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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Februar y 13, 2019 A-7 HISTORY Submit history photos: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Tuesday and Friday, October 12 and 15, 1943 Three local women have donated 80 hours of work to the local rationing board in an effort to handle the huge business. They are Mrs. Katherine Luttrull, 64 hours, Miss Marcie Bris- coe, 8 hours, Miss Louella Stephenson, 8 hours. Some- time ago a call was issued for volunteer workers and more are needed. Any one wishing to aid in this home front work should stop in at the rationing board. Mrs. Lee ( Jacobs) Mos- by of Algiers received a tele- gram from the war depart- ment Monday, informing her that her husband, Lloyd Vincent Mosby, fireman first class of the U.S. Navy, had been wounded in action Sept. 6 and is in a station hospital in A frica recuperat- ing. He received wounds in the legs, arms and chest. He has a small son, Gary Lloyd, nine months old, born after his father was called into service. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Mosby of Algiers. The Women's Club held their first meeting of the Club year Monday afternoon at the Burger Tea Room with Mrs. S. E. Dillin, the newly elected president, as host- ess. Mrs. Dillin was present- ed a lovely corsage by Mrs. G. A. Dickinson the retiring president. Marriages: Mrs. Myrtle Spraggins of this city and Mr. Gus Rasner of Wheat- land, Indiana were quietly married Saturday afternoon at one o'clock at the Method- ist parsonage by the Rev. R. M. Taylor. Births: Born Friday eve- ning to Mr. and Mrs. Thur- low Dyer of this city, an eight and one fourth pound boy. Deaths: Mrs. Rhoda E. Scales, a native of this coun- ty died at the home of her son, Capt. A.B. Scales in Oakland City Friday morn- ing at 2 o'clock, following a lingering illness of many weeks; Martha Jane Corn died at the Morris Nursing Home in Winslow, Octo- ber 10 at 6:45 p.m. She had suffered a stroke of paraly- sis two years ago; Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Erwin, daugh- ter, Norma Lee, son Darrell and Mrs. Bill Dunn were in Evansville, Saturday called there by the death of Mel- vin Martin, Ship Yards fore- man who was fatally injured Thursday; A car in which four defense workers were riding was wrecked, Fri- day afternoon about 1:45 o'clock one quarter mile west of town on highway 57, one man was killed instant- ly and another was fatally injured and died Saturday noon in the Daviess Coun- ty hospital. Clifford R. Car- ey, 36, killed. Ralph Gladish, fatally injured. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, January 15, 1959 A fire of unknown origin destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ross, two and one-half miles north- west of Oakland City in the Friendship communi- ty about 4:30 p.m. Satur- day. Mrs. Ross was at home when the fire was discov- ered. The fire truck from Francisco ans some of the men from the Oakland City Fire Department answered the call. They saved most of the furniture on the first floor. Charles Tracer, Standard Oil distributer of Winslow, has been named as a mem- ber of the Winslow Town board. Mr. Tracer was named to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Frank Shaw. Oakland City took un- disputed possession of first place in the PAC Fri- day night when the Acorns dropped Owensville 70 - 53. The Acorns have a 3-0 record of PAC games. A f- ter being tied at the end of the first quarter 14-14, the Acorns began pulling away from Owensville in the sec- ond quarter and widened the margin in every quarter. Showman of the game was big six-four Philip Fulk of Oakland City who reached up and tapped in a total of 12 baskets for 24 points. He was high pointer for the game with Pegram scoring 17 points to be high point man for Owensville. Monroe City slipped past Decker Friday night by three points when Decker chopped away at the score in the last quarter. Mize lead his Blue Jean team to victory with five field goals and nine free throws for 19 points. High for Decker was D. Lane with nine field goals and one free throw for 19 points. Spurgeon hit a hot third quarter Friday night to de- feat Lynnville 48 -40. Yag- er of the Cardinals dropped in seven field goals and ten free throws to lead his team to victory. Yager was the top scorer with 24 points. Pem- berton of Lynnville was high pointer for his team with 13 points. Marriages: Mrs. Fan- nie Hunley of Winslow and Robert H. Butler of Spur- geon were united in mar- riage Wednesday, Decem- ber 31 at the home of Rev. Harold Head in Petersburg in the presence of the imme- diate families. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. John Tharp of Petersburg, a son, born Tuesday in the Daviess County hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Youngs, a daughter, at the Daviess County hospital in Washington Wednesday evening; To Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Coleman a daugh- ter, Julia Ann, Wednesday, January 7 at the Stork Me- morial hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Batchelor of Ot- well, a son, Bradley Kent; To Mr. and Mrs. Milford Buch- ta of Otwell, a son, Randy Mark; To Pvt. and Mrs. Don- ald Whitehead of Nellinger, Germany, a daughter, The- resa Lynn, December 28; To Mr. and Mrs. Allen G. Silver- ton of Grand Rapids, Michi- gan, a son, Monday, January 12; To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dunnigan of Oakland City, a son, Michael