FLORENCE YESTERYEARS: 50 years ago
Aug. 7, 1952
Fred Morgan, Florence trapshooter, won the Great Western Handicap last Sunday at the Wichita Gun Club, shooting against more than a hundred trap shooters from this section of the country. Morgan broke 95 out of 100 shooting at 18 yards to tie with F.A. Dean of Hutchinson who shot at 22 yards. But in the shoot-off, Morgan hit 25 straight while Dean hit 23 out of 25.
Harvey and Whitney Grosse have opened a new plumbing business in Florence. They both recently graduated from a plumbing school in Kansas City.
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