The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch C-7 Wednesday, May 22, 2013 From out of the past Sixty years ago The Petersburg Press Thursday, April 9, 1953 Ann Carlisle, freshman at Lindenwood College at Charles, Mo. who spent the Easter weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Lowell Carlisle of Petersburg, returned to the campus April 8 to join the Lindenwood choir on a week's concert tour to western Missouri and eastern Kansas. Under the direction of Professor Milton F. Regh one of the music faculty, the choir will make 11 appearances in schools and Presbyterian churches during the tour. Cities to be visited include Mexico, Brookfield, St. Joseph, Sedalia and Kansas City, Mo. and Topeka, Kan. Mrs. Hubert Youngs and son Craig left yesterday (Wednesday) by plane for Hawaii. They drove from Petersburg to California. From Hawaii they will fly to Sydney, Australia, a 48-hour trip. There they will join Mr. Youngs and live at Singleton where he is employed by a coal mining company. Birth: To Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Offil of Otwell, a daughter, Linda Sue, April 2. Marriage: Phyllis Joan Robling and Donald R. Cockerham, both of Petersburg, March 29. Deaths: Walter H. Finn, 69, of Velpen, formerly of Tennessee, died April 5; Harley Everett Doades, 67, of Washington, died April 10; Bertha Chapman Arthur, 75, of Hazleton, died April 11; Judy Hudelson, one month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hudelson of Hazleton, died April 11—funeral service same hour as great-grandmother, Bertha Arthur; Lela A. Thomas, 78, of Pike County, was found dead Sunday morning, April 11 by a stepdaughter, Sophie Jarboe of Evansville. Fifty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch Friday, April 16, 1954 Paul Schmidt, sophomore in the Petersburg school, will participate in the state finals of the Latin contest to be conducted at Indiana University Saturday, April 24. Schmidt was one of the winners in the regional contest recently at Princeton. Helen Wilson, teacher in the Petersburg schools, will also attend the meeting and be one of the judges. Marine Cpl. Jack L. Meyer, son of Fred Meyer of Winslow, landed on Iwo Jima with the 3rd Marine Division during the recent "Operation Flag Hoist." Following successful completion of the mission to seize, occupy and defend Iwo Jima, memorial services were conducted for more than 4,000 marines and sailors who gave their lives in 1945 to take the island for use as an American airbase. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Gene McConnell of McCutchanville, a son, Robert Fred, April 7; to Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Bryant of Kalamazoo, Mich., a daughter, Pamelia Michelle, April 3; to Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Duncan of Hobbs, New Mexico, a daughter, April 11; to Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Houchin, a daughter, April 9. Marriages: Freida Roach of Vincennes and Gary Leighty of Petersburg, March 28; Anna Christiana Smith of Evansville and John Dayton of No. 7 Road, Winslow. Deaths: Nellie Lingo Burger, 80, of Petersburg, died March 28; Nellie Lewis, 80 of Union, died April 9; Joseph Ashby, 76, of Otwell, died April 13 suffering from a stroke; James E. Gilliland, 19, of near Otwell, died April 13 from injuries suffered in a car and truck accident. Fifty years ago The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, April 25, 1963 Win high scholastic honors Five of seven outstanding honor students were guests of Principal Newton Thompson at the Kiwanis dinner: Diana Selby, Linda Lance, Lynette Eads, Sue McKinney, and Larry Whitney. Nila Smith and John Corn were not in attendance. Five Otwell High School students entered the Latin I and comprehensive mathematics contests sponsored by Indiana University on March 30, in the Indiana High School Achievement Program at Huntingburg. Cynthia Davis, Sandra Davis, James Hazelton, Mike Sendelweck and Dan Sendelweck were the contestants. Cynthia Davis ranked first in the regional in Latin I. Out of 519 Latin I contestants in the state she ranked second. Mike Sendelweck came in first and Dan Sendelweck came in second in the comprehensive mathematics. Cynthia Davis, Mike Sendelweck, and Dan Sendelweck will be in the state finals on April 27 at Indiana University. Mrs. Kathryn L. LaBass of Otwell has received word that she has passed her state board examination taken March 20 and is now a Licensed Practical Nurse. She graduated from Evansville School of Practical Nursing, March 10. Mrs. Samuel Taylor and Rebecca, who were called to Vincennes three weeks ago because of the serious illness of her mother, were guests Sunday night at the Winslow Church of the Nazarene where Mrs. Taylor showed slides of their work in British, Guiana. Rev. Taylor, former minister of Winslow Church of the Nazarene, Mrs. Taylor and daughter went to Wismar Demerara British Guiana in Sept. of 1960 from their Winslow pastorate. Mrs. Taylor plans to leave Vincennes in about a week to return to British Guiana. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Sibley of Peoria, Ill., a son, Kevin, March 13; to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kinman of Fountaintown, a son, Brian Michael, April 22. Marriages: Loretta Marie Brown of Velpen and James Larry Whitehead of Otwell, April 20; Lawrence Evans of Winslow and Irene Wiseman of Oakland City, April 12; SP5 Rayborn K. Traylor, formerly of Ayrshire and Jacqueline Dedrick of Glezen, April 19. Deaths: Rev. R. E. Coleman, 85, of St. Petersburg, Fla., former Otwell Methodist pastor, died recently; Hattie Clark, 79, of Petersburg, died April 21; James A. Couts, 75, of Petersburg, died April 19 suffering from a heart attack; Lydia Kronemeyer, 83, of Stendal, died April 17 suffering from a stroke; Clatie Jones, 81, retired farmer of Spraggins community, died April 21 suffering from a heart attack; Prentice Martin, 83, of Pike County, died April 22; Ida Blaize, 73, of near Petersburg, died April 19; J. H. Van Buren, 72, of Belleville, Ill., died April 6 at his home near Warsaw, Mo. His wife, Maudie, was formerly of Otwell. Twenty-five years ago The Press-Dispatch Thursday, April 14, 1988 Pike Central's Nicole Veale placed fourth in the tri-state spelling bee Sunday. She represented Pike County in a 27 county spelling bee which decided who from this district would go Washington, D.C. for the national finals. Sam Allen of Gallatin County, Ill. eventually won the contest. She is the daughter of Kenny and Carolyn Veale of Petersburg. Easter Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rick McKinney and Josh in Petersburg were Rev. and Mrs. Joe Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. Elza Kendall of Petersburg and Cleo McKinney of Spurgeon. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Nelson of Winslow, a daughter, Deidra Lynn, April 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Barry Davidson, a daughter, Hannah Lee, April 4; to Mr. and Mrs. Terry Schagel of Greenwood, a son, Christopher Paul, April 11. Deaths: Betty Stephens, 54, of Petersburg, died April 7; Helen Moore, 72, of Mishawaka, formerly of Pike County, died April 9; Lloyde Jones, 82, of North Little Rock, Ark., died March 31; Ronald Ramsey, 51, of Jacksonville, Ark., died three hours prior to the death of his stepfather, Lloyde Jones, suffering from a massive heart attack; Dora Miley, 93, of Petersburg, died April 9; Grace Curtis, 95, of Winslow, died April 11; Sarah E. Nelson, 96, of Winslow, died April 10; Arvil Gene Gray, 65, of Washington, brother of Fern Davis of Petersburg, died April 7. Ladies Aid Society of Littles G.B. Church Taken October 25, 1921 The Missionary Society at Littles G.B. Church was named the Jane Stephens Missionary Society many years ago. Front row (l to r): Arzenia Stone (Lorna Stone Howard's grandmother), Martha Hartley, Crecia Drew (wife of Samuel Drew, aunt of Casey Drew Miley, and great aunt of Alleen Scanlon. Middle row (l to r): Mrs. William Thompson, Alma Reel, Ella Stone McCandless, and Flora Howard (grandmother of Shirley Jenkins, Linda Evans, Mike Howard and Vickie Lagenour). Back row (l to r): Julia Ann Deffendall, Blanch Montgomery (holding baby Lora, Susie Stephens in back of Blanch, and Jane Stephens. Pike County Historical Society Gleanings from the Democrat 1904 By Sandy McBeth 2/19/1904—Arreste for Perjury. George D. Day, a miner of Ayrshire, Pike county, is held in the county jail here on a serious charge made by the government. It is that of perjury in the making of an affidavit for a pension before U. S. Pension Attorney F. B. Lacey of this city. Day was brought to the city Wednesday night by Deputy U. S. Marshall Charles Johann and will have his preliminary trial Friday before U. S. Commissioner J. W. Wartmann. Day is a coal miner at Ayrshire and is 53 years old. He is married and has a family. The affidavit on which he was arrested was made out by Clarence M. Nichols, secretary to U. S. District