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B-8 Wednesday, October 17, 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 28 and June 8 and 11, 1943 Staff-Sgt. John Engle- man, who has seen action in the Pacific and has been awarded medals for bravery is back home for a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Engleman. It is said he is convalescing from jungle fever. He has been in Australia and New Guinea. Sergeant Engleman is a me- chanic on bombers and will report for duty at Tampa, Fla., June 27. Mr. William Nuhring celebrated his 83rd birth- day Sunday at his country home near Stendal. Dinner and supper were served on the lawn. A large birthday cake centered the table and was baked by hid daughter, Irene, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Last Friday evening dur- ing the thunder storm which visited this city, lightning struck the smoke stack of the Petersburg Public School building, and did damage estimated from $500 to $ 800. It can not be determined until the dam- aged stack is torn down just what the damage will be. The stack is of brick and runs up through the build- ing, extending some thirty feet above the roof, and the full damage can not be de- termined until the cracked portion is removed. Mr. Thomas Hayes, of Ot- well, is in the Daviess Coun- ty Hospital as a result of inju- ries received Monday short- ly after the noon hour when he fell, 20 feet down an eleva- tor shaft, head first. His in- juries were at first thought to be of a serious nature and he was rushed to the hospi- tal. An examination revealed that large gashes were cut into his head and the right arm was broken near the shoulder. He is expected to get along fine. Marriages: The mar- riage of Miss Jeanne Pier- son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Pierson, In- dianapolis, to Jack B. Mill- er, son of Dr. and Mrs. L.R. Miller, Winslow, took place Saturday in McKee chapel of the Tabernacle Presbyteri- an church. Births: An eight pound boy was born Tuesday eve- ning in the Vincennes Hospi- tal to Pvt. and Mrs. Delbert Minnis. The baby has been named William Charles; Linda Kay is the name given to the seven pound daugh- ter, born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Sanders, in the Daviess County Hospital. Deaths: Mrs. Lula B. Gra- ble died at her home on the Line road, 2 miles south- west of this city, Friday af- ternoon at 2:15 o'clock, just one week after the death of her husband Richard Gra- ble; Gary Lee, three months old, was found dead, Sunday morning about 3 o'clock by the mother, Mrs. Thomas Phillips, of Oatsville; Hen- ry Caldemeyer died at his home in Stendal, Ind., June 8 at 4:45 a.m. following an ill- ness of two weeks; Mrs. May Cockrum Dearing, wife of Dr. W.P. Dearing, president of the Oakland City collage and one of Oakland City's most beloved Christian women died suddenly at the family home, Tuesday morn- ing about 9:30 o'clock. She was stricken with a heart at- tack. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, September 9 and 12, 1958 David Kinman of Peters- burg has been named to In- diana University's "March- ing Hundred" Band for the coming year, according to Ronald Gregory, band di- rector. Kinman, an incom- ing freshman, has been as- signed to the baritone horn section of the marching unit. The Petersburg Indians opened their 1958 football season with a great show of offensive strength in down- ing a battling Owensville club, 40 -32, before one of the largest opening crowds in many years. The Indians scored in every quarter, but could never quite pull away from the Kicks. It was the of- fensive power that stood out for both squads. Tom Hill, who wasn't counted on to play, was the scoring stand- out for the local squad. Hill racked up three touchdowns on runs of 36, 44 and nine yards. Hill has an injured knee and was taken out in the second period. But he re- turned in the third period to carry the ball one time for a 44-yard touchdown. Mr. and Mrs. Leman Spradlin entertained Sun- day with a birthday dinner in honor of their grandson, Larry Spradlin's birthday. Other birthdays in the fam- ily in September were also observed. The Monroe City Presby- terian church celebrated its 100th Anniversary Sunday, Sept. 7. A basket dinner was enjoyed at noon with a pro- gram that followed in the af- ternoon. Marriages: August 31 at 3 p.m. in the Emmanu- al United Church of Christ York, Penna Miss Betty Rogers of York became the bride of Mr. Richard Gene Wherley of York. The dou- ble ring ceremony was per- formed by the bride's broth- er, Rev. R.W. Rogers, pas- tor of the First Methodist church of Petersburg; Miss Geneva Shoultz and Joe Wil- son were untied in marriage at 2 o'clock Sunday, August 31 at Bethel church. Deaths: Funeral servic- es for Marshall Hornbrook, 73, who died Thursday at his home in Union, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Com- munity Church in Union; Blythe Bowman, formerly of Petersburg, passed away at Smithville on his 78th birth- day, August 10 ; Funeral ser- vices for Lace Bartle of La- fayette, who died Thursday in a hospital in that city at the age of 83, were held at the Otwell Saturday after- noon; Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Williams, 83, died at 10 :30 a.m., Monday at Good Sa- maritan Hospital; James Frank Sorgius, 76, retired Otwell farmer, passed away in the Jasper Memorial hos- pital at 5 a.m. Wednesday; DeWitt Corn, 69, retired school teacher, died Tues- day morning as the result of an auto accident Sunday near Newport. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 19, 1968 Certificated of apprecia- tion for outstanding support to the U.S. Army Recruiting program were given recent- ly yo Mrs. Dora Wonder, Selective Service Clerk, Po- lice Chief Bert Tisdale and Pike County Sheriff Allen B. Smith. Certificates were presented on behalf of U.S. Army First Recruiting Dis- trict by Sgt. Darrell B. Long, local Army Recruiter. The new Hoosier Pow- erplant in Petersburg, now under construction, will be the second power plant in the world equipped with the Turbomat. The Turbomat is a kind of analogue computer, that controls, regulates and supervises the entire oper- ation of the turbine, gener- ator, condenser, boiler and auxiliary devices. Only the size of a wardrobe, it con- tains ten thousands of con- nections and a huge num- ber of electronic elements. The operator needs only to set the wanted output in megawatts, push a button, the plant starts and runs until the desired output is obtained. The Turbomat is a Swiss design and its erec- tion is supervised by Pe- ter Frey, a Swiss engineer, who has been a resident of Petersburg for the past five months. T. F. O'Rourke, mayor of Petersburg, is now associat- ed with Doty Agency as real estate broker. Mr. O'Rourke is filling the position held by the late James Markham. O'Rourke is familiar with re- al estate, having been a con- tractor for 21 years. He has built houses throughout the entire county and has han- dles most of the transac- tions. Last winter O'Rourke attended classes at Van Lan- ingham's School of Real Es- tate and also took a course in real estate under direction of Harry Thompson, instruc- tor at Evansville University. His office is located in the Doty Agency. Harcourt Scales is a pa- tient in the Good Samaritan hospital in Vincennes where he will possibly undergo sur- gery for an obstruction of his throat. Mr. Scales has been bothered from throat trouble for sometime. Mr. and Mrs. Scales in compa- ny with Mr. and Mrs. Yost Arnold of Evansville were on a European tour when Mr. Scales began being nauseat- ed and unable to keep food down, then unable to swal- low anything. He entered a Vienne, Austria hospital where he was given intrave- nous feedings and informed he would have to be operat- ed on. Then they left Vien- na Sunday morning by plane and arrived in Indianapolis at 11:30 Sunday night. Mon- day morning Arber Tisdale went to Indianapolis to bring them to Vincennes where Mr. Scales was immediate- ly admitted to the intensive care room at the hospital. Lanora Tisdale, art teach- er at Winslow High School will have two oil paintings on display in the Fine Arts Building at Evansville Col- lege staring Monday. The art displays are the works of graduate students that were in class under Robert Osborne, Art Director at Evansville University, this past summer. These paint- ings will be on display for five or six weeks. Mrs. Tis- dale's paintings are an ab- stract painting entitled "Dis- association", and a large painting of a matador enti- tled "Ole! Un Gran Hombre." Marriages: Miss Patty Wyatt, formerly of Peters- burg, and John Nash were married Saturday, August 31 at the Baptist church in Spencer. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Larry R. Houchins of New- burgh, Wednesday, Sep- tember 4, a son, Douglas Kent; To Mr. and Mrs. Deon Hanners of Kankakee, Ill., a daughter, Lynette Joy; To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hender- son, Petersburg, a son, Bri- an David; To Mr. and Mrs. Ray Powell, Winslow, a son, Steven Douglas. Deaths: Mrs. Louise (Lou) Stonecipher Selby, 84, died suddenly Friday morn- ing at 7:15 at her home one mile south of Petersburg on highway 61; Otis (Tuffy) Wade, 65, of Petersburg, died at 12:30 a.m. in Holiday Home where he had been a resident for three weeks; Willie Mason, 91, died at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday at his home in Oakland City; Fu- neral services for Mrs. Mar- jorie Hugg, 81, will be Fri- day at 2 p.m. at Lamb and Son Funeral Home in Oak- land City TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 16, 1993 Tiffany Houchins, of Win- slow, was named the 25th Little Miss Catfish on Fri- day night at the Catfish Fes- tival. Her court consisted of second runner-up Paige Edrington and first runner- up Leslie Dillon. An apparent attempt to break into the Dairy Queen in Petersburg failed last week. Manager Gladys Woods found damage to the drive-through window last Friday morning. She told Pe- tersburg Police Chief Mike Key it happened sometime between 10 :24 p.m. Thurs- day and 8:10 a.m. Friday. Key's report said someone apparently tried to pry open the drive-through window and caused an estimated $100 damage. The incident is still under investigation. A collision with a train on CR 900E in Marion Town- ship seriously injured a Velpen