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June 27, 1946

Ninety-three-year-old T.W. Butcher, longtime resident and well-known jewelry and watch repairman here, was fatally injured Monday evening when a truck backed into him as he crossed the street. He was immediately taken to the hospital where Dr. R.R. Melton found that his left leg was broken between the knee and hip and he was suffering from shock. He died at 5 a.m. Wednesday at the hospital.

Announcement is made this week of the sale of the Florence Bulletin by Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Evans to Mr. and Mrs. George W Clasen of Washington, Kansas. The new editor will take over management of the paper on July 1.

With the shortage of materials being the main holdup, work on the new hospital is at a complete standstill at present and it is not known when actual construction work will get underway.

Siebert Brothers at Canada have sold their elevator interests there to the Abilene Flour Mills Co., who operate large milling enterprises in this area. Oscar and Wallace Siebert will continue to operate the elevator until a suitable manager can be found to take over. The brothers sold their general store in Canada some time ago.

Two children of this vicinity have died with infantile paralysis since Sunday. The first was Billy Childs, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Childs, who took sick Wednesday afternoon and died Sunday at St. Francis Hospital, Wichita. The latest death was Johnny Smith, 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith of Lincolnville. He became ill Saturday and died at St. Francis Hospital on Tuesday.

Marion will soon have a new practicing veterinarian when Dr. A.L. Havlik of Tampa moves to town. Dr. Havlik recently bought the Weidenbener property on Santa Fe Street and plans to move there in three or four weeks.

Misses Norma Jean Province, Delores Edmunds, Corrine Longhofer, Janice Socolofsky, and Phyllis Larsen are spending a week at the Girl Reserve camp at Sedan.

When Jack Helmer left on his first cruise as Seaman Second Class with the U.S. Navy a few weeks ago, he hit the jackpot assignment. Jack's ship now sits within 31 miles of Bikini atoll which is the scene of the atom bomb test within a few days. The son of Jacob Helmer, he writes about the precautions being taken to safeguard the men, but still thinks 31 miles is pretty close to the bomb.

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