“Truck
Kills Two Wichita Children: Small Sister and Brother Struck Down: Carol and
Philip Berger, 7 and 9, are victims in North End Tragedy; Police Probe
Speeding: Wichita suffered its second fatal traffic accident Thursday afternoon
when two young children, sister and brother, were struck down and fatally
injured by a truck as they were crossing the street a block from their home,
2202 North Minneapolis, to buy some firecrackers.”
--
Wichita Eagle, Friday, July 4,
1947. Carol and Philip were the children
of Woodrow Berger, my great-uncle. Carol was born October 31, 1939, and Philip
Eugene, May 27, 1938. The children often
stayed with my grandparents, during times when Woodrow and his wife Maryjane
were separated. The couple eventually divorced.
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