188. Randolph County And The Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918-19. Part 2.

October 16, 1918.  STATE-WIDE BAN Has Been issued In An Effort To Check The Spread Of The Disease In Indiana. First Time In History Of State That It Has Been Entirely Affected By Epidemic.
  Because of the rapid spread of the Spanish Influenza in Indiana, an order prohibiting all public gatherings in the state until midnight October 20 was issued by the state board of health at its regular quarterly session in the State House.
  That date was arbitrarily set by the board that the peak of the epidemic will have been passed by that time. An extension of the ban, however will be ordered if conditions do not improve by that time.
  The stringent order which takes the place of the emergency order issued by the office of the health board today will apply to every section of Indiana, whether the disease has made its appearance or not. By "public gathering, churches, theaters, schools, political meetings and any other kind of meeting open to the public, whether in a building or in the open air, are included. In addition to the closing order the health board adopted regulations for the operation of all street cars and interurban cars in the state. The order did not necessarily apply to pool rooms and like places. Local officials may interpret that gatherings at poolrooms, bowling alleys, dry beer saloons and clubs for instance, are public gatherings and may order them closed.
  A rule was adopted by the board forcing all soda fountains, hotels, restaurants and eating houses in the state to sterilize all cups, glasses, forks, knives and spoons used by customers.
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October 16, 1918.  Sixty Cases In Wayne, Jackson Townships And Union City.  County Health Officer Dr. G. REYNARD informed the Union City Times this noon that there were sixty cases of Spanish Influenza in Wayne and Jackson Townships and Union City reported to him and that he was of the opinion that there were a great many other cases in the city which had not been reported by their attending physician.
  Dr. Reynard ordered all the pool rooms closed in Winchester and Union City yesterday to remain closed until after the epidemic is over which effects the Lyons, Gruber and Coleman pool rooms in this city and Doc IRVIN's and Ed LENKENSDOFER's halls in Winchester. He said he had just got a report from the physicians of Winchester who say there is not one case of Spanish Influenza in that city while one case is reported at Modoc.
  Dr. Herbert DETRICK, who is the city Secretary of the Board of Health started out this afternoon to place quarantine cards on all residences over our city that have Spanish Influenza in them. Six new cases were reported this morning, one of which is very serious, being a seven months old baby.
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October 22, 1918.  There has been much agitation going around our city the past few days over the ban placed by the State Board of Health on keeping down of the Spanish Influenza epidemic that is prevalent over the state. Locally we don't think there is any reason why we should get excited for while there are no doubt a great many cases of the old fashioned grippe, yet we don't believe there is a single case of Spanish Influenza in this city, and we don't want any, we have always contended that Union City is the most healthful and best place in the country to live in, and we see no reason now for changing our opinion of fifty-two years residence in the same. If you have a cold, consult a physician at once is the advice of the Times.
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October 23, 1918.  Dr. J. N. HURTY, secretary of the state Board of Health announced that the statewide ban on all public gatherings will be extended from the original day set for the termination of the closing order.
  Dr. Hurty said the length of the extension period will depend entirely upon the nature of the reports received from county health commissioners over the state. He said that from the present outlook the extension would be at least five days and not more than ten.
  The extension, like the original closing order, will take in all public gatherings, including churches, schools, theatres and all other public meetings.
  The total number of new cases reported to the state office was 2,688, the largest number reported in a single day since the emergency order was sent out October 7.
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October 23, 1918.  Dr. Louis PINT, former state bacteriologist and at present connected with the research laboratory of the University of Chicago says that he has succeeded in isolating the germs responsible for the present Spanish Influenza epidemic and the regulation diphtheria antitoxin is an absolute specific for the disease.
  He said the epidemic was mainly caused by the present war diet and especially by the curtailment of the usual consumption of sugar. Dr. Pint said that he had treated seventy five cases with the diphtheria antitoxin without the loss of a single case.  (Another cure that proved to be useless.  mh)
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October 23, 1918.  Methodist ministers of this city have passed a resolution asking the Board of Health to close the saloons as well as the churches and the schools. They contend that the saloon is the place where men congregate in large numbers and that they drink out of the same glasses.
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October 23, 1918.  Some Things We Do Know about The Spanish Influenza.  Physicians say that the influenza need not be feared if we do not become too fearful of it and if we take responsible precautions against it. Every cold you now contract, every headache you have, every sudden rise in temperature, every sneeze, every cough and every feeling of chillness is not a sign that you have the disease. If that were true there would scarcely be a man, woman or child out of bed in the course of a week. But if you imagine one or more of these symptoms constitutes the dread disease, maybe it will. On the other hand, any of these may give rise to the suspicion, but only the bare suspicion, mind you, that you are approaching influenza and so call for your taking treatment immediately to ward off the possibility.
  Physicians have not succeeded in isolating the germ but they have figured out reasonably well the things that are conducive to its propagation and to the spread of the disease. Crowds are the worst. One victim of the disease sneezing in a company of people is said to have infected about one-fourth of the whole number. Therefore if you sneeze, use your handkerchief in order that you may not spread the disease even though you may not be unfortunate enough to contract it.
  And the physicians have come to believe the germ may be carried on the clothing or about the person of those who may not themselves be infected but who may have come in contact with influenza victims. Therefore if you have been around an influenza victim do not come in contact with well persons while wearing the same clothes that you had on when about the sick.
  By all means get as much fresh air and sunlight as possible and at night have your windows wide open. For that matter fresh air and sunlight are the deadliest foes of all germs and when you get into the habit of relying upon them as germicides you are not likely to need others.
  Keep your body in good condition. Good resistance to disease is nine-tenths of the battle before it is fought and all of the battle while it is being waged.
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October 23, 1918.  Scott HOCKINSMITH, son-in-law of Noah RICKERT, died last night at his home about seven miles northwest of Union City, of the Spanish flu, after about a week's illness. He leaves a wife and four small children.
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October 23, 1918.  Spanish Influenza - What It Is And How It Should Be Treated.  Nothing new - simply the old Grip or la Grippe that was epidemic in 1889-90, only then it came from Russia by way of France and this time by way of Spain.
  Go to bed and stay quiet, take a laxative, eat plenty of nourishing food, keep up your strength, Nature is the only cure. Always call a doctor. No occasion to panic.
  Spanish influenza, which appeared in Spain in May, has all the appearances of grip, or la grippe, which has swept over the world in numerous epidemics as far back as history runs. Hippocrates refers to an epidemic in 412 B.C., which is regarded by many to have been influenza. Every century has had its attacks. Beginning with 1831this country has had five epidemics, the last in 1889-90.
  There is no occasion for panic. Influenza itself has a very low percentage of fatalities, not over one death out of every 400 cases, according to the Board of Health. The chief danger lies in complications arising, attacking principally patients in a rundown condition, those who don't go to bed soon enough or those who get up too early.
  Grip, or influenza as it is now called, usually begins with a chill followed by aching, feverishness and sometimes nausea and dizziness and a general feeling of weakness and depression. The temperature is from 100 to 104 and the fever usually lasts from three to five days. The germs attack the mucous membrane or lining of the air passages, nose throat and bronchial tubes; there is usually a hard cough, especially bad at night; oftentimes a sore throat or tonsillitis and frequently all the appearances of a severe head cold.
  Go to bed at the first symptoms, not only for your sake, but to avoid spreading the disease to others, take a purgative, eat plenty of nourishing food, remain perfectly quiet and don't worry. Quinine, aspirin or Dover's Powders etc., may be administered by the physician's directions to relieve the aching. But there is no cure or specific treatment for influenza, the disease must run it's course. Nature herself will throw off the attack if only you keep your strength. The chief danger lies in the complications which may arise. Influenza so weakens the bodily resistance that there is danger of pneumonia or bronchitis developing and sometimes inflammation of the middle ear or heart affections. For these reasons it is very important that the patient remain in bed until his strength returns. Stay in bed at least two days or more after the fever has left you, or if you are over 50 or not strong, stay in bed four days or more according to the severity of the attack.
  Evidence seems to prove that this is a germ disease spread principally by human contact, chiefly through coughing, sneezing or spitting while talking. So avoid persons having colds, which means avoiding crowds, common drinking cups, roller towels etc. Keep up your bodily strength by plenty of exercise in the open air and eating good food.
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October 23, 1918.  Mrs. Ava GLUNT-GUNCKEL A Victim of the Spanish Influenza.  Cruel death removed a young mother and devoted wife from her family when Mrs. Ava Glunt-Gunckel, wife of Earl Gunckel of Union City, was called away after only a very short sickness and her death, which was caused by the dread Spanish Influenza, was a great shock to the community.
  Mrs. Gunckel, who was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Glunt, was a graduate of the Union City, Ind. High School and a popular member of the class of 1903.
  She is survived by her husband and two young sons, Charles Boyd and Robert who is also down sick with the disease.
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October 30, 1918.  Orders to eliminate immediately the manufacture of all fancy trimmed and split panel varieties of coffins and to be prepared to supply coffins uncovered or unfinished, if emergency demands, have been issued to all coffin manufacturers in view of the great demand for coffins for victims of the Spanish Influenza epidemic. The order, distributed by telegraph , directs manufacturers to confine their product to the most simple types until further orders. The order was received in Indianapolis by the Indianapolis and National Casket companies.
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189. Articles From The Museum Newspaper Collection.

