The Chamber of Commerce was organized In 1888 by the City of Marceline. On September 6,1888, the Mayor appointed Drs. Perrin, Cater, Smith, N. Long, and J.E. Waller as a Board of Health for Marceline. J. Y. Turner was marshal at a salary of $30. W.M. Hindman received $17.75 for seventy-five paupers’ meals.
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As was done in many communities during the economic relapse of the mid-thirties, Marceline organized a timely service for the relief of needy individuals. It began in 1934 when Mayor B.J. Thomas appointed Edna Locke Thomas (now Mrs. Otis DeLong) to supervise a sewing room in the basement of Carnegie Library and lasted until 1938. … > More >
In 1888 when Marceline, Missouri was incorporated, the first marshals were Joseph Turner and I.A. Runyon. Others who served as officers were Mike Burns, Wesley Ellis, George Ellis, Bill Conklin, Sam Parker, R.C. Freeman, Calvin Wilson. At this time the Police Department consisted of only two officers. Chief of Police and a night Police.
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Note: The following article containing a history of the first 50 years of Marceline was reproduced from the 1938 Golden Jubilee edition of the Marceline News. Floyd C. Shoemaker, secretary of the State Historical Society of Missouri, has written the following interesting and complete history of Marceline. Mr. Shoemaker is a Linn County product, having … > More >
Kathleen “Kathy” Jones, who grew up in Linneus, Missouri, where she married her high school sweetheart and raised four children, passed away Monday, June 29, 2015, surrounded by her family at her home in Blue Springs. She was 80 years old.
Born in Enid, Oklahoma, Kathleen Noland was the only daughter of Harry Morrison Noland, … > More >
Dolores Marsh, age 84, of Meadville, died Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at Pershing Memorial Hospital in Brookfield. A funeral service will be Monday, February 2, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Church in Brookfield. Burial will be in St. Michael’s Cemetery in Brookfield. The family will receive friends Monday at the church from … > More >
Mary Fidelis Miller Lohmar was born on July 20,1917 in Marceline, MO, and passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, in Lexington, KY. She was preceded in death by her parents, G.I. & Genevieve Miller, her husband, Edward August Lohmar, a daughter, Julie Margaret Lohmar, a great grandson, Salvatore James Acciardo, and several brothers … > More >
Iola Mae Nanneman, age 86 of Macon, formerly of New Cambria, died Monday, January 19, 2015 at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. Iola was born at Hunt City, Illinois on September 28, 1928 to Vonnie and Inez M. (Alexander) Ragon. She married Hilbert Nanneman on May 9, 1953 in Peoria, IL. Iola had worked at … > More >
Loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, Eunice Elizabeth Maggart Sayre, departed her earthly life on January 4, 2015, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia surrounded by her family.
A funeral service will be Thursday, January 8, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Browning. Burial will be in Knifong Cemetery … > More >
The job of educating the children of Marceline began in a one-room school north of the present city limits in 1887 and in 100 years has, through excellent leadership and determined community support, grown into a modern, top-rated school system on an attractive campus at Santa Fe Street and Missouri Avenue.
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