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C-10 Wednesday, October 3, 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 and Tuesday, May 21 and 25, 1943 With continued rains the flood situation in Indiana is becoming critical and threatens to become worse with each rain. From all ap- pearances the flood will reach the level of the 1913 flood remembered by old timers as the worst flood that very hit this part of the country. Here at Petersburg experts were predicting a crest of 25 feet which is nine feet over flood stage. Bottom lands have been flooded for several days and various es- timates have been made as to the amount of damage do- ne to crops that were already planted but nothing official has been announced. The soft coal walkout scheduled for midnight has been adverted by renewal of the truce until the end of the month. As the deadline drew near for a work stop- page that threatened to crip- ple the nation's coal output, John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, answered the appeal of Fu- el Coordinator Ickes by re- questing the miners to con- tinue work under the exist- ing radioactive extension agreement until midnight May 31. Postponement of the coal crises for anoth - er fortnight brought signs that a strong rivalry has sprung up over who should settle the wage dispute. Re- portedly ready to negotiate between the United Mine Workers and the operators was Ickes. However, the War Labor Board which Tuesday charged Lewis with chal- lenging the sovereignty of the United States in wartime and giving aid and comfort to the enemy, left no doubt that it still considered itself the only "agency of the gov- ernment" authorized to han- dle the case. Poppies in tribute to America's battle dead of two wars will be worn in Peters- burg, on Saturday, May 29, 1943, President of Conrad Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary announced today. The poppies this year will honor the men who have given their lives in the pres- ent conflict, as well as those who fell among the poppies of France and Belgium twen- ty-five years ago, she said. The money contributed for the flowers will be used for the welfare of victims of both wars and their families. Misses Calra Klotz and Ida Mae Brock received some bad cuts about the face and Miss Klotz's nose was broken, Sunday morn- ing about 1 o'clock when the car in which they were rid- ing crashed into the board fence along the highway at the Harmeyer farm, west of town. The girls were ac- companied by Miss Brock's brother, "Buck" Brock of Petersburg and Alvin Faith of Washington, the latter was the owner and driver of the car. The young peo- ple taking Miss Klotz to her home near Hornady Park, had reached the Harmey- er farm when in some man- ner the car left the road and crashed into the fence. One of the boards went through the windshield causing the glass to shatter. The front of the car was also damaged. Marriages: Miss Geneva Patberg of Stendal became the bride of Warren Katter also of Stendal, Saturday evening, in a ceremony per- formed by the Reverend H.J. Menneman at the Lutheran parsonage in Stendal; An- nouncement has been made of the marriage of Miss Ad- ela Maims to Lieut. Delman Kinman. The marriage was performed at the Post Cha- pel at Barksdale Field, La., by Chaplain John C. Doredi- na, on May the 1st. Deaths: Mary Frances Grady died at the home of her parents near Holland, in Pike county, Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock. She had been ill two weeks of diphtheria. Mary Frances the only child of Ivan and Ev- elyn Christopher Grady was born in this county April 22, 1928, and was 14 years and 27 days of age at the time of her passing; Clarica Dur- kee died at her home in Win- slow, Monday evening at 11 o'clock; Mrs. Sarah Loveall, 81 years, died at the home of her son on the Washington road, Monday morning at 9 o'clock. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, August 22 and 26, 1958 Splish Splash but we didn't take a bath, it was a swimming party held by the Pike County Junior Lead- ers at the Jasper swimming pool. It was August 18 at 4:30 when we dove in and it was 7:30 when we got out. Part of the kids enjoyed the facilities of the Canteen in the basement by dancing and playing Ping-Pong/ There were 30 Junior Lead- ers present. Miss Ruth Burch, daugh- ter of Mrs. Floyd Burch, Pe- tersburg, is among 20 stu- dents completing an X-ray Technology course at the Indiana University Medi- cal Center who will receive their graduation certificat- ed during a luncheon in their honor, Sunday. Mrs. S.G. Hempling fell Tuesday evening, break- ing her right arm at the wrist. She was taken to the Daviess County hospital and it was determined she has a cauliflower fracture. It is hoped Mrs. Hempfling will be able to come home this weekend. Mrs. Hemp- fling was working at their clothing store in prepara- tion for their move to a new location at 710 Main Street. They are having their open- ing Friday. Sandra Dearing, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Dearing, Petersburg, has been assigned the posi- tion of Communicationist for Eastern Air Lines. She will be stationed in Chicago, Ill. Miss Dearing has com- pleted the Weaver Airline Personnel School's exten- sion course and was attend- ing the resident laboratory when selected for the posi- tion. Sandra graduated from Petersburg High School in 1957 and attended Williams Wood College last fall. Rosemary Campfield, winner of Miss Pike County Fair this year, will be among the 30 pretty ladies compet- ing for the first title of Miss Indiana State Fair tonight in Indianapolis. Miss Camp- field, daughter of James Campfield and Mrs. Annet- ta Johnson, made the trip to Indianapolis Monday. Marriages: Miss Eliza- beth JoAnn Baugh became the bride of Leslie Miley, Jr., Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Ol- ivet Presbyterian Church in Evansville with the Rev. Stanley Meckel officiating. Births: Airman and Mrs. Forest Lee Burton of El Pa- so, Texas, announce the birth of a daughter, Mon- day, August 18. Deaths: Lee Tillman, 98, formerly of the Otwell vicin- ity, passed away at his home in Lansing, Kansas, August 8; Services for William Rohrscheib, 84, of Hazleton, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Colvin and Son Funer- al Home; Services for Ben- nie F. Willis, 48, were held at the Harris Funeral Home at 2 p.m., Wednesday with Rev. Homer Leighty offici- ating; Services for Edward H. Reedy, 79, of Petersburg will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Harris Funeral Home. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 29, 1968 Charles A. Krieg, of Win- slow, escaped injury Tues- day morning when he lost control of a pick-up truck and ran into a tree. Krieg was headed north on the Line road near Muren when he hit a rough stretch in the road. This apparently caused him to lose control of his 1968 Chevrolet truck. Damages, according to dep- uty Sheriff Raymond Hag- gard, amounted to $ 600. No charges were filed. A 5:30 a.m. fire destroyed a one story frame house on south side in Winslow Wednesday morning. The home was owned by Stan- ley Nelson and occupied by his father, Paul Nelson. As Russell Barrett, son of Mr. Earl Norrington, Jr., start- ed to his work at Swifts in Jasper he saw the house all afire. He sounded the alarm and a neighbor living across the street called the fire de- partment. Mr. Barrett stat- ed that Mr. Nelson had man- aged to get out of the burn- ing home and into his back yard although practically overcome by smoke. The fire had made such head- way when discovered the roof was ready to fall in. Two women escaped inju- ry in a head-on collision Sat- urday afternoon in the Wil- lie Evans neighborhood near Union. The wreck occurred as Beulah M. White, driving a 1964 Ford started to pass a parked car near a hill crest. As she started around the parked car, a car driven by Joan Armstrong headed in the opposite direction came over the top of the hill re- sulting in the collision. Miss Armstrong was driving a 1961 Chevrolet. The parked car belonged to Bill Fears. No charges were filed, but the sheriff's report stated that the White car was op- erating left of center. It al- so said that vision was ob- scured. Deputy Sheriff Ray- mond Haggard was the in- vestigating officer. Marriages: Mrs. Macle Thomas, of Glezen, was unit- ed in marriage to Charles Marsh of Chandler Fri- day, August 30 in Mt. Car- mel, Illinois; Miss Linda G. Dunn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Dunn, Route 2, Wheatland, became the bride of Richard L. Dob- byn, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Dobbyn, of Washing- ton, Sunday, August 25 in the Wheatland United Meth- odist Church at 2 p.m. