The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, April 17, 2013 C-7 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 straighback 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. Circuuit 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. Sophomore class WHS 1919 The Winslow 1919 sophomore class is in the Champion as it was called then. The annual was later called the Eskimo. Members of the class were, in the first row, Ruth Comer, Leona Jones, Ruth Powell, Gladys Skinner, Alice Kuhn, Gladys Hurst, and Anna Persinger. In the second row, standing, are Virda Wright, Lee Ambrose, Poedker Nelson, Alfred Thompson, Clifton Robling, Johnie Skinner, and Aileen Ashby. From out of the past Sixty years ago The Petersburg Press March 5, 1953 Gil Hodges, Brooklyn Dodgers star, is not above letting his name be used for an old school friend— which happened last week when he visited his parents in Petersburg—stopped at Eddie Hawkins' new DX filling station at Main and Tenth Street and was the latter's first customer. Eddie feels pretty good about having Hodges as his first customer. Hawkins was born in Petersburg and graduated from high school in 1941. Hawkins married Roma Brashear and they have four children, Lynne 9, Ted 6, Jerre Ann 4 and Jody Lou, 1 month. A birthday party was given a week ago Saturday evening by Mrs. Raymond Denton in honor of her daughter's 12th birthday. Attending were Sharon Sharp, Willard King, Kenneth Couts, Stevie Potter, Laura Mae Young, Ruth Ann Sims, Judy Young, Jackie Rogers, Norma Thompson, Nancy Thompson, Mrs. John Thompson, and Mrs. and Mrs. Raymond Denton and family. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Myers and daughter Lorena spent Wednesday week ago at Lockyear's Business College in Evansville, where Lorena will enter as soon as school is out. She is a senior at Otwell High School and school will be out in April. Marriage: Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Mason, Feb. 12. Deaths: Tabitha Harrison, 99, of Petersburg—funeral services March 3 at First Baptist Church with burial in Walnut Hills Cemetery; Mary (Davis) Johns, 32, of Oakland City, died Feb. 18 suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage; Harry Chandler, 60, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, trapped in a fire at his residence; Diane Dillin, 7, daughter of Attorney and Mrs. Hugh S. Dillin of Petersburg, died Feb. 27 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. from burns suffered two weeks previously at Petersburg; Mrs. William (Hazel) Taylor, 45, died Feb. 19 at St. Louis, Mo. City Hospital— brought to Petersburg for fu- Stiehl Gentry poses in front of a German fighter plane He served with the 106th Calvary Group (MECZ) of the Seventh Army— T-4, Reconnaissance Squadron from October 12, 1942 to October 28, 1945. He was awarded three Bronze Stars for battle participation in the Normandy, Northern France and Germany war campaigns. Before the Germans could destroy their own planes that were out of gas, the 106th Group took over the airfield. Sgt. Gentry and Sgt. B. Bryan poured gas from their jeep into a Fox Wolfe 140 German Fighter plane. Sgt. Gentry got in behind the controls while Sgt. Bryan turned the propellors and yelled contact. While flying the plane Sgt. Gentry knocked out 17 German vehicles before he was shot down by anti-aircraft gun, He was captured and placed under guard for a few days when Capt. Winkler of the 106th Squadron found him under guard as a German pilot. Capt. Winkler had him released and later Sgt. Gentry received the Bronze Star for combat beyond the call of duty. Stiehl Gentry, 81, of Petersburg passed away September 2, 2012. His wife of 47 years, Wanda, passed away in 2011. He was survived by two sons, two daughters, and four grandchildren.