45 years ago

oct. 1, 1980

Marion County commissioners agreed to terms with three firms hired to renovate the county jail. Work on the $330,000 project began last week. The building will be completed by the end of July.

Marion football Warriors were in for a long night Friday as they faced Chase County in Cottonwood Falls. The Warriors spent most of the evening chasing Jay Redick, who led his team to a 46-0 victory over Marion.

Pat Nuss, owner of the Sassy Shop in Marion, presented a program Thursday to a group at First National Bank in Hillsboro. Eileen Unruh of Hillsboro assisted by modeling basic wardrobe items while Nuss pointed out how to add to them.

The advisory board of the Marion County Extension Council will sponsor an educational tour Oct. 21 and 22 of Pioneer Village at Minden, Nebraska.

More than 10,000 people gathered Saturday on both sides of Marion’s Main St. to watch another in a long series of outstanding parades and to visit with friends after the 45-minute parade. The parade theme was “The ’80s — a Decade of Opportunity.”

Lucille Britain took top honors for being in the parade three times, each time in a different costume. She came through as a candidate on a Democratic Party float, then as the snare drum player in the Rube Band, and finally as an emergency medical technician on the Marion–based ambulance.