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C-6 Wednesday, April 20, 2016 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 SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, March 9, 1955 Specialist Third Class Rob- ert J. Mitchell, Battery Ar- mored Field Artillery Battal- ion has been selected as one of the top men of that organi- zation. His award is the hon- or and self-satisfaction of achieving outstanding abil- ity in very phase of training while at Camp Chaffee. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michell, of Petersburg. PIKE BOY COACHES TEAM TO 2ND PLACE STATUS Lt. Richard C. McQueen U.S.A., son of Mr. and Mrs. Chloral McQueen, of Boon- ville, formerly of Winslow, displayed his knowledge of "Hoosier Hysteria" in Germa- ny recently when he coached his basketball team, the Ber- lin Bears, to second place in the 1956 ACC contest. During his travels with his team, McQueen has met John Richard Wood, a Win- slow boy; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bechtel, formerly of Winslow; and several students from In- diana University. McQueen at- tended Indiana University. He graduated from Winslow High School and Indiana Universi- ty before entering the service. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Craig, of Otwell; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Wallace and son Bob, and Bob Robling, of Oakland City; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams and Patty Burch, of Cato; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Nelson and fami- ly were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Nelson, Sr. in Winslow. Births: To Dr. and Mrs. John M. Kidd, of Petersburg, a son, David Alan, Saturday; to 1st Lt. and Mrs. Jack M. Hart, of Fort Eustis, Va., a son, John Martin, Feb. 24;to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hill, of Gran- ite City, Ill., a son, Feb. 26, at Scott Field Air Base. Marriage: Nevelyn Dyer, of Evansville, to Jack Catt, of Petersburg, Feb. 25. Deaths: Ernest House, 71, of Glezen, died March 4 at his home, suffering from a heart attack; John Wilhite, 80, of Glezen, died Saturday at his home; Charles H. Carlisle, 84, of Petersburg, died Mon- day at his home; Mrs. Clara Cordelia Cook, 70, of Velpen, died Saturday at Riddle Nurs- ing Home in Petersburg; Os- car Elmore, 79, of Alford, died March 6 in Memorial Hospi- tal, Jasper; Theodore Miller, 81, of Glezen, died March 2 at his home. FIFTY-NINE YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Friday, March 15, 1957 Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fontana, of Fort Francis, Ontario, Cana- da, were recent dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Voyles in Petersburg. They also vis- ited Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wy- att. Mrs. Fontana is the former Lyn Bryant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman (Corky) Bryant. Myron Willis, of Atlanta, Ga., was in Winslow and Oak- land City this week to attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Etta Johnson. He was accom- panied home by his mother, Mrs. Audie Willis, of Oakland City, and his aunt, Mrs. Myr- tle Fettinger, of Akron, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Smith and family, of Marion, Ill., were weekend guests of Mrs. Cammie Smith in Win- slow. Other Sunday guests in the Smith home were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Smith and Rich- ie, of Washington; Mrs. Rob- ert Smith and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Smith and son and David Riesenbeck. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Bur- khart, Richie, Susie and Sher- ry spent Sunday with Mrs. and Mrs. Buthyl Hedges in Littles community. Other recent visi- tors were Rev. Rudolph Davis, of Bicknell; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jenkins, of Fort Branch; Mrs. Lula Hedges, of Oakland City; and Hovey Hedges, Jr., of Pe- tersburg. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Nelson and Johnny, of St. Louis, Mo.; Marie Nelson and Lottie Blacketer were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Bellamy and Suzanne in Winslow. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Houchins and family, of Glezen, were Sunday after- noon visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hamm and family. The afternoon was spent playing music and singing. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wine- inger, Mrs. Jessie Roach and daughter, of French Lick; Rev. John Ricks, of Maysville; Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Newton, of Oakland City, were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Basil Sumner and Mrs. Ella Farm- er in Velpen. Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carpenter in Vel- pen were Rev. John Ricks, of Maysville; Mr. and Mrs. Ho- bart Chambers, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gene Barrett and son, Mr. and Mrs. Ovel Gene Mill- er and sons, of Sullivan; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young and daughter, of Winslow. