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The Press-Dispatch From out of the past sons of Mrs. Hazel Carey of Petersburg, are stationed in the Far East. Sgt. Bobby Car- ey has been stationed in Ko- rea for the past nine months. He recently returned to ac- tive duty after spending some time in a rest camp. Cpl. Don- ald Carey is stationed in Ja- pan with an anti-aircraft com- pany. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Phillips in Rumbletown were Mr. and Mrs. Warren Poud- er of Glezen; Mr. and Mrs. Denver McRoberts of Union; May Surridge and Dallas Aus- tin of Petersburg. The event was honoring the birthdays of Mrs. Phillips and May Sur- ridge. Afternoon callers were Mrs. Fred Phillips and Billy Phillips of Rumbletown; Mr. and Mrs. Vern Miller and son of Monroe City and Margaret Smith of Winslow. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Tuesday, March 11, 1952 Friday, March 14, 1952 Bob and Donald Carey, The Petersburg Press Sixty years ago drix and daughter of India- napolis were weekend guests of Mrs. Hendrix's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Cole- man in Petersburg. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Dr. and Mrs. Charles Hen- Beualis Doughty of Evans- ville, a son, Thursday; to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Scraper of Princeton, a daughter, Lin- da Lee, March 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Mason of Evans- ville, a daughter, Brenda Joe; to Mr. and Mrs. James Bai- ley of Enos Corners, a son, James Franklin, March 6; to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Dillon of Jasper, a son, Keith Allen, Feb. 23; to Sgt. and Mrs. Wil- liam Steele of Chicago, IL, a daughter, Deborah Lynn, March 6. Deaths: Virgil B. Hunt, Marvin Goodrid, a daughter, Barbara Ann, March 9; to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Eversoll of Petersburg, a son, March 9; to Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Wil- lis, a daughter, Judy Rae, March 6. Marriages: Mary Shimer of Petersburg and Bill Austin Evans of Washington, March 11; Martha Fern Cox and Henry Wilkins, both of Pe- tersburg, March 8. Deaths: Erwin H. Holder, 68, of Oakland City, died March 10; Eunice Spillman of Oakland City, died March 7; John Sorgius, 60, of Win- slow, died March 9; Lettie Io- la Thompson, 75, of Arthur, died March 6. Fifty years ago The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, March 22, 1962 man at DePauw Universi- ty, was initiated into Alpha Gamma Delta Social Sorority March 3. A graduate of Win- slow High School, she is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Ziegler of New Salem, for- merly of Winslow. Mrs. Minnie Crow, Mrs. Linda Beth Ziegler, fresh- 96, of Otwell, died March 9; Rufus D. Julian, 91, of Spur- geon, died March 5; Gertrude Fitch, 81, of Indianapolis, died March 9; Cora Wiscav- er, 81, of Otwell, died March 11; William Avra, 76, of Vin- cennes, formerly of near Union, died March 11; Lydia Wood, 85, formerly of Arthur, died March 6 in Owensville Convalescent Home; Esther B. Hughes, 47, of Spurgeon, died March 12. Fifty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch Friday, March 13, 1953 Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Fears and son spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fears in Union. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Cur- baugh, 35, Hwy. 57 between Petersburg and Washington, died March 18; Wilmer Huff- man, 62, of near Petersburg, died March 18; Grace Fair, 66, of near Alford, died March 19; Laura Etta McCord, 95, of Oakland City, died March 18; John Taylor, 52, of Gait, CA, brother of Lonnie Thomas of Petersburg, died March 15; Roy Kerr, 73, of Joplin, MO, formerly of Winslow, died March 18. Twenty-five years ago The Press-Dispatch Thursday, March 12, 1987 Wednesday, April 25, 2012 C-7 Price, Utah has been a re- cent houseguest of her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Carer in Petersburg. Mrs. Kennedy and the Carters were week- end visitors of their son and grandson, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Boger and family in Martins- ville. Mrs. Kennedy left Sun- day via plane to return home. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Mary Ann Kennedy of Dess Woolsey, Walker Bros- hears and James spent Sun- day in Indianapolis with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Farley and Francis Broshears. Mrs. Crow remained for the week to help care for Mrs. Farley who has been sick for the past three weeks. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. tis, Jimmie Alan Vinyard and Jimmie K. Dickerson attend- ed the regional basketball tourney in Vincennes, Sat- urday. Mr. and Mrs. John Bellamy Ronnie Reel of Washington, a son, Stephen Luther, March 8; to Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Church of Madison Town- ship, a son, March 15; to Mr. and Mrs. Jon Purvis of Pe- tersburg, a son, March 18; to Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Evans, a daughter, Patty Sue, March 18; to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. (Larry) Meyer of Decker Chapel, a son, Brian Keith, March 18. Marriage: Sarah Cart- Shawn Alan Keith of Ft. Branch, a son, Cody Alan, March 6; to Mr. and Mrs. Da- vid Arbuthnot of Princeton, a son, Brice David, March 2; to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Frances of Evansville, a son, Julian Jo- van, Feb. 21; to Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Munch of Peters- burg, a son, Chase Jordan, March 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Hart II of Danville, a daughter, Amanda Lindsay, Jan. 30; to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith of Evansville, a daugh- ter, Bethany Elaine, March 6; to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Nor- man of Bedford, a daughter, Brittany Elizabeth, March 3. Marriage: Kathy Cocker- ham and Steve Hill, both of Petersburg, March 3. Deaths: Agnes Ward, 83 er, formerly of Winslow, and Darrell Douglas of Charles- ton, WV, Dec. 24. Deaths: Dale Bottom, 30, spent the weekend in Good- land with Mr. and Mrs. James Pothuisje. Mrs. Pothuisje and Mrs. Bellamy were room- mates at Indiana University. formerly of Winslow, died March 18 at St. Joseph's Hos- pital in Logansport suffering from a lung ailment; Lowell Carlisle, 58, of Petersburg, died March 19; Floyd Teve- of Petersburg, died March 8; Marian Lane, 67, of Peters- burg, died March 4; Theo- dore Mercker, 91, of Evans- ville, brother of Marie Pfaff of Velpen, died March 4; Jerry McCrary, 45, of Monroe City, died March 5; Virginia Cook, 78, mother of Norman Cook of Petersburg, died March 8; Ruth May Johnson, 88, of Vin- cennes, died March 5; Roger Ashby, Sr. 86, of Evansville, died March 8; William Camp- ton, 38, of Washington, died March 2; Cody M. Harmon, 3, died March 4 in Evans- ville; Helen Frencher, 79, of Oakland City, died March 6; Martha Hollis, 79, of Oak- land City, died March 6; Le- tha Sims, 80, of Sparks, NV, died March 9; Thomas Flem- ing, 79, formerly of Peters- burg, died March 2. coal mine. This mine was west of Grubb Hill, which was north of Spurgeon, west of the Chris Christ place. A family of Clarks owned the land being mined. Normal Dougan worked at this mine. Paul Gene Parke worked with his dad at this mine. Patty later married Don Pflug of Oakland City. Elza and The- mus Wade Parke had 13 children. Several of these children attended Spur- geon grade school or high school. Warren Parke, Elza's son, was also a coal miner. The photo and information was furnished by Don Parke of Newburgh. Pike County Historical Society Gunkle sold 41 tickets to Chicago, Wednesday. Not a bad day either. Buried Alive. The Banks 10/2 7/18 9 3—Agent By Sandy McBeth Cave in and Bury Two Per- sons. Last Friday afternoon while Frank White and Isaac Montgomery were digging a ditch on the farm of Les- lie Lamb, near Walnut Hills cemetery, preparatory to laying a drain tile, the bank caved in completely burying White and covering Mont- gomery up to his shoulders. The ditch at the point where the cave-in occurred was about nine feet deep, and at the bottom there was consid- erable quicksand. Mr. Lamb a few minutes previous had told the men to be very care- ful as the bank was liable to cave in at almost any time. He had scarcely finished Elza Parke and his daughter, Patty Parke Pflug were at the scales of his Parke Coal Mine (1942) Gleanings from the Democrat 1893 a breathing hole. White was almost suffo- cated when he was reached, and had turned black in the face, while his tongue pro- truded from the mouth. Mr. Lamb then secured a spade and dug both men out, being compelled to dig clear to the bottom in order to extricate them so closely was the dirt packed about them. The men were so weak sues: Jacob J. Cosby, Oak- land City; James Mannis, Spurgeon; Noble G. Walters, Gentryville. Goodlet Goodridge Held before the bank on one side gave way pinioning both men to the other side. White was entirely buried, while Montgomery's head was just above the surface. Les- lie Lamb proceeded with- out a moment's hesitation to get down on his knees and scratch sand as he had never scratched before in or- der to save the life of White. He threw the sand right and left until he had uncovered White's head and gave him and exhausted from the crush about them that they were unable to help them- selves for sometime. Mont- gomery was least injured, but while buried up to his chin was unable to help himself as his arms were pinioned to his sides by the dirt. It was a close call and had not Mr. Lamb been close at hand White would undoubtedly have perished. The men will in the future be a little more careful when working about the quick- sand