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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, April 17, 2019 C-5 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 Friday and Tuesday, December 17 and 21, 1943 John Shea, a recluse, liv- ing six miles east of this city was found lying in a field, near his house, Wednesday morning by a son of Frank Foster, in an unconscious condition. Although the tem- perature was near zero and he suffered tremendously from the cold it is thought he will recover if complica- tions do not set in, accord- ing to information from his physician. He was removed to the Daviess County hos- pital. Fire starting from an un- known source in the base- ment of the house of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Hempfling, Mon- day night destroyed a large stock of merchandise stored for the Hempfling Dry Goods Co. The fire was dis- covered at about 8 o'clock, Monday evening just after Mr. and Mrs. Hempfling ar- rived home from the store. The fire department made three alarm calls at 8 p.m. Monday evening, 3 a.m. Tuesday morning and 8 a.m. Tuesday morning and one still alarm call at 9 a.m. Tues- day as the fire kept breaking out in the cotton banks and woolen goods. Mr. Hemp- fling estimated the loss at about $2,500. The goods were not covered by insur- ance. The house owned by Gordon Wilhite is said to be damaged beyond repair with insurance carried by the Wendell Kinman Agen- cy to cover a part of the loss. Temporarily the Hempfling family is residing at the Lin- coln Hotel. Word was received by Mrs. Evelyn King Harbison of Madison township that her husband, Staff Sergeant James H. Harbison has been missing in action since No- vember 29. Four months ago, after completing his training at Phoenix, Arizo- na he spent a few days in Pe- tersburg and was married to Miss Evelyn King while on his furlough. Marriages: Word has been received here of the marriage of Lieut. Earl Shoaf and Helen Korzun of Hartford, Connecticut. The wedding took place at the post chapel at the Big Spring Bombardier School, Tuesday evening, November 30. The single ring ceremo- ny was read at 8 o'clock by Chaplain Emeric Lawrence. Births: Marilyn Ann is the name given to the nine and a half pound girl born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Commer, Jr.; A nine and a half pound girl was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McCandless of Glezen; A nine pound and 14 oz. boy was born December 11 to Mr. and Mrs. Forest Wyatt of Indianapolis in the St. Vincent Hospital. The ba- by was named David Ray. Deaths: Funeral services will be Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Donald Edward Jones, four month old son of Everett and Dorothy Evans Jones of Velpen; DeWayne Uppencamp, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Up- pencamp of Winslow died at the home, Monday morning; Maggie M. Willis, wife of Je- rome Willis, of near Oats- ville, died at the family home Thursday morning, Decem- ber 16; Andy Langton, for- mer resident of the Cato community died suddenly at his home in Indianapolis, Wednesday evening; Word was received here Saturday afternoon that Robert Lee Davis, son of Kenneth and Doris (Hisgen) Davis was killed in action November 25 while serving in the in - fantry of the fifth division in Italy; Pfc Francis Alley died suddenly Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the home of his mother, Mrs. Carrie Alley, in this city. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday,March 19, 1959 John Porter Grubb of Oak- land City suffered third de- gree burns Thursday noon at the Weiss 500 Platolene Station when his clothes became ignited by a space heater after spilling gaso - line on his clothing some- time earlier. Mr. Grubb was taken to the Oakland City hospital, then to the Gibson General hospital where he is being treated for the burns and given transfusions for shock. Reports were that his condition is satisfactory. Mrs. Marie White, clerk of the Pike selective ser- vice board, has announced that two Pike county men have volunteered for ser- vice to fill the March quo- ta for Pike county. The two men leaving for service were Herschel John