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson, of Petersburg, a son, Wednesday; to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Ott, of Francis- co, a daughter, March 7; to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Benja- min, a daughter, Anglia Sue, March 7. Deaths: Clifford F. Donald- son, 40, of Albion, Ill., formerly of Union, died Sunday follow- ing an operation in Fairfield, Ill., hospital; Carl Eilert, 83, of Stendal, died Friday, March 8; Ethel B. Harris, 73, died Mon- day at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Omar (Blanche) Klipsch, in Petersburg, where she made her home, suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage; Mrs. Etta Johnson, died Sat- urday at the home of her son, Oral O. Johnson, in Lafayette; Esther Campbell, 60, of Ot- well, died Wednesday follow- ing a heart attack; Mary E. "Molly" Tucker, 93, of Peters- burg, died Thursday at home of her son, Gordon after suf- fering a stroke two weeks ago; Harley Smith,86, of Alford community, died Wednesday at the Riddle Nursing Home in Petersburg; Thomas Park- er, 68, of Princeton, native of Pike County, died Monday from injuries suffered in a fall Thursday; Mrs. Hettie R. Watt, 80, of Somerville, died Wednesday, Feb. 27 in Evans- ville State Hospital; Harold Shaw, 40, former Oakland City resident, died Thurs- day, Feb. 28, suffering from gunshot wounds in New Or- leans, La.; Fred Wiggs, 80, of Oakland City, died Tuesday, March 5 in Deaconess Hospi- tal in Evansville; Roy Bell, 62, of Somerville, died Saturday at his home, suffering from a coronary occlusion; Mrs. Anne Deeds, 58, of Oakland City, died Monday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Dunnigan in Mt. Vernon; Em- bree Brenton, 74, native of Pike County, died Sunday in the Veterans' Hospital in Wad- sworth, Kan. – he had spent his entire life following an Ar- my career. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, March 24, 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Sandage, of Petersburg, re- turned to their home last week after spending the win- ter in California. They visit- ed in Englewood with their daughter, Coralee Sandage. While in California they al- so visited in Pasadena with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Moser, the former Clara Steen and in Seal Beach with Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Williams. They stopped in Phoenix, Ariz. to visit Mrs. Sandage's niece, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williams, the former Irene Sandage. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Bran- non, of St. Louis, Mo., and their daughter, Judy and fam- ily, Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Ste- phens and family, of Chandler, were Saturday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Willis, Pam and Steve in Petersburg. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ste- vens returned to their home Monday after spending the weekend in Lombard, Ill. with their son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stevens, Susan, An- gela and Mark. Mr. and Mrs. Edison John- son, of Campbelltown, visited from Thursday until Satur- day with Mr. and Mrs. James Quiggins, Beverly and Debbie in Stanford, Ky. and attended Renfro Valley Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson visited Sunday, March 13 with Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Swain. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Joe Meadors, of Ot- well, a son, Rodney Ryan, March 22; to Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Stephens, a daugh- ter, Kimberly Ann, March 4; to Spc. 4 and Mrs. Darrell Sel- by, of Petersburg, a son, Dar- rell DeWayne, Jr., March 16; to Spc. 4 and Mrs. Mike Brad- field, of Germany, a daughter, Christine Louellen, March 8, in the Army hospital in Hei- delberg, Germany; to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McAtee, of Pla- inville, a son, Travis Wayne, March 19; to Mr. and Mrs. Pat- rick Doane, of Petersburg, a son, Greggory Scott, March 20.` Marriages: Patricia Ellen Jacox, of South Bend, to Nile Ray Stradtner, of Petersburg; Wilma Abell to Myron Wool- sey, both of Winslow, Satur- day. Deaths: Michael B. Blythe, 21, of Oakland City, and Mt. Carmel, Ill., was killed Thurs- day morning when he fell asleep at the wheel, crossed the highway and crashed into a bridge abutment; Bruce Col- vin, 40, of Evansville, broth- er of Mrs. Ray (Betty) Hag- gard and Mrs. Hilda Schap- ker, both of Winslow, died Sunday; George Schwartz, 47, of Bicknell, brother-in-law of Scott Norrington, of Win- slow, died Saturday, enroute to Good Samaritan Hospi- tal in Vincennes; Everett G. Larson, 62, of St. Louis, Mo., brother of Helen Hughes of Winslow, died Saturday in St. Anthony Hospital there; Clar- ence White, 66, of Petersburg, died Tuesday at Colvin Nurs- ing Home in Washington; Wil- liam Schumacher, 96, father of Amil Schumacher, of Winslow – funeral service March 18 at Pemberton Funeral Home in Lynnville; Ernest H. Brews- ter, 68, of Evansville, former- ly of Spurgeon, died after suf- fering a heart attack; Mrs. Ada Lewis, 80, of Oakland City, died Tuesday in Stork Hos- pital in Huntingburg; Emil J. Nuhring, 75, died Tuesday, March 22, in Baler Rest Home in Boonville. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, March 21, 1991 BARRET T VISITS CLASS THAT WROTE TO HIM IN SAUDI AR ABIA Spurgeon native Jackie Bar- rett returned home to open arms last Thursday after be- ing in Saudi Arabia since Aug. 10. Barrett, a crew chief for F- 16 jets in the Air Force, arrived in Pike County on Thursday, On Friday, he spent about an hour talking with and thank- ing Brenda Aust's third grade students at Winslow for their letters. Mrs. Aust's classroom adopted Barrett this fall as a pen pal. He gave each of the stu- dents a Saudi coin, which is the equivalent of a US quarter. Barrett was a 1986 graduate of Pike Central High School. Mr. and Mrs. Denver Sulli- van, of near Hazleton, have re- turned home after visiting her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Maxwell, Jr. in Punta Gorda, Fla. Carl and Hazel Carter, of Evansville, were Sunday af- ternoon visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Corten, south of Petersburg. Past Thursday visitors of Chib and Josie Bartlett in Campbelltown were Donna Gross, of Center Ridge com- munity; Jody and Sarah Hart, of Paducah, Ky.; and Yvonne Hughes, of Hopkinsville, Ky. Sarah and Yvonne are nieces of Josie and Donna. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fet- tinger and Larry II, of Pe- tersburg, were past weekend houseguests of his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Fettinger in Greenwood. Terry Lee Horton, of Moweaqua, Ill. was Friday through Wednesday houseg- uest of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Willis in Wil- lisville. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kelsey, Jr., of Dallas, Tex- as, a daughter, Ariel Rebecca, March 12; to David and There- sa McCrary, of Oakland City, a daughter, Amanda Jean, March 8; to Mr. and Mrs. Ron- nie Lemond, of Arthur, a son, Dalton, Wayne, Feb. 18. Marriages: Todd Sulli- van to Darla Vaughn, March 2; Staci Renae Whitehead, of Winslow, to Tim Morrow, Feb. 14. Deaths: Goldie M. Jones, 70, of Cato community, for- mer correspondent for The Press-Dispatch, died, March 18 at Good Samaritan Nurs- ing Home in Oakland City; Luther B. Craig, 80, of Pe- tersburg, died March 16 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes; Marvin D. Rus- sell, 64, of Oakland City, died March 14, at Wirth Hospital; Ruth Coleman Smith, 97, of Oakland City, died Tuesday, March 5 at her residence; Doug Gibbs, 48, of Oakland City, died March 14, at Wirth Hospital; Larry Jo Phillips, 50, of Greenwood, son of Ray- mond and Imogene Phillips, of Oakland City, died March 12; David L. Webb, 30, of Jasper, died March 13; Melinda Fer- guson Stilwell, 35, of Holland, granddaughter of Dortha Still- well, of Scottsburg-Bethel community, died March 3, suf- fering from acute respiratory distress syndrome; Randall Wayne Corlett, 32, of Bloom- field, son of Joanna Roberts, of Petersburg, died March 12; Lucille Eads, 78, of Winslow, died March 14 at the home of a daughter, Linda McCammon in Winslow; Donovan Utter- back, 88, of Oakland City, died March 14; Marie Caldemeyer, 81, died March 15; Ethel Bea- trice Spurgeon, 72, of Prince- ton, died March 13. By Sandy McBeth Pike County Historical Society 02/21/1902: Last Wednes- day afternoon at the home of Elder J. W. Richardson in Madison township, occurred the marriage of Walter Shim- er and Miss Magie Heuring. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Heur- ing, of Winslow. George Fulcher and Miss Edna Bowman were married Sunday night. Rev. D. R. Sap- penfield officiating. They are well known young people, the groom being the son of Herman Fulcher, living east of town, and the bride is the daughter of the late J. J. Bow- man of Madison township. The Democrat extends best wishes to the young couple. George Cameron, an em- ployee in the coal mines at Lit- tles, was seriously injured last Friday. In putting off a shot it failed to go all as soon as he thought it should and he went to make an examination and when near the charge explod- ed. He was covered with the falling coal and his skull frac- tured and one eye put out. Dr. T. W. Blythe was called and dressed the wounds. He is in a precarious condition. Last Friday evening an ac- cident occurred near Hosmer which resulted in the death of Norman Loveless. He with several others attended clos- ing day exercises at the Willis school in Washington town- ship, and on the way