Winchester Band-Aides Tour Of Homes July, 1980.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Shumaker's home at 200 E. South St., is the oldest house of the four featured on the Winchester Band-Aide's Tour of Homes to be held Sunday, July 13 from 1-5 p.m.
The three-story white 10 room house which sits regally on the corner of East. South and South East Streets, was built in 1911 by Tell Wilson, who was a distant relative of Mrs. Shumaker's. Since it's construction, the house has had only four owners, including the Shumaker family, which bought the house in 1970.
The windows and woodwork of the home are its main attractions. Each window contains either stained, tinted or original beveled, leaded glass, including a magnificent "apple tree" window in the dining room. Mrs. Shumaker says that most of the stained glass was imported. The house's woodwork is quarter-sawed oak.
The home has two fireplaces, one on the first floor and one upstairs. They are made with the same oak woodwork and accented by ceramic tile. The house also has two stairwells-one in the front and one in the back.
The home still has its original light fixtures in every room except the kitchen.
Mrs. Shumaker's talent for interior design is apparent as visitors enter the house. She has painted, papered and decorated the entire home herself.
Visitors on the tour will be served refreshments on the Shumaker's patio, which is made of old city paving bricks from downtown Winchester.
Tickets for the Tour of Homes are available from any band member or from Haines Rexall Drugs.
Lynn Herald Reprint, 1-22-1954. 65 years ago.
George Ryan, owner and operator of Ryan's Barber Shop in Lynn, was born September 20, 1888 in Winchester. His father Isaiah, better known as Pony, was a barber in the then small county seat. Pony, by the way, was a drummer boy in the Civil War and acquired the nickname due to the fact that in marching, the long drum he carried would bounce off the ground after every other step.
George attended school at the North Ward school in Winchester but entered barbering at the early age of 13 years. He stood on a special platform built around one of his father's chairs. He also had three other brothers in the same shop with he and his father.
George was very active in sports as a young fellow and participated in football, baseball, ice skating and rollerskating.
As a young lad, George not only worked at barbering but also for the Fraze funeral directors as a driver of their horse drawn hearse. It was on a two day trip to Lynn for Fraze that George met Vada Reece, the innkeepers daughter where he was staying, and on January 20, 1909, they were married.
In 1910, George bought Orla Hill's barber shop in Lynn and worked here for one year before accepting a position as manager of a shop in the Hotel Severin in Indianapolis. While at the Severin, George had the opportunity of working on several celebrities including Will Hays, James J. Corbett, bob Fitzsimmons, Jack Clifford of Vaudville fame, Jim Goodrich, James Watson and Senator Hemingway.
In 1918, George moved back to Lynn, and took over the Ben Johnson barber shop on South Main street. He recalls how the muddy streets in front of his shop were hazardous for man and beast and in the winter with ice on them, it was almost impossible to stand up. One thing that stands out in his memory of the mud streets concerns a cold, snowy day when the streets were frozen solid and covered with a layer of ice. A farmer north of town was driving several head of white face steers down Main street to the loading shute but the frozen mud was so slippery the cattle could not walk. After much deliberation, the farmer got a spike tooth harrow and broke the icy streets from the point where the library now stands to the railroad. The cattle were then able to walk.
George moved to his present location in 1942. He remodeled the building and put in a modern apartment as well as a modern barber shop. He recalls how in the olden days, he would open his shop to find several men waiting in line outside the door, for a quick shave or an early morning haircut. Upon moving to the new building, this stopped as all barbering since 1942 has been by appointment.
George's favorite hobby is his beautiful rose arch that is a focal point of Lynn. If you have never seen the rose arch, it is worth your time to drive to Lynn when the roses are blooming just to observe the lovely gateway of flaming red. Also he collects state plates and displays them on the south wall of his living room.
The Ryan's have one daughter, Mrs. Robert Bausman. who resides at Tucson, Arizona. In talking with the Ryans, one gets the impression they would love to join their daughter in the western state where the sun shines every day but hate to pull up and leave Lynn. Not just yet.
Spartanburg plans to build park, Win. Journal-Herald, 10-1955. 64 years ago.
The Spartanburg community has made plans for the purchase of land for a park. The land, located at the eastern edge of the town, is known by the popular name "The Fountain Lot," this being due to a fine flowing well which has been flowing for many years.
At a meeting last Friday night at the Spartanburg school building, attended by 60 persons, a park board consisting of Russell Manning, Kenneth Comer, Joe Harris and George Clark was selected.
Colby Reed acted as chairman of the planning committee and was spokesman when the request was made of Herschel Tillson, trustee of Greensfork Township, to indicate his willingness to accept the land after purchases, in the name of the township for a park.
The answer was favorable, so plans were made for an immediate drive for funds to make the purchase.
The property under surveillance has an artesian well, which is 1,100 feet deep and has been tiled for drainage to a nearby creek.
The township is proposing that a large concrete slab be laid near the center of the park for use in playing basketball, volley ball, tennis, shuffleboard and in the winter, be flooded with water for ice skating.
The south end of the park will be laid out for picnicking with tables and outdoor fireplaces installed and playground equipment set up for the younger set. The oldsters will not be left out as horseshoe and croquet courts will also be near the picnic area.
With approximately 350 families residing in Greensfork Township it appears the project will have sufficient backing to become a reality.
A few county merchants in 1961:
Lynn-
Lynn Coin Laundry. One block east of U.S. 27 after crossing the railroad in south Lynn. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Morton.
Hazel's Dress Shop.
Cage Service Station.
Coatses Locker Plant.
Clark's I.G.A. Food Market, North Main.
Mitchell (Blue Roof) Truck Stop
Hutchens Gravel Co.
Hinshaw's Greenhouse, 218 S. Main.
Morris Furniture and Appliance, 108 S Main.
Lynn View Restaurant, West Cor., Church and Main.
Chenoweth's.
Baker's Package Store.
Thornburg Market, Cor. Church and Oak.
C. F. Smith, Electric and Plumbing.
Retter Sales and Service.
Snack House Drive-In.
Wolfe Sales and Service.
R. C. Cashan Grain Co.
Lynn Radio and TV Sales and Service, Next To Post Office.
Lynn Elevator Inc.
Polley Farm Service.
Spartanburg-
Lahey's Hardware Inc.
Patterson TV and Radio Service.
Freeman I.G.A. Market.
Teeter's Hatchery.
Freeman Insurance Agency
Farmland-
Abernathy Garage.
Dari-Delite Drive-In.
Foster's Shoe Store, 101 Main.
Marlin Hardware.
Bly's Store.
Ethel's Country Kitchen.
James Hardware and Appliance, 141 Henry St.
Mills Drug Store.
Keever Studio.
Bob Sites Standard Service.
Hensley's Café.
Shaw's D-X Service.
Necessary Sinclair Service.
Parker-
Charlie's I.G.A. Market, Next Door To Post Office.
Coffee Shop.
Jacob's Insurance Agency.
Morgan Motor Sales, Main and Howard.
Woods Store.
Opal McCormick Café.
Panther House Café.
Harness Home Store.
Griffith's D-X Service.
Village Store.
Gibson's Cities Service.
Jim Lawrence Chevrolet, Eldon Lawson, Salesman.
Ruble's Flower and Gift Shop.
Sharpe's Variety, 1 Block East Of Bank.
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