Kent, Tues- day, January 6, in the Oak- land City hospital. Deaths: An infant son born to David Edgar and Shelbyjean Brock Hale was dead at birth in the Oak- land City hospital at 2:30 a.m. Thursday; Mrs. Mary Etta Chambers, oldest res- ident of the Velpen commu- nity, died at 10 :23 a.m. Tues- day at the Stork hospital in Huntingburg; Charles Batch died Monday at 1:20 in the Church Nursing Home in Princeton where he had been a patient since Novem- ber 3; Jacob Lawrence Har- din died at 2:10 a.m. Janu- ary 7 at the Church Con- valescent Home in Princ- eton; Karen Lynn Boger, four months old daughter of Joseph G. and Marie Wal- ters Boger, died January 5 in Apalika, Alabama, from pneumonia; Mrs. Flora M. Rogers, 77, died Saturday, January 10 at 9 a.m. at the home of her son, Bert Rog- ers, Oakland City, follow- ing an illness of five months; Grover C. Samply, 72, a for- mer resident of the Oak- land City community, died Friday in Deaconess hospi- tal in Evansville. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, January 30, 1969 Miss Marilyn Meadors was selected the Good Cit- izen from Otwell High School representing the se- nior class and Miss Mary Beth Marsee was selected to represent the Petersburg High School seniors in the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens contest. This is an educa- tional and patriotic contest. It covers American History and Civics on three levels, local, state and national and also requires some knowl- edge of current events. The girls were selected on the following qualities: Depend- ability, Service, Leadership and Patriotism. Towne House Restaurant, outer East Main Street in Petersburg was extensive- ly damaged by fire Sunday afternoon, with the interi- or and fixtures estimated a total loss and much dam- age to the building. Around 2:15 p.m. an unidentified person called police and firemen, who were already at the scene when Mrs. Gene Frederick, owner of the Towne Motel, across the Highway notice smoke coming from the restaurant and called Mrs. Robert E. Jackson, owner and oper- ator. Fireman believed the fire to have started from an electrical control valve on the wall type furnace, as Mrs. Jackson had closed the restaurant as usual on Friday night to be reopened on Monday morning. No one was at the restaurant when the fire started. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Frederick, owner of the building, had remod- eled and completely renovat- ed the interior before rent- ing it to Mr. and Mrs. Jack- son, who opened the Towne House Restaurant there on March 1, three years ago. Plans are to reopen the res- taurant as soon as rebuild- ing and remodeling can be completed. Lt. Howard Lytton and Det. Sgt. Don Flint are shown with $ 50,000 worth of stolen tractors recently recovered by state police in Southern Indiana. Four guns were also recovered. One is a Browning shot - gun valued at $ 600, two are Weatherby rifles, valued at about $450 each and the pis- tol is a small derringer type gun. The tractors were sto- len from dealers throughout the area then sold to farmers at less than half the price, apparently on the story that they were from a deal- er going bankrupt. They range in value from $ 6,000 to $10,000. No charges are being filed against farmers buying the tractors. Investi- gation is continuing. Better Home Homemak- ers Club met January 15, at the First National Bank Community room. Presi- dent, Mrs. Ann Crow called the meeting to order. A fter a short business meeting and lunch, the group sewed on lap quilts for the nursing home. Ground beef was selling for 49 cents a pound at IGA in 1969. IGA 2 percent milk was selling for just 79 cents a gallon. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Leland A. Mason of Oakland City, a daughter, Lunette Lynn; To Mr. and Mrs. Lar- ry Coy, Indianapolis, Mon- day, January 20, a daughter, Candy Sue; To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bailey of Richland, a daughter, Melisa Kay; To Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kemp, Petersburg, a daughter, Me- lissa. Deaths: Kenneth Lee Popp, 23, Otwell was dead on arrival at the Memori- al hospital in Jasper, Friday night, January 25, from a crushed chest, internal and head injuries he received in a car accident on Indiana 257 a mile and a half south of Ot- well; A. Gresham Perry, 75, died at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan- uary 27 at his home on Route 1, Monroe City from a heart attack; Cecil A. Kinman, 65, who owned and operated the Top Hat tavern in Oakland City, took his own life by shooting himself with a 32 caliber revolver just above the right temple. Mr. Kin- man's body was found Sat- urday morning, January 24 at 7 a.m. lying across a bed at his home on 439 Gibson Street in Oakland City; Mrs. Nellie Shanner, well known Oakland City resident died suddenly Thursday at the Gibson General Hospital where she had been a pa- tient since New Year's Day after falling at her home fracturing her hip; Mitchell Eugene Phillips, infant son of Darley and Sherry Dar- lene Phillips of Petersburg died at 4:58 a.m. Sunday at the Daviess County hospi- tal where he was born Sat- urday, January 25; Memo- rial services were conduct- ed Sunday at 1 p.m. at Mill- er and Miller Funeral Home in Evansville for Wayne E. Pauley, 25, a former Oak- land City resident who was murdered in a Red Bird ser- vice station shooting Thurs- day; Double funeral services for Harold R. Floyd and his wife Avis Floyd of Oakland City were at 2 p.m. Wednes- day in the First General Baptist Church; Mrs. Ed- gar Shanner and Mrs. Her- man Richardson received word of the death of their brother-in-la, William Bry- an Black, 72, of San Diego, California on Saturday, Jan- uary 18, following an ill- ness of several years; Death claimed one of Arthur's fine women Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Callie Cooper, wife of Pat Cooper died at 1:05 Jan- uary 25 in the Welborn Bap- tist hospital; Funeral servic- es for Miss Mary Belle Mc- Gregor, 47, of Oakland City were at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Christian church; Funeral services will be con- ducted today, Thursday, for Mrs. Cora Richardson who died at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at her home in Oakland City. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, January 13, 1994 The house of an Arthur woman burned to the ground while she was in the hospital early last Thursday morning. An electrical fire destroyed the house of Volah McGil- lem, according to investiga- tors. Carol Mitchell, secre- tary of the South Patoka Fire Department, said the state fire marshal said it was prob- ably started by wiring in the attic of the house, which is lo- cated on Highway 64 just west of the Muren Road (CR 50E). David Carter, a member of the SPFD, said he woke up a little after 1 a.m. and saw a blue flash out his window, he then saw the flames. Cart- er lives across the field about 100 yards from the McGillem residence. Carter said he re- ported the fire and before he could get to the residence flames were coming through the roof. "Within a few min- utes all the windows were gone and flames were com- ing out of them," said Cart- er. McGillem lost everything that was in the house. She was in the hospital in Evansville when the fire broke out. Her daughter Lisa and her two children also lived at the res- idence and lost many things. McGillem said they weren't at the house the night it burned. James Willis, 46, Peters- burg, was injured in a colli- sion at Shawhan Curve on Highway 56 about five miles west of Petersburg. Willis' truck sustained an estimated $10,000 damage and his four- wheeler sustained $1,000 to $2,500 damage. Dr. Jim Sellars of Oakland City was honored for his vol- unteer work with adult edu- cation. Pike Central Princi- pal Leah Jessee, who is Di- rector of Adult Education in Pike County, presented Sel- lars with a "Program Boost- er" award. It was one of 10 giv- en to individuals throughout Indiana. Sellars for the last five years has volunteered his time to new adult edu- cation students in his wife's classes, so she can concen- trate her efforts on more ad- vanced students. "His extra work with the math students helps them reach their poten- tial and become GED Ready," said Jessee. Sellars is an As- sociate Professor of Religious Studies and Education at Oak- land City College. Christine Newman of south side Winslow was taken to the Memorial Hospital in Jasper at 2 a.m. Thursday suffering a right broken hip. Mrs. New- man suffered the injury some- time Wednesday night, Jan. 5 She wears an Alert Monitor which recorded her trouble at Memorial Hospital. They called her daughter Janice Sucech, who lives next door to her, to check on her moth- er. Mrs. Newman was operat- ed on Friday night at the hos- pital. Matthew Berlin, son of Dr. and Mrs. Bill Berlin of Socor- ro, N.M., formerly of Winslow, received dual bachelor of arts degrees in English and phi- losophy from the University of New Mexico during grad- uation ceremonies on Decem- ber 18. Marriages: Michelle Lynn Carlin and Mark Ed- ward Johnson were married September 4 at Saint Bernard Church in Middleton, Wisc., Rev. Joseph P. Higgins offici- ated at the ceremony. Births: To Steve and Sher- rie Hightower at Home Hos- pital in Lafayette on Sunday, Dec. 26, a son, Jared David. Deaths: Herbie Wyatt, 74, of Petersburg, died at 7 p.m. Saturday, January 8 at Lawnwood Regional Hospi- tal in Ft. Pierce, Fla.; Henry H. Davis. 67, of Monroe City, died Monday, Jan. 10 at 2:45 a.m. at his residence; Zoar Esther Lankford, 78, of Vin- cennes, sister of Bernice Harkness of Petersburg, died Thursday, January 6 at 10 :15 a.m. at her residence; Doris Henry, 74, of Peters- burg, died Friday, January 7 at 5:53 p.m. at Good Samar- itan Hospital in Vincennes; Dora C. Dupps, 84, of Jasper, died at 7:41 a.m. Saturday, January 8 at Memorial Hos- pital in Jasper. Presbyterian Church, Petersburg, Ind. The building was dedicated in 1886. The Cumberland Presbyterian and the Old School Presbyterian Churches were consolidated in 1906. The first pipe organ in the county was installed in this church. Photo submitted by Joan Woodhull Wednesday, February 13 • Patrick Henry named colonel of First Virginia battalion (1776) • Galileo in Rome for Inquisition (1633) Thursday, February 14 • St. Valentine beheaded (278) • The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1929) Friday, February 15 • The USS Maine explodes (1898) • Canada adopts maple leaf flag (1965) Saturday, February 16 • Archaeologist opens tomb of King Tut (1923) • Silver dollars made legal (1978) Sunday, February 17 • "Madame Butterfly" premieres (1904) • Beetle overtakes Model T as world's best-selling car (1972) Monday, February 18 • Twain publishes "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1885) • Dale Earnhardt killed in crash (2001) Tuesday, February 19 • Donner Party rescued (1847) • Aaron Burr arrested for treason (1807) Source: History.com