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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, November 22, 2017 D-7 HISTORY Submit history photos: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Tuesday, September 8, 1942 A 1935 Plymouth car crashed into the rear of a wagon loaded with baled hay, on Highway 1, with one mile this side of Wilson's Creek Church, Friday eve- ning after 9 o'clock. Occu- pants of the car were cut and bruised, while the peo- ple riding on the wagon re- ceived only minor cuts and suffered from shock. The car was badly damaged. Ed- mond Fulscher and his two sons George and Herman and their wives were re- turning to their homes near Alford, from Lawrencev- ille, Ill., where the men are employed, when their car crashed into the wagon. The wife of George Fulscher sus- tained the most serious inju- ries, her face being badly lac- erated from the broken glass in the windshield. Wallace Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Young, living in west Petersburg brought to this office Saturday morn- ing what he called a "Victo- ry" spider. The spider was medium size and yellow with a perfect V in black on its back. The spider was found by Wallace and his mother while picking flowers one morning last week. The Petersburg Bowl- ing Alley will open Wednes- day evening under the man- agement of Mrs. Nelle Mc- Gregor. This night is free night for the ladies. The al- leys have all been recondi- tioned and are ready to go. All the women gasped in admiration at the handiwork of the latest candidate for top knitting honors. It was a bedspread of intricate pat- tern containing more than 400 blocks. James H. Walk- er, chief warden of the East- ern Lane county fire patrol, knitted the spread. Marriages: An early Sun- day morning wedding took place at the First Baptist church here at 8:30, with Rev. Arthur Proctur reading the married vows that unit- ed in marriage Miss Elise Johnson and Mr. Roy Yoho, both of Cannelton; The mar- riage of Miss Virginia Thom- as and John Murl Smith took place August 29 at 5 p.m. at St. Charles, Miss. Births: Born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fears of Union, a 10 pound boy; A 9 and 1/4 pound boy was born September 6 to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Beck of Petersburg; Gary Ray is the name given to the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Spaw born on Sep- tember 5; The pre-mature baby boy weighing 2 pounds 6 ounces was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McClure. Deaths: Lawrence T. Har- ris, son of the late William J. Harris, died at Spokane, Washington at 11 a.m. Fri- day, September 4 after suf- fering a stroke a few days previous according to infor- mation received by relatives inn this city; Very deep and sincere grief was occasioned last week in this city by the seemingly untimely acciden- tal death of Lt. Richard Jar- vis, at Dayton, Ohio, while testing army airplanes, as noted in last Friday's paper. At that time we did not have sufficient data to give other than bare facts contained in the telegram from Lt. Jar- vis' wife to her mother, Mrs. Sara Whitman Sullivan, of this city; Hamilton E. Cox, a former well known and high- ly respected citizen of Jeffer- son township, this county, and a brother of Mrs. Fred Shelton, wife of the present trustee of that township died suddenly at his home in De- troit, Mich., Sunday, Septem- ber 6. He was 65 years old; Miss Carrie Morning, age 53, died Monday night at the home of her sister. She had been ill for sometime. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, October 11, 1957 On October 13 the mem- bers of the Pike County Amateur Radio Emergency Corps, under the leadership of Harry Jones, WIX X Z, Emergency Coordinator of the American Radio Relay League, will conduct a sim- ulated Emergency Test. The purpose of this plan is to pro- vide Pike County with emer- gency communication facil- ities. The local AREC is a group of amateur radio op- erators who have volunteers their time and radio stations to the end that Pike County will never find itself without communication as a result of failure of telephone and tele- graph lines, and is part of a nationwide organization. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Sel- by entertained a group of relatives at the Pike County State Forrest park Sunday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schrock of Gibson City, Ill. A picnic supper was enjoyed on the lawn. Throughout the United States the Democrats are staging a fund raising drive during October 11 and 12. The drive is being called Dollars for Democrats. Dol- lars for Democrats is an ef- fort to secure election con- tributions from thousands of Democrats throughout the nation. Fire from an unknown cause destroyed a ware- house located behind the Semi-Inn on highway 57 north at about 1 p.m. last Fri- day. The fire was discovered by Clyde Coomer, operator of the Inn, only after flames had made considerable headway. Petersburg vol- unteer fireman were called to the scene to protect near- by buildings. Nothing could be done to save the building which was used as a garage. Births: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bailey, Jr. of Falls Church, Va., a girl, Septem- ber 11, named Karen Leigh; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Frand- sen