181. More Meaningless Winchester Shorts

  The Winchester city council held a short, routine session on its regular monthly meeting. Principal topic of discussion was traffic lights.
  Mayor Ralph WEST explained to the council that a stop light has been put at the intersection of Union and Fourth streets to protect elementary students going to Morton school from the increased traffic caused by the opening of the new high school on Union street. The traffic light is at the swimming pool intersection.  September, 1967.
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  Reed Pharmacy's new owner, Fred STOTELMYER, will have a Grand Opening July 12, 1946.
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  The Peoples Loan & Trust Bank has bought the old Youth Center building on North Meridian street and the Jim GROVE Company has started tearing it down.
  It was operated for many years as the city Youth Center, but was gradually abandoned. Reasons given by the city were difficulty of obtaining supervisory personnel, lack of adequate use, high cost of maintenance and the poor condition of the building.   July, 1967.
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RAINBOW RESTAURANT   FIRST ANNIVERSARY  NOVEMBER 20th, 1944
  Everybody Welcome   FREE  Coffee and Donuts  Roses for the Ladies  Cigars for the Men
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Letter to the Editor;
  When are the people of Winchester going to do something about the teenagers roaming the streets between the hours of midnight and dawn! They ride bikes and drive their cars at breakneck speeds through the streets and alleys at all hours. At other times they travel on foot in groups of three or more, noisily going down alleys and streets, across lawns, knocking down or tearing up whatever they see fit. Waking up people with their noise, some people will say that they haven't heard of any serious damage. That may be true but what's to stop them from going farther. The women of this neighborhood, who have husbands who work at night, have awakened many times recently to hear these boys and are afraid.
  How do these boys get out without their parents knowledge?
A Worried Mother and Property Owner.   June 29, 1954.
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  A young Winchester man narrowly escaped being hit by a Pennsylvania freight train at the crossing a half mile south and two miles east of Ridgeville at 12:30 Sunday morning.
  The Randolph county sheriff's department said that Larry O'BRIEN, 18, Winchester, crawled out of his overturned auto, righted it, but then quickly moved from the tracks as a northbound train smashed into it.
  Before his crash, O'Brien had driven his eastbound car on Ind. 28 through a barricade set up at the crossing where track repairs are underway.
  Sheriff Jack COX said today that there are flasher signals at the crossing and that the barrier had been set up a week and the road blocked from Ridgeville to Deerfield because of the crossing work.
  O'Brien's car crashed through the barricade, drove onto the tracks, slid south a hundred feet and overturned onto the driver's side. The youth crawled out of the auto and was just able push it over onto its wheels before the train demolished it.
  O'Brien sustained a cut on his left elbow and damage to the barricade was minor.   July. 1967.
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1956 "Twirp" Dance At The Youth Center.

  The Youth Center held a "Twirp" dance where the girls get to invite the guys. Dancing lessons, taught by Jeanine McHOLLAND, also were included in the dancing session. Refreshments were provided by the Youth Center.
  Those attending were: Linda Kay HOLDEMAN, Carol Jean RAMSEY, Evelyn WHITACRE, Olivia Dee RUNKLE, Donna Jean SPEED, Ruth Ann ODLE, Roberta CANADA, Linda BRUMLEY, Betty LAWSON, Janet PINGRY, Judy ELDER, Roberta CLOUSE, Brenda PFLASERER, Sheila SIMMONS, Mary Alice BOOMER, Kathie SIMMONS, Linda WOLFE, Stephanie BARNES, Alayne FITZMAURICE, Donna KAUGHER.
  Linda COCHRAN, Sue Anne, HUNT, Patty MURRAY, Mary Lou CEJNAR, James OZBUN, Bill FISHER, Terry HOLADAY, DONALD KELLY, Michael ROMACK, Jack WOOLF, Mike METZ< Steven RECTOR, Tim COCKERILL, Pete LASLEY, Stephen CONKLING, Mike DURBIN, Douglas LOWE, Hollis COCHRAN, Thomas CROYLE, Russel OZBUN, Jerry CAMPBELL, Jerry LOGAN, John COCHRAN.   March 27, 1956.    (If my memory is correct we had a Twirp dance at ol' WHS about this time, 1955,'56.)