The Soldiers And Sailors Monument On The Courthouse Square.

  James MOORMAN, better known as "Uncle Jimmie," listed in item 27 of his last will and testament as follows: "I give, devise and bequeath, in memory of the sacrifices and sufferings of the men who served in the Union Army from Randolph County, the sum of two thousand dollars to John W. MACY, William W. Macy and Joseph R. JACKSON as trustees of said sum, said sum to be invested in a monument of such design and character as they may select and may be placed in the east part of the Public Square of Randolph County, Indians, on which the court house id located.
  From this nucleus of an idea has sprung Indiana's second largest monument.
  Uncle Jimmie, a devout Quaker, came to Winchester in 1860 and started what was known as the "Old Winchester Bank." Because of his shrewd business ability, he became in his time a very wealthy man.
  He was 66 years old when the war broke out. Being a Quaker he was supposed to be a "conscientious objector" but those who knew him believed he would have volunteered for the North had he been a younger man.
  Now that the two thousand dollars was there, some legal action must take place to have a monument. John W. Macy, joint senator in the Indiana State Legislature, proposed a measure which would enable county commissioners to appropriate up to $25,000 for the purpose of erecting monuments to the Civil War soldiers and sailors.
  After the bill passed, a group of ex-soldiers presented petitions signed by 3,914 voters and taxpayers requesting such an appropriation from the commissioners. They obliged so on the 20th of March, 1889.
  After a carefully selected advisory committee had been chosen, the contract for the foundation of the memorial was let to Luther L. Moorman for $2,579. A hole 27 feet square and 6 feet deep was dug and filled with broken Bedford limestone and cement.
  Next bids were submitted for the actual monument.  A. A. McKAIN of Indianapolis was the successful bidder. Work was started in the summer of 1890 but completion was held up until the committee could decide what figure should be placed at the top. McKain had decided to use a figure calculated to represent the ancient war god, Mars at rest. The committee objected to this as well as that of a negro clad only in a loin cloth and armed with a spear. Someone came up with the idea of just using an ordinary soldier armed with the good old Stars and Stripes. All approved this figure and McKain was permitted to continue.
  The work was completed in the spring of 1892 and the monument was turned over to the Commissioners to become county property.
  The day set for the unveiling was to be a gala event. A letter asking Gov. Ira O. CHASE to be principal speaker was sent. Ex-Governor Isaac P. Gray was also invited to speak but he failed even to answer the invitation. A telegram was sent. He then answered that he would not be here.
  In spite of all these reversals a program got underway at ten o'clock on the twenty first of July. Capt. WRIGHT and his famed artillery company stood with bared heads while I. P. WATTS delivered the invocation.
  After the morning ceremonies were completed an interim hour was spent by the multitudes in feasting, either at picnic tables, restaurants or at food stands which had been erected to help the hungry crowds.
  Immediately after lunch, a large retinue of veterans, accompanied by hundreds of enthusiastic citizens marched to the depot where they met Gov. Chase and marched him back through the gaily decorated street to the speakers stand, where the dedication ceremonies were resumed.
  Promptly at 1:30 the bugle sounded assembly and the people at once jammed the east side of the square. Band music opened the exercises followed by invocation delivered by Rev. Dr. Spellman of Winchester, former chaplain of the 101st Indiana. A choir composed of 75 children sang "America" under the direction of Prof. Samuel WILLIAMS, after which the address of welcome was given by Capt. A. O. MARSH, Master of Ceremonies.
  The ritual of the Grand Army of Republic was used in the unveiling ceremony. The ceremony was most impressive and drew thunderous applause from the crowds as each separate figure of the structure was brought to view. The band played the National Anthem as "Old Glory" was hauled to the peak of the flagstaff. Upon individual commands, William CHAPMAN removed the flag which covered the figure representing the Navy, Isaac SIPE unveiled the Cavalryman, S. O. FOX unveiled the Artilleryman and Oliver M. MILLS removed the flag from the Infantryman.
  Governor Ira Chase was presented by Capt. A. O. Marsh and he gave an address of a congratulatory nature. He complimented the people of the county upon their patriotism. And so we have the story of the monument.
Monument Statistics:
Cost of Monument...….$23,000.
Foundation...……$2,659.
      Total...…… $26,659.

