60 years ago
march 7, 1946
Announcement is made this week of the purchase of the west Main Street Conoco service station by Bud Pierce. The station has been owned and operated in recent months by John Seifert. The station will be known as Bud's Conoco Service.
The current motion picture, "The Harvey Girls," recalls the story of the first fabulous hotel and dining room at Florence. The great institution known as Fred Harvey's, a magic name in fine eating houses, was built on the strength of the success of a hotel and dining room established back in the '70s at Florence in Marion County.
The Owl Car Café which for the past eight and one-half years has been owned and managed by Leonard Perry was purchased this week by Harry Weibert, who will take over active management on Friday.
Mrs. Cyrus Goertz invited a number of little folks and their mothers to a party Saturday afternoon to help Diana Kay celebrate her second birthday. Children invited were Mary Sue Reh, Linda Klein, Tommy Good, Tommy Hayward, Jan Hayen, and Billy Pigman of Herington. Mothers present were Mrs. A.L. Reh, Mrs. Art Klein, Mrs. Edward Good, Mrs. Ray Hayward, Mrs. Fred Hayen, and Mrs. Darrell Pigman.
Playing at the Starland Theatre in Tampa on Saturday and Sunday will be "Here Come the Waves" with Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton and Sonny Tufts.
On the Gus Lueker farm three miles north of Lincolnville Saturday afternoon, three members of the Lueker family lost fingers in an accident with a corn sheller. Little Virginia Lueker got her hands caught in the chain on the corn sheller. Her grandfather, Martin Lueker attempted to aid her and he, too, was pulled into the corn sheller. The same thing happened to the girl's father, Gus. Bobby Lueker, on the tractor, stopped the engine which in turn stopped the corn sheller. The child lost the middle finger on each hand, Martin Lueker four fingers from the left hand, and Gus Lueker, three fingers to the joint on the right hand.