Hayes, ru- ral route two, Winslow and Loren Robert Ashby, rural route two, Winslow. Sarah McCord opened a cafe Monday in the base- ment of her home two blocks west of the First Nation- al Bank in Winslow. She is serving fine meals and short orders. Alvin Horrell, well-known Petersburg automobile deal- er, filed as a candidate for mayor of Petersburg Mon- day morning on the Repub- lican ticket. He was the sec- ond person to file for the nomination to the office on the Republican ticket, the other being Ray Green. Marriages: Announce- ment has been made of the wedding of George H. Sims of the Petersburg to Mer- le Hunley of Winslow; Shir- ley Ann Burnett became the bride of Lowell Byrum Beas- ley in a double ring ceremo- ny Friday evening, March 6 at 7 o'clock in the Evangeli- cal United Brethren church in Oakland City. Deaths: Gary Wilhite, 22, of Hammond, formerly of Oakland City, was killed in an automobile accident Sunday, March 8; Emma Jane Wood, aged resident of Velpen, died at her home at 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 10 ; Willie Reed was found dead at 7:30 a.m. Monday, March 16 at his home in Oakland City by a brother-in-law, Frank Corn; Oda H. Sprad- ley, 61, died Sunday morn- ing at 9 o'clock while at his work at the Enos Coal Mine in Pike County. Death was attributed to a heart attack; Mrs. Blanch Grubb Gillie, 60, widow of the late Wil- liam Gillie died Saturday at 1:40 p.m. at the Good Samar- itan hospital after an illness of one year of cancer. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, April 3, 1969 Two Pike County men have paid the supreme sac- rifice in the war in Viet Nam this past week. Parents of the boys, with friends and neighbors calling to comfort them, are waiting for their sons' bodies to be returned to the states. Marine Lance Corporal Steve A. Bell, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Blythe D. Bell, Petersburg was killed Sunday, March 23. Sp-4 Bobby Joe Walters, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin A. Walters of Algiers was killed at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 27. Carl Swift, of Muncie, will succeed Lorel Coleman as superintendent of the Pike County School Corporation on July 1 of this year. Mr. Coleman is resigning on June 30. Kenneth Woodall, five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Woodall, fell from a slide on the playground at the Ruritan Club house at Otwell where he attends kindergarten last Wednes- day and suffered a broken leg. He was taken to the Da- viess County hospital where his leg was set and put in a cast. He is able to get around on crutches. A Court of Honor was held at 7 p.m. Monday, March 17 at Wheatland Methodist church when Larry Corn of Troop 112 became the first Eagle Scout in that troop in 27 years. The Eagle rank is the highest rank earned and is achieved by one percent of all those in scouting. Larry's Scoutmaster is William Pow- ell of Wheatland. Marriages: A back- ground of large baskets of white gladioli with lighted candles in branched can- delabra formed the setting for the wedding of Diana Lynn Burton and Charles Russell Lynn Burton and Charles Russell Waggon- er in a double ring ceremo- ny performed on Saturday, March 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Astoria Christian church by Rev. Joe Gift. Deaths: Mrs. Mabel Yea- ger of Francisco died Fri- day at the Holiday Manor Nursing Home in Prince- ton following a long illness; James W, Sinclair, 59, of Sul- livan, president of Index No- tion Company, died Sunday, March 23 in a hospital in Sullivan; Mrs. Betty Ruth Knight, 42, of Glezen died at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 27, in the Good Samari- tan hospital after a long ill- ness of cirrhosis of the liver; Herman Stevens, 70, of Pe- tersburg, died at 12:50 p.m. Thursday, March 30 at the Daviess County Hospital; In- fant Eric Eugene Leffler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Leffler of Oakland City, died shortly after birth March 25 in Gibson General hospital; Mrs. Luna Grace Hays, 90, of Otwell, died at 8:45 a.m. Thursday, March 27 at the Holiday Home in Peters- burg; John Johnson, 86, who lived four miles south of Pe- tersburg died unexpectedly Wednesday morning, April 2 at 5:30. