Having a Board Meeting at the RCTA clubhouse, New Years Eve @ 1968.
Jan Smith
Don Hesser
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1967. REED.
The curtain will be raised Thursday evening on the 16th annual Winchester Sectional Tournament. Of the 16 Randolph County schools that battled for tournament honors in the 1952 sectional, the first held in Winchester's "new" gymnasium, only four remain. County consolidations taking part in the annual spine tingling event are Union City Community, Union Township, Monroe Central and host Winchester Community.
Back for the fourth and final year will be Center Township of Delaware County and Madison Township of Jay County. Back for the third year will be Redkey of Jay County and making their first (and last) appearance at Winchester will be the high flying Bluebirds of Selma, Delaware County.
Randolph County basketball fans have seen many fine athletes perform in sectional tournaments of the past. In fact, one such athlete will return to the sectional this year with a team of his own. Neil Reed, a starting guard on Parker's 1955, 56 and 1956-57 teams, is now head basketball coach at Center and will be bringing his Spartans to town for a crack at tournament honors.
Speaking of Neil Reed, many fans will remember his older brother, Jerry, who was an assistant coach at Lynn a few years back. And fans will certainly remember his younger brother, Steve, who is a starting forward for Monroe Central.
And then there were seven... Through the past few years, we have watched the original Winchester Sectional Tournament field shrink and all but vanish. In fact, despite similar names adopted in school consolidations, there is not a single original team left. With the consolidation of Ridgeville and Driver last year, the last of the original teams disappeared.
And this year will be no different than last year or the preceding years. Now that we've finally gotten used to Center and are still trying to remember that Selma is in our Sectional, it's time for both of them to vanish.
Center and Selma will consolidate next year and become Wapahani high school with a team called the Raiders. So fans can bet that both teams will be fighting to the finish in tournament play - it will be their last chance under their old school names.
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1889.
A few days ago P.E. GOODRICH. of the Masonic Block Furniture Store in Winchester, manufactured in his ware-rooms and delivered to T.F MOORMAN one of the handsomest parlor suits in Randolph county, consisting of a mammoth Turkish bed lounge, covered in crimson long pyle plush, with seat and back both beautifully tufted. A Divan covered in old gold long pyle plush, walnut frame, square turnings, hand carved: this is also tufted in button piped tufting. Window chair, covered in peacock blue: the arms and overstuff were tufted in brass buttons. Gents arm chair, the most beautiful of the entire set, was covered in olive long pyle plush, the back tufted in diagonal tufts, with the seat plain. Carved back reception chair, upholstered in a new shade called pepper color. The last, another reception chair, covered in plush granite-work plain. This is the set Mr. Goodrich had on exhibition at the fair, which met the admiration of all.
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1967. CLARK.
Filbert (Fip) and Lois Clark have said they plan to close their Bloomingsport Store as of Saturday of this week - today. They admit to having reached retirement age, and seem to think they are ready to give disemployment a try.
A good many county residents will be sorry to see this grocery store with it's old timey flavor, close it's doors, particularly those folks who for years have enjoyed sitting around the stove swapping stories and catching up on the news.
Although we regret that this business must come to an end, we do wish the Clarks a most pleasant retirement.
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1991.
The city officially welcomed Wal-Mart when the nation's largest retailing chain held it's grand opening ceremony in Winchester.
Dignitaries from Winchester and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. were on hand for a spirited celebration of local officials, store managers and more than 100 employees.
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1882. NICHOLS.
Will Nichols has commenced his eleventh year with the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad at Lynn. So much for honesty and attention to business.
He will sell excursion tickets to Michigan, good for the 11:50 train next Tuesday for $5 for the round trip. These tickets are good to return, for seven days on any regular train. He has already sold several tickets but is ready and willing to sell more.
The I. B. & W. Railroad are now erecting a new passenger depot near the Richmond pike crossing, in the south part of town, a splendid location, and just where it ought to be. This depot is the same size as the ones at Arcanum and New Castle.
Henry Nichols has rebuilt and fitted his property up for hotel business and is now in good running order. This house will be known as the Nichols House and is first class in every respect. No other hotel proprietor will do more to accommodate his guests than Henry.
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1954.
