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B-8 Wednesday, December 4, 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, July 28 and August 1, 1944 Fire broke out Sunday af- ternoon on the farm of R.W. Baldwin in the eastern part of the county and caused a loss of several hundred dol- lars. The fire spread over hay fields, timber land and orchards, and was a very bad fire to control. By the help of neighbors, a barn on his farm was saved, but the house burned down. The fire fighters from the State Conservation Department arrived too late to save the house, but it was through their assistance the fire was stopped, for which he was a thousand times thankful. About 100 acres was burned over before the fire could be stopped. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Leist- ner, of the Vincent commu- nity, in Jefferson Township, have received word through an air mail letter written by their son, Staff Sergeant Emil C. Leistner, written on July 18 that he was safe. He told in the letter that some- thing went wrong with the plane and he had to bail out. Mr. and Mrs. Leistner were notified two weeks ago that their son had been missing in action as of July 7. A truck owned by El- mer Caudell and driven by Hallie Dillon crashed into a car driven by David Thom- as about one mile south of Petersburg Saturday night. Mr. Thomas received a bro- ken right arm and an in- jured left wrist and other minor injuries. Mrs. Thom- as had a broken rib and ma- ny bruises. A daughter, Car- oline, was injured in the fore- head. A son, Robert received a mashed nose and an injury to his neck. While two small- er children were badly shak- en up and bruised. All were taken to a local doctor for treatment and released. Mr. Dillon was held by the po- lice in the county jail pend- ing charges either by the po- lice or by Mr. Caudell. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bob Fair, of Petersburg, a boy, Robert Wayne, born Saturday; To Mr. and Mrs. Delmas Wyatt Sunday after- noon in the Daviess Coun- ty Hospital, a girl; To Mrs. Freddie Catt, Sunday morn- ing at her home in Peters- burg, a boy, Freddie, Jr.; To Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lemond, July 20, at Welborn Memori- al Hospital in Evansville, a son, Earl Daniel; To Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Like, of Harri- son Township, a boy, Bil- ly Joe; To Mr. and Mrs. No- ble Teague, of Otwell, a boy, James Burley. Deaths: Hamilton Eu- gene Cox, 84, of this coun- ty, died at the home of his daughter in Algiers Friday night; John Benjamin Ash- by, a lifelong resident of Pike County, died Saturday morning about 1:30 o'clock at the home of his daughter in Oakland City. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, October 29, 1959 Elmer Anderson, 80, of Petersburg, was serious- ly injured at 11:40 a.m. Sat- urday when he was struck while riding a bicycle on West Main Street in Peters- burg. The driver of the car which struck Mr. Ander- son was Miss Fay Sutton of the Bowman Communi- ty, a teacher in the Peters- burg schools. Mr. Anderson is known as one of the old- est newspaper carriers in Southern Indiana. He was collecting for the Evans- ville Courier when struck. Officers said that Ander- son, who is deaf, rode his bicycle from a driveway di- rectly into the path of Miss Sutton's car. Miss Sutton tried to miss the aged man but the auto slid on the rain soaked pavement and struck the bicycle, throwing Ander- son to the pavement. Mak- ing every effort to avoid hit- ting the man, Miss Sutton rammed her car into a tile building very close to the road. Anderson, who is a re- tired mail carrier, was taken to Daviess County Hospital in Washington, where it was reported he suffered a bro- ken ankle, possible internal injuries and a concussion. Mrs. Lawrence Burton, of West main Street in Peters- burg, suffered painful burns on her left hand Saturday af- ternoon when she attempt- ed to throw burning grease out the back door. Mrs. Bur- ton had a pan of grease on the stove when it caught fire. She grabbed the pan and at- tempted to throw it out the back door when it splashed on her hand. The burning grease spilled on the kitch- en floor and in the doorway and started a fire. The Pe- tersburg Fire Department was called. Little damage was caused to the house by the fire. Mrs. Burton's son, Larry, was badly burned a little over a year ago when his clothing caught fire. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Elza Henson, Jr., of Glezen, a daughter, born Sunday in the Daviess County Hos- pital; To Mr. and Mrs. Roy White, of Glezen, a daugh- ter, in the Gibson General Hospital in Princeton, Tues- day, October 27; To Mr. and Mrs. William Lee, of Velpen, a daughter, born Friday, Oc- tober 23 at the Stork Hospi- tal in Huntingburg; To Mr. and Mrs. Ted Rhodes, of Spurgeon, a son, Carl Kent, born October 14 at Gibson General Hospital, Prince- ton; To Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam M. Knapp, of Oakland City, a son, Stephen Mar- tin, born Wednesday, Oc- tober 21 in Deaconess Hos- pital in Evansville; To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Grimes, of Spurgeon, a son, Paul David, born Tuesday at the Daviess Community Hospital. Marriages: Mitchelene Tolbert and William Gene Huffman were married Thursday, October 22 at 7 p.m. in the Arthur Church of Christ. Deaths: Lola McCord, 74, of Winslow, died at her home on Main St. in the ear- ly morning hours on Mon- day. