145. Grade School Rag Drive, Parties Stopped, Morton, D&J Wreck.

Before you read this, can you ID this young fellow?

Police Halt Laundromat Parties, 1956.

  Winchester police were not being kill-joys in chasing local teenagers out of a laundromat on two successive nights, police chief Robert Jenkins explained Wednesday.
  Police had interrupted a "twist" party at the Economy Wash, across from the hospital on South Oak street last weekend when they found a large group of young people utilizing the juke box and soft-drink machine at the laundromat to hold an impromptu dance. They followed this up on the succeeding night by putting an end to a second party being held by young people in the same laundry.
  Jenkins said Wednesday that it was not the parties, exactly, to which police objected, but the damage which had been done in the building recently.
  The total amounted to around $300, he said, and included a broken door to the restroom, and an attempt to pry records out of the juke box. Someone had also torn the master lock off the coin container of the juke box recently, and had been taking money from the machine, he said. By eliminating the parties, the chief explained one possible source of damage could be controlled.   Winchester Journal-Herald, Feb. 28, 1956.



1916.   This is taken from one of the pages found in the cornerstone of the Morton school when it was torn down;  Winchester, Ind. May 10, 1916.   On August 10, 1914 at a special meeting of the Board of Education of the city of Winchester, Indiana all the members of the Board were present. The purpose of the meeting was to consider ways and means of erecting a new school building in the North-east part of the city to relieve the congested part of the city. The officers of this Board were Philip Kabel, D.F. Hardman, Treasurer, and W.J. Purdy, Secretary. A motion was adopted for the purchase of lots Nos. 264, 263 and 262 and part of lot 16 in Mumma's extension to his addition to Winchester. The sum of $5200 was the purchase price of these lots. Later lot No. 261 was purchased for $1550. Upon these lots the Board decided to erect a school building of sufficient capacity to take care of the children of the district.
  At this time Mr. J.P. Goodrich informed the Board that he wished to present a tract of land of nearly six acres lying adjacent to the lots already chosen by the Board. Mr. Goodrich said the Board might use this splendid gift for play-grounds or in any way that would be for the educational advancement of the children of Winchester. The Board accepted the gift on behalf of the citizens of the city, and passed a suitable resolution of thanks.
  Elmer E. Dunlap of Indianapolis was the architect selected to prepare plans for the new building. The building is to contain six classrooms, with manual training and domestic science rooms in the basement. It is to have every modern convenience that is used in an up-to-date school building. The building is to be on the unit plan so that rooms can be added to the number of ten without marring the symmetry of the building.
  On September 10, 1915 the building was given to the lowest bidders:
Otis W. Williams-General Contractor,   $22548.00
Bryce Heating and Ventilating Co.-Heating,   $5275.00
Plumbing,     $2316.00
Electric Wiring,    $498.00

  Work was begun immediately after the letting of the contracts and was continued until cold weather this year. In April 1916 work was resumed. The building is contracted to be finished by August 1, 1916.
  The Board has named the building the OLIVER P. MORTON SCHOOL, in honor of Indiana's great governor and statesman whose patriotism and early struggles are incentives to the youth of this State.

Also in the tin box was a small notebook with the signatures of the men that built the school. Unless noted otherwise all of them were from Winchester;

Otis W. Williams,  General Contractor.

Harry Powell,  Brick Contractor.
Frank Powell,   "          "
Ed Powell,         "         "
James Powell,    "         "

Ed Ford,  Brick Mason.
David Thornburg,  "
Malin Reid,           "
James Manes,        "
John Manes,          "  
Riley R. Routt,      "              Loogootee, Ind.
Ernest R. Routt,    "                    "            "
H. C. Tevis,           "              Newcornerstown, Ohio.
John Beasley, Colored,  Richmond, Ind.

C.L. Silvers,  Carpenter
Fremont, Wolfe,   "
Ozro Potter,          "
Scott Potter,          "
Nicholas Keener,   "

Joe Hamilton,   Plasterers
Chester Clevenger,   "

John Manville Co.,  Roofers,  Milwaukee, Wis.

H.F. Hobbick,  Plumbers.

H.F. Hobbick,  Electric Wiring.

Bryce Heating and Ventilating Co.,    Toledo, Ohio.



Car Overturns At Drive-In, 1966.

  A car driven by Michael Lee Pegg, 16, Winchester, route 2, flipped over on its side after it hit a cement corner post at the D & J Drive-In at the west edge of Winchester Monday evening.
  Officer Jerry Wilmore said Pegg was driving through the parking lot at the restaurant, at around 5:15 p.m., when the car hit a post on the west side of the covered area, and flipped over on its side doing damage to the auto estimated at $500. The car is owned by Willard Pegg.   Winchester Journal-Herald, Oct. 4, 1966.

144. Winchester Community And Randolph Southern School News, 1966.

Winchester Community High School "The Golden Times" Vol. 4 - No. 1, October 4, 1966.