home Will Montgomery was shoot- ing a revolver, and thinking all the loads had been shot out broke the revolver down to take out the shells when a car- tridge was exploded the bul- let taking effect in the right arm of Loveless and rang- ing up toward the elbow shat- tering the bones. The young man was taken home and the wounds dressed, but he con- tinued to grow worse until death relieved his sufferings Monday night. It was an acci- dent which is to be greatly re- gretted and young Montgom- ery is almost prostrated. The deceased was the son of Allen Loveless of Hosmer, and was nineteen years old and a high- ly respected young man. The funeral services were con- ducted at the Congregation- al church at Hosmer Tuesday afternoon by Rev. J. M. Burch and interment at the Loveless cemetery. The services were largely attended by friends. There are several reasons why the people should trade with home merchants, and a great many people are begin- ning to realize that it is best to trade with the merchants they are acquainted with. These city department stores do not help you pay township, county or city taxes; they do not sym- pathize with you in your mis- fortune or help you in times of trouble; they do not help sup- port your schools or church- es; they do not help in the ad- vancement of your county or town; they do not help in the building of churches or school buildings; do they help in any way to further the interests which would best promote the welfare of the communi- ty in which you live. By trad- ing with the home merchants you help build up the town and county in which you live and these business men are al- ways on the outlook for the fu- ture of the community. They build up towns, industries and in many ways make a better market for products. The tax- es which they pay go to build school houses and public buildings and keep up the ex- penditures of town, township and county; they give of their means when you are in trou- ble; they give of their means to every worthy project; they give of their means to fur- ther the interests of town and county, and they sympathize with you in time of misfortune or bereavement. Trade with your home merchants. 2/28/1902: Velpen Items— David Hoshmeister of St. Lou- is will manufacture cigars at this place. Louis Hochmeis- ter moved to this place from East St. Louis Saturday. Ev- erett Beadles and sister Miss Daisy, were at Louisville last week. Samp Somers will be- come a citizen of this place in the near future. John Hedden and family left here Tuesday for Belmont, Ill., to make that their future home. Three of Velpen's most popular young ladies are talking of joining the Velpen cornet band. The new boarding house in our little town kept by Mrs. F. M. Payne is having a splen- did trade. Spurgeon Items—Samu- el Cato, an old veteran, while attending the funeral of his brother, F. M. Cato, Sunday was stricken with paralysis and was carried to the home of his niece Mrs. J. M. Ju- lian. At present writing he is somewhat recovered, but is very weak. Palestine McKin- ney came home Sunday from Piggott, Arkansas, where he has secured a farm, and will move there with his family in a short time. He is one of our best citizens and we all join in recommending him and his estimable family to the people of their new home. Elder F. M. Cato died here Friday, Febru- ary 21. He was born June 14, 1847. He was united in mar- riage March 11, 1867 to Harri- et Medly of Bicknell, Indiana, who died in 1874. There was born to this union two chil- dren, one of who is Professor A. G. Cato, who is teaching school at Yankeetown, twen- ty-six miles south of here. He was called Wednesday eve- ning at 3 p.m. by telephone and started immediately in a buggy and joined his sis- ter Mrs. J. M. Julian at their father's bedside and did all that loving children could do to make their father comfort- able until the end came. Mrs. A.G. Cato was called by tele- phone at Ft. Branch but could not come owing to the death of her sister-in-law Mrs. Gus Nelcamp which occurred the same day of Elder Cato's death. Elder Cato's second marriage was to Mrs. Tillisa Stewart in 1875, who died in 1883. No children were born to this union. On September 28, 1884 he was married to Mary M. Fleener, who is still living. Of this union there is four children, one son and three daughters. Elder Ca- to was a prominent minister here in the Regular Baptist church. He was buried here Sunday morning. Elder G. H. McKinney conducted the reli- gious services. Elder J. T. Oli- phant will preach his funeral at some future date. He was buried by S. J. Julian, under- taker. Files of the past Gleanings from the Pike County Democrat, 1902 Royalty's Grocery in Ayrshire – 1948-1953 Bennett and Eliza Royalty owned and operated Royalty's Grocery in Ayr- shire from 1948 to 1953. Pictured (l to r): Sandra Jones, Thelda Royalty, Mary Royalty, Wanda Royalty, Janice Russ and Jean Royalty.