James Moorman Bequest   $2,000.
Cost to County       $23,659.

  The foundation and lower part of the monument is constructed of Oolitic limestone, while the upper portions are of solid Barre granite from Vermont. The lower section of the structure represents a fort with sixteen bronze cannons, 4 to the side. The figure representing the four branches of military service are each six feet, six inches in height. The monument is 67 feet high to the top of the granite shaft. The bronze frieze which encircles the shaft and bears bas reliefs of battle and military life scenes is six feet wide and twenty four feet long.
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Rural Free Mail Delivery.

  Rural mail delivery service has been established in Randolph County to begin December 15, 1903 as follows:
CARLOS, route 29, population served 860, Elmer E, COGGSHELL carrier, J. E. IVESON substitute.
CRETE, route 34, length of route twenty three mile, population served 590, Ephriam B. ANDERSON carrier, Perry M. TAYLOR substitute.
FARMLAND, additional service, route 19, length of route twenty four miles, population served 550, Charles T, SNYDER carrier, David H. MORRIS substitute.
LYNN, additional service, route 31, length of route twenty five miles, population served 400, James BASCOM carrier, John H. PORTER substitute.
PARKER, additional service, route 20, population served 295, Wm. G. MOULTON carrier, Charles C. MOULTON substitute.
RIDGEVILLE, additional service, routes 12 and 15, population served 1,294, John COLLETT and Benjamin F. ARMSTRONG carriers.
UNION CITY, additional service, route 42, length of route twenty two miles, population served 645, Willard H. SMITH carrier, Claude H. SMITH substitute.
MODOC, Albert C. SWAIN carrier.
WINCHESTER, additional service, routes 8, 9, 10 and 11, length ninety one miles, population served 1,995, William D. REMMEL, Christopher C. PEELLE, William G. BATCHELOR and William F. WATSON carriers.

ADVICE TO RURAL ROUTE PATRONS.

1. Don't ask your carrier to wait while you address a letter or write a postal card. When you do, you ask him to disobey the law.
2. Don't have your wagon or other vehicles stand by the mail box so the carrier is compelled to get out to place the mail in the box.
3.Don't pile lumber, gas pipes, ladders or other long articles across the fence so the ends stick out past the mail box.
4. Don't put your mail box in an obstructed place, so that the carrier must drive across ditches, against fences and mud holes to get to it.
5. Don't drive up to your neighbor's mail box and tie your horse, so the carrier can not get to the box.
6. Don't have the flag up when there is no mail to be taken out.
7. Do not put mail in the box without raising the flag. If the carrier has no mail for you, he is not expected to go to the box unless there is mail to get out.
8. Don't drop money loose in the box. The law says you must wrap it.
  If you put a letter and pennies in the box, wrap them together, so the carrier does not have to pull off his mittens and fish around in the box for them. Some real cold morning drop five or six pennies in the box, stay out until your fingers get real cold, then go to the box and fish for the pennies yourself and see how your carrier fares, but remember he cannot go in and warm when his hands get cold. He must be patient and pick pennies out of boxes all day while patrons sit close by their stoves and feel thankful that they are not rural carriers.   Winchester Journal, Nov., 1903.
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Winchester Bus Station.  

The Bus Terminal and News Stand, operated by Roy BUSICK, will move from its present location on S. Meridian and Franklin St., to a new office at 208 South Main St., on the west side of the block south of the public square. The new location was formerly the Peacock Insurance Agency office. Also operating from this office as it did from the former bus station, will be the Railway Express Service. January, 1961.
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Maxville Church.

  Within the next few weeks the future of the Maxville church, formerly called Macksville, east of Farmland, will be decided. It's past has been recorded during the years that the church has stood and within its walls are many memories for its former congregations as well as neighbors and former residents of the community who are now living far and near.
  The present structure has stood for only 49 years but before that there was a church, and before that, there was a church and before that there was the house of John SUMWALT, where the first services were held and organized back in 1821.
  The first church was a frame building, built in 1838 near a mill owned by Rudolph GOOD, that stood near the river and along the west edge of what is now the old part of the cemetery. Mr. Good donated the ground for the church to be built on. This building burned mysteriously after being used only 9 years.
  The second Maxville church was built in 1856, in the north west corner, and the now old cemetery was started around this building. The church was abandoned in 1914 and used as a residence for many years.
  In 1914 the pr
esent church was built and its fate now lies in the hands of the Maxville cemetery owners and some cemetery board members do not know where many of these people now live.
  Two hundred and fifty lot owners are not all of the people who would like to voice their sentiments about what should be done with the church building; but due to the lack of many addresses, it is impossible to contact the others who own lots in the cemetery.
  William GREEN, retired blacksmith, has been president of the cemetery board for over 30 years. Other board members are  Mrs. Altha HOBBICK, secretary; Russell MULL, Chase COOK, Reuben SHAW and Gene FOSTER.
  Maxville and Farmland churches were on the Farmland circuit and the first minister was Rev. Ira HUFFMAN. The circuit was in the Richmond district of the Methodist conference.
  The first janitor of the Maxville church was Boyce MILLS, who lives in Farmland. According to Mills; after the first two years, the church was unable to pay for his services but he continued doing the janitor chores without pay. Mills' son, Claud, has been caretaker of the cemetery for many years and on occasion takes care of the church.
  The church is at present being used each Sunday by the Bible Deliverance group who are paying fifteen dollars a month for its use.
  In 1930, the district superintendent gave the Farmland church board his permission to sell the Maxville church and it was purchased by the cemetery board for one thousand dollars. Mr. Green was also president of the Farmland church board at the time of the sale. At one time, according to Green the board was offered ten thousand dollars for the building but the sale was never completed.
 Rev. Harvey THORNBURG, retired minister, has the distinction of conducting more funerals in this church than any other minister. His records show that he has conducted at least 800 funerals here. Quoting Re. Thornburg, he has held funerals here for "young, old, suicides, murders, good and the bad."
  There have probably been fewer weddings in the Maxville church than any other church in the county according to Green and Mills, but nobody seems to know why.
  For many years, Decoration Day exercises were held and former residents came back year after year from great distances to attend these services.
  Often, prior to the sale of the church to the cemetery board, when repairs were needed, the members "pitched in" and did their own work. One particular year, the members rented land and planted a crop of oats and with the money received, repaired the ceiling of the church.
  Now comes a time when an oats crop or even several hundred dollars will not restore the beauty to this structure or make the repairs that are so needed and if something is not done soon, what used to be a beautiful church will lose that beauty, inside and outside. Then it will become just another memory to join the many memories that are sleeping so peacefully in that corner near Farmland.  By M. C. Barrett, Winchester Journal-Herald, October, 1963.
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192. Bunsold's Super Market advertisement, 1950