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, November 13, 1969 A three-vehicle crash Thursday, November 6 in Gibson County claimed the life of a Winslow woman and hospitalized three oth- er people. The accident oc- curred at 11:30 a.m. at Doug- las Station, west of Francis- co on Highway 64, as Mrs. Floell Whitney, 50, and her daughter, Lynn Kay Wil- liams, 18, were return- ing from a shopping trip in Princeton. A car driven by Mrs. Eliza Kruse, 75, pulled from CR 350 E. into the path of the car driven by Mrs. Whitney. Mrs. Whitney's car clipped the other car, then crashed head on into a truck driven by Melbourne Pavey, 61, of Princeton. Mrs. Whitney and daughter were pinned in their wrecked car. They were taken from the wreckage to Gibson General Hospital, then transferred to Deaconess Hospital, where Mrs. Whitney passed away four hours later from head, face, chest and leg injuries. Lynn Kay remains in the hospital. She received a bro- ken jaw, fractured ribs and both lungs punctured. Mrs. Kruse was able to walk from her wrecked car to the am- bulance for the trip to the hospital. Mr. Pavey received internal injuries. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Roger Lee, of Oakland City, a son, Scott Alan, at Gibson General Hospital, Saturday, November 1; To Mr. and Mrs. Bob Sweaney, of Oats- ville, a daughter, Shannon Denise, born Wednesday, October 22 at Gibson Gen- eral Hospital. Deaths: Grace Holder, 84, of Otwell, died in the Holiday Home in Peters- burg Thursday, Novem- ber 6 at 8:30 a.m.; Hillis Te- vault, 68, of Stendal, died Monday at 5:35 p.m. in St. Joseph Hospital in Hunting- burg; James C. Beach, 77, of Petersburg, died Satur- day at 6:30 p.m. at Gibson General Hospital; John L. Brown, 84, of Oakland City, died at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Holiday Home in Peters- burg; William Fisher, 87, of Mackey, died Wednesday at his home. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, October 27, 1994 A Winslow man died ear- ly Tuesday morning from head injuries sustained in a fight last week. Robert Ro- bling, of Petersburg, died after midnight Monday at Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evansville, where he had been since last Thursday. John Blake III, of Dale, is be- ing held on a $50,000 bond in the Gibson County Jail charged with aggravated as- sault. However, that charged might change. Tuesday af- ternoon, a Princeton po- lice spokesman said they did not know what, if any, changed would be made to the charged against Blake. According to Princeton Po- lice, they were called to 802 S. Gibson St., in Princeton, at 5:49 p.m. on October 20 to check on a possible intoxi- cated person, who had fallen and injured his head. Police said when they arrived, they found Robling. He was taken tot he Gibson General Hos- pital and then transferred to Welborn in Evansville by LifeFlight. Police said wit- nesses told them Robling had fallen down a staircase and hit his head on a railing. Police said they had no rea- son to believe the witness- es were not telling the truth. Then in the early morning hours of Friday, witnesses came to the police station and told them that Robling had been beaten by Blake. Blake was arrested later that day. Births: To Sam and April Norrington, of Oakland City, a son, William Davis, born Sunday, Sept. 30 at Welborn Baptist Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Marcial Wood, of Win- slow, in Daviess County Hospital, Saturday, Oct. 22, a daughter, Brittney Alicia. Marriage: Marcia Lynn Jarvis and Thomas Antho- ny Rothrock were united in marriage Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. at their home; Jennifer Hart and Scott Beshears were married Sept. 17 at 5 p.m. in St. Peter's United Chris- tian Church in Wadesville. Deaths: Bonnie Ruth Deen, 61, of Winslow, died at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23 at her residence; Walter A. Catt, 78, of Decker, died at 8:50 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18 at Crestview Convalescent Center in Vincennes; Roy I. Toney, 76, of Otwell, died Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 5:30 a.m. at his residence; Ermal Thompson, 86, of Princeton, died at 5:50 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20 at Forest Del Con- valescent Center in Princ- eton; Jerald Johnson, 62, of Petersburg, died at 5:55 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 23 at Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evans- ville. 1961 flooding in Winslow The pictures above were taken during flooding in Winslow in 1961. The pictures from left to right are of the Old Mill building, located at the edge of the Pa- toka River and Highway 61, the Highway 61 Bridge that preceded the new concrete bridge now in place. The picture on the right is of water backing up into this house's backyard. The house is located at the corner of Factory and Main Sts., across the street from the Quick Pick convenience store. Wednesday, December 4 • Hostage Terry Anderson freed in Lebanon (1991) • Senate approves U.S. participation in United Nations (1945) Thursday, December 5 • Aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle (1945) • Prohibition ends (1933) Friday, December 6 • Washington Monument completed (1884) • The 13th Amendment is ratified (1865) Saturday, December 7 • Pearl Harbor bombed (1941) • Delaware ratifies the Constitution (1787) Sunday, December 8 • John Lennon shot (1980) • Americans begin siege of Quebec (1775) Monday, December 9 • Patriots gain control of Virginia (1775) • Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War created (1861) Tuesday, December 10 • First Nobel Prizes awarded (1901) • Ford builds its 1 millionth car (1915) Source: History.com CREATIVITY. OUR SPECIALTY. When you place an ad in The Press-Dispatch, your ad is designed by Indiana's top designers. 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