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, March 17, 1994 A Winslow native, James Alan Vinyard, was killed late Monday night in Gary, while driving a cab. Vinyard, 54, of Hammond, was found shot to death in Gary at about 10 :16 p.m. by police Cpl. Bill Burns of the Gary Police Depart- ment said police responded to a call of a man down and found Vinyard dead at the scene. "We have no motive or suspects," said Burns. A car driven by Dan- iel Shannon sits at an em- bankment south of Winslow, where it ran off the road and broke a utility pole knocking out power in southern Pike County early Thursday morn- ing. Shannon was arrested for drunken driving. Monday morning a Bick- nell man plead guilty to charg- es of aiding another person to commit theft and aiding a per- son in residential entry. Both charges are class D felonies. Douglas R. Bline, 33, of Bick- nell entered his plea in Pike Circuit Court during a plea agreement hearing. If Pike Circuit Court Judge Marvin Stratton approves the agree- ment Bline will receive three years on each count to be served concurrently or at the same time. He was also or- dered to pay $574.93 restitu- tion to the owner Steve Brand- sasse. The charges stemmed from break in at the Brand- sasse residence. Webelos leaders Elaine Ar- nold and Cathy Farmer were honored for their years of ex- cellent service at the Blue and Gold Banquet. Arnold has five years of service and graduated seven boys from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts last year. Farmer has seven years of service and graduat- ed nine boys into Boy Scouts this year. Four groups of six jumpers kept the ropes skipping for two hours Monday night, col- lecting $ 652.52 for the Amer- ican Heart Association. Mid- dle schoolers Angel Russell with the rope and Bonnie Ross, were part of the effort to raise the funds. Teachers and staff involved included Dotty Weisman, Ken Leinbach and Brian Wahl. Millikin University fresh- man Stacey Sievers of Ben- ton, Ill. has been selected to play flute/piccolo in Universi- ty Concert Band, which per- forms on campus for high school audiences. Sievers is the granddaughter of James and Verturia (Erwin) Quig- gins of Fort Branch and great- granddaughter of Grace John- son of Winslow. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Keith Chanley of Dale, their first child, a son, David Keith, on March 8. Deaths: Steve J. Russell, 44, of Murrayville, Ill., broth- er of Mrs. Elmer A. (Mildred "Mickey") Brosman of Peters- burg, died Sunday, March 13 at 10 :30 p.m. at his residence; Helen Mildred Armes, 90, mother of Mrs. Frederick (Barbara) Faulk of Peters- burg, died at 4 a.m. Thurs- day, March 10 at her resi- dence in Hudsonville; Loren Corn, 47, of Greenville, Ala., brother of Linda Hathaway of Winslow, died March 6; Nor- man W. Schumacher, 82, of near Mackey, father of Robert A. Schumacher of Spurgeon, died Sunday, Mar. 13 at 2:20 a.m. at his residence. Pike County Fairgrounds in Petersburg Pike County Fairgrounds about 1916. Judges stand and grandstand. The fair in Petersburg was held in late summer, and farmers would come for miles with their jolt wagons and well-filled dinner baskets to see the side shows, fine hogs, sheep, cattle, horses and to visit old friends. Photo submitted by Joan Woodhull Wednesday, April 17 • Apollo 13 returns to Earth (1970) • The Bay of Pigs invasion begins (1961) Thursday, April 18 • The Great San Francisco Earthquake (1906) • Revere and Dawes warn of British attack (1775) Friday, April 19 • First Boston Marathon held (1897) • The American Revolution begins (1775) Saturday, April 20 • Curies isolate radium (1902) • Massacre at Columbine High School (1999) Sunday, April 21 • Rome founded (753 B.C.) • Red Baron killed in action (1918) Monday, April 22 • The first Earth Day (1970) • Germans introduce poison gas (1915) Tuesday, April 23 • William Shakespeare born (1564) • Hank Aaron hits first home run of his MLB career (1954) Source: History.com GUDORF CONTRACTI NG I NC . PLU MBING, HEATI NG, AIR-COND & ELECTRICAL OWNER: MARK GUDORF 812-482-1081 812-309-0661 Jasper, IN 47546