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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, August 29, 2018 C-9 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 and Tuesday, April 16 and 20, 1943 We will have a nice surprise for one of our classified ad- vertisers, Saturday when she comes in the office- her coin purse and its contents was brought to this office Tues- day morning. The purse was found by Mrs. William Steele, of Petersburg, on Main Street in front of the J-V Store last Saturday. She waited until the Press came Tuesday morn- ing and searched the classi- fied column the first thing to find the owner of the purse, and brought it to this office. At about 8:15 a.m. Thurs- day morning one of the train- ing planes from George Field crashed on the John Stradtner farm about three miles west of Petersburg. Neither the pilot or the cadet were injured. The plane was being put through some low altitude maneu- vers when the right wing tip touched a high tension wire causing the plane to whirl and crash. The plane according to the pilot Lt. John M. King, Jr. was a complete wreck. With the officer was aviation ca- det E.R. Verle. The wreck- ing crew from George Field arrived early in the morning and started the work of sal- vaging the plane. Petersburg High's Indians romped to an easy victory in a triangular meet here Wednes- day. The final score was Pe- tersburg 68 2-3, Bicknell 28 and Jasper 20 1-3. W.D. Crow, former editor and owner of The Petersburg Press, won a prize of $50 of- fered by the Chicago Tribune for the best slogan using the words "Rugged Russians" and finishing the sentence with the letter R. Mr. Crow sub- mitted the sentence, "Rugged Russians Ring Reich's Requi- em," and was notified last Sat- urday that he had been award- ed $50 for the sentence. Marriages: A very pretty wedding was solemnized last Saturday afternoon, April 10, at the Free Methodist parson- age, when Marion Marvin Houchin and Bertha Helen Ward were untied in marriage by Rev. R.L. Chitty; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Richardson, of this city announce the marriage of their daughter, Kathleen to Private First Class Roscoe P. Booth, of Winslow, Indiana, now serving in the U.S. Army, stationed at Camp Placer at Auburn, California. The mar- riage took place at Reno, Ne- vada, Sunday, March 7, 1943. The bride and groom are well known in this county and have the best wishes of their ma- ny friends. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Gladish, of Oakland City, are the proud parents of twin girls born Sunday, in the Maternity hospital in Oakland City. The babies have been named Ceci- le and Camellia; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ward are the proud parents of a girl born Friday morning in the Mt. Vernon Hospital. The little girl Linda Lee and mother, the former Miss Jane Veeck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Veeck, of this city, are getting along just fine; Born April 14 to Rev. and Mrs. Clarence Killion, of Otwell, a boy born in the Da- viess County hospital. The ba- by was named Robert Lewis; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Shelton, of Otwell, are the proud par- ents of a baby daughter born Saturday evening. Deaths: John F. Everly, a retired coal miner died Tues- day morning at 11 o'clock. He had been in failing health for many months, and seriously ill for the past two months; A f- ter five days illness of pneu- monia Elberta Jean Nichols passed at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Boling, of Arthur, Tues- day; Henry Read, for nearly half a century one of the most progressive and leading busi- ness men of Petersburg, died Sunday, April 18 at his home in this city at 9:40 p.m. after an illness that first manifest- ed itself several years since and gradually grew worse un- til the end came at the hour above mentioned. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Tuesday and Friday, July 18 and 22, 1958 Judge Lester Nixon pre- sented the 1958 4-H Citizen- ship Awards to LaRae Lew- is, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis, of Winslow, and to Joe David Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arvel Black, of Winslow. The two youths received the awards Tuesday night just before the beauty contest. The awards are giv- en each year by Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Gary, of Petersburg. The awards are based on at- tendance and activities in church, scholastic standing and 4-H project work. Each member has to submit a writ- ten review covering all points before fair time. Two accidents were report- ed this week with one per- son receiving a minor injury. Ethel G. Willis, 66, of Peters- burg, received a cut forehead, but was not hospitalized. Mrs. Willis was injured Monday af- ternoon when the car in which she was riding in was in a col- lision with an American Le- gion Fire Truck from Wash- ington at the corners of 9th and Main Streets. The Wil- lis car, driven by Thomas Jessie Willis, of Petersburg, hit the left side of the truck. The truck was driven by Ells- worth Trautman, of Washing- ton. Trautman was headed east of Highway 57 and Wil- lis was headed north on 9th Street. Both drivers claimed they had the green light at the intersection. Another acci- dent was reported about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday evening at the corner of 8th and Walnut Streets. Local police said the Cheatham car ran a stop sign and collided with the Walton car. No one was injured. Mrs. Alverda Catt celebrat- ed her 102nd birthday Sun- day. Mrs. Catt was born on Ju- ly 17, 1856 on a farm in Pike County and spent the great- er portion of her life in that county and in Knox where her husband, who died 27 years ago, farmed. Until two years ago, the centenarian said she had never been ill in her life. When she was a hundred, ill- ness overtook her and she claims that she hasn't been the same since. When asked what her advice would be to attain such a ripe old age, she first said, "You don't want to," but when asked again, she said, "Be a good person." If Mrs. Catt has followed this ad- vice, then there can be no ar- gument. She has indeed been a good person. Larry Burton, Petersburg, suffered third degree burns on his right arm Friday when a brush pile exploded while he was trying to light it with a cig- arette lighter. He was rushed to the Huntingburg hospital. The brush exploded and Bur- ton's clothing caught fire. He rolled in the field nearby to avoid further injury. Marriages: Miss Ruth An- na Griffith became the bride of Mr. Ronald Wayne Woods Saturday at 8:30 o'clock in a candlelight ceremony at Pleasant Ridge Church. The bride is the daughter of Carl Griffith, of Oakland City. Deaths: Services for Mrs. Callie Fettinger, 76, of Win- slow, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Pleasant Ridge church; James Church, 71, W. Van Trees Street, Wash- ington, was found dead in his rooming house Wednesday evening. It was determined he had died of natural causes; William J. Knight, 78, passed away at 4 p.m., Thursday, July 17 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arbutus Jenkins, Peters- burg. Mr. Knight had been ill for several weeks; Mrs. Ida Hisgen passed away at the home of her daughter in Car- lisle, at the age of 89; Edward H. Scales, 80, passed away at his home in Petersburg at 8:15 p.m. Saturday; Servic- es for Mrs. Oma Bradfield, 81, will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Harris Funeral Home. Mrs. Bradfield passed away at 4:40 a.m. Sunday, July 20 at the Ward Nursing Home. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 1, 1968 At Gastonia, North Caroli- na the Petersburg VFW All- Stars represented the entire state of Indiana at the Area Play-off. The first game Mon- day morning was played be- tween Petersburg All-Stars and Elgin, Illinois All-Stars. Petersburg was defeated by a score of 2-0. Petersburg won the fourth game played Monday by defeating Green- ville, Tennessee 10 to 5. This game made it possible for Pe- tersburg to play in Tuesday's game against Greenville, North Carolina. The score was Petersburg 0, Green- ville, 13. A 1966 Ford car and a 1961 Dodge pick-up were total losses and two people were injured in the 6:30 p.m. acci- dent Monday. The accident occurred two miles north of Petersburg on county road 650 North, first road north of Blackburn road. Toni Freder- ick, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Frederick, of Pe- tersburg, driver of the car, was headed east and met head-on with the truck driven by Delmar Leighty, 24, who was charged with driving left of the center line. Miss Fred- erick received lacerations of the scalp and face. She was treated at the Daviess County hospital, then released. Steve Miley, 16, of Petersburg, pas- senger in