WINCHESTER DAY

Tradition of fall family fun continues next weekend

WINCHESTER — Residents are invited to experience the sights and sounds of Winchester Center Day on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The numerous organizations of Winchester Center have planned events for this special community day.

The Winchester Center Congregational Church, established in 1771, will host a Vintage Car and Motorcycle Show with trophies. Musical entertainment in the Gazebo on the Green will be provided by Kevin and Pete, and an open house with a Community Quilting Bee, children's activities and a community scavenger hunt are also planned.

Winchester Grange will host a large tag sale inside the lower Grange Hall, with the proceeds to benefit FISH/ Friends in Service to Humanity of Northwestern Connecticut and Winchester Grange. An art show will be on display in the upper Grange Hall. Members of Winchester Grange will serve the pop-

ular Apple Crisp dessert, and lunch will be available from Café 74.

The Winchester Center Historical Association will have its museum open throughout the day, giving tours of the Old Chapel with many items on display, and will also present a reenactment of a Revolutionary camp featuring a British soldier played by Michael Miller. While visiting the museum, be sure to note the old chimney, which marks the home of the first settler of Winchester Center, Caleb Beach, in 1750.

The Winchester Center Volunteer Fire Department, organized in 1948 and located behind the Grange Hall, is participating in the festivities by having its fire trucks on display as well as a presentation of safety information, a chance for children to climb aboard the trucks, and demonstrations.

The Little Red School House Association will also be part of Winchester Center Day.

The association, which recently completed a major renovation of the school house at the intersection of Platt Hill Road and Taylor Brook Road in Winchester Center, will hold an open

house at 4 p.m. at the school. After a brief ceremony, light refreshments will be served. The public is invited to attend.

The renovation involved substantial structural repairs to the foundation, sills, and floor joists, replacement of flooring, siding, and the roof, and repainting the interior and exterior. The work was funded by corporate and private donations as well as grants from the 1772 Foundation. The foundation is administered by the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation and the Lucia Tuttle Fritz Fund, a fund of the Northwestern Connecticut Community Trust Inc.

Contributed photo Tours of the Little Red Schoolhouse are among the many activities being offered on Winchester Center Day Saturday.