The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, April 10, 2013 C-7 From out of the past Cheerleaders for sixth grade The basketball team for the Winslow sixth grade had eight cheerleaders. They are, in the front row, Nancy Oxby, Teea Johnson, Glenda Robling, Martha Jones, and Beth Curtis. In the back row are Cheryl Erwin, Cindy Samples, Terry Stilwell and Nancy Pirkle. Pike County Historical Society Gleanings from the Democrat 1904 By Sandy McBeth 1/29/1904���Logan township Items���Isaac Loveless is having a new coal mine opened on his farm. He has employed Carrol Grubb, Purris Grubb, Will Loveless and Calvin Grubb. They are Grubb and Loveless mines. There promises to be a big scrap over the Republican nomination for trustee. There are several candidates for the place. The ���mugwumps��� will put forth a candidate and say that he must be nominated. The straight back Republicans will fight the ���mugwump��� faction to a finish. Spurgeon Items���Mrs. Mattie Thompson of Petersburg was here the first of the week visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Ferguson. Mrs. J. M. Zimmerman and W. L. Fowler of Lynnville, were here Saturday attending the funeral of their sister, Mrs. Burns. Elder Fowler remained over Sunday and filled Elder Shields��� appointment Sunday night. Mrs. Mary Burns, of whom we gave an account of being badly burned, died Jan. 22. She was the widow of John Burns. She was born Sept. 1843. She was the mother of ten children, seven now living. She was a devoted Methodist from childhood. She was buried here Saturday by the side of her late husband. Elder Shields conducted her funeral from the M. E. church. Ed Lory transacted business at Oakland city yesterday. 2/5/1904���Mrs. Caroline Mitchell of this place was taken to the insane asylum at Evansville last Friday. Gladys, the three yearold daughter of Waham Selby, living in Madison township died Monday. The funeral services were held Wednesday and interment at the Bowman cemetery. The Velpen home telephone company filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state last week. The capital stock is $500. The directors are W. F. Risley, A. S. Morgan and I. R. Broadwell. John D. Carter of Parker, president of the Carter glass company of this place, arrived here Tuesday to look after the drilling of the well for natural gas. The county clerk has insued marriage licenses for the following persons since our last report: James W. Harper and Flora Hawkins; Geo. H. Chappell and Anna Uppenkamp; Thomas O���Burn and Delia Ferguson. Lillie Burton, aged 18 years, daughter of Mrs. Robert Willis of Madison township, died last Thursday. The funeral services were conducted by Elder J. W. Richardson on Friday and interment at the Williams cemetery. Spencer Stafford, living north of town, sold seven head of short-horn cattle that weighed 10,500 pounds or nearly 1,513 pounds each, after having been driven nine miles. They were of his own raising and breeding and were two years old. Jake Schurz shipped a large amount of furs to New York Wednesday and left the same day for that city. Minard Burress and wife went to Chicago Wednesday, where the latter will undergo a surgical operation for tumor. Petersburg talent will be in evidence at the world���s fair at St. Louis fair this year. Miss Bessie Dillon has been engaged by the managers to sing and Fred Ashby���s services as cornetist also secured. Miss Essie Bammer, aged 16 years, died at the home of her parents, at Wheeling, Gibson county last Sunday. The funeral services were held Monday. She was a niece of Oliver Colvin of this city. Will Reel and John Griffith went to Jasonville Wednesday seeking a desirable location in which to engage in business. Mr. Reel has been prospecting some time for such a place, but had not yet found one that suited him better than Petersburg. Two young men about seventeen years of age by the names of Sumner and Taylor were arrested during the past week and placed under bonds of $500 each by Judge Ely. They are charged with being parties to the criminal assault on Mrs. Lafe Dedman about three weeks ago at the Gladish chapel. Willis Hall, a miner at the Carbon coal mines, two miles south of here, who was injured two weeks ago by the explosion of a keg of powder, died last week from his injuries. This is the second death caused by the explosion, the other being Joe Kays, the particulars being given in this paper at the time of the accident. Circuit Court���The following cases have been disposed of in the circuit court: State Cases���State vs Scott Harvey, selling liquor without license; State vs Bill Brewster, selling liquor without license, trial by jury and verdict of not guilty; State vs Jacob Bonenberger, selling liquor without license, fined $5; State vs Cloe Mitchell, disturbing religious meeting, plea of guilty and being under 21 years, sentence was withheld; State vs William A. Oliphant, selling liquor in drug store, trial by jury, fined $25; State vs Alva Tatum, assault and battery, continued; State vs Alva Tatum, carrying concealed weapons, continued; State vs Louis Butler, selling liquor without license, continued; State vs W. A. Oliphant, selling