105 Years Ago -1918
J. 0 Barnes and C. W. Cisne sold the Marcus Telephone Company to Henry J. Reimers.
Birth was registered at the courthouse of Anna Louise, daughter of Fred Nagle and Zelma Sinock-Nagle May 11.
Funeral services for Robert H. Peavey, 71, were held Friday afternoon at the Methodist church. Survivors include three children, Allard H., Mrs. Roy Pitts and George 0.
Excavation has been started for a garage to be erected by A. J. Thompson.

95 Years Ago -1928
The Marcus Oil Company is installting a gasoline pump at the curb to make it more convenient for filling trucks.
Earle Gill is the first Marcus gardener to report eating ripe toma­toes from his garden.
Mary McDevitt was a member of the class of 1928 of the Sacred Heart hospital at Le Mars and is now a registered nurse.
Henry Smith has purchased the house on the lot where the Community Oil Company will build their oil station. He paid $300 for the building.
Work is progressing in paving Primary No. 5 west of Marcus. Over three miles have been paved so far.
$46,000 worth of busi­ness was done in Marcus in the past six weeks in com­parison to $24,112 in the preceding six weeks.

85 Years Ago -1938
The Rev. C. W. Samuelson will address the 43 seniors of Marcus high school at Baccalaureate services Sun­day evening. This class is the second largest in the history of the school.
The library and council rooms have moved from their present location in the fire station to the second floor of the Tutt and Radcliffe building which will be rented at $240 a year.
The Carl Anderson home was the scene of a lovely wedding when Thelma A. Anderson became the bride of Walter Calvert of Sioux City.
Laura Barnes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd S. Barnes, was married to Harold R. Russell at Omaha.
County 8th grade graduation exer­cises will be held in the Methodist church at Cherokee June 3 with 19 people on the honor roll including Mary Weber, Ilene Nelson, Phyllis Miller, Roberta Boothby, and Donald Hendrickson, all of Marcus.
John Hamilton, Irv Pietz and J. E. Ryan guessed the weight correctly on a large sausage, especially manufac­tured, at the Beck store.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Wingert are the parents of a baby girl who arrived in their home May 20.

80 Years Ago – 1943
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Drefke are tile parents of a baby girl born Sunday at the Le Mars hospital.
Mrs. W. W. Bass returned home on Friday from Long Beach, Calif., where she visited her daughiers, Jean and Mrs. Don Petrie.
Pauline Jenkins has accepted a position at the Nagle Food shop for the summer months.
Evelyn Weinreich became the bride of Pfc. Arnie Berglund May 21 in the Carl Weinreich home near Kingsley.
Bud Geringer purchased the North Side Cafe from Mrs. Kling Olson this week.
Doris Pitts was announced as val­edictorian of the 1943 graduating class from Marcus High School and Marga­ret Kuttler was salutatorian.
William Hoxsie passed away Thurs­day evening in his home.
75 Years Ago -1948
Mr. and Mrs. Vein F. Barnes announce the engagement and ap­proaching marriage of their daughter, Mary Josephine, to Mr. Donald E. Briggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Briggs.
Joe Schmitz, local school bus driver, has received a careful driving award from the Iowa Department of Public Instruction.
An impressive wedding ceremony was performed in Trinity Lutheran Church when Helen Rubbert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rubbert became the bride of Harris Specht, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Specht of Cleghorn.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bird announce the approaching marriage of their daugh­ter, Audrey Clair, to Mr. Marcel W. Matgen of Remsen.

70 Years Ago -1953
Arno J. Lenth, longtime resident of Marcus, passed away following a stroke.
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Galles are the proud parents of a son on May 26. John Francis weighed 6 lbs., 11 oz.
Betty Pedersen, RN., has accepted a position as instructor in the surgical clinic of her alma mater, St. Joseph’s hospital at Denver, Cob., and will assume her duties on July 1, 1953.
Frank McQueen has purchased the
W.E. Woodall home south of the Marcus public school.
Harlyn Hillegas, formerly of Pier­son, has purchased the McDaniel barber shop in Marcus, and will take possession June 1.