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kell, of Oakland City, a daughter, Friday, August 30 ; To Mr. and Mrs. Rich- ard Kabrick, of Oakland City, Saturday, August 31, a son, Chris Ryan; To Mr. and Mrs. Tom Blythe, of Oak- land City, Tuesday, August 27, a daughter, Julie Ann. Deaths: Delbert Hamm, 42, of Glezen died Thursday, August 22 in the Hillcrest hospital in Vincennes where he had been a patient since May 23 this year; Miss Lau- ra Florence Boatman, 70, of South 9th Street, Peters- burg, died Thursday, August 29 at 4 a.m. in the Washing- ton Nursing home where she had been a patient one and a half weeks; Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Tol- bert, 81, who lived near the New Butler United Method- ist Church between Bow- man and Hazelton; Bruce E. Cooper, 79, a former res- ident of Stewartsville, died Sunday at Merimac Nursing Home in Cynthiana; Mrs. Pearl Wheatley, 54, of Pe- tersburg, died Sunday, Sep- tember 1 at 1:30 p.m. in the Good Samaritan hospital. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 2, 1993 Winslow police are inves- tigating the theft of gaso- line from a motor home last week. Helen Lewis of Win- slow told Town Marshal Steve English someone had stolen about 30 gallons of gas from her motor home. She said her husband Bill had filled the motor home with gas on Friday, then on Saturday went out to check on the motor home and found the gas tank was empty. A raid along the East Fork of White River netted 15 marijuana plants accord- ing to Sheriff Bill Scales. Scales said his depart- ment, with the assistance of the Indiana State Police, searched the area thinking there could be other plant- ings but found only the 15 plants. Scales said the State Police used a helicopter in the search. Audrey N. Dove, 18, of Princeton, escaped injury Friday afternoon when she flipped a 1985 Chevrolet truck after running off the road on County Road 825 W about a half-mile south of Union, according to Sher- iff William Scales. He said she told him she topped a hill and hit a rough spot and lost control. She refused medical treatment, but the truck, owned by Clint Meir- er of Patoka, was a total loss. Alvin Neil Mason, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Mason, Petersburg, has re- ceived a 75 percent music scholarship from Oakland City College, where he is at- tending. The music scholar- ship is awarded to students whose musical talents are judges superior after an au- dition before the music fac- ulty. Neil is majoring in both music and English. He is a 1993 graduate of Pike Cen- tral High School. Bob Hess was recent- ly honored by United Par- cel Service for completing 20 years of service with the company. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jim Church, of Petersburg, at Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evansville, Friday, Aug. 20, a son, Trevor Lee. Deaths: Louise McClure, 71, of Winslow, died Mon- day, Aug. 30 at 10 :15 p.m. at Huntingburg Convalescent Center; James R. Coplen, Jr., 59, of Union, died Tuesday, Aug. 24 at 10 :41 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vin- cennes; Blanche Stewart, 85, of Monroe City, died at 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29 at her residence; Wilma Smith, 42, of Scottsburg Bethel community, Oakland City, died at 7 a.m. Friday, Au- gust 27 at St. Joseph's Hos- pital in Huntingburg; Velma R. McGregor, 69, of Prince- ton, cousin of Helen Robling, of Petersburg, died Satur- day, Aug. 28 at 6:35 a.m. at Gibson General Hospital in Princeton; Beatrice Ran- dolph, 70, of Princeton, for- merly of Pike County, died Wednesday, Aug. 25 at 5:15 a.m. at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville; Bob- by Joe Fleener, 63, of Leb- anon, formerly of Coe com- munity, died at 10 :45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, suffering from cancer. SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 Wednesday, October 3 • Lincoln proclaims official Thanksgiving holiday (1863) • East and West Germany reunite after 45 years (1990) Thursday, October 4 • Work begins on Mount Rushmore (1927) • Pope visits U.S. (1965) Friday, October 5 • First presidential speech on T V (1947) • Chief Joseph surrenders (1877) Saturday, October 6 • First U.S. train robbery (1866) • Kennedy urges Americans to build bomb shelters (1961) Sunday, October 7 • Japanese execute nearly 100 American prisoners on Wake Island (1943) • East Germany created (1949) Monday, October 8 • Great Chicago Fire begins (1871) • First transcontinental air race (1919) Tuesday, October 9 • Belgrade falls to Austria- Hungary (1915) • Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles (1936) Source: History.com WHS Junior Class 1949 Front row: Margaret Glader, Lucille Craig, Evelyn Hume, Wilma Bolin, Barbara Leighty, Helen Craig, Edsel Thompson, Rich- ard McQueen, Marion Battles, Donald Etherton and Cleo Bruce. 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