—Contributed by daughter, Susan Loveless. neral at the Catholic church and burial in Walnut Hills Cemetery; James P. Noland, 88, native of Union, died Feb. 4; Dr. Frank Bethell, 69, formerly of Pike County, died Saturday at the Masonic Home in Franklin; William A. Chumbley, 75, of Winslow, died March 2. Fifty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch Friday, March 12, 1959 Members of the Petersburg High School Band will go to Mitchell Tuesday where they will be guests at a concert given by the Indiana University Band. Several schools from this area will attend the concert. Sgt. Jimmie L. Jones reported to Ft. Sheridan, Ill. after spending 30 days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edmun Jones in Ayrshire. Sgt. Jones arrived in the states Feb. 8 after 37 months of service in Japan. He has 22 more months of his last enlistment to serve. Winslow Eskimos defeated the Washington Hatchets Saturday to win the Huntingburg Regional. Winslow and other Pike County people celebrated with a bon fire in the middle of Main Street. On Sunday afternoon, a victory parade headed toward Oakland City, to Petersburg, on to Vincennes then returned home by way of Petersburg. Approximately 300 cars were in the parade. A Petersburg man, who has gone to Missouri to teach and coach, has brought his team up to the regional tournament, which is equal to the semi-finals in Indiana. He lost the regional by only one point in an overtime game. Bernard Benjamin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Benjamin of Petersburg, and graduate of Petersburg High School, Class of 1943, has been coaching in Fisk, Mo. This was the first time Fisk High School had ever won a sub-regional. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. John Quick, a son, Saturday morning; to Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Sermersheim, a daughter, Thursday; to Mr. and Mrs. Udell Nichols, a daughter, March 8; to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Coleman of Petersburg, a daughter, Monday; to Lt. and Mrs. James O. Brenton, a son, James Byron, Wednesday. Deaths: Louise Hurt, 95, former resident of Pike County, died in Gibson General Hospital in Princeton, suffering from a broken hip; Janie Mason, 95, lifelong resident of Pike County, died Tuesday, suffering from a heart ailment at her home in Enos Corners; Roan H. Denham, 75, of Washington, brother of Jake Denham of Otwell, died Sunday. Fifty years ago The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, March 21, 1963 Senators R. Vance Hartke, Pike County native and Birch Bayh, both Democrats, informed this newspaper Tuesday that Winslow's request for a $120,000 grant to construct a new $240,000 water treatment plant had been approved. In a conversation with Senator Hartke a week ago Monday, we were informed that the Accelerated Works Program funds were depleted. Sen. Hartke stated at that time that he was doing all in his power to get the application for the grant approved, but that approval would not be made until after Congress appropriated more funds. More funds were appropriated and immediately through Hartke's efforts, Winslow's grant was approved. Work is to start in May this year. From the beginning the town board, composed of Ira Alley, Charles Tracer and recently appointed Jack Deen, has spent many hours working and sweating over getting the entire project underway. Former town board member Gene Wood, was on the town board at the time it was found out they would be forced to install a new system of some type, and he too, spent many hours on the project. Construction of a new press room at The Pike County Dispatch has just been completed and installation of a new press is underway. Operations are hampered somewhat during the installation of the new equipment. The new press (new to us) was purchased from the Goss Printing Press Company of Chicago. The press was originally installed at The Dubois County Daily Herald in Jasper. The Herald recently installed a much faster and larger capacity press for its growing operation. Our new press is completely automatic, running from a roll of newsprint instead of being sheet fed by hand. Our present press prints four pages at one time at the rate of slightly over 1000 per hour, the new press will both print and fold eight pages at the rate of 2,800 per hour. Jon Purvis and Joe Wilson, of Petersburg, spent the weekend in Chicago, attending the National meeting of Presbyterian men. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fears of Union, a son, March 10; to Mr. and Mrs. Clayborne Jones of Stendal, a son, Dewayne Lee, March 13; to Mr. and Mrs. William Rowe of Ayrshire, a son, Morris Michael, March 17; to Mr. and Mrs. William C. Smith of Addison, Ky., a son, Scott William, March 14; to Mr. and Mrs. Dawn Rademacher of Stendal, a son, Clarence Ray, March 17; to Rev. and Mrs. William Brown of Oakland City, a son, Mark Allen, March 15; to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Boger of Otwell, a daughter, Vicki Jo, March 16; to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robert Couts of Oakland City, a son, Chris Alan, March 17; to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Potter of Winslow, a daughter, Beth Ann, March 19; to Mr. and Mrs. John E. Yager, Jr., a son, John Gregory, March 14. Deaths: Elvira Scales, 97, of Oakland City, died March 16; Cordelia Corn, 29, of Winslow, died March 13; Bronice Gieselman, 51, of near Coe, died March 14 suffering from asthma; Russell Helmesttler, in his late 60s, former resident of Arthur and Oakland City, died Monday evening at his home in Phoenix, Ariz.; Allen Eugene Norrick, seven weeks old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Norrick of Waynesville, Mo., died Friday at his home, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Norrick of Winslow; Willis G. Miles, 80, of Ayrshire, died March 15 in Hammond; Burkee Hill, 77, of Hazleton, died Wednesday at Ward's Nursing Home in Petersburg. Twenty-five years ago The Press-Dispatch Thursday, March 10, 1988 A Petersburg man was honored for his efforts in forestry, in a two-state district. Austin Rudolph placed second in the Tom Wallace Farm Forestry Awards Monday, which is sponsored by the Louisville Courier Journal. Rudolph received a $500 cash award and a certificate. The award is given to the forester, in the 18 district area covering southern Indiana and Kentucky, that a committee of forestry experts determine had the best forestry management program. Steve Marling, district forestry representative of the U.S. Forestry Department, nominated Rudolph for the award. Each of the 18 districts nominated one person. Then each state which has nine districts selects two people. The group committee then reviews each of the four forests and judges them. Rudolph's was deemed the second-best forest in the group. John and Eleanor Bellamy, of Ayrshire, and John and Angela Heuring, of Petersburg, were weekend visitors in the home of Wayne and Suzanne Cooper, Jennifer and Amanda in Manchester, Mo. They celebrated Amanda's second birthday. The Heurings were Sunday visitors of Capt. and Mrs. (Terenda) Wyant and Erin in Shiloh, Mo. Mrs. Wyant and Erin accompanied the Heurings to Pike County for a visit with relatives and friends. Ashleigh Tredway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brad Tredway of Petersburg, was named Tiny Queen in the one-year-old age group at the preliminary Indiana Sunburst U.S.A. Beauty Pageant at the Executive Inn in Vincennes on Feb. 28. She also received first place in her age group in sportswear modeling. She will go to the Indiana State Pageant in April. Tredway received a crown, banner, trophy and $200 beauty entry fee to the state pageant. DeWayne Spaw, a graduate of Pike Central High School, recently gave a 20 minute performance at Washington Square Mall in Evansville to open the show for CBS Michael Damien on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless" to approximately 5,000 persons. Spaw is employed as a singer and waiter at the new Festival Food Court at the mall. He will be performing this summer for the second year at Holiday World in Santa Claus. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Greg Selby of Petersburg, a son, Logan Dean, March 5; to Mr. and Mrs. Don Guth of Petersburg, a daughter, Kelsey Jo, March 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Barry Burnett of Cincinnati, OH, a son, Eric Thomas, March 2; to Danny Eversole and Anita Boyles of Petersburg, a son, Daniel Raleigh Eversole, Jan. 10; to Mr. and Mrs. Don R. Donovan of Clinton, a son, Peter Ralph, March 4. Marriages: Kathy Pickett of Washington and Brian H. Blaize of Petersburg, March 4; Kimberly Latham of Washington and Russell Stone of Petersburg, Feb. 26. Deaths: Paul Hollis, 66, of Otwell, died March 4; Bessie Norrick, 89, of Winslow, died March 6; George F. Warnsman, 84, of Oakland City, died March 1; Clifford McCain, 79, of Huntingburg, died March 2; Leroy Tetrick, 65, died March 1 at his residence in Westport after a year's bout with cancer; Irene Hodges, 83, of Petersburg, died March 1; Mary Etta Clark, 87, of Oakland City, died March 3; Dennis Dougherty, 41, formerly of Huntingburg, died March 3 at his residence in Van Nuys, Calif., following a year's bout with cancer; Thelma Irene Catt, of Otwell, died March 8; Bertis Tolbert, 54, of Hazleton, died March 4.