The Winchester Journal-Herald

Thursday, October 12, 1950

Oleo, margarine, was white when it was first on the market. It included a capsule of yellow coloring if you wanted it to look like butter.

Bunsold's lot location can be found at 309 West South Street, Winchester, Indiana.

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Randolph County, Indiana 1818-1990
Commonly referred to as "The Red History Book"
Compiled by the Randolph County Historical Society, 1991, Second reprint 2003.

Read page 475 to read the family history "Bunsold-Keys."

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191. First Man Of White River Township To Make The Supreme Sacrifice (1918)

First Man Of White River Township 

To Make The Supreme Sacrifice

August 21, 1918

Private Clarence W. Borror, U.S. Army, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, World War I

Clarence Borror

     I. M. (Mart) Borror, a well known farmer of North-west of this city, was officially notified last Thursday of the death of his son Clarence Borror on the battle line in France between the dates July 19 and 24. Those dates being during the big drive.

     Thus Clarence Borror becomes the first registered man of Randolph county and the first soldier of White River township to make the supreme sacrifice that this world be freed of militarism .

     He was born October 30, 1894, on a farm North-west of this city and where he had always resided, gaining an extended circle of friends and acquaintances who all pronounce him as an industrious, honest and companionable boy and man. He was largely his father's principal help and a letter from him in France dated July 4 and received only a few days ago spoke of the hope of being able to return within a year and renew farm activities.

     He was reprieved of a mother's care at an early age, and is survived by two brothers and four sisters, one of the latter being Mrs. Will Alexander of the city.

     He was enrolled among the registrants in this county and by the big drawing was among the first numbers; and waiving all exemptions was with the first quota that left this country which was on September 21, 1917, for Camp Taylor, Kentucky. After remaining there a short time he was transferred to Camp Shelby, Miss., where after several months training he was sent over-seas arriving there on June 26, hence must have been placed in the battle line within a short time. He was a member of the machine gun company of 16th Infantry.
 
     He seemed to have a reluctance towards having his picture taken and the family have no likeness of him save a picture taken during his babyhood and the one from which the above half tone was made which he had taken at Camp Shelby.

     In his memory the flag on the court house tower and other public flags of our city were at half mast Saturday and Sunday. No arrangement could be made for memorial services by the churches throughout the county as the list of ministers is only held by the Ministerial association and the officers thereof are on their annual vacations. However, many ministers paid the departed hero a fitting tribute in their Sunday sermons.

     The loyal and patriotic people of Randolph county sympathize with the family in their afflictions, but assure them that they should feel proud of their loved one who faced death bravely and made the supreme sacrifice that coming generations be made free of a militarism that threatened the freedom of the world.

     He gave his all, and may it teach others to give something to make brighter the lives of the brave boys who are offering their bodies as a barrier between tyranny and liberty.

Source: Obituary Collection: 1917 Journal - 1918 Journal black binder located in the library at Randolph County Historical & Genealogical Society museum, Winchester, Indiana. Search completed April 2020.

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More of the story...

Draft Registration Card: C. W. Borror

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Registration State: Indiana; Registration County: Randolph; Roll: 1653185
Precinct 3, Winchester, White River Township. 
Date of registration: 6-5-17. 

Clarence Wellington Borror
     Race: Caucasian
     Marital Status: Single
     Birth Date: 20 Oct 1894
     Age: 22 years
     Birth Place: Randolph County, Indiana
     Street Address: R3, Randolph Co, Indiana
     A natural born citizen.
     Present trade/occupation/office: Farmer.
     By whom employed: I. M. Borror.
     Where employed: Randolph County, Indiana.
     What military service have you had? None.
     Height: Medium.
     Eye and hair color: Brown. 
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Burial site
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial
Belleau, Department de l'Aisne, Picardie, France.

The cemetery is almost 43 acres located in the Marne Valley.
It contains graves of 2,289 war dead and it is noted most casualties fought in the area during the summer of 1918.
A memorial chapel has 1,060 names of missing inscribed on an interior wall.

Private Clarence W. Borror
U.S. Army
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division
World War I
Entered from Indiana
Date of death: July 22, 1918
Status: Missing In Action
Memorialized: Tablets of the Missing

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1910 United States Federal Census
White River Township, Randolph County, Indiana, page 9A.

Isaac M. Borror, head of household, widowed. Age: 44, born about 1866 in West Virginia, male, race: white. Father's and mother's birthplace: West Virginia. Native tongue: English. Occupation: Farmer. Owns home, it is noted as mortgaged. He is able to read and write.

Lydia Borror, daughter to head of household. Age 19, born about 1891 in Indiana, white, female. Married 2 years; 1 child born, 1 child living. Native tongue: English, able to read and write.  Father and mother born in West Virginia. Father's name: Isaac M. Borror.

Clarence Borror, son to head of household. Age 14, born about 1896 in Indiana, white, male. Single. Native tongue: English, able to read and write, attended school. Occupation: Farm Laborer, industry: home farm, wage earner. Father and mother born in West Virginia. Father's name: Isaac M. Borror.

Ollie Borror, son to head of household. Age 12, born about 1898 in Indiana, white, male. Single. Father and mother born in West Virginia. Father's name: Isaac M. Borror. Native tongue: English, able to read and write, attended school.

Estie Borror, daughter of head of household. Age 10, born about 1900 in Indiana, white, female. Single. Father and mother born in West Virginia. Father's name: Isaac M. Borror. Native tongue: English, able to read and write, attended school.