the truck, was ad- mitted to the Daviess Coun- ty with severe lacerations of the scalp and ear and possi- ble back injury. Debbie Lucas, 15, passenger in the Freder- ick car and Delmar Leighty, driver of the truck were not injured. State Police Officer Gene Stapleton was the inves- tigating officer and charged Leighty with driving left of center. Leighty is to appear in the Justice of Peace Court. Nancy Lee Walker, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Edwin Walk- er, of Winslow, was injured in an auto accident Sunday at 10 :15 p.m. The accident oc- curred at the north edge of Winslow near the top of the hill approaching the speed limit signs. Danny Walker, brother of Nancy, was driving a Corvair and lost control of the car as he approached the speed zone. One officer stated that it appeared he was brak- ing and a wheel locked throw- ing the car sideways. Danny received a bump on the head. Nancy is still in the Oakland City hospital with both knee caps injured. More X-rays were to be taken according to her mother. The car was a total loss. No charged were filed. Nancy Weeks, 17, will en- ter Riley hospital in India- napolis very soon for her sec- ond open heart surgery. She underwent her first operation in 1956. Following her grad- uation from Winslow High School, where she is an hon- or student, she plans to enter Indiana University Medical School. She is very energet- ic and ambitious without suf- ficient energy for her needs in her present condition. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bax- ter Weeks, of Glezen. Marriages: The Otwell United Methodist church was the scene of the double ring ceremony performed by Rev. Homer Leighty unit- ing in marriage Miss Am- aryllis Jean Cato, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yulin Gene Cato, of Velpen, and Jerry Edwin Fuesler, son of Mrs. Goldie Fuesler and the late Lawrence Fuesler, of Hunt- ingburg. The ceremony took place Saturday afternoon, Ju- ly 6 at 2 p.m.; The Union Com- munity Church was the scene of a lovely wedding Saturday, July 20 at 7:30 p.m. when Miss Sally Lorraine Moore, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Moore, of Union, became the bride of Cleon Turner, Jr., son of Mrs. Claudine Turner, of Mt. Carmel, Illinois. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, July 29, 1993 Jeremy Epley, 15 -year-old son of Russ and Dale Epley, of Winslow, underwent sur- gery at Wirth Hospital Tues- day afternoon following a mowing accident. Epley was using a push mower on a bank when he slipped and injured his right foot. According to an EMT, Epley received "severe injuries to his right foot." The accident occurred about 2:30 p.m. in Campbelltown. A day in camp at the Buf- falo Trace Council's Old Ben Scout Reservation near Ca- to promised to be an event to better-acquaint the public to scouting and pack as much into a few hours as possible. The invitation to spend about three hours in camp accom- plished that and also demon- strated the thrust of the cap- ital campaign to build for the future and relieve camp debt. One more week of regular campers will conclude the sixth year the council has uti- lized the Old Ben Scout Res- ervation for scouts and their families. A spark from a welder ig- nited dust in a grain bin hold- ing soybeans in Winslow on Tuesday morning. According to the Winslow Fire Depart- ment a man was on top of one of the grain bins at ADM do- ing some repair work when the fire started. Members of the Winslow Fire Department poured water on the beans to keep the dust down and allow the bin to be emptied. The fire was contained to the one bin. According to a fire depart- ment spokesperson, bean dust is explosive and this was the best way to contain the sit- uation. Once the beans were removed the connections to the other bins were checked and found to be in good con- dition. The Winslow Fire De- partment was assisted by Jef- ferson Township Fire Depart- ment, Squad 51, North Patoka Fire Department, South Pato- ka Fire Department and mem- bers of the Petersburg Fire Department. EMTs were also available to assist those affect- ed by the heat during the six- hours the firefighters were at the scene. Judy Parker caught a 11.25 -inch, one-pound five- ounce bluegill on a night- crawler Saturday morning. She was just ready to move the boat when the monster hit. A Winslow man learned the hard way that these days any thing can be