142. Winchester.

Winchester Youth Center Activities.

  Grooming Contest. 1956.   The Youth Center sponsored a grooming contest among the junior girls glamour class, Thursday, January 12.
  The girls voted for the neatest girls in appearance, which included hair, clothes, teeth, nails and shoes.
  Sheila Simmons was voted the neatest girl in appearance. Second and third were Jimmie Hunt and Stephanie Barnes.
  The glamour class was instructed by Mrs. Fred Schlotterbeck.
  There will be a movie on glamour for the girls entitled "The Clean Look," January 24.

First Dance Of 1948.   The first dance of the year will be held at the Winchester Youth Center Saturday night from 7:30 to 11 o'clock. A group of Earlham college students will help provide a special program for the members. This college group is planning to supervise special recreational programs at the Youth Center every other Thursday night and one Saturday night of each month throughout the remainder of the season
  The dance is being held for everyone to come and have a "swell" time. Youth Center directors would like to see everyone there.
  Members also are asked to watch the newspaper for further announcements of the big Youth Center Halloween party.

Director Resigns. 1-12-1973.   Mike Northcutt, Winchester Youth Center director since last August 15, has submitted his resignation to Winchester Mayor Howard White. Mayor White stated at a meeting with the Youth Center Board of Control Thursday evening that Northcutt would be replaced by Derry Hobson. The Youth Center is located at Beeson clubhouse, which is a park facility.

Roller Skating Party. 1939.   A roller skating party, the first of a series to be sponsored by the Winchester Youth Center, was participated in by an estimated 200 persons Monday night, when, with the cooperation of the high school and Mayor Oran E. Ross, it was held in the block of High Street between South and Thompson streets. Music was provided through the use of records and an amplifier belonging to the school. The street had been cleared of parked automobiles and closed to traffic by Mayor Ross's order.



1978. Courthouse Mural.

  After months of work, a mural depicting the historical development of Randolph County was mounted yesterday morning in the Randolph County Courthouse, the finishing touch to a remodeling project which has been going on since last fall.
  The 11 by 24 foot painting, which is the work of Roy Barnes, was actually painted across the street from the courthouse, in the former offices of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce. Barnes built a special easel for the huge canvas, but even with the large room to himself, there was not room to work on the entire painting at once. He began by working on the top portion of the painting, and when that was finished he draped it over the back of the easel, stretched out the bottom portion, and began work on it. It wasn't until the mural was taken from the easel Tuesday evening to be rolled up that the artist himself had a chance to see the painting in it's entirety.
  The job of mounting the work went to Henry Hussman of Portland, who also did the painting and other redecorating in the building. The framed area on the north wall of the ground floor hallway has been prepared for some time. The painting is being secured to the wall by an adhesive also used for flooring.
  Adhesive was troweled over one half of the area first, and that portion of the mural put into place and the air bubbles under it brushed out. While one of the workers held the rolled up second half of the painting the remainder of the wall area was covered with adhesive.
  Holding the painting was not an easy job for one man. Barnes estimated that he applied from 20 to 25 pounds of paint to the canvas.
  The work progressed rapidly, however, and by shortly after noon yesterday courthouse employees and visitors were able to see the work of art and immediately began identifying the 26 faces incorporated in it. A legend at the bottom of the painting identifies  many of the portraits. Others are likenesses of local citizens but are not identified in the legend. Still others have been taken from no specific individuals.
  The Randolph County Commissioners are planning to have an open house in order to show off the newly-remodeled courthouse, but as yet no date has been set for the event.



1959. Coach Ed Rowedda's Football Squad.

  Coach Ed Rowedda's Driver High football squad heads into a final week of intensive pre-combat drills Monday in preparation for the season opener next Friday night at Portland. Beginning Monday, the two-a-day practice sessions will slack off to a single practice session each afternoon after school from 4 to 6 p.m.
  Tuesday night football fans and patrons will get their first competitive look at the Driver High team in an intra-squad game set for 7 p.m. at the Goodrich Park gridiron.
  Currently new pilot Rowedda, a stern taskmaster who is recalling to veteran fans the businesslike methods of ex-Winchester grid coach Vince Guenther, has a 68 man squad that includes 26 freshmen, 17 sophomores and 25 juniors and seniors.
  Only one casualty has befallen the squad in the first two weeks of head-knocking. Junior Larry Keys sustained a fractured wrist.
  The Driver High forward wall could average 187 pounds per man or more. Impressive in practice sessions have been Andy Puterbaugh and Harold Ketner at ends; Mike Sumwalt and Ed Hansen at tackles' Bob Marquis, Carl Northam and Bill Clark at the guard spots, and Tom Minnich at center.
  With the exception of Ketner, who is a former White River student, these players are all veterans. Northam has looked especially strong in practice.
  In the backfield Bobby Smith and Kent Heckley have been drilling at the quarterback post, with Larry Long, Carlton Arthur and Jim Kelly rated as the top halfback candidates. Arthur, who reminds this writer of Clark Brown and the days of Winchester gridiron glory, is another White River product.
  Cliff Chute and Bobby Keys have been handling the fullback spots. Keys also was at White River last season.
  Defensive-wise, Gary Hollingsworth, another White River product, has been promising and is expected to see considerable duty for Rowedda. Others include Niles Burk, Noel Edwards, Dick Bradbury and Ronnie Jones. Jones is a sophomore, the others are seniors.
  David Hurry, a 5-6, 130 pound sophomore, also has been impressive in drills. He has moved to Winchester from Union City.
  Also on the squad with previous varsity experience are Steve Lumpkin, Jack Woolf, Bill Bradbury, Steve Conklin, Mike Hawley and Doug Lowe.
  Winchester lost to Portland 12-6.