Millard Borror, son of head of household. Age 24, born about 1886 in West Virginia, white, male. Father and mother born in West Virginia. Father's name: Isaac M. Borror. Native tongue: English, able to read and write. Occupation: Driller, industry: Machine Shop, wage earner, out of work: no, number of weeks out of work: 0.

Goldie Borror, daughter of head of household. Age 19, born about 1891 in Indiana, white, female.
Single. Father and mother born in West Virginia. Father's name: Isaac M. Borror. Native tongue: English, able to read and write, attended school: no. Occupation: Retired, industry: hotel, wage earner; out of work: no, number of weeks out of work: 0.

Rosy Borror, daughter of head of household. Age 16, born about 1894 in Indiana, white, female. Single. Father and mother born in West Virginia. Father's name: Isaac M. Borror. Native tongue: English, able to read and write, attended school: no. Occupation: Servant, industry: Private Family, wage earner; out of work: no, number of weeks out of work: 0.

Mary Curtis, servant to head of household. Age 30, born about 1880 in Indiana, white, female. Widowed. Father and mother born in Indiana. Native tongue: English, able to read and write. Occupation: Servant, industry: Private Family, wage earner, out of work: no, number of weeks out of work: 0. Number of children born: 3, number of children living: 3.

Pearl L. Gray, granddaughter to head of household. Age 0, born about 1910 in Indiana, white, female. Single. Father and mother born in Indiana.

Clarence Curtis, hired hand to head of household. Age 21, born about 1889 in Indiana, white, male. Single. Father and mother born in Indiana. Native tongue: English, can read and write. Occupation: Farm Laborer, Industry: Working Out, wage earner, out of work: no, number of weeks out of work: 14.

NOTE: Wife of I. M. Borror, mother of Clarence Borror, was Dorothy Magdalene "Dolly" (Hedrick) Borror. She died March 27, 1901 and is buried in Bear Creek Cemetery northeast of Farmland, Randolph County, Indiana.
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190. Winchester Short Notes.

1940. Kosher Pickle Hamburgers 10 Cents - Coney Island 5 Cents - Don't Forget The SCOOTER TRACK  At The North Side Gulf Station - 2 And 3 Wheel Scooters - Rollie M. REYMAN, (This would later be Johnny FLATTER's Shell station.)
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1968. Anchor On Strike.  The Winchester Anchor Hocking Glass plant's operations were shut down and pickets patrolled the plant after a strike was called by negotiating officials of the Glass Bottle Blowers AFL-CIO unions.
  Roy WYNN, president of GBBA AFL-CIO local 14, was scheduled to return to Winchester from two weeks of negotiations with industry and union heads at Miami. Fla.
  Striking at Winchester are Wynn's local and the women's local 204, comprising around 500 in all. However, the strike affects approximately 1,200 Anchor employees at Winchester.
  Salaried foremen and office personnel continued at work and were not challenged by pickets.
  Plans were underway for a trailer to be set up near the plant gates for the use of pickets on duty in the damp, foggy weather.
  Although the strike was not yet officially called at midnight Wednesday, a token number of pickets were already on duty at that hour. However, operators did not shut down their machines until 1 a.m.

51 Days Later.   The 51-day strike of GBBA AFL-CIO unions against the glass industry ended when union conferees at Philadelphia voted to accept a contract.
   However, Winchester's Anchor Hocking plant did not reopen immediately, pending settlement of some local grievances.
  The new union contract provides a 20 cent hourly increase the first year for unskilled workers and 30 cents for skilled workers. Four per cent increases are called for in the second and third years of the contracts duration. Retirement age is reduced from 65 to 62 without reduction in benefits, and pensions are increased produce .
  Value of the entire package is estimated at 95 cents.
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1956. Tastee Freez Grand Opening - Under New Management  Keith and Mary Elizabeth AKARD  Malts & Milk Shakes  2 for price of 1   845 North Main St.
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1949. Kroger Store Reopens.   The Kroger store at 215 West Franklin St., closed for the past week for extensive renovation, was reopened today.
  The self-service market has been completely modernized, according to Rodgers N. BROWN, branch manager of the Kroger company in this area. Refrigerated produce racks have been installed and open-top refrigerated dairy cases will speed up shopping in that department. A new type frozen foods case which displays many varieties of frozen foods is another feature.
  Another unique improvement in the self-serve method of shopping has been the installation of self-serve smoked and luncheon meats. Pre-packaged cuts of all sizes are kept in this case.
  Scientific illumination is provided through all-fluorescent lighting. The checkout system has been rearranged to provide faster service in that department.
  Glenn SNYDER, 125 East Franklin street, is manager of the store. Having spent several years with the Kroger company, he is a veteran of the grocery business. Head meat cutter Ralph KIRCHER, 421 Thompson, is also a long time Kroger employee, his service with the company dating back to 1939.
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1963. Winchester Young Man Killed.   James Lee ("Bo") PIGG, age 20, was killed, probably instantly, when the car in which he was riding crashed into two cement posts, hit a telephone pole, flipped over and landed on its wheels against a fence, around 2 a.m. Sunday.
  The accident, which happened on Ohio 502 a half mile east of the Indiana-Ohio line, also
 injured the driver of the car, Bob ADDINGTON, 17, Winchester, route 1.
  After it crashed, the auto caught on fire and the Palestine fire department was called to put out the blaze.
  Pigg was a Driver high school graduate with the class of 1962, and at the time of his death was employed by Maul Brothers at Winchester.
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1949. "The Salt Creek Desperadoes"   Winchester broke into print again this week all over America when the December edition of Laugh Book magazine went on sale on the news stands throughout the country. In the foreword of this issue, Charley JONES, its editor and publisher, describes an old fashioned Thanksgiving and the setting of his description is Winchester and Randolph county.
  Every month between fifty and a hundred local citizens buy the Laugh Book on local news stands but there are very few of them who know that it is written by a local resident who grew up in and around Winchester and who still has many local friends.
  It is probable that most of them fail to catch the connection because Mr. Jones no longer goes by the given name under which he was known while attending local schools. Ask any local "youngster" of fifty who grew up here and the story will be entirely different.
  The change came when Mr. Jones was in the army. The army recognizes first name and middle initial only, so the former Everett Jones became Charles E. Jones to the utter confusion of his old-time friends and acquaintances. And the Charles was of course "shortened" to Charley.
  Under the caption "Letter From Charley," Mr. Jones very accurately tells what life was like around Winchester along about 1910 when he lived at 630 South Richmond street. The Charles ALBRIGHTs then lived next door north; Francis SIMPSON lived in the middle of the same block; and Louis and William MENDENHALL lived down on the corner of Carl street.
  The Orange street bridge was known as "Second" bridge and the gang that frequented Nichols' Pasture was known as "The Salt Creek Desperadoes."  Local friends who have known Mr. Jones all his life remember the mischievous escapades of his youth and are not at all surprised that he would turn out a jokesmith.
  In the latest edition of Laugh Book magazine he tells about going to Grandma's house in the country, there to spend the Thanksgiving holiday. Travel was, of course, by horse and buggy, with him seated on a board down in front. His grandmother, the visit with whom he describes, was Mary Ann GRUBBS, for years a resident of Huntsville. The uncles whom he mentions as Jackson and Jefferson are in reality Denver GRUBBS, of the Ford garage and Russell Grubbs, of the Sinclair station on West Washington.
  This is not the first time Mr. Jones has written about Winchester and its citizens. In his June edition of this year he wrote quite at length about the days when Francis Simpson was a Western Union messenger, earning 50 cents a week, and Merrill NICHOLS was harboring in his father's barn a huge collection of live snakes of all kinds and colors.
  Also mentioned was the time the Desperadoes "borrowed" a pile of fence posts to make a raft, with which they floated down Salt Creek on a spring flood - at the eventual expense of Mr. Simpson.
  Mr. Jones' Laugh Book magazine is now on sale at the news stand.
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1945. Lost My Wife.   Will the man who stole her and my Grape-Nuts please bring back the Grape-Nuts? I can run a farm without a wife - but not without the energy in those malty-rich, sweet-as-a-nut Grape-Nuts!
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1949. Courtesy Café.  The Courtesy Café, 102 North Main St., formerly the Main Café, will be open for business this week. Redecorated and remodeled, it will be under the new ownership and management of Mrs. James (Ann) NANCE, who was in charge of the Beeson club house dining room for two years and manager of the Rainbow café three.
  Mrs. Nance will cater to parties, banquets and club meetings after the weekday 7 p.m. closing hour. There is glycol vapor spray for health. Employees are Ruth HITCHENS, cook, Lucille KELLY, Janie (SANDIFAR) HUTCHENS, Mary Alice Nance, Patty Helms and Maxine SOULE.  (This was during the Polio scare and glycol vapor spray was thought to purify the air.  mh)
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1963. Excitement For The Golfers!  Get your Christmas gifts for the Golfers in your family by calling:  Terry ROBERTS 47854  or  David ROOSA 24831   We Have Everything From Top Name Balls To Bags.