liquor without license, continued; State vs Elisha Craig, selling liquor without license, continued; State vs King Cook, selling liquor without license, continued; State vs James Marsee, selling liquor without license, continued; State vs Norman Griffith, permitting persons in saloon on Sunday, continued. Sixty years ago The Petersburg Press Thursday, Feb. 26, 1953 A new Petersburg corporation, to be known as Onyett and Toler Equipment Company, has been formed by Ralph and A. B. Onyett and John Grester Toler, all of Petersburg. The corporation has leased the Community Chest building on Highway 61, just across the New York Central tracks. The corporation will handle Massey-Harris farm machinery and equipment, besides doing general repair work and deal in used equipment as it is traded for by the corporation. Toler will be head service man. William Rauch of Rauch Motor Sales announces the appointment of Wood C. Smith as general manager and sales manager. Smith has an extensive automotive background having worked for Chevrolet dealers in Loogootee, Washington and Vincennes for the past 25 years. He was general manager of Rauch Chevrolet Co. at Oakland City last year. He and his wife, daughter, Suzanne and grandson are living on Taylor Street. Pvt. James William Risley of the U.S. Marine Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. William James Jenne of Petersburg, is now undergoing training at the marine Corps Recruit Training Depot, San Diego, CA. Risley graduated from Petersburg High School in 1951. He was sworn in at Indianapolis. He is with Platoon 2, Battalion 2. Upon completion of training he will be granted a 10-day leave, and, if he has maintained a good record, will be promoted to Private First Class. He will then be assigned to a Marine post or station for duty or to a Marine Corps school for advance training. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Elbert, Kathy and Joe were at the Elks Club for dinner, Friday evening. Birth: To Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Williams, a daughter, Karen Sue, Feb. 14. Deaths: Lucile Witherspoon, formerly of Petersburg, died Feb. 8 at the home of her sister, Elfra Cooksey in Evansville; Alice Robling, 83, of Vincennes, died Feb. 20; Mrs. Blanche McCrary, 40, died Feb. 24 after submitting to a caesarean section last week; Mrs. Maude Canary, 63, of Martin County, formerly of Petersburg, died Feb. 11 at the home of her daughter, Imogene Johnson of Medford, OR. Fifty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch Friday, March 5, 1954 Hollie J. Sims of McCord Auto Sales Inc. in Winslow has received a letter from the Ford Motor Company congratulating the Winslow firm for its outstanding salesmanship and service during 1953. It has been one of the outstanding Ford dealers in this section of the country for many years. The Winslow Eskimos went all the way as they rolled over Birdseye, Dubois, Huntingburg and French Lick to obtain possession of the sectional crown for 1954. With a full house in the almost new field house at Huntingburg, the Eskimos showed the crowd they had what it took. The Eskimos had an easy 67-53 over French Lick. Frank Evans led with 24 points, Tom Nordhorn 15 points and Larry Carter 10 points. Coach for the Eskimos was Kern McGlothlin. The Eskimos will play in the first Huntingburg Regional. Sgt. Lloyd E. Wineinger left Friday, Feb. 19 for Marine Base Camp Pendleton, CA after several days furlough with relatives and friends. He will be sent somewhere in Japan within a few days, then to Korea. While in Japan, he hopes to visit with his brother, Boyd, who is stationed at Furmaki with the Air Force, providing the bases are too far apart. A midnight sing will be hosted in the Winslow Gymnasium Saturday, March 6, featuring the Dixie Four of WLBC Indianapolis. The singing will begin at 8 p.m. and last until midnight including the Southland Quartet of WT TV Bloomington, Melody Masters of Mt. Carmel, IL, and other Pike County singers. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Frank, Sr. of Montgomery, PA, a son, Durward Lee, Feb. 18; to Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Dalton of Huntingburg, a daughter, Feb. 28; to Rev. and Mrs. Lowell Denman of Glezen, a son, last week. Deaths: Tony Kent Sharp, three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sharp of Winslow, drowned at noon Feb. 25; Mr. and Mrs. Don Scism, ex-editor of The Evansville Courier, and his wife, killed in a two truck and one car accident, March 2; Riley Snyder, 73, of Ayrshire, died Feb. 26; Mrs. Tella Laymon, 76, former resident of Winslow, died Feb. 27 at her home in Los Angeles, CA. Fifty years ago The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, March 14, 1963 M/Sgt. Elmer A. Simpson has retired from the Air Force after completing 21 years of active military service. His brother, SCM Sgt. Wilson B. Simpson of Randolph AFB, Texas, retired the same day, January after 20 years of service. This makes three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simpson of Winslow retiring after 20 years of service. Chief W. K. Evans, son of Mrs. Simpson, retired in 1957 after 20 years of service in the Navy. John D. Dedman has been transferred from the Winslow post office annex as a career substitute, the same position he held in the Winslow office the past eight years. The transfer, effective March 16, is a fine advancement for Dedman as it will be full time work. Dedman, his wife, the former Alice Faye Green, and their son, David Alan, will move Friday to Covert Avenue on the east side of Evansville near Bosse School to be near his work. The Friendly 4-H Club of Stendal and Lockhart Township was judged the first place winner in the 1963 window Display Contest for Pike County 4-H Clubs. The display is a part of Pike County���s observance of national 4H Club Week which was the week of March 2-9. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thomas of Cleveland, OH, a daughter, Karen Sue, March 6; to Mr. and Mrs. Max Willis, near Velpen, a daughter, Lona Annette, March 6. Marriages: Sandra Miley and Tom Loveless, both of Pike County, March 2; Judith Blanch Lindy and William Michael Hill, both of Union, March 3. Deaths: Clara Chambers, 65, of Velpen, resi- dent since last October in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Posey Scraper, Jr. in Otwell, died March 10; Libbie R. France, 96, of Petersburg, died March 9 suffering complications of advanced age; Penina Wheeler, 80, of Oakland City, died March 10 in the Petersburg Nursing Home; Aaron Miller, 78, of Oakland City, died March 6 suffering from the flu; Mabel Egg, 40, of Huntingburg, sister of Mrs. Gwen Rudolph of Otwell, died March 10; Harley Payne, 80, formerly of Otwell and Velpen, died Tuesday at a hospital in Illinois; Maud Barrett, 73, of Stendal, died March 11; Mrs. Aldie Loveless, 70, of Rumbletown community, died March 10; Mrs. Octavia Furman, 78, of New Butler community, died March 12; Leo A. Jones, 52, former resident of Pike County, died March 4 in Cleveland, OH; Mrs. Ursa Bell, 73, of Winslow, died March 4, suffering from strokes; Lawrence Young, 76, of Alford, died March 12. Twenty-five years ago The Press-Dispatch Thursday, March 3, 1988 E. Wayne Parke was appointed President of Old Ben Coal Company. It is a subsidy of British Petroleum Coal. Old Ben operates mines in Indiana, Illinois and West Virginia. Parke is a graduate of Oakland City High School and Purdue University. He and his wife Karen live in Cleveland with their daughter, Andrea. They also have a son, Tim, who is in the Army, stationed at Ft. Lewis, WA. County spelling bee champs were named around the county last week at each of the elementary schools and grade champions were named at Pike Central in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. They were Kristy Traylor at Winslow, Lauren Goller at Otwell and Amanda Jones at Petersburg. Champions at Pike Central were Brian Weathers in the sixth grade, Nicole Veale in the seventh grade and Zon Risley in the eighth grade. Former Petersburg resident Tammy (Hale) Oxby of Lynnville was the runner-up in the Second Annual Southeastern Illinois Bench Press Classic at Southeastern Illinois College recently. The 1979 Pike Central graduate benched 150 pounds, 45 pounds more than her own weight. Ronald D. Nelson, son of Hazel Nelson of Petersburg, was named vice president for Honda of America Mfg. Inc. in Marysville, OH effective Jan. 4. He and his wife Carolyn have three children. They are active members of the Church of Christ. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Scott Howard of Winslow, a son, Matthew Scott, Feb. 26; to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Massat of Jasper, a daughter, Logan Michelle, Feb. 25; to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Lee Barkhaus of Petersburg, a son, Nicholas Daniel, Feb. 17. Marriage: Kristine Marie Kruschwitz of Grundy, IA and Andrew Blaize Smith, formerly of Petersburg, Jan. 2. Deaths: Etheleyn J. Marsee, 79, of Petersburg, died Feb. 27; Velma Offill, 79, of Petersburg, died Feb. 27; Melvin R. Willis, 77, of Petersburg, died Feb. 26; Theatis Richardson, 86, of Monroe City, died Feb. 28; John H. Lane, 67, of Oakland City, died Feb. 25; Agnes Irene Lockhart, formerly of Evansville, died Feb. 28; O���Neal Gray, 92, of Rozet, WY, native of Iva community, Feb. 17; Albert Myrvin Monroe, 73, of Oakland City, died Feb. 26; Dorothy Mae Taft, 74, of Oakland City, died Feb. 28; Clarence Hollenberg, 96, of Washington, formerly of Velpen, died Feb. 29. opening april 22 Whitehead MoTors auTo repair Stendal High School Class of 1948 The Stendal class of 1948 consisted of, in the front row, Philip Hagemeyer, Richard Peach, Helen Bass, Mary (Sollman) Bailey, Eunice (Meyer) Butke, Lois (Bass) Bailey, Renelda (Bailey) Erwin, Geneva Hemmer, Wilma (Weitkamp) Loehr, Mary (Randolph) Pickerill, and Seorin Caldemeyer. In the back row is Warner Nalley, Joann (Houchin) Wilson, Catherine (Nass) Luker, and Thornton Patburg. Patberg was director of admissions at Evansville college for 15 years, and served in other capacities for a total of 39 years. Absent when the photo was takes were John Henke and Kern Luker. 1007 N. ViNceNNes AVe., Petersburg For All your Auto rePAirs ANy MAke or Model 766-9744 Hours: MoNdAy���FridAy 8 A.M. to 5 P.M.