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C-4 Wednesday, October 31, 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, June 22 and 25, 1943 Photographs of children under one year of age of sol- diers serving overseas or children born after the fa- ther has departed for over- seas may be sent by V-Mail under certain conditions, the War Department has announced. The regulation form must not be altered in any manner and the photo- graph is limited in size to not more than one-third of the correspondence space on the V-Mail form. The photograph must appear on the upper left portion of the correspondence space. It may include the mother or some other person hold- ing the child. Hoosiers are asked to be- gin saving their used brown paper bags, corrugated box- es and other brown paper containers. They are need- ed to insure an adequate supply of the material nec- essary for the manufac- ture of victory containers for our armed forces. Mrs. Carl M. Gray received a let- ter Sunday announcing the drive for the brown paper bags and corrugated box- es. The indications are that there will be a general pa- per shortage this fall. The small son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hale, who re- sides on Know St. this city, fell from a swing in the yard of his home Thursday and fractured the bones in his left arm near the elbow. The lad was taken to the Wash- ington Hospital where the fracture was reduced and it is hoped that the arm will not be permanently injured. Donald Miley, the eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Miley of Logan town- ship suffered some bad cuts and bruises, Tuesday when the team he had hitched to a roller became frightened and ran away. The boy fell to the ground and his body was caught beneath the roll- er. The boy hit a log which excited the team. He was taken to Dr. Clark's office in Oakland City, where he was treated and then he was tak- en to Princeton for an x-ray to determine any further in- juries. No bones were bro- ken, so he was permitted to leave the hospital and was taken to his home where he is getting along fine. Marriages: Mrs. Elma DeWitt of Petersburg an- nounce the marriage of her daughter, Billie Joe to Pvt. Marlin G. Nelson, of Win- slow, but who is stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Tex- as in medical detachment. They were married June 17; Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Mi- ley announce the marriage of their daughter, Thelma Lee to Mr. James Minor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Minor; Mr. and Mrs. Frank- lin Henager of Oakland City announce the mar- riage of their only daugh- ter, Dophna Aline to David R. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Wilson of Glezen. Births: Mr. and Mrs. An- sel Johnson are the proud parents of a boy, born June 15 at the Daviess Coun- ty hospital. The baby was named Larry Eugene. Deaths: Mrs. Mary Jane Raney died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eva McKinney in Lynville, Ind., Friday; Adam Gide- on Burkhart, one of the finest citizens this coun- ty ever claimed, died sud- denly at his home west of this city, Wednesday after- noon, at 2 o'clock while sit- ting in a chair, from a heart attack; Arminta R. Ander- son, 88, died suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Everly, Mon- day evening at 9 o'clock, of a heart attack; William Mal- achi Teague died at his farm home in Boone township, lo- cated near the Pike and Du- bois County line, at 12:30 o'clock Thursday morning; O. M. McKinney died at his home in Winslow Tuesday evening at 4:45 o'clock fol- lowing an illness of three weeks. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, September 23 and 26, 1958 Two Pike county physi- cians are among more than 3,500 graduates of the In- diana University School of Medicine invited to at- tend the School's 11th an- nual Alumni Day program at the I.U. Medical Center campus in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Oct. 1. Tours of the new Medical Science building, an outdoor barbe- cue and a business meeting are on the program. Lannie Morning, of Pe- tersburg, and Earl Hen- son, of Glezen, are among new fraternity pledges an- nounced following fall rush- ing at Indiana University. Morning was pledged to Lambda Chi Alpha frater- nity and Henson is a new pledge of Phi Kappa Tau. Two former Petersburg High School football play- ers have returned here this year to help mold Peters- burg into a football power of the present and of the future. The boys are Bill Shager and Buddy Burton. Of these two boys, who are both in command of the lo- cal freshman team, head coach Howard Briscoe has high praise. Briscoe calls these boys, "Invaluable to our present bright outlook in football." John Earl Kendall, six- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kendall in Petersburg, was only slightly injured Monday afternoon when a trailer rolled over him. Mr. Kendall had loaded his trailer with lumber. The boy was climbing on the trailer when his dad began back- ing out of the alley. Young Kendall fell and the trailer passed over his chest. He was rushed to the hospital by his father, where it