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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.
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