This Week in Winchester History: Failed Robbery Attempt

This is a regular column with items drawn from past editions of the Winchester Star.

1911

Hall-o-ween

Two Winchester residents held a Halloween party at their home on Church Street. The only light throughout the party came from jack-o-lanterns. When guests arrived they were brought to the main room by six tall ghosts.

Injured reporter

Harold Pope of the Star was injured when he was walking around the town dump. He stepped on a broken glass milk bottle, severing an artery in his foot. Pope would recover, but he nearly beld to death before a doctor was able to get to him.

1961

Attempted Holdup

"Randy" Kazazian, clerk at Neno's Market on Swanton Street was able to prevent a holdup attempt.

"Randy" left the store with the day's receipts and when he opened the car door he saw someone lying on the floor of his backseat. When "Randy" asked the man what he wanted, the man replied, "Get into the car, I have you covered." "Randy" ran into the store, collected all the money and called the police.

The Winchester Police were unable to find anyone in the area that matched the man's description.

New Traffic Lights

Traffic lights were installed at the intersection of Cambridge and Wildwood Street.

1986

Winchester Votes Republican

In the 1986 elections, Winchester voted more heavily for Republicans. Voter turnout was also lower than expected, as 68 percent of registered voters came out to vote in Winchester.

Drug/Alcohol Program

School officials have been debating whether or not they want to start a program in Winchester that would educate students on alcohol abuse. By 1989, Massachusetts will require a drug and alcohol program in elementary schools.

Fingerprinting

Winchester elementary and middle school students will be fingerprinted as part of the I-Dent-A-Kid program, which is used to help parents and law enforcement agencies find missing children.

All the information for this story came from the Winchester Star.