HUTCHINSON, Kan. — What has been a part of Hutchinson for more than seven decades ended Tuesday night when members of the Hutchinson Town Club voted to cease the organization and close for good.

The special meeting and vote comes after the announcement was made by the club last month that it would close pending the vote. Indications that the club would close started to surface earlier this summer. The announcement came last month that a vote would be taken to decide the future of the club, which has been around for 71 years.

Sixteen jobs will be eliminated with the closing on Oct. 31.