Marion Police Dept 1950

Marion Police Dept 1950

Marion Police Dept 1950

   Marion Police Department 1950. Marion paper photographer Fred W. Mahneke took this picture on Aug 25, 1950 of the Marion police force. Left to right, Arlie Simmons, night desk officer. John Kelley, J.S. Dungey, Earl Benedict, Zoral Buckner (chief), Bert Elles (merchant’s patrolman), Harley Deaton and Herman May (assistant chief).

(Photo courtesy of the Williamson County Historical Society)

Marion Fire Dept ca 1952

Marion Fire Dept ca 1952

Marion Fire Dept 1953

 

This photo of the  Marion Fire Department  at the  fire station on West Union Street appeared in the Marion Daily Republican on April 27, 1953. Left to right, E.E. Weber, Fire Chief Zoral Buckner, Ass’t Chief Jack Whiting, Jack Stephens and Lawrence Dungey. The photo was taken by Carl Sorgen.

 (Photo courtesy of Williamson County Historical Society)

Marion Fire Dept in parade around Public Square in late 1800’s

A parade being held in the late 1800’s around the Public Square depict the Marion Fire Dept pumpers being horse drawn and in the second photo a precession of Indians on horseback. This shot is looking into the southwest corner of the square.

Note the presence of a small building in the corner where the Orpheum Theater would later be built in 1922.

(Photos courtesy of the Williamson County Historical Society)