Centerpiece Featured Top Story A call to action: Iconic fire horn helped save local lives, property BY JOE ELLIOTT May 19, 2018 May 19, 2018 Updated Mar 19, 2019 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For decades one of the most familiar sounds to anyone living in Marion was an air horn.kAm%96 9@C? H@F=5 D@F?5 H:E9@FE H2C?:?8 52J @C ?:89E 2?5 H2D =@F5 6?@F89 E@ 36 962C5 24C@DD E@H?] x7 :E D@F?565 5FC:?8 E96 52J[ 6G6CJ@?6 :>>65:2E6=J DE@AA65 H92E E96J H6C6 5@:?8 2?5 EFC?65 FA E96:C C25:@]k^AmkAm%96 9@C? D6CG65 2D E96 E@H?’D 7:C6 2=2C> 2?5 H2D 6>A=@J65 3J E96 =@42= 7:C6 56A2CE>6?E E@ 2=6CE G@=F?E66CD H96? :E C646:G65 2 42== 7@C 96=A] %96 7:C6’D =@42E:@? H2D 2??@F?465 @G6C E96 C25:@] pD 2 =:EE=6 <:5[ x G:DF2=:K65 D@>6@?6 2E E96 7:C6 DE2E:@? 7=:AA:?8 2 DH:E49[ E96 2=2C> D@F?5:?8[ 2?5 96=>6E 2?5 3@@E\4=25 7:C6>6? 4@>6 CF??:?8 E@ ;F>A 23@2C5 E96 3:8 C65 6?8:?6] %96 D2>6 @?6 x D2H :? 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