attorney Kealing. The affidavit is the result of information furnished by Pension Examiner Lacey, of this city, before whom Day made the alleged perjured affidavit. The affidavit referred to was made before Mr. Lacey last August. Day was an applicant for the pension of his father, who was an old soldier and who died in 1867. It is charged in the affidavit made against Day that he willfully and maliciously swore that his father died in 1867; that his father was never married to one Mary N. Mosby and that his only wife was Elizabeth Alcorn, mother of the prisoner. It is charged that all these statements are false, and that Day knew at the time he made the affidavit that they were false and that he made them for the purpose of deceiving the government and securing the pension. When arrested Day declared that he was innocent of any wrong intention and that he did not know that his father had been married more that once. He was taken before U. S. Commissioner Wartmann Thursday morning and was held under $700 bond for his appearance at the preliminary hearing. Failing to furnish the bond he was placed in the county jail. A representitive of the government will be down from Indianapolis Friday for the preliminary and if the evidence brought out at the hearing indicates the guilt of the accused he will be held in bond to the federal grand jury at Indianapolis. Marshall Johann first went to Algiers in Pike county, a mile east of Petersburg, Wednesday afternoon to arrest Day, the affidavit directing that the accused would be found there. On arriving at Algiers, Marshall Johann could find no trace of the man wanted, but on his return to Oakland City was informed that there was a man of that name at Ayrshire, eight miles west of Oakland City. He went to the latter place and found Day, placing him under arrest and bringing him here, Wednesday night. The people of the neighborhood of Ayrshire gave Day a good name and say he was never known to be guilty of any wrong doing. He is an unedicuated man and can not read or write, but is apparently intellligent—Evansville Journal. Day was found one to await the action of the grand jury and was taken to Indianapolis and placed in jail. Spurgeon Items—George Schumacker, a prominent German of this township died Saturday morning and was buried Sunday at the German cemetery. T. K. Shoulders and wife expect to start to their new home in Arkansas this week. Mrs. Edna Tislow left Wednesday for Cincinnati where she was offered a position as trimmer in a large millinery establishment. New Company Formed. Articles of incorporation were filed with the county recorder, Frank P. Emi- son, Tuesday, by the Stafford-Myers novelty company. The incorporators are Jas. M. Stafford, Petersburg, Fred J. Myers and John H. Myers, Harrison township, Knox county, post-office address Vincennes. The capitol stock of the corporation is mentioned at $10,000, divided into 100 shared of $100 each, and the object of the corporation shall be for the purpose of making, manufacturing, constructing, selling, disposing of and vending certain novelties, to-wit: Electric burglar and fire alarms, picture frame hangers, fire escapes, check-rein equalizers, leather pocket pieces, doublecylinder engines and other such novelties as they see fit to add to said list. The principal place of business of said corporation will be in Harrison township, Knox county, and the postoffice will be Petersburg, Pike county—Vincennes Commercial. New Firm At the Masonic Temple Building. We take pleasure in announcing to the public that we have purchased the Daylight Store and Star Clothing House formerly owned by Messers. W. H. Mogg & Son, and will continue the business at the old stand in the Masonic Temple Building. The business will be conducted along about in the same lines as in the past. We solicit each one of you for our share of your business. Come in and look around. We want to get acquainted with you, and we will guarantee to give you courteous treatment, honest values and full measure. During the next two weeks we offer some exceptionally low bargains in White Goods. We have some Men's and Youth's Over Suits that we will close out at a very low price. Our immense new line of Spring Goods will soon arrive, and we want you to inspect our line before buying. H. L. Cary, Proprietor of the Daylight Store and Star Clothing House (Successor to W. H. Mogg & Son) Petersburg, Indiana. CHANGE YOUR LIFE IN 60 SECONDS! 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