203. The Loney Family, Retiring Teacher Mary Wall and Dr. D. C. Lind.

RCHS Blog Post Number 203.  

The Loney Family, Retiring Teacher Mary Wall and Dr. D. C. Lind. 

Winchester Family Opens Sears Catalog Business. March 14, 1968.

  "Jane and Dick's Sears Catalog Sales Merchant", a new Winchester enterprise, will open March 28 at a North East street location, in the Kel-Air building just north of the railroad.

The new business, with Dick Loney and Jane Loney of Winchester as proprietors, will hold an open house March 28, 29 30 and April 1, 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 Loney's 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 the 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 Loney's motto,since orders can be placed either in person or by telephone at about any time of day or night (within reason, of course) that the whim strikes a customer.  

Mrs. Mary Wall Retires.  June 1, 1968.

  As Mary Wall prepared to close her teaching career last week, she was surprised by a visit from a former student who presented her with the standard "red apple for the teacher".  The former pupil was James CLOUSE, who had been a fourth grader 26 years ago when Mrs. Wall temporarily taught that grade at the former Central school. At the same time another apple was presented the teacher by Jim's son, Rory, now a third grader in Mrs. Wall's class at Willard. Although the two-generation span is considerable, it represents only part of the length of Mrs. Wall's teaching experience, which began in 1927. After graduating from Ball State, she taught two years at the former McKinley school, starting in 1927, then two at Lincoln in White River township. There, after an eight year leave of absence, she returned to her vocation in 1939 with three and a half years at McKinley. Except for part years spent as a replacement in various area schools, Mrs. Wall did no further teaching until she accepted the position of third grade teacher at Willard in 1950, a position she has held through 1968. Her actual teaching time totals 26 years.

Mrs. Wall, who is married to Jim Wall, Randolph County Democrat chairman and supervisor of this district of the state highway department, has three married daughters-Nancy, Judy and Susan-and five grandchildren.

 Now there will be plenty of opportunity for visits and enjoying her family, but for the time being, Mrs. Wall says she'd just like to "hunt up three other bridge players and stay home."  

Dr. D. C. Lind Opens Dental Office In Winchester.

  Dr. D. C. Lind has opened new dental offices on Ind. 32 at Ind. 27 at the east edge of Winchester.

    Dr. Lind received his BS degree in 1960 from Indiana University and was graduated in June, 1963, From the Indiana University School of Dentistry. Since that time, he has practiced dentistry in Bloomfield, Indiana.

  Mrs. Lind, the former Jane Marie Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson of 608 W. South St., Winchester, will be employed until the end of January in the Home Economics department of Indiana University, a position she has held for four years. The Linds were married in 1964.

  The couple has now purchased the former Zaltsberg home at 605 W. Franklin St., Winchester.

  Dr. Lind is a member of Xi Psi Phi professional fraternity, a member of the Indiana State Dental Association in which he serves on several state committees; of the American Dental Association and as 1968 alternate delegate to the convention of this organization. He is past president of the Green County Dental Association and a member of the Bloomfield Rotary club.

  He was admitted to the American Academy of Dental Medicine at Indiana University in 1963 and named alumnus of the year in 1964 by Xi Psi Phi.

  Dr. Lind is a native of Indianapolis and son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Lind of Sandborn.  Dec. 1967.

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