was determined he had no bro- ken bones and was not seri- ously injured. He remained in the Daviess County Hos- pital until Tuesday. Wednes- day, young Kendall re- turned to the first grade at Petersburg public school. James Brown of Alford celebrated his 84th birth- day, September 15. A sup- per was prepared by two of his closest neighbors. Mrs. Harold Van Meter, who takes care of him, was hostess. The birthday cake was made by Mrs. Charles Jacobs and topped with 84 candles and the words "Un- cle Jim" was inscribed on it. Mr. Brown is a Spanish American War veteran, on- ly five of the Spanish vet- erans are living. He lives alone. His wife "Aunt Kate" died several years ago. His health is good. Marriages: Evaline Bar- nett and Lester L. Hilge- man were united in mar- riage Saturday, Septem- ber 20 at 7 p.m. in the St. John Evangelical Reform Church in Indianapolis by Rev. D. D. Kauffman. The double ring ceremony was performed in the presence of their immediate family; Miss Louella J. Stafford and John R. Upton recited their marriage vows in the pres- ence of a large assemblage of relatives and friends Sat- urday evening in the Alford Methodist Church; A pret- ty wedding ceremony was solemnized in the Glezen G.B. Church, Saturday eve- ning at 6 o'clock, Septem- ber 20 when Rev. Charles Crisp, pastor of the church united in marriage George William Carroll and Mar- tha Lou DeJarnett, using the double ring ceremony. Births: Born to M/Sgt. and Mrs. E. A. Richardson of Japan, September 15, a boy, Joseph Benjamin; Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Siestma of Indianapolis announce the birth of a son, David Bren- ton, September 20 ; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sorgius of Otwell at the Jasper Me- morial Hospital, September 23, a boy. He has been giv- en the name of William Da- vid; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Houchins, of Winslow, an- nounce the birth of a son in the Gibson General hospi- tal. Deaths: Mrs. Maxine Lamb, 41, of near Hazel- ton, was found dead in her home at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday by a neighbor Larry Lewis; Services for Mertice A. An- derson, 47, Newcastle, will be at 10 :30 a.m., Saturday, September 27 at the Harris Funeral Home; James Wil- liam Ellis, 69, Petersburg, passed away in the Good Sa- maritan hospital, Tuesday, September 23 after a long illness; Mr. and Mrs. Ar- thur Miley, Sr. were called to Detroit Tuesday because of the death of their grand- son, Scott Miley, three months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miley, Jr. in De- troit. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, October 3, 1968 Arnold G. Lauer and Paul Vincent, both of whom were recently charged with breaking and entering Hol- lis IGA at Otwell have this week had another run-in with the law in Evansville. Both men were tried in Pike Circuit Court recently. Lau- er was found not guilty of the charge and Vincent was found guilty and sentenced to prison. Vincent was out of prison pending an appeal of the trial, and he and Lauer were both caught attempt- ing to break open a safe in an Evansville firm, accord- ing to Pike County Prosecu- tor W. D. Richardson. Pre- liminary charges have been filed against them in Evans- ville City Court. It was a cool September night as echos of the Star Spangled Banner had been absorbed by the Spencer county hills and sounds of the opening kick-off were subsiding to a peace- ful murmur. Proud pop- pas and mammas with rel- atives and friends had just settled down with popcorn and cokes prior to gossiping their way through another high school football game. When suddenly their peace- ful chatter was interrupted by a Petersburg cheering section roaring their ap- proval of Dave Chesser's electrifying 44 yard touch- down gallop on the fourth play of the first quarter. Chief Briscoe's rebound- ing Braves exploded for a 196 yards across enemy ter- ra ferma in just three plays enroute to a 19 to 6 victory over Dale's Golden Aces. Irid G. Anderson, chair- man of Pike County Wal- lace for President Commit- tee, announced that Presi- dential candidate George C. Wallace will be in Evans- ville Thursday, October 10 at 9:30 a.m. Wallace will speak from the North steps of the Vanderburgh county court house. Borden's lo-fat milk was being sold four half gallons for just one dollar. Marriages: Miss Rita Ann Deen, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. James F. Deen, Winslow, became the bride of James Lee Rogers, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Charles E. Rogers, also of Winslow, Friday, September 13 at 7 p.m. in the Arthur General Baptist church; The First United Methodist church of Champaign, Illinois was the scene of the wedding of Miss Anita Kaye De- Motte and Pfc. Lloyd Rob- ert Pletsch Saturday after- noon, September 14 at 2 p.m. The double ring cere- mony was performed by Dr. Jack B. North. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sark, of Indianapo- lis, their first child, a son, Michael Kevin; To Sgt. and Mrs. Guy Franklin Blaize, of Woodbridge, Virginia, a daughter, Christina Ann, September 8; To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kixmiller, of Vincennes, Wednesday, September 20, a son, Da- vid Saye; To Mr. and Mrs. Allan Crecelius of New- burgh, a son, Heath Allan, September 18; To Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Veale, of Pe- tersburg, Saturday, Septem- ber 28, a son, Brian Nelson. Deaths: Mrs. Ruby Hamm, 63, of North 5th Street, Petersburg, well known as a fine cook at Catts Cafe for many years, died in the Daviess Coun- ty hospital in Washington, Monday, September 30 at 2:50 p.m.; Gena Marchell Roe, two weeks old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Roe of Oakland City died Friday at Riley hospital in Indianapolis; Mrs. Carrie Smith, wife of Fred Smith of Brazil, passed away at 5:45 p.m. Monday in the Clay County hospital; Mrs. Nel- lie P. Fritz, 84, Oakland City resident died Sunday at the Oakland City Rest Home following a long illness. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 30, 1993 County commissioners say that they are pleased with the amount of pav- ing they were able to do this year, but not every- body is thrilled with what has been paved. About five miles of roads were paved this year. In recent years on- ly about three miles of pav- ing was being done at near- ly the same costs as this year's five miles. The com- missioners all agreed they were able to do the addition- al miles of paving because the county did its own pav- ing instead of contracting it out. Commissioner Mike Vaughn said the county has had a paver and roller sit- ting in the garage not being used for several years. He said by using the country's employers instead of a con- tractor laying the blacktop, the county can spend more money to buy blacktopping materials. Petersburg patrolman Terry Kerns graduated from the Indiana Law En- forcement Academy. It is a 12 week program. Kerns is the first part-time offi- cer to complete the train- ing for Petersburg. All of- ficers must complete train- ing within one year of their starting date to stay on a po- lice force. Amy Western was named 1993 Charger Football Homecoming Queen Fri- day night and Nora Wood- ford was named Maid of Honor. Western was escort- ed by Steve Beard. AB Cheryl Ann Kline, daughter of Joseph and Pa- tricia Kline, of Spurgeon, has graduated from the 322 Basic training squad- ron and 345th technical training squadron at Lack- land AFB, Texas. She is fin- ishing her four year term in Germany. Three Petersburg Health Care residents participated in the Senior Citizens divi- sion of the State Fair. Dairy Pearl Myrick exhibited a painting, Marilyn Elkins was in the photography di- vision and Virginia Camp- bell had an oil painting. Marriages: Leslie Deen and Jeffrey Hunter, M.D. were united in marriage May 15 at 2:30 p.m. at How- ell General Baptist Church, Evansville. Births: To Steve and Lori Henson, a son, Caleb Charles, on Thursday, Sept. 23 at Welborn Baptist Hos- pital in Evansville. Deaths: Dell Tracer, 81, of Chandler, formerly of Winslow, died Wednes- day, Sept. 22 at 5:30 p.m. in Newburgh Healthcare Cen- ter; Bennie G. Blair, 56, of Oakland City, died Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 2:18 a.m. at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville; George B. Gra- ham, 79, of Lynnville, step- father of Sue Null, of Sten- dal, died at 12:35 a.m. Fri- day, Sept. 24 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evans- ville; Maxine Richardson, 70, of Hobe Sound, Fla., for- merly of Pike County, died at 8:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24 at Martin Memorial South Hospital at Stuart, Fla.;Alan C. Thurman, 36, of India- napolis, died at 2:35 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27 at Hunt- ingburg Convalescent Cen- ter suffering from complica- tions of a lengthy illness; al- ter Arthur DeMotte; 72, of Oceanside, Calif., former- ly of Otwell, died Tuesday, Sept. 14 in a hospital; Walter J. Norris, 65, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 8:30 p.m. at Petersburg Healthcare Center. Crowning of Miss Pike County 1974 Front row (l to r): Cindy Stewart – second runner-up; Jeff Traylor; Miss Pike County 1974 – Vickie Whitehead; Kelly Davis; and Darlene Vaughn – first runner-up. Back row (l to r): John Heuring – usher; Roscoe Sims; Bob Bement – Master of Ceremonies; Bev- erly Bement – Pageant Director; Three Judges – Unknown; and Gary Heacock – Usher. • Wednesday, October 31 • Martin Luther posts 85 theses (1517) • Harry Houdini dies (1926) Thursday, November 1 • Sistine Chapel ceiling opens to public (1512) • Parliament enacts the Stamp Act (1765) Friday, November 2 • Spruce Goose flies (1947) • John Paul Jones sets sail (1777) Saturday, November 3 • D.C. residents cast first presidential votes (1964) • Detroit-Windsor Tunnel opens to traffic (1930) Sunday, November 4 • Entrance to King Tut's tomb discovered (1922) • Barack Obama elected as America's first black president (2008) Monday, November 5 • George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ (1994) • Washington condemns Guy Fawkes festivities (1775) Tuesday, November 6 • U.N. condemns apartheid (1962) • John Carroll named first Catholic bishop in U.S. (1789) Source: History.com