bottoms. C. F. Burton, Madison township, has taken a new farm hand to raise. The youngster is fat and hearty and the pride of the family. Peas Smith and Gus We- ber have opened up a meat market in the south room of the Trafzer building, where they invite all their friends to call and see them. Next Tuesday night is hell- ow-e'en, and if you have any- thing hanging around loose it wouldn't be a bad idea to hitch a log chain onto it. The boys and a few girls are go- ing to have a big time. Mrs. Nancy Justus, liv- ing near Highbanks died Wednesday morning after an illness of several days. She was about 60 years of age. The burial occurred yesterday, the interment tak- ing place at the Gray ceme- tery in Jefferson township. The infant child of Mel and Mrs. Lamb died last Thursday. The funeral oc- curred on Friday. Interment at Walnut Hills cemetery. Sheriff Kinman returned David Sutton to the South- ern asylum at Evansville, Tuesday. Mr. Sutton's mind has improved but very little since being there before. Sheriff Kinman went to Up in His Own Dooryard. Last Saturday night just as Goodlet Goodridge was about to enter his home on Vincennes avenue near Wal- nut Hills cemetery, three men confronted him and de- manded his money. "Good" looked into the glistening muzzles of two revolvers for a few minutes while the bold highwaymen held them as unconcerned as if nothing had happened. From some unaccountable reason the robbers failed on their part to secure anything from Mr. Goodridge. It may have been the nerve displayed by "Good" that scared the gang off, anyhow they had their trouble for nothing. There was no question but what the work was that of novices, and possibly home talent at that. Previous to holding up Mr. Goodridge the parties had ransacked the house, the family being asleep, but as far as is known secured nothing of value. They left a hatchet on the table, which may be the means of furnish- ing a clew to the burglars. It is an open fact that just at the present time there is in Pe- tersburg a gang of persons who "do not toil neither do they spin," and they must live, and it doesn't matter much to them how the living is made. The officers have a duty to perform in ferret- ing out the crimes that have been committed during the past several weeks. There have been several holdups on the streets and numerous cases of petty thieving, and it is time that some of the parties were captured. Be on the alert and keep your eyes wide open and the game will be bagged. At Chicago last Saturday Winslow High School 1952 Choir row, Sarah Ann Hurst, Rosalie Dawson, Ruth Norrick, Clara Hall, Linda Lou Sims, Sally Sue Brown, and Gloria Tooley. In the second row are Alice Corn, Myrna Selby, Nancy Brenton, David Bernhardt (di- rector), Bonnie Schultz, Deloris Elders, and Peggy Cain. The Winslow High School choir served many functions of the school. Members of the choir were, front Yes! You Are Approved! 6 Years Sales 36 Years Sales Evansville Monday and brought home with him Ar- thur Thompson, who has been confined in the insane asylum for the past four of five months. Mrs. Bettie A. Bement, near Pleasant Ridge, died Thursday, and was buried on Friday. The funeral ser- vices were conducted at the cemetery. She was a mem- ber of the Patoka township grange. Scott Wallace was wanted night seven members of the W. C. T. U. made a tour of inspection of the slums of Chicago. The ladies were accompanied by two de- tectives who guided them about the Clark street dives. Among the ladies was Mrs. Adda Fields, a former resi- dent of this city, but who is now engaged in the temper- ance work in Indiana. The ladies were convinced that there were some real tough scenes enacted in the Windy City. Seeking photos for at Princeton for assault and battery. Scott came to Pe- tersburg, but Deputy Sheriff Robinson happened to be on the lookout for him and took him in. He returned Scott to Princeton last Tuesday. The following marriage licenses have been issued since our last issue: Rich- ard Phillips to Ambrosia Hillman; John Smith to Bar- bara Kress; George A. Cole- man to Maggie W. Lewis; William Ridgeway to Flora Evans; Otto Brush to Katie Haggenmeyer. The following pensions have been granted in the First district during the past week. They include original, increase and reis- is seeking Pike County historical photographs to publish as part of The History Page. If you have a photo- the history page The Press-Dispatch graph of a school class from the past, The Press-Dispatch is seek- ing Pike County histori- cal photographs to pub- lish as part of The His- tory Page. If you have a photo- graph of a school class from the past of busi- nesses, communities or people from the past, contact The Press-Dis- patch, P.O. Box 68, Pe- tersburg, IN 47567. Phone number is 354- 8500. Please identify the photo and those in it as we have no way of iden- tifying it.