The Press-Dispatch
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C-12 Wednesday, Februar y 21, 2018 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 SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, October 23, 1942 Pete Bogue, the Pike Coun- ty Agricultural Agent, had charge of the regular Kiwan- is meeting held last Wednes- day. Mr. Bogue gave the club a talk on the agricultural out- look of the county and cit- ed the gains of certain crops such as corn and soybeans in the county. He had a number of color photo slides of the 4-H Club camp showing the youngsters enjoying the priv- ileges of the camp. The Loyal Order of Moose gave a chicken supper at their home on West Main Street, this city, Wednesday evening, honoring eight of their mem- bers of the order who will en- ter the United States Army this weekend. The men are James Howk, William Hamm, Delbert Minnis, Edward Red- man, Eugene Thomas, Thom- as Jacobs and Carlton Crews. Mr. and Mrs. William O. Selby of near Bowman will ob- serve their Golden Wedding Anniversary on Sunday, Octo- ber 25. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to call between the hours of two and five in the afternoon. Marriages: One of the most beautiful events of the early fall season was the wed- ding Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock when Miss Mar- garet Ann Bohnert became the bride of Lieut. John K. Chappell. The wedding took place in the Bohnert home in Jasper before an improvised alter representing a Cathedral window; Marvin Drew, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Drew of Wheatland, Ind., and grand- son of Mr. and Mrs. John Butrum of Glezen, was mar- ried to Miss Virginia Mae Miller, a young lady of Akron, Ohio, October 8 at high noon. Births: Born October 20 to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Love- less, a baby girl names Barba- ra May; a baby boy was born October 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Willis, of Petersburg. He was named Keith Odell; Mr. and Mrs. Randall Fulcher are the parents of a baby girl born October 16 and named Judy Rae; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Colvin are the proud parents of a baby boy born Friday, Oc- tober 10 and named Larry Joe. Deaths: As mentioned in this paper of last Tues- day, Lawrence V. Colvin, City Clerk Treasurer of Pe- tersburg for the past sixteen years, died at the Daviess County Hospital at Washing- ton, last Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock of complications, af- ter an illness of some eighteen months, during which time he had suffered an operation for appendicitis; The Winslow community lost one of its fin- est elderly ladies last Tues- day morning at 5:25 o'clock, when Mrs. Lillian Mae Ded- man, widow of the late Wil- lare Dedman passed away at her home in Winslow; This city lost one of its finest and most promising young men Wednesday evening at 11:30 o'clock, when Irid I. (Bill) Tis- low passed away at his home on south fifth street in this city, after an illness of sev- eral months of Hodges dis- ease; Richard P. McNeely, one of the oldest citizens of the county and widely known in this section, passed away at his home just east of the Brenton Chapel, Thursday morning at 4:30 o'clock after a decline in his health which lasted for several months and which was due to the infir- mities of his advanced age; Mrs. Esther Mills, 66 years of age, and one of the older and most highly respected ladies of Winslow, died at the Norris Nursing Home, there, where she had been a patient for some time, last Tuesday. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, January 10, 1958 Circuit Court Judge Lester Nixon sentenced Mrs. Olive Masters, 45 -year-old Peters- burg mother of 11 children to 180 days in the Indiana Wom- en's Prison Tuesday after the woman pleaded guilty to a charge of cruelty to a child. Mrs. Masters was charged with cruelty to a child after she had whipped her 11-year- old son with a light cord and then cut the fingers on his right hand with a butcher knife as her method of cor- rective punishment. The boy's body was black and blue from the beating. She told the boy that she would cut his fin- gers off the next time, accord- ing to Judge Nixon. Mrs. Mas- ters was also fined $5. Dr. J.W. Elbert, newly ap- pointed county health offi- cer, advised persons not im- munized against polio to be- gin the Sulk vaccine shots im- mediately in order to be safe when summer rolls around. Dr. Elbert reminded The Press that the county had two severe cases of bulbar polio last year, one costing the life of a Petersburg High School junior, Sharon Bakeis. The other victim, Mary Lynn Cox, is severely paralyzed and is still reported in a serious con- dition by Dr. Elbert. The state of Indiana had fewer polio cas- es reported this year than in most of the past years, but the threat is still there. Robert Baker, 27-year- old Wormleysburg, Pa., resi- dent entered a plea of guilty Wednesday, Jan. 8, to the slay- ing of Larry M. Kirk, 21-year- old Marine from Cato, Ind. Baker entered his plea at Sa- lem, Ill., near where young Kirk was found dead last De- cember. Marriages: Wearing a floor-length gown of Chan- tilly lace and tulle with a fit- ted bodice, a fingertip veil of French illusion attached to a crown of lace and sequins, Miss Kae Wiseman became the bride of Paul Lowe, in a double ring ceremony last Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Monroe City Method- ist Church. Deaths: Mrs. Frances Nel- son, 95, a former resident of Cato, passed away Tuesday at Ft. Myers, Fla. The body will arrive at the Harris Fu- neral Home, Saturday, where friends may call after 4 p.m.; Mrs. Alice Battenfield Bakeis passed away at her home Wednesday evening at 5:30 af- ter a three weeks illness; Mrs. Myrthelia Omstead, 48 year- old Petersburg resident, was accidentally killed last Fri- day afternoon when a .22 ri- fle went off, striking her in the head. Coroner Owen D. Har- ris said Mrs. Omstead died in- stantly; Richard S. Himsel, 23, of near Otwell, was killed ear- ly Sunday morning near Por- tersville when his car went off the highway and hit a tree and burned. Himsel's body was burned beyond recogni- tion. The accident occurred at 2:30 a.m. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, January 25, 1968 Again the Public Health Of- fice urges parents of all Pike County pre-school children (ages 12 months through five years, who have not had the measles vaccine or the 10 day "old-fashioned" measles), to take advantage of the free measles vaccine. This vac- cine is available through the efforts of the Pike County Board of Health in conjunc- tion with the Indiana State Board of Health to eradicate 10 day or "old-fashioned" mea- sles nationally and especially in Indiana. Roger Davis, of Otwell, was admitted to the Memori- al Hospital in Jasper, Friday for treatment for lacerations of his left leg and forehead, two cracked ribs and a frac- tured shoulder. He received the injuries Friday morning at 8:15 fast time when hit by a car driven by 20 -year-old Sue A. Schwenk. Mr. Davis, who travels for the State De- partment of Public Instruc- tions, was on his way to Sa- lem to work and had stopped about a mile west of Ireland on Highway 56, where there was a wreck, to see if he could be of any help. He was stand- ing beside a parked car in the eastbound lane when he was hit by the Schwenk car. The impact threw him against the windshield, shattering the windshield. He landed on top of the car, denting it, then rolled off the side. He was dismissed from the hospital Monday but has been suffer- ing a great deal of pain from the injuries. No charges were filed. Police blamed the acci- dent on the foggy condition. Mr. and Mrs. Letcher Le- ingang, of Stendal, announce the engagement of their daughter, Shirley to Ralph Broeker, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Broeker, Sr., of Huntingburg. The couple will be married February 21 in St. Mary's Church in Hunt- ingburg. Mrs. Garrison, 1966 Bas- ketball Queen, of Winslow High School, and graduate of the West Side Beauty Col- lege in Evansville, is the latest member of the staff of six Styl- ists at the Colonial Beauty Sa- lon. Peggy (Gray) Church of Otwell, another staff member, was Basketball Queen at the Otwell High School in 1964. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Gary Storey, of Washington, a daughter, Stephena Lea, born Friday; To Mr. and Mrs. Don- ald Ault, of Evansville, a son, Jason Farley, born Friday; To Mr. and Mrs. Tony Cundiff, East Main Street, Petersburg, their first child, a son, Antho- ny Scott, on Tuesday; To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Johnson, of Oakland City, on Thursday, a son, Gregory Keith; To Mr. and Mrs. Raymond France, of Otwell, a daughter, Kristy Jane, on Tuesday; To Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Asbell, a son, Patrick Brian, January 6; To Mr. and Mrs. Gary Horrall, of West Lafayette, a son, Trent Douglass, on Monday. Deaths: Mrs. Lena Wiggs, 87, was found dead in bed at her home about a mile and a half west of Highways 61 and 64, Wednesday at 9 a.m. Mrs. Wiggs had suffered a lung hemorrhage and had tracked blood from the bathroom to a back bedroom, where she was found by three of her neigh- bors; Claud Nelson, 72, well known man of Winslow, died at 1;25 p.m. Wednesday, Jan- uary 17, at his home after a nine months illness from strokes; Hikkis Emil Brown, 64, husband of Monroe City correspondent of the Press- Dispatch, Mrs. Grace Like Brown, a former resident of Lafayette, died Monday at 4:15 p.m. in Veterans' hos - pital at Indianapolis; Gilvie (Pate) McDowell, 76, a farm- er who lived a half mile west of the junction of Highways 64 and 57, Oakland City, died at 2:50 a.m. Tuesday at Gib- son General hospital at Princ- eton after suffering a stroke Saturday night a week ago; Charles R. Lemond, 62, of De- troit, Mich., died Wednesday in Detroit Osteopathic Hospi- tal, Highland Park, Michigan, following a long illness; Mrs. Mary H. Chambers, 78, wid- ow of the late Garfield Cham- bers, died Monday in Paris, Texas after an extended ill- ness; Funeral services for Claude H. Harper were at 2 p.m. Friday at the Corn Mor- tuary with the Rev. Thomas Scott officiating; Word has been received here of the death of Floyd McGarvey, 71, in Terre Haute at Union hos- pital, Saturday. Mr. McGarvey is a former Oakland City resi- dent; Mrs. Bertha M. Greene, 83, 2826 North Blvd., died at 3:10 a.m. Thursday, January 18 in a Houston, Texas hos- pital; Friends in Otwell have received word of the sudden death of Mrs. Edith Small of Owensburg, former Otwell resident; Services will be to- day, Thursday, for William Embree Green, 63, of Oak- land City, at the Lamb Funeral Home at 2 p.m.; Funeral ser- vices for Mrs. Edna Crecelius, 76, of Oatsville were conduct- ed Friday at 2 p.m. at Colvin Chapel in Princeton; Grover E. Willis, 84, of Mt. Carmel died Friday at the Mt. Carm- el hospital where he had been a patient for only a few hours; Charles E. Holtsgrafe, 81, of Oakland City, died Friday fol- lowing a short illness at the Oakland City Rest Home. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, January 21, 1993 Doyle Fulcher, 27, of Route 1, Petersburg suffered head injuries Tuesday night when the vehicle he was driving left the roadway while traveling south on CR 275 SE near Al- ford. Mark Brittain, of Otwell, was a passenger in the Chev- rolet Spectrum, which was totalled in the multiple roll- over crash. Brittain went for help and gave aide to Fulcher before he was transported to Daviess County Hospital. Pike County Deputy Sheriff Jeff Clements and Chief Dep- uty Rick Chamberlain investi- gated the 11:30 p.m. accident. Clements stated that the ve- hicle traveled 650 feet from when it began sliding until it stopped rolling in a field. A fter more than 40 years of trucking everything from cat- sup to ammunition Leon Corn is calling it quits. Corn start- ed driving trucks for Buchta Trucking in the early 1950s and during that time had been in every state in the Continen- tal