Also:  1961.  Golfers this season will have no excuse if they complain about their driving game. J. Cody LONGNECKER announced this week that his Sample Lake Driving Range is now in operation west of Winchester. Several years in the planning, this will be the only range in operation in Randolph county.
  Jay reports he has a complete line of supplies and golf balls and the yardage markers start at 100 and run out to 250 yards. At the present the range has five tees or driving mats, one of them constructed for players to use irons from. Jay says he also is planning to install two grass tees and possibly a bunkered sand trap to really give golfers a workout.
  The Sample Lake range is located west of Winchester on Ind. 32. Signs will tell you where to turn north off the highway. Like all the rest of us, Jay is hoping for some decent weather this weekend.

Also.  1968.  Golf Pro Alan WHITE Resigns.  Alan White, Beeson golf course professional, has resigned his position to accept a job as professional instructor at the Yule Golf Club at Alexandria, Ind., Winchester Mayor Ralph WEST said.
  White attended Winchester schools and later moved to California. He returned to Winchester to accept the Beeson position January 1, 1963. He is married to the former Jean Wickersham, daughter of Duane Wickersham of Winchester.
  The Yule club includes an 18 hole course and is located south of Alexandria on highway 9, and seven miles north of Anderson.
  White will be succeeded by Sebron REYENGA, Mayor West said. Reyenga, 40, retired from the U.S. Army in May, 1967 and since that time has worked at the Hope country club at Hope, Ark. He is married to the former Wanda JONES, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Jones, former Winchester residents now living at Hunting Park, Calif.
  The Reyengas plan to arrive in Winchester at the end of February and will live at 128 East Franklin St.
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1949. ANNOUNCING our NEW AIR CONDITIONING  Dine Where It Is Cool   Lunches - Sandwiches - Short Orders - Home Made Ice Cream, Sundaes, Milk Shakes, Malts   Ice Cream To Take Out   24 Hour Service    RAINBOW RESTAURANT
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187. Winchester Short Notes

