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C-12 Wednesday, October 16, 2019 The Press-Dispatch 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, June 9 and June 13, 1944 Private Anthony Abdo, of Houston, Texas, and Corpo- ral John R. Arnold, of Peters- burg, were eating their eve- ning meal of "C" rations with their comrades of a recon- naissance troop on the Fifth Army front. Suddenly, an en- emy shell landed less than 100 yards away. Everyone took cover. The troop's am- munition was stored in the area. A second shell land- ed only ten yards away. The third shell hit the ammuni- tion and started a blaze. Ab- do and Arnold, from their slit trenches, could see the billowing pillars of smoke issuing from the ammuni- tion dump and both men, each with a five-gallon wa- ter can, and still under ene- my shell fire, poured water on the flames. Then, with their bare hands, they start- ed carrying the blistering shells, wrapped in tar-pa- per casing, away from this area. Threatened by cans of gasoline stored a short distance away, they contin- ued their task. The cap of a mortar shell exploded in Ab- do's hands, but he was un- harmed. Finally, through their heroism, the fire was brought under control, the only loss being 60 rounds of mortar shells, ignited and set off by the fire. Corporal Arnold is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Arnold, of Petersburg. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Fowler, of Peters- burg, a girl, Karen Stevanah, born Wednesday, June 7; To Mr. and Mrs. Audie Rich- ardson, of Otwell, a boy, on Wednesday, June 7; To Mr. and Mrs. Royal Benjamin in the Daviess County Hospital on June 3, a girl, Catherine Gail; To Mr. and Mrs. Horace Keane in the Daviess County Hospital, a boy, Edward Hor- ace, born Monday, June 5. Marriages: Helen Bell and Sgt. Russell E. Roberts were married at 7:30 p.m. Wednes- day evening, June 7, at the home of Rev. R.L. Chitty; Do- retta Jean Grubb became the bride of Paul Morrison on June 2 at the home of Rev. R.M. Taylor. Deaths: Carl Ferdinand Burger, 74, of Petersburg, died Monday morning at 1:30 o'clock at his home; William T. Goodrid, 77, of Petersburg, died at the home of his son at 12:30 o'clock Monday morn- ing, June 12. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, September 10, 1959 A former Petersburg young man died Thursday morning shortly after midnight in the Daviess County Hospital from a shotgun wound, which alleg- edly was inflicted by a 15 year old Washington boy. Charles Ray Jenne, 18, died about an hour after being found along the New York Central tracks near West 12th St. in Wash- ington. Held in the Daviess County jail was Larry Eu- gene Brown, whom author- ities said had orally admit- ted shooting Jenne, and Miss Alberta Ruth Yerkes, 17, of Washington, who apparently witnessed the shooting. Coro- ner H.O. Norton, of Washing- ton, said the .16 gauge shot- gun blast tore off the right two-thirds of the top of Jen- ne's skull. Daviess County authorities said a motive for the shooting was still under investigation. They said it ap- peared the matter had been building up for almost two weeks as Jenne had, so wit- nesses said, been threaten- ing various persons, includ- ing Brown. Officers said crux of the matter appeared to be that Jenne, who was married, had been meeting the Yer- kes girl and had threatened bodily harm to anyone who told on him. Authorities said they were informed that Jen- ne's wife is expecting a baby in about a week. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Howard, of Velpen, a daughter, Friday.. Marriages: Joyce Myers became the bride of Richard Randall at the Algiers Meth- odist Church on Sunday, Sep- tember 6 at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon; Gloria Keller and Robert Henry Wallace were united in marriage Sun- day afternoon, September 6 at the Rutter home south of Winslow; Miss Beverly Buch- ta and Roy Leland Abel were united in marriage Saturday, August 29 at 2 p.m. in Tray- lor Union Church near Otwell. Deaths: Pearl Stephens, 74, died Friday, September 4 in the Gibson General Hospi- tal in Princeton; Walter Bruce Sanders, 47, of Petersburg, died at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 25, 1969 Terry Whitney, a well- known Winslow man, was found dead in his 1969 Mus- tang Saturday around noon. He had been missing since some time Thursday. Arthur Beadles was walking in the woods south of the Southern Railroad east of where the de- pot was located Thursday and saw his car near the woods. He reported later that it was running at the time he saw it, and he never gave much thought about seeing it, think- ing it was just a young cou- ple. Saturday morning, after he heard that Terry was miss- ing, he realized that the car he saw was similar to Terry's. He reported it to Kenneth Os- gatharp at the Texaco Service Station. Richard Williams and Osgatharp hunted up the town marshal O.D. Erwin and they drove to where Beadles said he has seen the car and found it still there with terry's body inside. Death was ruled a suicide. He had run a hose from the exhaust through the side vent. Time once again for one of the year's biggest bargain. The Press-Dispatch October Bargain Period. For only $ 3 per year, you can get a year's supply of news concerning all local matters of any signif- icance. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Denzel Riley, of Winslow, Saturday, September 20, twin sons; To Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as Lee Miley, Sr., Sunday, Sep- tember 14 in Good Samaritan Hospital, a daughter, Tamara Dawn; To Rev. and Mrs. Har- old Heidegger, of Stendal, Tuesday, September 16 in St. Joseph's Hospital in Hunting- burg, a son, Nathan Jon. Marriages: Wilma Jean Small and Stanley Smith ex- changed vows on Friday, September 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the Bethel General Baptist Church. Deaths: Ethel Hale, 79, of Winslow, died at 12:25 a.m. Sunday at the St. Joseph's Hospital; Robert Nathaniel Dent., Jr., 42, of Otwell, died at 9:15 a.m. Sunday, September 21 in the Daviess County Hos- pital; Mrs. Ollie Elkins, 74, of Otwell, passed away sudden- ly at 1:15 p.m. Sunday at Jas- per Memorial Hospital; Wil- liam Chesser, 80, of Peters- burg, died at 11:45 p.m. on Monday, September 22 at Da- viess County Hospital. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 8, 1994 A fter more than eight years of political maneuvering and heated debates, the Pato- ka River National Wildlife Refuge and Wetlands Man- agement Area will probably be formally established by Thursday. Tuesday was the last day in the comment peri- od on the Environmental Im- pact Statement. Federal offi- cials were poised to proceed on Wednesday barring any profound concerns raised in last minute comments. Proj- ect manager William McCoy said he received a large num- ber of comments at the last minute Tuesday night and was going to be compiling them overnight and present them to Regional Director Sam Maler in Minnesota. Mar- ler was expected to make his decision on Wednesday. The Fish and Wildlife Service has stated in the EIS that alterna- tive Number 4 is their pre- ferred alternative. Alterna- tive four amounts to: acqui- sition of 6,800 acres for the Patoka River National Wild- life Refuge and acquisition of Wildlife Management ar- eas from within an adjacent 15, 283-acre selection area. Opponents of the refuge are threatening legal action if the Fish and Wildlife Service sticks with its preferred alter- native. A Petersburg man was ar- rested for selling a stolen ring to a city councilman af- ter a reward was offered for return of the ring in an ad in The Press-Dispatch. Chad L. Blackburn, 20, of Petersburg, was charged with disposing of stolen property, a class D felony. A warrant was issued for Blackburn's arrest on Au- gust 30, when Small Claims/ Misdemeanor Division Judge W. Wyatt Rauch found proba- ble cause of the charge. The charges stem from a ring that was taken from Judith Lynn Schell's residence some time in April. Schell ran an ad in the Press-Dispatch in June offering a reward for the re- turn of the ring. Shortly af- ter this, Schell was contacted by Jamie Brown, of Peters- burg, who had seen the ad in the paper. Brown took a ring to Schell, which she identi- fied as the one that was sto- len. Brown claimed on about June 28, Blackburn came to him and offered to sell him the ring. Brown said he asked Blackburn if the ring was sto- len and was told it was not. Brown did not have the mon- ey to purchase the ring, but referred Blackburn to Jack Onyett, who purchased the ring for $175. Blackburn ad- mitted to selling the ring to Onyett. However, Blackburn said he had been given the ring by Brandon Schell, Ju- dith's son, so he and Schell would have money to go to the "strip-bars" in Evansville. Blackburn was arrested Mon- day afternoon. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Stan (Amy) Willis, of Peters- burg, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper, Friday, Sept. 2, a daughter, Chance Elaine. Marriages: Maranda Jo Pauw and Dustin Bart Mc- Candless exchanged vows Friday, August 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the Winslow Christian Church. Deaths: Florence Lilly Mc- Clure, 85, of Augusta, died at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4 at her residence; Robert Gene Good- pasture, 50, of Petersburg, died at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; Al Campbell, 89, of Petersburg, died Sunday, Sept. 4 at 12:30 p.m. at Memo- rial Hospital in Jasper; Ellen Aline Richardson, 89, of Win- slow, died Sunday, Sept. 4 at 10 :35 p.m. at Wirth Hospital in Oakland City; Gertrude I. Wallace, 88, of Oakland City, died Thursday, Sept. 1 at 7:45 p.m. at Good Samaritan Nurs- ing Home in Oakland City; Boyd Hyslop, 84, of Oakland City, died at 9:27 a.m. Satur- day, Sept. 3 at Wirth Hospital in Oakland City. 1986 Pike Central Flag Corp Pictured are Pike Central 1986 members of the flag corp., front row (l to r): Becky Oxley, Yavonne Sturgeon, Molly Tucker and Diane Williams. Row two: Raelene Majino, Suzanne Hunley, Missy Barnes and Angela Hunley. Row three: Barbara Roy, Kathey Teague, Marsha Woodford and Stacey Erwin. Row four: Amy Hatfield and Shannon Beard. Back row: Stacy Vaughn and Melissa Witkamp. Photo from archive. Wednesday, Oct. 16 • The Long March (1934) • Chevrolet introduces the El Camino (1958) Thrusday, Oct. 17 • Capone goes to prison (1931) • OPEC states declare oil embargo (1973) Friday, Oct. 18 • U.S. takes possession of Alaska (1867) • Mason and Dixon draw a line (1767) Saturday, Oct. 19 • Napoleon retreats from Moscow (1812) • Editorial accuses Jefferson of affair with slave (1796) Sunday, Oct. 20 • Congress creates the Continental Association (1774) • Sydney Opera House opens (1973) Monday, Oct. 21 • Guggenheim Museum opens in New York City (1959) • Henry Ford dedicates the Thomas Edison Institute (1929) Tuesday, Oct. 22 • Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) • President Lyndon Johnson signs the Highway Beautification Act (1965) Source: History.com SUBSCRIBE TODAY! We're not afraid to shed some light on the truth. 812-354-8500