Staff:  Co-Editors-Linda Warren, Charlie Haviza.  Assistant Editor-Anita Kenworthy, Headlines-John Hardwick, Sports-Jay Hoover, Fashions-Gloria Felty, Features-Nancy Raisor, Photo-Melanie McKibben, Humor-Nancy Foland, Reporters- David Doughty, Doug Edwards, Roger Graham, Steve Harrell, Royal Harty, Leesa Horn, Susan Leader, Debbie Miller, Alice Resler, Marty Robinson, Paula Smith and Teressa Wisener.

From the Golden Times: Hunsucker Captures Senior Presidency.  The major objective of Senior President Terry Hunsucker is to "make our final year the best year." Senior Vice-President is Ted Martin. Secretary of the Senior class is Sue Hendrickson, and treasurer is Debbie Shoemaker. Jill Hinty and Greg Hahn fill the vacant student council posts.
  Steve Baker, the new Junior executive, proposes to do what the Junior students want concerning the Prom, parties and other "68" projects. He hopes to give more responsibility to the members of his class when working on these undertakings. Jeff Whitesell becomes the class vice-president. Karen Hodson and Dave Stump secured the secretary and the treasurer positions respectively.
  Greg Howell, who grabbed the Sophomore presidency, anticipates a better class scholastically. He also feels a need for a better athletic turn out from his class. His fellow officers are Randy Smith, vice-president; Kathy Staggs, secretary; and Ann Hargraves, treasurer. Student council electees are; Denise Carson and Gene Stewart.
  The Freshman president, Louis Zaltsburg will try to make it an interesting year and make his class the best in school. He promises to do everything he could for the class of "70". The freshman student body elected Becky McCoy, Chris Loney, Cheryl Pack, Jerry Brown, Dick McCord and Randy Hahn.

  Golden Era For 1967.   A new and different Golden Era for 1967 is in the making. The book will cover the entire school year from September to June, and will include every activity that goes on during the school year. Some of the activities that the book will include are the plays, the orations, the prom and every sports activity that the WCHS teams participate in. This is going to take much time and effort, so the book will not be out until August of 1967. Any group that has an activity that they wish to have covered, should contact any of the following annual staff members.
  Cathy Fields, William Irish, Terry Hunsucker, Claudia Fraze, Marcelyn Vaupel, Dan Thornburg, Margie Wyatt, Sue Overmyer, Steve Harrell, Majel Tucker, Tom Barker, Marcia Davis, Terry Hawley, Kay Hedrick, Peggy Helms, Teresa Wisener, Dave Daughty, Judy Eakins or Mrs. Lois Jarrett, Sponsor.

  The athletic department has acquired a new machine called "The Blaster" for the Falcon football team. The blaster, costing several hundred dollars, consists of padded arms that yield when the player makes contact. Coach Wiggs says that the blaster has already reduced fumbles and made running backs stronger.

   Senior Play.   With a completed original script by Mr. Joseph Casey featuring original Greek strophes, masks and costumes, the WCHS Seniors will present a Greek tragedy PROMETHEUS UNBOUND in "the round" in the old gym, November 22.
  Assisting Mr. Casey in the production and technical phase will be Mr. Farlow, the art instructor and his classes; Mr. Mock on the special lighting effects; and Mr. Skinner and the shop classes on the construction of special Greek props.


Randolph Southern High School "Rebel Review" Vol. 3 - No. 1, October 21, 1966.

  On September 26 the Randolph Southern High School student body voted on the class officers for the new school year. The rules for voting were outlined to the students by Mr. Richard E. Wright, a teacher of Randolph Southern and former Randolph County Representative.

Senior Class - president, Jerry Welch; vice-president, Nancy Fahl; secretary, Gayle Mikesell; treasurer, Marcia Austin.
Junior Class - president, Phil Stevenson; vice-president, Stephen Shank; secretary, Joyce Morton; treasurer, Sondra Keller.
Sophomore Class - president, Bill Howard; vice-president, Gary Sawyer; secretary, Marian Swindell; treasurer, Marsha Sickels.
Freshman Class - president, Lawson Ward; vice-president, Sandy Lord; secretary, Leah Bunch; treasurer, Sondra Sickels.

Where Is Last Years Class?

Sandy Abbott; Sandy is employed at North American Insurance Agency in Richmond.
Steven Burke; Steve is helping his father on the farm and plans to run his own farm soon.
Randy Burns; Randy is employed at the Avco plant in Richmond.
Carol Ann Burris; Carol Ann was married to Terry Hill on Oct. 15, and lives in Dayton, Ohio.
Jane Byrum; Jane is attending Ball State University.
Laura Coats; Laura is studying Art at Indiana State University.
Stephen Coats; He is studying medicine at Indiana University.
Jerry Conway; Jerry is employed at Anchor Hocking in Winchester.
Cathy Cross; She is attending Milligan to become a doctor.
Mark Ertel; He is attending Porter in Indianapolis, studying I.B.M.
Kay Evans; She is attending Ball State University.
Susan Fahl; She is studying at the Miami Valley School of Nursing.
Jackie Harshman; Jackie became the bride of Ronnie Ozbun July 16. She is employed as a secretary     by McGunegil's Service Station.
Dee Hoover; She is attending Indiana University to become a teacher.
Theresa Johnson and Kathy Kenworthy are attending I.B.M. school in Indianapolis.
Arthur Kirtley; Arthur is a member of the Navy.
Steven Krick; He is employed at Thornburg's Market in Lynn.
Gary McFarland; Gary is employed at the Second National Bank in Richmond.
Richard Powell; He is working at Avco in Richmond.
John Riley; He is attending West Point.
Kenny Sexton; Kenny is employed at the Perfect Circle plant in Richmond.
Bill Weiser is employed at Natco in Richmond.
Rex Pegg is employed with the American Hog System and farming with his father.
Reed Roark has joined the Air Force, and is stationed in North Carolina.