1945, 75 years ago.  The Randolph county courthouse stands barren and desolate today stripped of the little iron fence which surrounded the cupola atop its "dome." The attractive iron work added little to the overall value of the courthouse but contributed a great deal to the drab beauty of the building.
  The God of lightening struck with all His fury, amid the crash of thunder and downpour of rain, and tore the fence from its very foundation. A part of the fence had been destroyed at a previous time. Now all that remains is a heap of mangled iron atop the courthouse dome.
  Offices in the courthouse were closed at the time but the janitor, Ora BROWN, stated that the fuses were burned out.
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1968, 52 years ago.  Construction is scheduled to begin on a new, 65 bed nursing home for Randolph county.
  The new facility, to be called Randolph Nursing Home, Inc., should be completed by sometime in March, 1969.
  The building will be located at the southeast edge of Winchester, on Oak street, extended, and the seven-acre tract will be annexed so that city sewer and water lines can be available. The entire cost of the project, including land, architect, construction, equipment and supplies will be around $500,000.
  The circumstances which ultimately resulted in the plan for the new nursing home began when the PUTERBAUGH rest home, at 300 South Meridian street in Winchester closed its doors, leaving virtually no private facilities of this type in Randolph county.
  The considerable financial undertaking is being underwritten by a group of Winchester men who became interested in the area's need for a nursing home, and were willing to back the project both as a gesture of community cooperation and as a long-term risk investment.
  Stockholders are Russell BROWN, Carlos; Jim LAWRENCE, Parker; Walter PAYNE, Max GORDON, Dr. W.S. DININGER, Dr. H.W. KOCH, Dr. C.R..SLICK and Dr. Lowell W. PAINTER, from Winchester.
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1945, 75 years ago.  Word of the development of an entirely automatic clothes dryer that will eliminate "blue Mondays" in the post war laundry through a tumbling or "fluffing" process that literally brings the warmth of the sun and the gentle breezes indoors was received in Winchester today by Walter PAYNE of the Payne Hardware store at 123 South Main street.
  This new Westinghouse dryer, which makes it unnecessary to iron some pieces, will eliminate clotheslines and pins from the postwar laundry and will make even the stormiest day good drying weather.
  At the discretion of the homemaker, the dryer can be stopped manually so that articles that would ordinarily have to be sprinkled may be removed when damp for ironing, thereby dispensing with dampening separately. Otherwise the dryer can be left on the automatic setting until the clothes are dry.
  The continuous tumbling or fluffing process that takes place while the clothes are being dried offers an improvement over clothesline drying in that many pieces so treated need no ironing. Clothes hung on a line or clothes rack dry with wrinkles in them.
  In addition, use of a clothes dryer will improve the appearance of strictly residential communities by eliminating the often unsightly clothesline. But even more important, it will do away with the housewife's weekly washday weight-lifting routine.
  Few people realize that lifting a weight above the waist, as one must do when hanging clothes on a line, is one of the most fatiguing of motions. Wet laundry weighs almost twice as much as does dry laundry, and with a clothes dryer the housewife can eliminate this overhead weight lifting and save the effort of carrying clothes to the yard and taking them down.
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1950, 70 years ago.  The new Metal Trim company which is located in Winchester is installing equipment and receiving materials. Located in the former skating rink on North Main street, the company expects to begin operations about Dec. 1.
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1968, 52 years ago.  Winchester Family Opens Sears Catalog Business.   "Jane and Dick's Sears Catalog Sales Merchant," a new Winchester enterprise, will open at a North East street location, in the Kel-Air building just north of the railroad. The new business, with Dick and Jane LONEY of Winchester as proprietors, will hold an open house, complete with a drawing for prizes of appliances. Store hours will be from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m., but 24-hour service will also be offered by telephone.
  The Loneys intend to operate the business as a family project, with their three children, Roger, 18, Chris, 16, and Chip, 14, planning to work on Weekends and during summers.
  In addition, Mrs. Tom (Nevajean) Helms, will assist at the catalog center during the day for the time being.
  "If you want to order something, obey that impulse!" might be the Loneys' motto, since orders can be placed either in person or by telephone at about any time of day (within reason, of course) that the whim strikes a customer.
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1961, 59 years ago. Driver High School baseball roster; Kenny AUSTIN, Rod WEBB, Bill TUCKER, Ronnie RECTOR, Marc DURBIN, Don BRYANT, Roy BOWERS, Duane MOORE, Mark PEACOCK, Alan KOLP, Maurice NORTHAM, Coy LAWSON, Bob ADDINGTON and Larry WINKLE. Head coach was Bob SPENCER, Assistant coach, Max SHOWALTER, Gary DRILL, Steve SUMWALT, Andy CLOUSE and Gary BENSON. Keith HINSHAW was team manager.
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1972, 48 years ago.  The Randolph County Timing Association Will Sponsor A Car Wash At Smith's Laundromat (Formerly Helm's), Pearl and North East, Sat. Sept. 30. Price $2.50. Cars Will Be Cleaned Inside And Out.
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1968, 52 years ago.  Monks Home News.  Dear Friends-  We all hope warm weather will soon be here so we can get our windows open, and we want to get outdoors more. Since our last letter, we haven't done much visiting away from home but have had many callers.
  Current "Ladies of the Monks Home":  Mrs. May HUPP, Mrs. Aota GIRTON, Mrs. Bee FRIESNER, Mrs. Mary BLIZZARD, Edith KABLE, Mrs. Tabitha WISE, Mrs. Anna PAINTER, Mrs. Ethel PITTINGER, Miss Evelyn CLARK, Mrs. Ella FIELDER, Mrs. Eva DIGGS, Mrs. Elizabeth BRAUN, Bessie DAVIS, Mrs. Verda JONES, Mrs. Flora FRAZIER, Miss Bessie DAVISSON, Lala SMITH, Mrs. Helen OWENS., A beautiful flowering plant was sent to us in memory of Mrs. Alice HARLAN, who would have been 92 on March 4. Mrs. Fae GEMMILL visited her sister, Manilla FRAZE, in the Masonic Home recently.
  Best wishes to all from the Ladies of the Monks Home.
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MISC.
1968.  Grand Opening March 31, BEACHLER FLORIST, 102 North Main St. next to Reed's Drugstore.

1972. Gaslight Inn, 203 West Franklin, Open Daily At 11:00 A.M. Wed. and Fri. Nites, Claude and Tim WRIGHT. Saturday Nite, Carl SIMPSON.

1972. Karla (ERTEL) WILSON (formerly of Paula's Beauty Shop) is now at Shair's House of Beaut'e. Phone 25481 for an appointment.

1972. Shoe Shop Closes.  The Robert ROBINSON family has called a halt to one of Winchester's most valuable service businesses, simply because it has become an increasing burden to maintain. This was the shoe repair shop at 206 South Main street which the Robinsons have operated for the past 19 years and which was operated by the Lykins family for many years before that. Mrs. Robinson has done the major part of the repair work for the past 7 years and all the Robinson children, Marty, Kista and Cathy, have also helped out from time to time. Another employee was Shane Martzell. The business is up for sale if a buter can be found.

1961.  FREEMAN'S Brown Street Market,  CITY CAB Under New Management Francis Freeman, Located At The Bus Station..

1961.  Opening Soon -  Elizabeth Jane's Party House -  Catering Service,  313 South Main St.  Hostesses: Ruth CLOUSE and Roberta SIMMONS.

1961. NOTICE!  Irish's West End Grocery Will Discontinue the Sale of Beer At The Close of Business Saturday, Feb. 11th.

1961.  GRAND OPENING APRIL 14 - FREE Root Beer  We Are Now Open For The New Season  B & K Root Beer Stand, East on Highway 32.

1961.  RE-OPENING  Mary Bigelow's KURLETTE BEAUTY SHOP  Cody SANZO, Our Operator-15 Years Experience.

1961.  MOVING To 208 South Main St. (Next to Beachler Flower Shop) - BUSICK NEWS AGENCY - Bus Station - Railway Express.

1946, 74 years ago.  When this boy Jack HOWELL went over the goal line for Winchester's first touchdown in 50 years (no football here for five decades) no opponent could possibly have gotten to him. He was surrounded by ten team mates, and they all went over the line with him. The touchdowns by him and LEONARD couldn't have come to a more opportune time, as Coach TYLER's boys know now that they can score and maybe we can expect some fireworks against Connersville "B" next Wednesday.

