; Eura Griggs, Secretary and B. Glenn Gulledge, Treasurer. Continue reading
Sgt. Major Raymond Jones traveled 9,700 miles from Vietnam to supervise a benefit barbeque in the tradition of his father, the late John W. Jones, a member of the Marion Lion’s club which sponsored the event. Continue reading
Thanks to an article written in the 1970’s by Homer Butler in his series “Glances at life”, a chunk of railroad history has been salvaged. Homer interviewed Eugene Morrison, co-owner of Home Oil Company. Eugene’s father was F.E. Morrison, who came to Marion in 1903 as a telegraph operator. In 1905, he became agent for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad and held the position till he retired in 1925 to devote full time to the Home Oil Company which he and a brother had previously started. Continue reading
Marion firemen looked forward Tuesday to being equipped with smoke masks which will enable them to enter smoke filled buildings to fight fires at their source. Continue reading