The Press-Dispatch
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B-4 Wednesday, October 28, 2020 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 Source: www.history.com • Photo source:www.ksdk.com Wednesday, October 28 • Gateway Arch completed (1965) • Statue of Liberty dedicated (1886) Thursday, October 29 • Stock market crashes on Black Tuesday (1929) • Hancock resigns as president of Congress (1777) Friday, October 30 • Orson Welles causes nationwide panic with "War of the Worlds" (1938) • John Adams is born (1735) Saturday, October 31 • Martin Luther posts 85 theses (1517) • Harry Houdini dies (1926) Sunday, Nov. 1 • Sistine Chapel ceiling opens to public (1512) • United States tests first hydrogen bomb (1952) Monday, Nov. 2 • Spruce Goose flies (1947) • John Paul Jones sets sail (1777) Tuesday, Nov. 3 • Soviet Union launches a dog into space (1957) • One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, on the site of the Twin Towers (2014) Pregnant... or think you are? Call:1-877-257-1084 or Locally Call: 1-812-354-2814 • Free pregnancy testing • Free counseling and info. on pregnancy options. • Confi dential counseling for women & men who are suff ering from post-abortion syndrome. • Residential Care • Health and assistance referrals. • Training and education. • Assistance in getting baby and maternity clothes washpcc@sbcglobal.net www.washingtonpregnancycenter.com SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, June 22 and June 26, 1945 The Loyal order of the Moose number 1617 at their last meeting decided to not only support the advertising of war bonds but to purchase $4440 worth of war bonds making a total about $23,000 worth of bonds that the lodge has purchased. The Moose are the second of the lodges to support the war bond ad- vertising as the Red Men pub- lished such an advertisement a week ago. Velma Lee Beasley, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Bea- sley of Petersburg, is a mem- ber of the 1945 graduating class of the Protestant Dea- coness Hospital School of Nursing in Evansville, ac- cording to an announcement made this week by Miss Ruby Hoke, director of the school. Miss Beasley graduated from Petersburg High School with the class of 1942. The bacca- laureate services for the class were held at Central M.E. Church in Evansville, Sunday evening, June 10th. The com- mencement address, "The Successful Service," was giv- en the following Tuesday eve- ning by Rev. T. Robert Scott, pastor of the First Christian Church at the St. John's Evan- gelical and reformed church. a special chapel service, a ju- nior-senior dance, an alum- nae picnic and the faculty-se- nior breakfast were other fea- tures of the graduation week activities. The Petersburg Indians were defeated Sunday by the Vincennes Farmers in a good Game with a final score of Vin- cennes 8, Petersburg 5. About 200 people were in attendance during the game. The Indians will journey to Uniontown, Ky. next Sunday for a return game with the Oilers. On the 4th of July, the Indians will meet the Vincennes Eagles at Vin- cennes. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Houchins, of Peters- burg, a son, Leallen, born Wednesday, June 20 ; To Sgt. and Mrs. Jay Bemis, a daugh- ter, Michele Ann, born Mon- day, at the Washington Hos- pital. Marriages: Miss Waneta Riley and Christian Boseck- er were married Saturday, at the Parsonage of the St. John's Evangelical and reformed Church, in Boonville. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, September 22, 1960 Mr. and Mrs. "Pete" Shafer have returned to their home in Petersburg from Punta Go- rda, Florida, where they have lived the past three years. Mr. and Mrs. Shafer are the own- ers of Pete's Restaurant and service Station located at the junction of highway 6 and 57 in Petersburg. They have an- nounced that they remodeled the restaurant and service station and are reopening the restaurant today. The Shafer's had the business leased while they lived in Florida. The service station has not been closed, but the restaurant has been closed the past five weeks during the remodel- ing. Pete and Mid, as they are know to their many friends, invite the people of this area to stop in and see them. Their restaurant features a dining room for private parties and banquets, dinners, short or- ders and fountain service. An employee of the Winslow office of Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company nar- rowly escaped possible seri- ous injury Tuesday morning. Mrs. Alice Nuhring of Sten- dal, who was accompanied by her son, Greg, age 2, was on her way to work when the au- tomobile she was driving was hit just behind the door by a "dinkey" train from the Black- foot Coal Company mine. Op- erator of the engine was Mil- for Nalley. Both Mrs. Nuhring and her son were uninjured. The little boy was standing up in the rear floor of the car and was within inches of being in the path of the train. Damage to the back of the car was con- siderable, the left rear fender and the entire back end be- ing demolished. The accident happened near Stendal at one of the mine crossings. Mrs. Nuhring apparently did not see the train. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lawallen, of Peters- burg, a daughter, Susan Mi- chelle, born September 13, at 4:30 p.m., at the Daviess County Hospital, in Washing- ton; To Mr. and Mrs. Danny Keplinger, of Indianapolis, a son, born Monday. Deaths: Fannie Abel, 80, of Petersburg, died Wednes- day, at 1:25 p.m., at the Da- viess County hospital; Loudi- cy Houchin, 82, of Arthur, died Monday, September 19, at 4:25 p.m., at the Stork Hospital, in Huntingburg. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, October 8, 1970 The annual October Bar- gain Rate certainly got off to a whopping big start as it of- ficially opened Thursday of last week. People were out in force at both offices in Peters- burg and Winslow the first of the week to take advantage of the savings on their year- ly subscription. The Bargain Period, which has been held for many years, is the time during which the bulk of the people in the county sign up for the newspaper, which give people the news of the entire county. In order for the read- ing family of the Press-Dis- patch to grow, the subscrip- tion price to the paper is low- ered during the month of Oc- tober so that everyone in Pike County and the five adjoining counties may have an oppor- tunity to join in this family at a bargain rate. Receiving injuries Satur- day in a three-car accident on State Road 57, four miles north of Washington, were Mrs. Ruth Miley, of Petersburg, her son-in-law, daughter and their children, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Brenton, Marcee and Steven, of Wadesville. Mrs. Miley suf- fered bruises on both legs and a whiplash injury to her neck. Mr. Brenton received lacera- tions on the left leg. Lila, his wife, received injuries to her head and left foot. Marcee had lacerations on both knees and Steven suffered lacerations to his nose. According to the in- vestigating officer, a car driv- en by Samuel B. Lutz and an- other car driven by Donald M. Roark were enroute north. The Brenton car was traveling south. The Roark car attempt- ed to stop for a line of traffic on the highway just over the crest of a hill. Roark swerved to avoid hitting the halted traf- fic and collied almost head on with Brenton's car, then spun around and struck the Lutz car. Roark suffered head in- juries. Births: To Sp. 4c and Mrs. Terry L. Stone, of Petersburg, a son, Trent Alan, September 20 in Daviess County Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Poin- sett, of Oakland City, a son, Jo- el Robert, Wednesday, Septem- ber 23 at Gibson General Hos- pital; To Mr. and Mrs. Don Gladish, of Petersburg, Friday, October 2, a son, Brian Cole. Marriages: Miss Diane M. Denbo became the bride of Terry A. Dunigan at the Unit- ed Methodist Church of Pato- ka on Saturday afternoon, Sep- tember 19. Deaths: Mrs. Delores Henson, 34, of Otwell, died at 11:30 a.m. Monday, October 5, at her home; William Ad- ler, 84, of Francisco, died Sat- urday at Gibson General Hos- pital. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 21, 1995 It has been a little more than four months since Robert Mc- Donald, of Winslow, under- went surgery on May 9 to do- nate a kidney to his cousin, country and western song- writer Kerry Kurt Phillips. McDonald said it didn't take long for him to recover from the surgery and that it hasn't affected his life adversely. Mc- Donald's cousin has also fared well since the life-saving do- nation. When Phillips went in for a medical check-up recent- ly, he learned he was in better physical condition than he has been in for years. A Winslow man was arrest- ed on a charge of car theft on Thursday night at about 8 p.m. Elbert Blackwell, 24, was arrested by State Troop- er Paul Bastin at the Winslow 76 Mart where Bastin found him. Blackwell was wanted on a warrant for vehicle theft. During a search by State Trooper Jim Hayes, a plas- tic bag was found in Black- well's front pocket containing marijuana, according to Bas- tin. Blackwell was charged with possession of marijuana, class A misdemeanor, and au- to theft, class D felony, accord- ing to Bastin. Births: To James P. and Tricia Miley, of Washington, a daughter, Alison Denise, on Thursday, Sept. 7 at Deacon- ess Hospital; To Darin and Juy Richardson, of Ayrshire, at ST. Mary's Medical Center, Sep- tember 12, a daughter, Steph- anie Morgan; To Crystal Stein- hart, of Velpen, and Rob Mel- vin, of Winslow, in memorial Hosptial, Wednesday, Sept. 6, a son, Austin Jade. Marriages: Adehla Mi- chelle Caughran and Chad Isaac Coleman were united in marriage on Saturday, Aug. 26 at 2 p.m. at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Stendal. Deaths: William Johnson, 86, of Oakland City, died Sun- day, Sept. 17 at 11 a.m. at Dea- coness Hospital in Evansville; David "Bird" Ott, 65, of Fran- cisco, died at 4 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 at his son's residence in Oakland City. Civil War veteran Commodore Perry Brewster, along with his family, was a veteran of the Civil War in the 58th Indiana Infan- try. Brewster, along with his wife, Mary Barrett Brewster, sold land to the congregation of the Bethel General Baptist Church for construction of its sanctuary in 1875. Their son, Harroll, was later principal of Otwell High School, a daughter, Louisa, was married to Pike County Treasurer Allen White Corn, and another daughter, Asenath, became a missionary for the General Baptist Church. Pictured in the photo, taken around 1877, are (l to r): Harroll, Commodore Perry, Louisa, Mary, Sarah and Benjamin (back row).