1961, 59 years ago. Not Winchester, but I think more than a few of the older residents will remember this one from an ad in the Winchester Journal-Herald;  "JOHN'S TRIANGLE INN" - Featuring Genuine Pizza Pie Along With Their Tasty American Foods - Dance To The Music of "BIG JAY BUSH AND THE HOUSE ROCKERS"  (If I remember right, they played a pretty good rendition of "Shout") - Located 1 1/4 Miles West of Greenville on Route 502.
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1961. Elementary Basketball Champs. Willard's basketball team won the 1960-61 Winchester-White River elementary league title with a perfect record. Members of that team were Charles HAVIZA, Larry JOHNSTON, Ken SHOCKLEY, Terry HUNSUCKER, Ronnie JENKINS and Eurby GRUBBS. Their coach was principal Wayne HINCHMAN.
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1972, 48 years ago.  Flower Shop Sold.  Robert BEACHLER, Winchester businessman, has announced that he has sold his flower shop, Beachler Florist at 102 North Main, to Dick CARTER of Muncie. Carter will take over as owner of the store October 1.
  In making the announcement, Beachler said he had been thinking about selling for "quite some time," but had just recently found a buyer he felt would be able to carry on the tradition he had established.
  "Twenty-five years in the flower business is a long time whichever way you look at it," Beachler said. "And with my other properties and projects, I've got plenty to do without running the store."
  One major reason for agreeing to the sale, Beachler continued, was that it would give him more time to pursue his other interests.
  The new owner, Dick Carter, is enthusiastic about the new business venture. Carter, who is twenty-nine years old and married, is a 1963 graduate of the American Floral Art Institute, has taught elementary art at Rushville and has been working at the Normandy Flotist in Muncie.
  "Owning my own business is something I've always wanted to do," Carter said. "And ofcourse, I've always had my sights set on a flower shop."
  Carter said he plans to offer the same quality service that Beavhler offered to the community and added, "It may be a little difficult getting used to the rigid schedule at first, but everything will be running smoothly before long. I like flowers and I like to design. Owning a flower shop is a natural decision to make."
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1972. Wick's Pie Truck Overturns.  Much excitement was generated at around 10:05 Monday when a van load of pies upset on Ind. 32 four and a half miles west of Winchester. The truck caught fire and the White River fire truck was called to the scene. However, the fire was out by the time firemen arrived. Also at the site were personnel from Winchester, Randolph county and state law enforcement units.
  The Randolph sheriff's department reported that Michael D. WICKERSHAM, 19, Winchester, was westbound when, he said, his truck started weaving, he lost control and the vehicle overturned. Wickersham obtained a minor elbow injury. Part of the load of pies was lost and damage to the Wick's Pies truck was estimated at $500.
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This post is getting a little long but I thought I would add this one about Maora McCoy as many of us seem to have some extra time on our hands.

1972.  Maora Retires.   Some people become so identified with a certain location and occupation that it is difficult to imagine things running along without them. That is the case with Maora McCOY, who has been in the grocery business in Winchester for four decades and made friends not only with the majority of the Winchester community but with many people from all parts of Randolph county.
  Maora will retire officially from McCoy's Grocery on Wednesday, August 2 having observed her 66th birthday on Sunday, July 30. The retirement came largely, she says, because her health has not been too good recently and "I think when you can't hold up your end of the job,it"s time to quit." This unsentimental, practical and straightforward attitude is typical of Maora McCoy, who has made her own way with great independence since her husband, Clyde Joseph McCoy died in 1935.
  Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Mrs. McCoy came to Winchester at the age of 18. Her husband first worked at the old Woodbury Class factory, later at Anchor Hocking. Maora herself worked for two years for Ezra and Carrie HAWLEY in a small grocery two blocks east of Union on Short street in Winchester. Then she and her husband started a grocery at the corner of Short and Unio and the business remained there until 12 years ago, when it moved farther west on Short street and a small flower shop, also operated by Maora, was opened at the old grocery location.
  Since her husband's death, Mrs. McCoy's brother Roy (Sonny) McKIBBEN, has worked with her in the grocery and she is turning the entire operation over to him now.
  She will continue to live in the small house between the grocery and flower shop where she has made her home "since I started housekeeping." "I don't think I could be happy anyplace else," she comments. She will also continue to operate the flower shop which is less demanding work than the grocery but something to keep her occupied.
  When Mrs. McCoy was widowed at the age of 29, she was left with three small children, a four year old son and two daughters, age two and six months. With the same energy and determination she uses in approaching any challenge, Maora raised the three children and saw to it that they received her help in getting the education they wanted. :|"My husband and I agreed that the children should have an education" she explains.
  Rex, the oldest, now a Union City attorney and himself the father of four children, graduated from Wabash college attending on an athletic scholarship, started a career as a coach and then entered the armed forces. After he was discharged from service (during which time he married) he attended Indiana University law school and already had two children by the time he received his law degree.
  Emma, next in line,received her teaching degree from Ball State, taught four years at Morton elementary and is now teaching in Florida.
  Mrs. McCoy says that the necessity of supporting and helping educate three children by herself has kept her too busy to feel lonely without her husband: "Having to work was a good thing for me." She says she has always loved Winchester and has a very close feeling about the community. "The people of Winchester have been very kind to me," she explains. Because of this feeling she has never been overly interested in travel, and has taken few vacations, those mostly involved with family visits.
  When her husband died, Maora says, she thought she might get into social work, but after a visit to Indianapolis to check into this, she found it was much more practical to remain in Winchester. "I'd have been away from the kids too much," she explains, "and it would have cost too much to live in a city."
  In her years as the proprietor of McCoy's Grocery, Maora has built up a large trade of loyal customers. Now expanded from a tiny neighborhood store to a much larger enterprise, the store still has the neighborhood quality and Maora seems to know every customer, no matter what age. She says she is sure she will have no problem staying away from the grocery and turning over the whole operation to her brother, but it may be more difficult than she imagines to let go after so many years. Asked about her unusual name, Maora explains that she was named for a well-known race horse which was being freighted through Louisville where horse racing had always been a very important topic at the time she was born.
  Considering the skill and determination she has put into her career as businesswoman and mother for so many years, it seems that her mother named her well. "I always felt you should do the best with what you have," she comments thoughtfully. Everyone who knows Maora would agree that she has lived according to that motto.   A.M. Gibbons, News-Gazette & Journal-Herald.


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