143. Winchester Police Shanty Is Gone, Lynn Man Shows 'Em Who's Boss.

Like The Courthouse Tower.

  Gone from the southeast corner of Main and Washington streets is the police and information booth, a well-known landmark since 1934 or '35., who kept a promise made before his election.
  It was moved Tuesday, on order of Mayor Ralph West, who kept a promise made before his election.
  Many think it was an unwise move, some apparently like it, others just don't give a hoot.
  Anyway, it's gone - moved to the school property on Brown street
where it will be used to store football and track equipment. It's a gift of the civil city to the school city. Supt. Merritt Beck said the school was going to have to build such a storage facility anyway, so the gift was a timely one.
  But about this booth which has graced this particular corner for about 30 years!
  It was built in about 1934 or 1935 by WPA (Works Progress Administration) labor in the first term of Mayor John Paul Clark. One of the workers was Harry Jarrett, who told the News and Journal-Herald he worked then for 55 cents an hour. Harry later worked on the grandstand at Goodrich Park and the swimming pool, also under WPA.
  The booth was a familiar sight to travelers who passed the busy intersection of U.S. 27 and state road 32 and created considerable comment in letters sent back to Mayor Clark.
  It even was featured in a national magazine, after which a committee from a town up in Canada came down to inspect it.
  During these two decades the booth was both a police station and an information center.
  Ex-Mayor Clark said that inasmuch as the station was in full sight of the two banks and two loan companies, he had been told that was the reason Winchester had not been hit by bank bandits.
  Only once, that is, when the Peoples Loan & Trust company was robbed by an apparent amateur, who was caught after a chase out the Greenville pike by Dave Clark of Lynn, at that a time a bank employee here.
  Just having the booth there, it was said, acted as a deterrent to holdup men and probably prevented considerable night marauding too.
  For those who don't know, the police station now is located on the second floor of the city building, where the present administration claims it is more efficiently operated.
  So goes another landmark - the other in recent months was the courthouse tower.
  At any rate, the old booth is gone - to Brown street to house football and track equipment for the high school boys.   Winchester News, April 18, 1956.



1956. A Hissy-Fit In Lynn.

  Ralph E. Myers, 40, Lynn casket company owner, Monday in Randolph circuit court was granted until Saturday morning to consider a plea to a charge that he deliberately blocked an intersection in Lynn which caused a 40 minute traffic tie-up Saturday evening.
  William McFarland, Lynn marshal, reported that Myers started to drive his Cadillac into the narrow intersection of East Sherman and Park streets when he met another car, driven by Wallace Geer of  Lynn, also entering.
  Geer, according to McFarland, would have had to back up at least three-quarters of a block to yield the right-of-way to Myers, who would have to back up only about two car lengths to clear the intersection. Myers didn't feel inclined to extend that courtesy to Mr. Geer, according to McFarland.
  Instead, the marshal continued, Myers stopped his Cadillac, shut off the motor, got out with the car keys in his possession and left the car in the intersection, blocking Mr. Geer. Myers then went into his nearby factory and ordered an employee to drive a pickup truck behind the Cadillac to further block the street. He next ordered another employee, the marshal said, to drive a big semi-trailer truck up to the intersection.
  By this time, traffic was piled up for at least a block, clear back to U.S. 27. The marshal was called and had the Cadillac towed away, after which he ordered the two employees to drive the trucks away. After 40 minutes of fretful waiting, incensed Lynn residents were once again able to drive through the intersection.
  A warrant was issued by the Randolph county clerk's office Saturday night for Myer's arrest but it was not served, Prosecutor Zane Stohler stated Monday morning.
  In court Monday, Myers was released on $700 bond until he enters a plea to the charge (officially unlawful parking) in f $17.60.on Saturday morning. Attorney Merrill Nichols is representing Myers in court.   Winchester News, April 30, 1956.

(This was in the 5-26 News: The case of Ralph E. Myers, Lynn manufacturer, was concluded in Randolph circuit court Saturday when Judge John W. Macy sentenced the Lynn man to five days in the county lockup and ordered the defendant to pay court costs of $17.60.
  Myers was found guilty of an improper parking charge before Judge Macy. Myers was charged with tying up traffic for approximately 40 minutes on East Sherman street in Lynn on the afternoon of April 28 of this year.
  Judge Macy ruled that Myers may serve his sentence one or more days at a time over a five-week period.)