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Happenings Kindergarten registration is tomorrow morning. Marion 5th and 6th grade band concert is April 11 at 7 p.m. 'The messier the room is, the more fun you had!' Welcome home from Florida, to Ernie and Carol VanGee. Hope your Easter weekend was pleasant, happy one, with family and friends celebrating this blessed holiday. April 4, 1935: Mr. and Mrs. Willard Cove Cornell and three daughters have moved into the west part of the Radder house on Buffalo Street. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bell have moved to Ridge Road, two miles east of Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kerpes and family have moved into the house east of Marion, formerly occupied by Jacob Johnson. Walter McKenna Jr. and family have moved into the house recently occupied by the Kerpes family. The Richards Chapter #558, OES, would like to thank all who helped to make St. Patrick's Day Pancake Breakfast a success. Contributions were made to the Marion Scholarship fund and to the area Girl Scouts. Thanks again to Don Leno for his contribution of older pictures and memorabilia of Marion, to our archives. Tulips. In the 17th century the Turks were cultivating the flower Tulipa, which looked like a turban and grew wild in the hills. When the flowers were introduced to Western Europe, they soon became a status symbol. Tulip bulbs soared in price. One called 'Semper Augustus' fetched 4000 Dutch Florins. Three bulbs went for a house. Two bulbs netted two sacks of wheat, four sacks of rye, four oxen, eight pigs, twelve sheep, two barrels of wine, four barrels of beer, a hundred pounds of cheese, a bed with bedding, a suit and a silver cup - which is far more than the Dutch had paid a few years earlier for a tract of land in the New World called Manhattan. The Tulipomania lasted three years. Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Peter DeBlock of Johnstown and Terry Ihrman of Rochester, family of Rev. Peter Ihrman, first pastor of the Second Reformed Church, when it was built in 1910. Terry is a great great-grandson. We exchanged history of the family and of the church and took photos while touring the church on Mill Street. April 15 is Marion's Birthday! Your Marion Museum will be open in honor of the occasion. Hours will be 3-6 p.m. A porcelain 'Cow' collection will be shown. This collection - owned by their grandmother, Sophia - now belongs to Kathy Cody and Jane Ballesty. Art and Laura Tierson have returned home following a three-week Florida vacation. They spent time with their long time friends, Roger and Sheila Larwood, enjoying special events each day. The Canaltown Chorale will be presenting its early Spring Concert on Saturday, April 6 at the First United Methodist Church, Newark at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, April 7 at the United Methodist Church in Palmyra at 4 p.m. Daylight Saving begins Sunday morning at 2 a.m.! A fund-raiser will be held April 6 at the Marion High School. Boys and girls divisions, 4th and 6th grades and 7th and 9th grades and an open division for men. All proceeds go towards tournaments, camps and basketball supplies for the basketball program. $10 per person; $40 per team. Contact Steve Schutt at 926.5211. Marion Legion Roast Beef Dinner is April 12. The Marion Dollars for Scholars annual Phone-a-thon is taking place April 8, 9 and 10 from 6-9 p.m. Students from the junior and senior class are calling district residents to ask for pledges to the scholarship fund. The scholarship will be awarded at graduation, this June. Last year approximately $6500 was awarded to 26 members of the senior class. The students and the Dollars for Scholars Committee greatly appreciate the community support for this project.
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