man around 8:45 a.m. last Thursday. Ches- ter Vaughn, 70, of Velpen, failed to see the westbound Southern train just past the SR 257 crossing in Velpen, and struck the side of the lead locomotive which was pulling 32 cars. Vaughn was found on the north side of the tracks underneath his 1989 Ford F-150 pick- up which was spun around and then dragged down the side of the tracks for about 75 feet. Everything but the cab of the truck was de- stroyed in the crash. It was the third accident in the last three or four years and the second resulting in injuries. Vaughn was transported to Jasper Memorial Hospital where he was placed in in- tensive care with four frac- tures of the neck in addi- tion to bruises, lacerations and abrasions. He also may have suffered a mild heart attack. Vaughn was then transported to Evansville by Welborn Lifeflight. Pike County Sheriff Deputy Bill Walker stated Vaughn also suffered fractured ribs but improved over the week- end and is now in a regular room. He stated Vaughn was "in good spirits and may be coming home soon." David Gross opened Kar Tunes this summer just south of Winslow on High- way 61. He has 17 years ex- perience as a mechanic and is Automotive Service Ex- cellence certified for heat- ing and air conditioning, electrical repair, engine performance, fuel injection and brake service includ- ing anti-lock brakes. Kar Tunes is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Satur- day and 1 to 6 p.m. on Sun- days. Along with his certi- fications, Gross also offers tune ups, high performance parts and service and new and used tires. Miss Catfish winners were first runner-up An- drea McLaughlin, Miss Cat- fish Hollye Teague, second runner-up Autumn Sorgius and Miss Congeniality Mi- chelle Bryant. Marriages: Lana S. Kir- by and Steven D. Pride, both of Evansville, were married August 21 at 2:30 p.m. at the Muren Church of God in Ar- thur, Winslow; Malinda Tis- low and Bill Alexander were united in marriage August 12 in Nashville, Tenn.; Pau- la Kay Traylor of Washing- ton and Gary Lee Gruen of Greebville, Ill. exchanged wedding vows at 3 p.m. June 12 in a double ring cer- emony at the Free Method- ist Church in Washington with Rev. John Lefler offi- ciating; Stephani Kay Bolin and Robert Bradley Moseley were married Saturday, June 26 in W.R. Cannon United Methodist Church in Snell- ville, Ga. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Brett L. Jones, of Green- wood, September 11, a son, Nathaniel Lee Jones; To Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Simmons, of Virginia Beach, Va., Sep- tember 3, a daughter, Holly Beatrice. Deaths: Claude R. ( Jack) Aikman, 76, Petersburg, died at 4:11 p.m. Wednes- day, September 8 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vin- cennes; Hugh P. Aikman, formerly of Petersburg, died June 27 in Melbourne, Fla.; Voris L. Breidenbaugh, 76, of Otwell, former corre- spondent of Iva communi- ty for The Press-Dispatch, died Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 9:15 p.m. at Good Samari- tan Hospital in Vincennes; Hancel "Hank" Ferguson, 81, of Oakland City, died Fri- day, Sept. 10 at 7:25 a.m. at the Good Samaritan Nurs- ing Home in Oakland City; Bessie H. Craig, 94, of Vel- pen, died at 2:45 p.m. Tues- day, Sept. 7 at Northwood Good Samaritan Center in Jasper; Elmer O. DeWeese, 66, formerly of Petersburg, died Monday, Sept. 13 at Gentlecare Nursing Center in Huntingburg; Mark G. Kamman, 55, of West Palm Beach, Fla., died Wednes- day, August 11. Petersburg School 1964 kindergarten graduating class The following pupils received their diplomas, front row (l to r): Jane Kinman, Billy Foster, Terry Graham, Jerry Grubb, Kevin Pur- vis, Kevin Myers, Greg Dunigan, Ricky Parker, Vicki Hollon, Lea Ann Burton and Chuck Williams; second row: Karen Kuester, Bev- erly Walker, Leslie Walker, Jamie Elkins, Dale Mitchell, Greg Willis, Twyla Eversoll, Dannie Willis, Rita Stidd and Babeth Edwards; third row: Mrs. Harris, teacher, Joe Waddle, Angela Wright, Corky Evans, Jackie Potts, Jimmy Robling, Jeff Selby, Leah Hill, Ricky Hayes, Nyla Jan Bartlett, Kevin Foster and Mrs. Marty Perkins, pianist; back row: Tony Traylor, announcer, Keith Kinman, Adam Willis, Steve Phillips, Richie Hale, Lorrie Van Mater, Patty Maxwell, Brad Hindahl, Mary A. Schile, Carl Woodall, Mark Edwards and Mr. Leman Spradlin. Photo by Jerry Wright Studio, Petersburg • Wednesday, October 17 • Capone goes to prison (1931) • OPEC states declare oil embargo (1973) Thursday, October 18 • U.S. takes possession of Alaska (1867) • Mason and Dixon draw a line (1767) Friday, October 19 • Napoleon retreats from Moscow (1812) • Editorial accuses Jefferson of affair with slave (1796) Saturday, October 20 • Congress creates the Continental Association (1774) • Sydney Opera House opens (1973) Sunday, October 21 • Guggenheim Museum opens in New York City (1959) • Henry Ford dedicates the Thomas Edison Institute (1929) Monday, October 22 • Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) • President Lyndon Johnson signs the Highway Beautification Act (1965) Tuesday, October 23 • Hostage crisis in Moscow theater (2002) • Brutus commits suicide (42 B.C.) Source: History.com