65 Years Ago -1958
Anette Nagle of Rockwell City, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nagle, formerly of Marcus, was award­ed a Merit Scholarship to the University of Iowa.
Jack Clarkson, Chuck Sand, Gary Bjork of Paullina and Mike Ludwig of Remsen left for a vacation trip out west.
Patricia and Joyce Bindner, daugh­ters of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bindner, will take part in a dance recital of Carolyn Lewis, to be held in the Le Mars Central High School auditorium.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Addy became parents of a son on May 23. He has been named Anthony.

60 Years Ago -1963
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Frangenberg will celebrate their silver wedding anniver­sary on June 2. An open house will be held at Holy Name Hall.
David Fitzgerald, a member of the Holy Name graduating class, received the American Citizenship Award.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pallesen entertained at a dinner Sunday honor­ing their daughter, Kitty, who was
confirmed at Faith Lutheran Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Gravenish entertained about fifty relatives and friends in Holy Name hall following graduation exercises. Their daughter Margaret was one of the fourteen graduates.

55 Years Ago -1968
Army Specialist Four Jerry W. Hansen, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben B. Hansen of Cleghorn, was assigned to the 175th Assault Helicop­ter Company near Vinh Long, Viet­nam.
Construction of a new building to house the Marcus Division of the MoorMan Manufacturing Company of Quincy, Ill., is under way.
Dennis Erickson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Erickson, received his Bachelor of Science degree in history at the University of South Dakota.
John P. Brady, son of Mrs. Jack Brady, received his bachelor of science degree at Morningside College.
Rev, and Mrs. Henry Friedrich entertained a group of relatives and friends at dinner May 26, honoring Barbara on her confirmation.

50 Years Ago -1973
Wind damage Sunday afternoon at the Loren Kauffman farm was a tree falling, breaking several electric wires and electrocuting 17 hogs.
Renee Horstman, daughter of Mrs. Bill Horstman, has been selected to represent the American Legion Auxil­iary Unit 517 at Girls State.
In an impressive ceremony at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Des Moines on May 12 Barbara Jo Snyder became the bride of Patrick D. Gossen of Des Moines.
Holy Name Catholic Church was the setting for the wedding of Miss Beverly Delaney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Delaney, and Gary Harms, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Harms of Paullina on April 28.
Joan Mary Bush, daughter of Mr. I Mrs. Lee Bush of Cleghorn, became the bride of David Darrell Dunn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Dunn of Meriden on May 12.

45 Years Ago – 1978
Dean Garvin of Marcus and Sheila Reichle of Alton are planning their wedding for July 22.
Albert Tapp returned to his home at Santa Clair, CA after spending a week with his mother, Mrs. Sadie Tapp, here.

40 Years Ago –1983
Charles Gipe of Marcus was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll for the spring semester at USD at Springfield S.D.
Patrick Reinert of Cleghorn and Marla Collette Reinke of Geneva are planing an August 12 wedding at Ackley.

35 Years Ago – 1988
Kevin John Leavitt was born May 10 to Jim and Belinda Leavitt. He weighed 7 lbs, 11 ozs. and has a brother, Kent, athome.
Kari Ann Boothby of Cherokee and Kevin D. Johnson of Cleghorn are planning a November 17 wedding. He graduated from MC with the class of ‘86 and she graduated from Chero­kee in ‘87.
Chrystile Lyn Wardrum is the lone senior in the MC Senior Spotlight. She plans to attend Northwest Missouri State and major in Psychol­ogy.
30 Years Ago – 1993
Robert Darrell “Bud” Snyder, 75, of Marcus died Friday, May 28. Funeral ser~ vices were held in Holy Name Church with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include 2 sons, 5 daughters, a brother and a sister.
Heather Tentinger, a se­nior at MMC received the W.L. Gund award of $400. It is given to the gradu­ating senior with the highest grade average.

25 Years Ago – 1998
Pearl and Otto Frangenberg will celebrate their 60th wedding anniver­sary, June 6 with an open house followed by a dance in the Marcus Community Cen­ter, hosted by their children.
The triplets of Lance and Kathy Ehmcke of Sioux City were baptized wearing the family heirloom baptismal gown that originated in Germany over 100 years ago. Abigail Christine, David Frederick and Hannah Michelle, took turns in wear­ing it.

20 Years Ago – 1993
The Marcus Fire Department is heading up a fund drive to build a new addition to the Fire station with a goal of $125,000.00.
Don and Pat Grauer of Hermiston, Oregon will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 14.
On Thursday May 15 Paula Knudson received a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Educational Policy and Administration from the University of Minnesota.