are the proud parents of a girl born recently. She has been named Ula Gail; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bartlett, a boy, Robert Al- lan; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kamman are proud par- ents of a girl born Thursday morning. She was named Marcia Lee; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Glassford, a son, Chas. Henry; To Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cockerham of Petersburg, a son, Octo- ber 2, named Ricky Dale; A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blackburn of Vincennes, October 4. He has been names Brent An- thony; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Minor are the parents of a son, born Tuesday. Deaths: Funeral Services for John Raymond Fred, 57, were held at 2 p.m. Wednes- day in the Harris Funer- al home with the Rev. Earl Beaty officiating. Burial was in Walnut Hills ceme- tery; Mrs. Mause Culver, 76, died at 3 p.m. Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Madie Gray; Funeral servic- es were held for Mary Jones, 96, at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Harris Funeral Home with Rev. Ralph D. Bright offici- ating; Funeral Services were held for Mary B. Medcalf, 86, at 2 p.m. Monday in the Harris Funeral home; The Press has been informed of the death of James T. Brew- is, of Gallup, N.M. on Sep- tember 1. Mr. Brewis will be remembered by many of the older people of this city; Mrs. Anna Wellman, 94 years old, died October 4 in a nursing home after a two- week illness; Funeral servic- es for Mrs. Dora Gertrude Barrett, 73, Glezen, were at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Mt. Pleasant church; Funeral services were held for Rob- ert W. Boger, the six month old son of Joseph and Eva M. ( Walters) Boger on October 31; Funeral services for Pan- sy Iva Harvey, 60, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 12 at the New Butler Church. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, October 26, 1967 Buthel Abel, 30, Glezen, pled guilty to two charged of purchasing and furnish- ing alcoholic beverages to a minor. Abel was fined $25 and costs and sentenced to 180 days at the State Penal Farm. He was taken there Tuesday by Deputy Sher- iff Raymond Haggard. The two juveniles involved in the case were James Barrett, 16, and William Melvin, 17, both of Petersburg. The Winslow Halloween parade will be Friday eve- ning on Main Street in Win- slow for people of that com- munity and surrounding ar- eas. The parade is open to anyone who cares to enter and compete for cash, mer- chandise and other prizes. The parade is sponsored by the Winslow business peo- ple and prizes are donated by the merchants. It will be led by the fire truck and fol- lowing the masked persons will be members of the Sad- dle Club on their mounts. Congressman Roger Zi- on, of Evansville, will be the guest speaker at Pike Coun- ty Republican Women's Club breakfast to be on Saturday, November 4, at 8 a.m. at the Shamrock Cafe in Peters- burg. The breakfast is a pre- election get-together, for Re- publican candidates seek- ing election in the upcoming Petersburg city election. Ev- eryone is invited. Folger's coffee was selling for 59 cents for a one pound can at Red and White. Bacon was 59 cents a pound as well. Evidently deer in this area have begun their an- nual fall run-ins and colli- sions with men and traffic. On Friday evening, Octo- ber 20 Otho "Bob" Beadles was going home from work at Richardson Lumber Com- pany in Oakland City, trav- eling north on Highway 57 in the Patoka bottoms. As he came around a curve, a deer came leaping off a bank and plowed into the side of his pick-up truck. The colli- sion caused $250 damage to the truck and left Mr. Bea- dles with a badly cut face on the left side. Marriages: Mrs. Bernice Southwood, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Robling and Mr. and Mrs. John Dedman were in Evansville Saturday to at- tend the wedding of Mrs. Southwood's son, Elwood Southwood and Effie East, both of Evansville. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Earl McDonald of Oakland City, a daughter, Marey Lynn born on Octo- ber 17; To Mr. and Mrs. Ron- ald Gladish of Rome, Geor- gia, a son, Wayne on Oc- tober 19; To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kissling of Lakeview Drive, Petersburg, a daugh- ter, Linda Carmen, on Octo- ber 18; To Mr. and Mrs. For- est L. Boger of Petersburg, a daughter, Nancy Sue, born October 18; To Mr. and Mrs. Billie J. Phelps of Mackey, a son, Dean Kenneth , born October 14; To Mr. and Mrs. William Grubb, Jr., of Peters- burg, a daughter, Kristi Ly- nette, born October 24. Deaths: Sgt. Robert Mor- ton Kail, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kail of Mon- roe City and grandson of Elmer Like of Winslow, was fatally wounded in action in Viet Nam. He died at 7 p.m. Sunday, October 22 of wounds from grenade mor- tar fire; William "Booth" Spradley, 91, died sudden- ly Tuesday, October 17; Wil- liam Senning, 78, of Grun- dy Center, Iowa died Friday morning, October 20 ; Fu- neral services for Mrs. An- toinette Tretter, 74, of Pe- tersburg were conducted at the Sts. Peter and Paul Cath- olic Church, Saturday, Octo- ber 14, at 10 a.m.; Benjamin H. Buck, a lifetime resident of the Oakland City commu- nity was dead on arrival at Ginson General hospital at 1 p.m. Thursday; Thomas Fox, 69, was instantly killed Thursday morning at 5:30 when he stepped into the path of an approaching car driven by Archie Tolbert of Washington. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, October 8, 1992 Indiana Southern Rail- road, with headquarters in Petersburg, formally opened last Wednesday, Oct. 14. The grand opening came six months after the company purchased for former Peters- burg Secondary from the Conrail Corporation. The new railroad is a division of RalTex, Inc., a San Anto- nio, Texas based conglom- erate which controls 18 oth- er short line railroads in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The conglomerate (RailTex) was just recently selected as the Short Line Railroad Company of the year by Railway Age maga- zine, the premier trade jour- nal of the industry. Petersburg Police Chief Mike Key has announced Halloween trick-or-treat hours for the City of Peters- burg ghosts and goblins that will parade the streets next weekend. Trick-or-treaters will be allowed to make calls on Friday, October 30, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and after the parade and contest on Satur- day, October 31, until 9 p.m. Key stated, "There will be extra patrol out during Hal- loween time. We will not tol- erate vandalism." An announcement Tues- day afternoon about the Evansville to Indianapolis Highway is being heralded as the best economic devel- opment news to the south- western Indiana in a long time. Gov. Evan Bayh re- versed an earlier plan to be- gin building the highway from the north to the south and said they will begin building the Highway from Evansville to Washington. A second unrelated arrest for child molestation has oc- curred in Petersburg with- in a week according to Pe- tersburg Police Chief Mike Key. Petersburg police offi- cer Russell Green assisted by Key, arrested Danny E. Brooks, on the count of child molesting around 4:30 p.m. last Wednesday. The annual "We Care" walk-a-thon, sponsored by Pike County Hospice, is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7. Last year's walk collected approximately $1,800 to help Hospice continue its care for the terminally ill. Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Melvin of Cato an- nounce the marriage of their daughter, Marci, to Ja- son Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eathel Barnes of Pe- tersburg. The couple will exchange vows on October 31 at the First United Meth- odist Church in Petersburg. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Weitkamp, a son, Clinton Robert; To Kathy Hill and Rick McFarland on October 8, a daughter, Ala- na Sue. Deaths: Grace Walter, 94, of Petersburg, died Sun- day, October 18 at 2:55 p.m. at Forest Del Convalescent Center in Princeton; Wil- liam W. Dyson, 75, of Somer- ville, died Thursday, Oct. 15 at 12:16 p.m. at the home of a daughter, Mariette Mai- kranz in Mackey; James F. Hardin, 66, of Ireland, for- merly of Pike County, died Thursday, Oct. 15 at 5:45 a.m. at his residence follow- ing a short illness; Nellie L. Wantz, 81, of Goshen, sis- ter of Robert Lawyer of Pe- tersburg, died Monday, Oct. 12 at 10 :15 p.m. at Elkhart General Hospital; Emma L. Sims, 88, of Petersburg, died Sunday night, Oct. 18 at Pe- tersburg Healthcare Center; Colista Rogers, 99, of Peters- burg, died Friday, October 16 at 6:35 p.m. at Prairie Vil- lage Living Center in Wash- ington; Herbert M. Steele, 77, of Petersburg, died at 6:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at Amber Manor Care Center; Cornelius "Skeet" O'Neill, 88, of Petersburg, died at 9:05 p.m. Sunday, October 18 at Petersburg Healthcare Center; Edna (Behrman) Lutes, 79, of Columbus, died Sunday evening, Pct. 18, at her residence; Gladys Schmitt Beadles, 91, of Win- slow, died Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 12:15 a.m. at Petersburg Healthcare Center. SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 1938 Winslow Eskimo Football Team Pictured above is the 1938 Winslow Eskimo football team. Front row: Gene Hayden, Hubert Hopkins, Wilson Simpson, Paul Jones, Leon Ehrlich and Weldon Young. Second row: Billy Auten (student man- ager), Beaulis Doughty, James Greenfield, James Price, Marvin Snyder, Jack Woolsey and Warren Kno- chenmus. Back row: Mr. Young (coach), Jack McCandless, Olus Nichols, Jack Keasling, Kenneth Rich- ardson, Mr. Thompson (principal), Robert Arnold (absent). Wednesday, November 22 • John F. Kennedy assassinated (1963) • Blackbeard killed off North Carolina (1718) Thursday, November 23 • First issue of "Life" is published (1936) • "Boss" Tweed delivered to authorities (1876) Friday, November 24 • The FBI crime lab opens its doors for business (1932) • Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald (1963) Saturday, November 25 • JFK buried at Arlington National Cemetery (1963) • Last British soldiers leave New York (1783) Sunday, November 26 • FDR establishes modern Thanksgiving holiday (1941) • Archaeologists enter tomb of King Tut (1922) Monday, November 27 • Pope Urban II orders first Crusade (1095) • Custer massacres Cheyenne on Washita River (1868) Tuesday, November 28 • Magellan reaches the Pacific (1520) • The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting (1925) Source: History.com