stolen. He found that out recent;y when he got his phone bill and found al- most $200 of 900 number calls on it. Glen Nelson and his wife Joy were shocked when they saw their phone bill and it had calls to a 900 number on it with calls be - ing made near midnight on two Saturday nights. Nelson thinks someone sneaked onto his screened in porch where they had a phone and made the calls. "We sleep on the back part of the house and we wouldn't hear anyone on the front porch," said Nelson. Nel- son said he called GTE about the calls and they credited his bill and said they would block his phone line's 900 capabil- ity. He thought it was over. Last week he got his June bill. It had $165 of 900 num- ber calls on it. "I just about fell out of my chair," said Nelson. Nelson said the second round of calls on Saturday, June 20 probably came before GTE was able to block the 900 num- ber access from his phones. But just to be sure he has re- moved the phone from his porch. Marriages: Nikki Cox, of Petersburg, became the bride of Mike Jones, of Greensburg, on Saturday, June 19. The 6 p.m. ceremony took place at the Petersburg Free Method- ist Church; A double ring cer- emony in Shiloh United Meth- odist Church, Jasper, united in marriage Annette Roselle Schnarr and Jeffrey Charles Altmeyer. The 3 p.m. rites took place Saturday, July 3 with Rev. Stephen Seitz offi- ciating; Gaynecia S. Burton, of Petersburg, and Timothy A. Keusch, of Jasper, were unit- ed in marriage June 26 at 3:30 p.m. at Petersburg First Unit- ed Methodist Church. Births: To Scott and Pip- er Hill, of Winslow, at Jas- per Memorial Hospital on Ju- ly 12, a daughter, Faryn Sid- ney, weighing 7 lbs. 14 ozs; To Adrienne Foster, of Washing- ton, at Good Samaritan Hos- pital in Vincennes on July 24, a daughter, Courtney Deann. Deaths: Imogene L. Nix- on, 80, of Arthur, died at 2:40 a.m. Tuesday, July 20 at Wirth Hospital in Oakland City; Wil- liam C. Berry, 77, of Velpen, died at 5 a.m. Thursday, Ju- ly 22 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; Myrl McDaniels, 75, of Evansville, formerly of Win- slow, died at 2:52 a.m. Satur- day, July 24 at her residence; James R. Blount, 83, of Vel- pen, died at 3:30 a.m. Thurs- day, July 23 at Huntingburg Convalescent Center; Ben- jamin G. Underwood, 75, of Huntingburg, brother of Mrs. Gus ( Joyann) Pritt, of Velpen, died at 1:10 a.m. Friday,July 23 at Daviess County Hospi- tal in Owensboro, Ky.; Mary Janet Clifton, mother of Jane Small, of Monroe City, died Tuesday, July 20, at the Oak Village in Oaktown; Rev. Lozier C. Ziegler, 77, of Palm Coast, Fla., former pastor of Winslow Christian Church, died Monday, July 19 at Meth- odist Hospital in Indianapolis; Clifford W. Bennett, 75, of In- dianapolis, formerly of Peters- burg, died Thursday, July 22 at his residence; Leona Rob- ertson, 85, of Hazelton, died at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, July 22 at Cambridge Health Center in Indianapolis; John Thomas (Tom) Cannon, 60, of Wash- ington, died at his residence Friday, July 23 at 8:30 p.m. He had been seriously ill since June 9; Levi Aaron Adler was stillborn Thursday, July 22 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville. Wednesday, August 29 • Hurricane Katrina slams into Gulf Coast (2005) • Soviets explode atomic bomb (1949) Thursday, August 30 • Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice (1967) • Cleopatra commits suicide (30 B.C.) Friday, August 31 • Jack the Ripper claims first victim (1888) • Edison patents the Kinetograph (1897) • Saturday, September 1 • Atlanta fall to Union forces (1864) • Germans invade Poland (1939) Sunday, September 2 • First ATM opens for business (1969) • Congress founds U.S. treasury (1789) Monday, September 3 • Treaty of Paris signed (1783) • The Stars and Stripes flies (1777) Tuesday, September 4 • Geronimo surrenders (1886) • Edsel arrives in showrooms at last (1957) Source: History.com Otwell Milling Co. in 1950s The employees of the Otwell Milling Company in the late 1950s. Kneeling, from left: Charles Anderson, Bob Sorgius, Horace Dil- lon, Bob Whitehead, Edgar Davis, Claude Postlewaite, Sig Capehart, and Jack Weathers. Standing, from left: Dr. Harry Craig, Ralph Craig, Glen Richardson, Don Yates, Gene Blough, Russell Ruckriegle, Marion Patton, Adam Ruckriegle Jr., Herschel Hayes, Marvin Henson, Ivan Capehart and Alva Capehart. The Craigs were the owners of the mill.