Got the following e-mail and thought you might enjoy it--I think it must be from the 1940's or 1050's. Mary Jo Winchester, Indiana buswinesses Do you remember any of these places? Merchants while I was growing up in Winchester On the East side of the downtown square there was Homer Waltz drug store. Duvall men's clothing store later sold to Perkins. Leonard's drug store. I was a soda jerk there, Buster Brown shoe store. Helms meat market. Above this store was Dr. Robinson's office. Webb's jewelry store. Lyric theater ran by Bernie Cline and the Davis popcorn stand in front. A flower shop I don't remember the name of it. The nice sized 5 & 10 store. Engle's music store. Across the street was the Davis building with Busic's news stand. Going east of it was Clyde Jones's barber shop. Then the A & P grocery. Then the telephone Co. In the upstairs and Francis Simpson was the boss. Across the alley was Dr. Painer's office. North across the street from him was Overmyer's restaurant in the front room of his home. Back towards Main street was Dr. Maronies office in the front room of his house. He was a family doctor. On the South side of the square was Wards insurance office. Going West was Jo Barnhart's women's dress shop ran by a short Italian looking woman. Rogers grocery that later caught fire. Anderson's hardware, owned by Joan Anderson's dad. Boston store. J C Penney's. Across the street was the hotel with Anne Nance's restaurant in the back. The Kroger grocery. The fire department with Mills as the chief. Bobby Mills dad. Across the alley was an old type barn building that bought and sold furs. Back up on the square on Meridian street was the Dixie fruit stand. A Gamble hardware store. Puckets meat market. Maronies women's hat and apparel shop. Bob's sporting goods store. And then the bank. Across the street was the By Lo furniture store. The owner eventually shot and killed his wife while in Florida. The Winchester news paper at the end by the alley. Across the alley was the youth center operated by Howard White. Across the street was and still is the post office. Back up on the square on the North side was a bank. Winchester hardware with a bowling alley and the Masonic lodge upstairs which both later burned including the hardware store. Family owned and operated by the Best grocery. During WW2 their son John was killed in the service. The first of a couple other boys losing their lives. A book store where we all got our school books and supplies. Then another bank on the corner. Beside the bank on the corner was the Wilson popcorn stand his wife was the nurse for Dr. Robinson. Cox Photo studio, Wanda's dads store. A leather goods and leather tanning shop. Across the alley was a small Shell filling station managed by Fred James. Bill & John James's dad. Carpenter's automotive parts store. He later married Chet Overmeyers widow. The Cozy theater. Then Hinshaw's grocery on the corner. Across the street on the same side of the street was Fouse taxi stand later sold to Roy Durban. On down by the railroad was the Goodrich grain elevators. Across the train tracks was Overmyer.s Mold shop. Back towards the square across the street was Paul Able Buick later sold to a Union City dealer named Gene something. The newer bowling alley that replaced the one that burned, operated by Goldie. Next door was another furniture store. Across the alley was a beer joint. Then Walter Meyer's home made ice cream store, Anne Nance's first restaurant later sold and turned into another beer joint. Reed's drug store on the corner. Around the corner heading East was a Phillips 66 gas station operated by Skip Overmeyer's dad Lyle and Skip's uncle Paul Jones. Next was Spradling Pure Oil station. Billy Bob's dad and uncle. With the two Dr. Brenners office on the corner. Across the street South was Dr. Davis's dentist office in the front room of his house. He was John's dad. Back up towards the square was Roy Beachler's bicycle shop. He didn't sell bicycles, he just repaired them. Next was the rainbow restaurant. The Chevrolet dealer was across the alley next to the jail on South Main street. The Ford dealer was owned and operated by Gully and sons. The Pontiac dealers was on the South end of Main street operated by Gene Lawson. Brouse Brothers Plymouth De Soto dealership on the East end of Washington street. A Nash/ Crosley dealer on the North end of Main street across the street from Overmyers foundry. Sinclair filling station on the west end of Washington street operated by Al Comer. Brouse Brother's Shell on the East end of Washington street. Sunoco filling station across from Brouse Brother's. Baily dry cleaner's was on the West end of Franklin street. Zink's greenhouse flower shop was out by Beeson drive. Simpson's grocery on the Carl street on the South side of town. Rector's grocery just South of the high school. Mayora McCoys grocery north end just beyond the viaduct. McCamish's glove factory (isn't that the burial slipper factory?)which is now Wick's pie factory. I know there are more places that I should have remembered but this was written rather quickly. _________________________________________________________________ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_2G_0507

I know where the Buster Brown store was, near the ne corner of Main and Franklin Street, Dale Harlan lived upstairs of it and ran the store in the 40s. Webb's is still around but they moved into Stant's Jewelry Store when they sold out. Rod and his wife are still in there. The Engle's Sign is still on the front of the building, last time I looked. Hubby remembers lots of these places, he tells me about them when we drive around sometimes. Davis building is still there, still owned by the Longnecker family. Jo's dress shop closed in the mid 1990s. There is still the hotel, but it's used as apartments now. I think a restaurant is in there, but not sure on that, for many years it was the Courtesy, then Valia's Tacos was there until two years ago. Do any of you remember the old Valia's Tacos? The more current one was ran by her daughter. The Rainbow Room was redone and reopened for a short time. Many of these business are still here, just different names now. Like Reed's hardware, Ross Mold instead of Overmyers. Sadly Gulley's Ford is gone, but Keith and his wife are still around, they host a Kevin Gulley golf tourney every May for a scholarship program in Kevin's name. Zicht's Green house was sold a few years ago, and has now been abandoned, it is a mess. Yeah, Wick's Pie Factory was where the burial slippers were made. I've seen a pair. But Wick's is open for tours, and you can have a slice of pie at the pie shop and even take one home. Any idea which one of these gas stations that Fermin Flores ran? He was from Guam, and helped the Navy when they were there as a very young teen, and then he came here and served in the Army during the Korean Conflict. I met him a few times, and he gave me his WW2 story. But I was not sure of which gas station he ran, he is a quiet and shy talker. I took pictures of downtown Winchester in May or June, but I'm not sure I back them up before the laptop grew legs. I will look for them. Andrea -----Original Message----- M J B Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 9:31 AM Got the following e-mail and thought you might enjoy it--I think it must be from the 1940's or 1050's. Mary Jo Winchester, Indiana buswinesses