GRAND OPENING ROOT BEER STAND Buy one and get one FREE! 1/2 Mile North of Winchester on Route 27, Cross over the bridge - 200 yds. west side MENU - Root Beer 5 & 10 cents, Frosted Orange 10 & 20 cents, Hot Dogs 15 cents, Barbecues 25 cents, Black Cows 25 cents. May 25, 1954.
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1942.
The Sunnydale Dairy at Union City is "back to the farm" and for the first time in it's 14-year history, the usual truck routes will be supplemented by another means of transportation. You guessed it--the wartime rubber tire shortage is the cause.
Believing that the recently instituted plan of deliveries only every other day is unsatisfactory, the company has purchased a delivery wagon from Clarence GIMBLE, Union City blacksmith, and plans to make deliveries to retail customers each day. The wagon was constructed by Mr. Gimble after the running gears had been purchased from the ROSENBUSH Coal company. The wagon will be equipped with steel tires, so rubber worries will be non-existent to the company's retail division.
The horse was purchased at a farm north of Bryant and is a dapple gray Percheron. At night he will be kept by John COTTER. Mr. Cotter also will break the horse in on the new route.
Formerly the dairy used two trucks, one in retail deliveries and the other for wholesale work. Under the present arrangement the trucks will be used exclusively for wholesale deliveries and the horse and wagon will be used in Union City. The route will start at North Plum street where the dairy has a refrigeration plant.
Named "Cap" by the new owners, the horse will travel 14 miles each day in his work. John CARTER, will have charge of the route and Raymond BURTON will be the assistant.
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1886.
Riley HIATT, our genial and fellow-townsman, has a brick, a real, genuine clay brick that dates 'way back." Jonathan EDWARDS, who is said to have cut the very first tree ever felled by a white man in the present site of Winchester cleared away a little space in the woods just south of the old cemetery in the southwest part of town, and there, in 1825, erected a log cabin. As a part and parcel of this cabin, a brick chimney was also built, and into this were put the first brick ever burnt in Randolph county. In 1884, Jesse HIATT, grandson of Jonathon Edwards, desired to erect a more suitable residence upon this spot, and to this end, tore away the old cabin. The chimney was in as good a condition as it was the day it was finished, every brick being in place and the whole structure being as solid as a "meeting-house." Among other bricks, one was noticed bearing the impression of a large wolf's foot, the track indicating that the wolf was at the time "on the jump," and this is the brick which Mr. Hiatt has in his possession. The brick in this chimney are supposed to have been made and burned by Oliver KELLY's father, he having been the first brick-maker ever in the county. This clay is quite a relic and Mr. Hiatt will no doubt preserve it as a memento of old times.
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1967.
The Randolph County Horseshoe has been proudly displayed in sectional victory pictures for the last 40 years. This year, as it could have been for the past four years, there is a possibility that the coveted trophy will not go to the winning team.
The County Horseshoe is for Randolph County sectional winners only and is laid on the line at county games throughout the season. This year the Winchester Golden Falcons will take the "Horseshoe" into the sectional. But should they lose to Madison Twp., the symbol of basketball prowess in the county will remain with the Falcons until next year. The same goes if a county team with the Horseshoe should lose in any tournament game to an out-of-county foe.
Back in March of 1927, Orville N. Stover Post 158, American Legion, Union City, voted to present a "horseshoe" trophy to be given to each Randolph County sectional winner. The trophy that year went to the Union City Wildcats who won the tournament over Stoney Creek, 29-17.
The American Legion drew up a set of rules governing the possession of the "horseshoe" which are still in existence today.
The original "horseshoe" was presented to the Wildcats by Philip E. Twigg, then commander of the Union City Post.
When the original "horseshoe" became worn out, it was retired and a new one was donated by the Union City Legion. The exact date of the new "horseshoe" is marked on the 'shoe which is still being passed around today.
In sectional championship play, Parker has had the "horseshoe" the most times - 12 to be exact. Winchester has earned the trophy 11 times, and Union City is third with six sectionals to its credit. Farmland won the horseshoe three times, Spartanburg, Lynn, Ward-Jackson, Union-Wayne, Driver, Monroe Central and Union City Community have had the horseshoe one time each. The record for the most consecutive wins goes to Parker who won the sectional four years in a row, from 1938-1941.
This year the sectional trophy will again be placed on the line and Randolph County fans can't help but hope that this years winner will be able to take home the traditional "horseshoe for display in the school trophy case until the next year come November.
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