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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, September 23, 2020 A-7 HISTORY Submit history photos: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Source: www.history.com • Photo source: mpsadvantage.education Wednesday, September 23 • Billy the Kid arrested for the first time (1875) • Planet Neptune is discovered (1846) Thursday, September 24 • The First Supreme Court (1789) • The Mormon Church officially renounces polygamy (1890) Friday, September 25 • Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., arrested (1957) • Bill of Rights passes Congress (1789) Saturday, September 26 • First Kennedy-Nixon debate (1960) • Drake circumnavigates the globe (1580) Sunday, September 27 • John Adams appointed to negotiate peace terms with British (1779) • Jesuit order established (1540) Monday, September 28 • Ted Williams becomes last player to hit .400 (1941) • Battle of Yorktown begins (1781) Tuesday, September 29 • Nazis and communists divvy up Poland (1939) • Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line (1918) Winslow High School baseball team 1951 The Winslow High School baseball team of 1951 had a winning year of seven games and one loss, losing on- ly to Oakland City High School seven to eight. Members of the team were: front row: Thomas Nordhorn, Gene Goodwin, Lou Beck, Grayson Richardson, David Kinman and Richard Morgan; second row: Frank Evans, Dick Kinder, Dale Northerner, Jack Bechtel, Paul Davis, Bob Jackson and John Sharp. Coach of the team was Carroll (Kayo) Smith. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, May 18 and May 22, 1945 State Police are believed to have solved the series of rob- beries that have taken place in Petersburg and Otwell with the arrest of Robert Har- old Lee of Washington, Indi- ana and his wife who it is said acted as his lookout during the robbery. The couple were arrested in Vincennes when Vincennes police making a routine checkup found the couple in a car on one of the side streets with a complete set of burglary tools in the rear of the car. Though the woman confessed to the se- ries of robberies, the man in- sisted that he had no part in the series. He was arranged before Judge Sidney Gelb in Superior Court on the spe- cific charge of robbing the Frank Nichols Tavern in Vin- cennes and was sentenced to ten years in the Indiana State Reformatory. Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. Ed McFarland came up town and brought a large bas- ket of eggs, took them to the store and exchanged them for groceries, which they placed in their car parked on the street near the Presbyterian church. They went across the street to the office of Dr. Lo- gan and when they returned to the car their groceries and basket were gone. The Loss of the groceries amounted to a nice little sum, but Mrs. McFarland's biggest worry now is, what will she carry her eggs into town with this week. Petersburg baseball team is in the process of being or- ganized with Albert Dosch as manager. The team will be known as the Petersburg Indians and will play their first game Sunday at Sten- dal. More players are needed and Dosch is urging anyone interested in trying out for the team appear at he Ameri- can Legion Field at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday or if that is impos- sible to contact him for a try- out at a later date. It is hoped that a team of his nature will not only give the boys some fun and exercise but also will publicize Petersburg and thus aid the town. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Sherman, a son, born Sunday, in the Daviess County hospital, in Washington. Marriages: William Frank- lin Austin, of New Albany, and Viola Eilert, of Velpen, were married on May 10,at the Methodist Church, in Velpen; Virginia Thomas, of Peters- burg, and Clarence H. Sand- ers, of Evansville, were mar- ried on April 16, in Evansville. Deaths: Arzenie Crowell Stone, 69, died Tuesday eve- ning, at 6:30 o'clock, at her home near Oakland. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, August 18, 1960 Six cows and one bull were killed by lightning a week ago Sunday on the farm of Ules Slinker east of Winslow on the Cato road. Mrs. Slinker went to check on his cat- tle Monday morning and found the cattle under a big tree that had been struck by lightning. The cattle were a half mile back of his house where he checked on them once a week. He stated that they were possibly killed by the lightning on Sunday night a week ago during a storm. He has three cows and nine calves left. This is a great loss to Mr. Slinker as he carried no insurance on the animals. Mr. Slinker bought the place known as the Norm Sims place from Roscoe Nance four years ago. The 16 -year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith of near the Wilson Creek church in Knox county, was seriously injured last week in an acci- dent while driving a tractor belonging to his father. While driving on the highway, young Smith tried to swerve off the highway to miss hit- ting a car. Cutting the trac- tor very sharply, it became unbalance and the boy fell in- to the road. The wheel of the machine ran over his body, breaking his pelvis bone and pulling his bladder loose. He is still in the Good Samaritan hospital in Vincennes in seri- ous condition. Mrs. Myrtle Shaw of Winslow fractured two small bones and the large bone in her right ankle Monday morning. Mrs. Shaw incurred the injury when she started to close the back door at her home and the knob pulled off causing her to lose her balance and fall from a three foot high porch. She was tak- en to the Oakland City hos- pital where the fracture was reduced. She will remain in the hospital the swelling goes down enough for the ankle to be place in a cast. She will have to wear a cast for at least six weeks. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Swain, of Peters- burg, a son, born Monday, in the Daviess County hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Nix- on, of Oakland City, a son Bil- ly Shane, born last week, in Stork Hospital, in Hunting- burg. Deaths: Cynthia Colvin Hughes, 90, of the Bowman community, died Tuesday night, at 11:30, in the Daviess County hospital. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 3, 1970 There are 1,360 veterans in Pike County and 691,000 in the State of Indiana, accord- ing to J.C. Robinson, Director of the Veterans Administration Regional Office in Indianapo- lis. The tabulation is based on America's 27.3 million former servicemen as of the begin- ning of 1970. According to the latest available figures, some 150 Pike County and 99,000 Indiana veterans were in ser- vice during the Vietnam Era– that is, after August 4, 1964. Presently there is no available count of the Pike County Ko- rean veterans serving in Viet- nam. There are 148,000 Ko- rean Conflict veterans in the State. Of these, 26,000 also saw service in World War II. In Pike County there are 310 Korean Conflict Veterans, of whom 50 saw service in World War II. World War II veterans make up the largest group of veter- ans with 670 from Pike Coun- ty, and 352,000 from Indiana. Some 130 Pike County and 84,000 Indiana veterans saw military service only between the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Era. Of 40,000 World War I veterans in Indiana, 150 are from Pike County. Plans are practically com- pleted for the annual Jaycees White River Catfish Festival which will be September 17, 18 and 19 on Eighth and Walnut Streets in Petersburg. In addi- tion to the fine catfish and oth- er food available there will be free entertainment of evenings. Little girls will vie for "Little Miss Catfish Queen" and the Petersburg High School Band will perform. Blakeburn rides and concessions will again be on Walnut Street on the court house square. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Hale, of Winslow, a son, Timothy Mark, born Mon- day, August 3, in Gibson Gen- eral Hospital, in Princeton; To Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Bosse, of Princeton, a son Gregory III, born August 25. Marriages: Miss Vicky Lynn Kirshman and Steven Wayne Williams were mar- ried on Sunday, August 16, at 4:40 p.m., at the First Method- ist Church, in Columbus. Deaths: Mrs. Amelia F. Chambon, 78, of Bicknell, died Monday, at 5:15 p.m., in the Good Samaritan Hospital; John D. Cockerman, 72, of Pe- tersburg, died Tuesday morn- ing, at 8 a.m., in the Daviess County Hospital. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 17, 1995 The Petersburg Jaycee's An- nual Catfish Festival will begin Wednesday Sept. 6, and last un- til Sept. 9 at the old Petersburg High school football field, as re- quested by many patrons. The parade will be Wednesday at 6 p.m., with line up at the Moose Lodge at 5:30, going up north on Main Street to the football field. Immediately following the parade will be the Miss Cat- fish Pageant. Thursday night, the Pike Central Middle School Jazz Band, under the direction of James Bolte, will perform. Friday evening will be the Lit- tle Miss Catfish Pageant. Sat- urday's activities will be an- nounced later along with the times of each activity. Bingo will take place each evening starting around 7 p.m. A booth will be set up for a pretty baby contest. Those interested in en- tering a baby up to 19 months of age must send a picture and information of the baby's names, age and parents to Bar- bara Roberts, or call for more information at 354-3411 before Aug. 30. The winner will be de- termined by the most money collected by donations for that baby. Proceeds will be donated to the hospice, for terminally ill patients. Booth space rental is $35 if selling any item, and $15 for an informational booth. The Jaycees will be serving catfish sandwiches and dinners every night of the festival as well as lunch on Friday and Saturday. A planning grant for $50,000 is being sought to refurbish the old Winslow high school gym- nasium. The meeting includ- ed the official hearing for the planning grant which is be- ing sought by Foresight De- velopment Inc. Donna Pappa- no, representing Foresight, said the grant is for planning only and will be from Indiana Department of Commerce. If approval is granted for the planning stage another grant for refurbishing the gym will be sought from IDOC focus funds. Mrs. Pappano said to obtain the grant for planning another public meeting will be necessary and town residents may have occasion to express their ideals on what is needed at the old gym. Council mem- bers David Tisdale, Donald Nelson and Glendel Ashby ex- pressed their desire to have it as a gathering place for com- munity use as well as provide a place for indoor recreation. Al- an Woodford was sworn in as deputy marshal after he was introduced to the council by Town Marshall Steve English. English said Brooks Young, currently serving as deputy, had to go to the academy be- cause he had been in that po- sition for one year. In Indiana a person working as a police officer must attend the acad- emy within one year of serv- ing as a policeman. After the year is up, the prospective po- liceman can no longer serve in that capacity until successfully completing the police academy course. Curt Byrd told about receiving bids on the contin- uation of the new water plant rebuilding. He said there was only one bid from Deig Broth- ers. The bid was for $1,011,000 for the work which included finishing the plant and some distribution work. The distri- bution work was to have in- cluded a new water line along Main Street on the north side of Winslow. The town recent- ly received a grant for nearly $500,000 which was spent on starting construction of the plant, then for finishing the plant and replacing some of the waterlines. The bid apparently was in excess of $500,000 more than what funding is available. Births: To George and Sal- ly Boost, of Petersburg, a son, Kaelin Aaron, was on August 4, at St. Mary's Medical Center, in Evansville;To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth (Diana) DuPont, of Winslow, a son, Logan Tyler, born on August 7, at Memorial Hospital, in Jasper. Marriages: Renee Dehart and John Alan Bellamy were married, Saturday, August 5, at 2 p.m., at Ayrshire Valley Gen- eral Baptist Church, at 2 p.m.; Janna Dee Ison, of Blooming- ton and Terry Dean Motsen- bocker, of Indianapolis, were married on Saturday, July 8, at 2:30 p.m., at the First Church of God, in Petersburg. Deaths: Ira Willis, 76, of Petersburg, died Sunday, Au- gust 13, in the Daviess County hospital, in Washington; Clyde Hatton, 80, of Vincennes, died Friday, August 11, at 8:11 a.m., at his residence.