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  Louis NAROTSKY, iron, metal and coal dealer, is in his thirty-fourth year of continuous business in Winchester, having opened his first yard in 1913 at the rear of the Max ROMIZER blacksmith shop on West Franklin street with L. HINSHAW and Merl CHENOWETH as partners.
  At that time the business was known as the Narotsky Iron and Metal company. The three men continued in business in that location until 1925 when they moved to the present site at the corner of Railroad Ave. and North West street and went into the coal business. Two years later, in 1927, Mr. Narotsky  bought his partners out and continued in business alone.
  Bookkeeper for the organization is Maybelle CONYERS, who has been with Mr. Narotsky 14 years this month.
  Mr. Narotsky and his wife Gladys, live at 548 West South street.   April, 1947.
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Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.  NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS  We will be in our new building, located at 200 N. Meridian St., across the street from the Post Office, Monday Jan., 23rd, 1956.
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Dr. D.C. LIND has opened new dental offices on Ind. 32 at Ind. 27 at the east edge of Winchester.
Mrs. Lind, the former Jane Marie THOMPSON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson, 608 W. South Street Winchester, will be employed until the end of January in the Home Economics department of Indiana University.
The couple has now purchased the former ZALTSBERG home at 605 W. Franklin St., Winchester.  December, 1967.
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  The city officially welcomed Wal-Mart this morning 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.   October, 1991.
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  Patrick S. RADY has been employed as physical education teacher and varsity basketball coach in Winchester Community high school, Randolph Central Supt. Edward GLENN announced.
  Rady has been varsity basketball coach at Bainbridge High School for the past five years where his teams have won two Sectional Championships, two Regional Championships, Conference Championships, County Tourney Championships and a Holiday Tourney. His teams in Bainbridge have established the record of eighty-four wins and thirty losses. Rady coached Larry STEELE who played on the Indiana All-Star team and was a starter as a sophomore for the University of Kentucky for the past season.
  The new WCHS coach is a graduate of Hanover College in 1963. His teaching majors are Physical Education and Social Studies. He has completed most of the work for the Master's Degree at Indiana State University.   June, 1969.
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THANKS!  Having sold Sullivan's Drive-inn Restaurant to Mr. and Mrs. Laverne SUMWALT, we wish to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks to our many loyal friends for their patronage during the past thirteen years. POP & EDYTHE SULLIVAN.   July, 1960.
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Cable TV Has Arrived In Winchester.   SIGN UP NOW for this limited time offer and we will install Cable TV service in your home free. You pay only the regular monthly rate of $5.00 and you save the regular $15 installation charge. If you are not completely satisfied you may cancel your order at any time during the first 30 days of service and your money will be returned in full. See more TV stations than you ever saw before and see them perfectly. You will say Goodby Ghosts, So Long to Snow, Farewell to Flip, Flop and Flutter.  GTEC Cable TV.   July, 1967.
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The Brown Street Market by the High School has sold to W.E. (Gene) STUDY, now a resident of Stone Street. Mr. Study is updating the store very successfully.   1955.
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Local Girls In Crash.  Linda MOORE, 18, has been removed from the intensive care unit at Ball Memorial hospital but is still in serious condition with severe head injuries which required surgery.
The driver of the car, Margaret WYATT, 18, was treated at Jay County hospital for head and face cuts, including a forehead laceration requiring 25 stitches.  December, 1967.
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Increased postal rates go into effect January 7, 1967. The new cost for a First Class stamp will be six cents.
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Maora's Grocery.  Roy F. (Sonny) McKIBBEN, 32, Winchester, is recovering at his home from a broken leg suffered in a fall on icy pavements several days ago.
He fell in front of the McCOY grocery at 327 Union st. in Winchester and splintered his ankle bone and broke the main bone in his leg.
McKibben is employed at the grocery as a delivery truck driver. Married to Ann PARTRIDGE, he has three children, Anna Mae, Roy and Melanie.
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