The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, September 5, 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 23 and 27, 1943 An Army plane crashed at the Evansville Airport at 11:26 p.m. Wednesday. A formal statement issued by Major F.A. Dixon, Ar - my Air Force representa- tive here, stated only that the plane was on a routine flight. Twelve were reported killed. Their names are with- held pending notification of next of kin. Mr. William Delaney has been informed by his son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. El- lis Delaney of Milner, Colo- rado, that their son, report- ed missing since last May, is a prisoner of the Japanese. William enlisted in the Ma- rines six years ago and was known to be at Corrigador, when it fell into the hands of the Japs. Word came last Mother's Day that he was missing and no other infor- mation was received until four weeks, the parents re- ceived a brief message say- ing that their son had been taken a prisoner of the Japs in the Phillipines, that he was alive and well. Adran Brenton, son of Buthyl Brenton, of Spur- geon, on his way to Oak- land City on his motorcycle was seriously injured when an automobile collided with the cycle. He suffered a bro- ken arm and head injuries. The accident occurred last Thursday afternoon just in- side the city limits of Oak- land City. Marriages: The marriage of Mrs. Carolyn Kollman of New Haven, Ind. and Sea- man Owen B. Craig, son of Mrs. Lola Craig of Peters- burg as solemnized Thurs- day, April 22 at the Method- ist parsonage at 1 o'clock. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Combs announce the birth of a six pound six ounce girl, born Thursday morning in a hospital in Tul- sa, Oklahoma. Deaths: Benjamin Bar- rett, age 71 died Thursday noon at the Daviess Coun- ty Hospital, where he has been a patient four weeks; Josiah Bolling was born in Pike County, Indiana and departed this life at Joplin, Missouri, April 18, 1943; Ed- ward Frederick Brust, rail- roader, died at his home in Winslow at 12:30 o'clock last Friday morning, follow- ing an illness of two or three weeks; Frank Griffith, well known farmer of the Dutch- town community died Friday afternoon at 3:40 o'clock. He had been in failing health for more than a year; Fu- neral services for Benjamin F. Barrett were held Satur- day morning at 11 o'clock at the Littles General Baptist church. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Tuesday and Friday, July 25 and 29, 1958 The local Red Cross office has been notified that a rep- resentative will be available to give an instructor training course on Care of the Sick and injured on Aug. 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12. Since it is a 30 -hour conference the sessions will be from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. each day for the five days. Miss Kathryn Shay, a very experienced In- structor-Trainer is coming to our area, and Mrs. Pickett, an Evansville nurse will be in the class as an Instructor- Trainer in training. Carolyn Dee Freeman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Freeman, 202 Pike Av- enue, Petersburg has been named to the Dean's List at Evansville College for the spring quarter. Miss Free- man is being named for the fifth time to the list which recognizes students mak- ing high scholastic marks. A total of 115 students were named to the Dean's List for making a 2.5 or better aca- demic record out of a possi- ble 3.0 for the quarter. Students in the Summer Driver Education Class, of- fered as a part of the Peters- burg Schools Education and Recreation program, have concluded all classwork and driving practice necessary to obtain their Driver Ed. Permit, Beginner's Permit, or Operator's License, de- pending upon the age of the student. Darrell McClellan has announced the purchase of the Beecher Conrad Barber Shop in Petersburg. The an- nouncement was made Mon- day. Mr. McClellan has start- ed work in the shop, replac- ing Bob Miller, who has tak- en over the management of Risley's Cafe. Mr. Conrad will continue to barber in the shop. Marriages: Miss Ani- ta Frederick and Bill Lash- brook were married at 8 o'clock Friday evening in the Gladish chapel church with the Rev. Lawrence Ted- row performing the double ring ceremony; Mrs. Mari- an G. Anderson of Saratosa, Florida announces the mar- riage of her daughter, Bar- bara Jean to Mr. Ned Butler Clark of Lakewood, Ohio, at 10 :30 o'clock Saturday morn- ing, July 19. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Dal- las Bagby of Evansville an- nounce the birth of a seven pound 13 ounce boy born Saturday at St. Mary's hos- pital. Deaths: Roger Dane Jarvis, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Jarvis, of Glezen, died at 11:26 a.m. Tuesday at the Oakland City hospital; Services for Mrs. Ora Gray, 74, Beckville, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Pleasant Ridge Church with Rev. W.M. Mull offici- ating; Services for Mrs. Gol- da Swain, 52, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the General Bap- tist church with Rev. Verner Preston officiating; Anna B. Barrett, 73, passed away in her sleep at her home, some- time between 5 and 8 o'clock Monday morning, July 28; Services for Carl Wyatt, 78, were held at the Harris Fu- neral Home at 1 p.m. Mon- day with Rev. Tom Niccolls officiating; Andrew Ralston McClure, 80, died Sunday at his home in Winslow; Ser- vices for Clint Reel, 74, Vin- cennes, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Hamlin Cha- pel church. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 30, 1968 Ronnie Moore, 16 -yar-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ken- neth Moore of Oakland City was injured Sunday morn- ing when the motorcycle he was riding went out of con- trol and skidded in the path of an oncoming car driven by Donald Forbey of Boon- ville. Ronnie was going south near Spurgeon when the accident happened. On a sharp curve the motorcycle jumped from under him and skidded across the center of the road. He received lacer- ations and was taken to the Oakland City Hospital for treatment and x-rays. L.L. Quates, worker for Combustion Engineers at the Indianapolis Power and Light plant at Petersburg, was rushed to the Daviess County Hospital Monday around 4 p.m. suffering from an injured back. Mr. Quates was on the ground at the plant getting a drink of wa- ter when a plank fell from the second story and struck him across the back. The ex- tent of his injured have not been learned. He is a resi- dent of Steffel Trailer Court at Washington. Construction of Holiday Home on beautiful Pike Av- enue out Hornady Park way is nearing completion. The seventy-bed extended care facility of Petersburg is the first total electric, total ma- sonry building i the area. The Nursing Home will em- ploy nearly fifty people when it is in full operation. Applica- tions for supervisory regis- tered nurses, licensed prac- tical nurses, nurses aides, di- etitian, cooks, kitchen help- ers and house keepers are now being accepted by Mr. Kenneth Dunigan. Watch for the Grand Opening of Holi- day Home. Anita DeMotte, a senior at the University of Illinois has been named to the Dean's list. She is the daughter of Dale and Dorothy DeMotte and a granddaughter of Jes- sie DeMotte of Otwell and Mrs. Leodis Potts of Jasper. Miss DeMotte will be teach- ing in Germany beginning with the fall term. Pike County Church League president Robert Chesser reports that in Di- vision 1 Stendal Lutheran is in first place and in Division 2 Algiers and Alford Meth- odist are tied with Otwell Methodist for first place. The teams have had a lot of good fellowship playing ball this year and are looking for- ward to still a larger league next season. Marriages: Mis Cynthia Ann Bellamy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bella- my, Jr. of Winslow, became the bride of Pvt. Rex Allen Buse, son of Mrs. Andrew Buse and the late Mr. Buse of Holland, Sunday, July 28 at 3 p.m. in a candlelight cere- mony in the St. James Amer- ican Lutheran church in Hol- land. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Owens of Ft. Wayne, by adoption Thursday, Aug. 1, a daughter, Amber Marie; To Mr. and Mrs. William R. Chappell of Boonville Mon- day, Aug. 5, their first child, a son, Steven Ronald; To Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore DePri- ma of Dearborn, Michigan, Tuesday, July 30, a daughter, Malissa Kryn; To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gary Schnarr of Otwell, a daughter, Annette Roselle, born Monday, Aug. 5. Deaths: Richard "Dick" Spradlin, 35, of New Pales- tine, native of Petersburg, was reported to have been killed by lightening around noon Wednesday, Aug. 7; Mrs. Hilda Beadles received word of the death of her sis- ter, July 27. She dies at the Methodist Hospital in Indi- anapolis where she suffered a stroke and heart attack; Mrs. Ellen Beach, 42, Mas- coutah, Illinois died at 5:15 p.m. Thursday at Scotts AFB Hospital; Paul Boger, 60, of the Dutchtown communi- ty near Alford, died at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5 in the Welborn Baptist hospital in Evansville where he had been a patient one week and two days; Mrs. Alice Hud- son, 79, who was born and raised near Farmersburg, died Saturday, Aug. 3 in St. Petersburg, Florida where she had lived for many years; Arvel Steele, 71, well known Oakland City resident, died of a heart attack in his sleep about 5 a.m. Sunday at his home; Ray Murry, 71, of Ire- land died at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Jasper Memorial hospital after a lengthy illness; San- ford Walker, 92, former Oak- land City resident died Fri- day at Vincennes following a short illness. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Aug. 5, 1993 Petersburg police investi- gated three hit and run ac- cidents last week. Police are looking for a black Chevrolet that Cannon hit while turn- ing right from Highway 57 south onto Highway 61. Po- lice said Cannon went too wide and hit a black Chev- rolet pickup, but the pick- up turned north onto High- way 57 and left the scene. The incident occurred at about 11:30 a.m. Monday and caused between $200 and $1,000 damage o Can- non's vehicle. Police are al- so investigating a hit and run to a vehicle owned by Mar- ilyn Nickens. Nickens said she was unsure when her 1988 Pontiac sustained a bro- ken taillight and white paint on the bumper estimated at $500 damage. A Velpen teen was arrest- ed early Sunday morning on alcohol and drug charged near Otwell when police said they saw him not stop at Highay 56 and 257 junction. Christopher A. Pancake, 19, of Velpen was stopped at Highway 56 and 257 junc- tion by State Trooper Paul Bastin. Trooper Bastin said he found Pancake had been drinking and upon a search found a small plastic bag con- taining marijuana. Pancake was taken to the sheriff's department where he test- ed 0.07 percent for blood alcohol content, accord- ing to Bastin. Pancake was charged with minor consum- ing, possession of marijuana less than 30 grams, violation of motorcycle learner's per- mit and expired plates. Members of the 1993 Practical Nursing Program at Vincennes University re- ceived their nursing pins in a public ceremony in Green Auditorium July 27. In all, 27 men and women received pins. Pins signify completion of the Pratial Nursing Pro- gram, and graduates are eli- gible to take the state licen- sure examination. Among the graduates was Joyce Lynn Gladish of Petersburg. Fire Flies 4-H Club trav- eled to Holiday World on July 27 for a picnic and played in the park on the rides, shows and Splashin' Safari. The 4- H club had two bake sales to raise money for their trip. Chris Blue, Pike Central student, was one of 80 ju- nior high and high school students from six states who attended Indiana State Uni- versity's third annual Drum Major Clinic July 13-17. Di- rected by Douh Keiser, di- rector of marching bands at ISU, the clinic includes instruction in small group conducting sessions, private conducting evaluations, re- hearsals in which each stu- dent gets a chance to con- duct a live group, and one- on-one sessions where the drum majors work on the music that they will con- duct with their bands in the fall. Chris is the son of Ow- en Blue and Lu Ann Sorguis. Marriages: Michel Dawn Elliot and Michael Anthony Dosch exchanged wedding vows June 26 at 2 p.m. at St. Martins Church in Whit- field. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Meinhart of Peters- burg on Monday, July 16 at Daviess County Hospital in Washington, their first child, a son, Travis Scott; To Mr. and Mrs. William L. Zenthofer at Deaconess Hos- pital in Evansville on July 24, a son, David Allen. Deaths: Mabel L. Bea- dles, 90, Stendal, died around 4 a.m. Monday, Aug. 2 at her residence; Richard Lee Gladish, 66,of Peters- burg, died Wednesday, Ju- ly 28 at 6:20 a.m. at his res- idence; Earl L. Gartin, 68, of Petersburg, died at 1:50 p.m. Monday, Aug. 2 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville; Gary W. Mason, 40, of Oakland City, died July 27 at 7:55 p.m. from injuries suffered in an auto accident; Ernest Eugene (Gene) Mc- Cracken, 67, brother of Betty Grossof Petersburg, died at his residence at 1 a.m. Tues- day, July 27; Conda Temple, 67, of Huntingburg, stepfa- ther of Gregory Kuppor od Winslow, died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 28 at Hunt- ingburg Convalescent Cen- ter; Norma L. Wiscaver, 59, of Velpen, died at 9:50 a.m. Tuesdady, July 27 at Amber Manor Care Center in Pe- tersburg; E. Edward Lane, 77, of Leesburg, Ga., broth- er of Ruby Blaize of Peters- burg, died Sunday, Aug. 1 at the Pheobe Pitney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Ga., suf- fering a heart attack follow- ing surgery. Winslow High School freshman class 1940 First row: Grester Stone, Jimmy Pipes, Gerald Auberry, Ray Walts, Charles Griesemer, Darwin Weeks, Brice Rumble, Wilburn DeBruler, Gordon Clark, Adolph Hamm and Cecil Lance. Second row: Louise Loveless, Norma Jean Sturgeon, Ruth Jones, Monzella Stilwell, Jean Marshall, Lelah Bottom, Amy Young, Jean Green, Norman France, Lester Stone, James Ellis, William Cox and Frank Stone. Third row: Miss Eleanor McLaughlin, Barbara Barnett, Dorothy Coleman, Lorraine Reed, Vaunda Stephens, Anna Marie Mc- New, Lois Bottom, Betty Jo Davis, Ruth Ann Hagar, Rozina Nance, Oleva McClure, Frank Shaw, Paul E. Jones and Mr. Maurice McGlasson. Fourth row: Melvin Dierdorff, Billy Woods, Eugene Thompson, Doris Jean Copeland, Naomi Jones, Catherine Mullins, Kathleen Johnson, Olis McCormack, Marlin McClellan, Robert Smith, Marian Dillon and Odyne Morton. Fifth row: Harold Bechtel, Roscoe Thompson, Billie Jean Lawrence, Thomas Inman, Barbara Smith, Jesse Knight, Wallace Corn, Paul Barnett, Floyd Pancake, Harold McDonald, Paul Gene Julian, George Gardner and Mr. Wrex Burns. Wednesday, September 5 • Sam Houston elected as president of Texas (1836) • First session of Continental Congress convenes (1774) Thursday, September 6 • First tank produced (1915) • Magellan's expedition circumnavigates the globe (1522) Friday, September 7 • United States nicknamed Uncle Sam (1813) • World's first submarine attack (1776) Saturday, September 8 • Ford pardons Nixon (1974) • New Amsterdam becomes New York (1664) Sunday, September 9 • President Cleveland's child born in White House (1893) • Congress renames the nation "United States of America" (1776) Monday, September 10 • First drunk driving arrest (1897) • New York City parade honors World War I veterans (1919) Tuesday, September 11 • Attack on America (2001) • The Battle of Brandywine begins (1777) Source: History.com