US and every province in Canada. Corn said it was noth- ing for him to drive 600 miles in a day several days a week. A number of area commut- ers found themselves sliding off slick and icy area roads late Monday. The inclement weather caused minor delays and some fender benders, but no injuries at this writing. The curve at Locust St. and SR 356 was an especially dangerous spot for several motorists. Pike County has been awarded federal funds for emergency food and shel- ter programs. Pike County has been chosen to receive $ 3,090 to support emergen- cy food and shelter programs in the area. The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the Feder- al Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and con- sists of representatives from The Salvation Army, Ameri- can Red Cross, Councils of Jewish Federations, Catho- lic Charities, USA National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. and United Way of America, which will pro- vide administrative staff and functions as fiscal agent. The Board was charged to dis- tribute funds appropriated by Congress to help expand the capacity of food and shel- ter programs in high-need ar- eas around the country. Family and friends are cor- dially invited to a reception honoring Mr. and Mrs. Van- ice Smith on their 50th wed- ding anniversary on Sunday, Jan. 31 from 2-4 p.m. hosted by the Smith's niece Mrs. Sue Rothwell, of Houston, Texas. Births: To Arnie and Kel- ly Howes on November 12 at Wirth Hospital in Oakland City, their first child, a daugh- ter, Abby Leigh. Deaths: Former Pike County native Rev. Blanchard Powers, 91, a retired Southern Baptist minister of Nashville, Tenn., died at Baptist Hospi- tal there December 29; Law- rence Paul Cook, former res- ident of Petersburg, died Jan- uary 12 at Oxnard, Calif. af- ter a lengthy illness; Ruby I. Barnett, 84, of Winslow, died Friday, Jan. 15 at 5:20 p.m. at Huntingburg Convalescent Center; Nancy Belle Pauley, 71, of Oakland City, sister of Rev. Manson Wheeler, of Vel- pen, died Monday, Jan. 18 at 5:38 p.m. at Wirth Hospital in Oakland City; Charlie Mills, 64, of Oakland City, died Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 8:04 a.m. at Wirth Hospital in Oak- land City; Michael Edward Smith, 51, son of Petersburg native, the late Dr. Edward B. Smith, died Thursday, a week ago, in an auto accident near Tampa, Fla.; John B. Beck, 75, brother of Beulah Robin- son, of Petersburg, died Mon- day, Jan. 4 at the S.E. Medi- cal Center in Dothan, Ala.; Robert (Bob) L. Sutton, 64, of Richmond Heights, Mo., formerly of Petersburg, died Sunday, Jan. 17 at 8:45 a.m. at his residence; Ruby Ethel Lu- trick, 90, of Florence, Miss., sister of Ruth Nelson, of Am- ber Manor Care Center, Pe- tersburg, died January 9 at Cleveland, Miss. 1969-1970 Petersburg High School Basketball Team Pictured above are the 1969 Petersburg Indians. Team members are, front row (l to r): managers Martin Perkins and Willie Shimer. Back row (l to r): An- dy Query, Brad Woodhull, Dave West, Owen Blue, Rick Willis, Bill Buechele, Tim Selby, Ron Gray, Artie Stewart, Dennis Whitehead, Ronnie Ston and head coach Vesper Hill. Not present for picture was Joe Stewart. Wednesday, February 21 • Malcolm X assassinated (1965) • Marx publishes "Communist Manifesto" (1848) Thursday, February 22 • U.S. Hockey team makes miracle on ice (1980) • The U.S. acquires Spanish Florida (1819) Friday, February 23 • U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima (1945) • Children receive first polio vaccine (1954) Saturday, February 24 • President Andrew Johnson impeached (1868) • Gulf War ground offensive begins (1991) Sunday, February 25 • U.S. Congress passes Legal Tender Act (1862) • A frican American Congressman Hiram Revels sworn in (1870) Monday, February 26 • World Trade Center is bombed (1993) • Grand Teton National Park is established (1929) Tuesday, February 27 • New Orleanians take to streets for first Mardi Gras (1827) • Federal prisoners begin arriving at Andersonville (1864) Source: History.com