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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, December 26, 2018 A-11 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, August 20 and 24, 1943 Technical Sergeant Rich- ard Kenneth Minor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Minor of this city, in a hospital in North A frica suffering from a compound fracture of the left leg and a skull fracture. His parents received a letter from him this week and he was doing nicely, and stat- ed that he would be alright. The accident occurred when a friend borrowed a motor- cycle and invited Tech. Ser- geant Minor to ride into town with him. They were overtaken and run over by a British truck. Full details of the accident were not given. Ralph Randolph Teague was honourably discharged from the military service of the United States on Aug. 6, 1943. Pvt. Teague enlisted December 17, 1941 at Lafay- ette, Indiana and after com- pleting a radio mechanics course at Scott Field, Illinois he was sent to New Guinea, where he contracted Jungle fever and was transferred to a hospital in Australia for six months treatment. He is now at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Teague. He was awarded the Asiatic- Pacific Theatre Medal. Elmer Curtis, of Winslow suffered cuts and bruis- es last night when his car struck a mule which ran on- to the highway. The impact threw the mule over the top of the car, killing it. The front of the car was badly damaged and the top dent- ed. Mrs. A.R. Logan is quite proud of her night bloom- ing cereus plant for the plant had four blooms on it last year and it is blooming again this year. It will have two blooms this year. Marriages: The mar- riage of Miss Mona Frances Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Boger of Peters- burg to Roscoe Brown, Jr., son of Mrs. T.W. Oliphant al- so of Petersburg was solem- nized in a double ring cer- emony, Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. August 14 at the home of the bride's parents, on highway 57, east of this city; Mr. Cecil Freeland of Petersburg announces the marriage of his daughter, Miss Nellie Freeland of De- troit, Mich. to First Class Petty officer Harold Nix- on of the United States Na- vy. The marriage was per- formed at the Methodist par- sonage in Henderson, Ken- tucky, August 16, 1943. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pride of Hazelton, a girl, Friday, August 13; An eight pound girl was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wonder of Knox Coun- ty; Dona Sue is the name of the girl born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Donis Yates of Ot- well; A seven pound boy was born Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil McCrary of Pe- tersburg; A girl was born in the Miller hospital, Tuesday to Pfc. James Chapman and wife of Oakland City. Deaths: Mrs. Elizabeth Corn, 93, died at 1 o'clock Saturday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Nathaniel Tooley, in Oak - land City; Funeral rites for Mrs. Margaret A. Gray were held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Method- ist church in Velpen, with the pastor Reverend E. Bol- len officiating; Following an illness of seven weeks Mrs. Beatrice Kinman Ab- bott died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lora Smith in Winslow at 7 o'clock Fri- day evening. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Tuesday and Friday, November 18 and 21, 1958 Two wrecks, both result- ing in minor damage with no injuries, occurred in Pe- tersburg Saturday after- noon, according to local po- lice chief, Bill Harvey. The first accident happened at approximately 1:45 p.m. on East Main. A Chevrolet truck, driven by James Allen Dame, 24-year-old resident of Evansville, was in colli- sion with a 1950 Plymouth driven by Kenneth Eugene Hollon, 17, of Petersburg. Chief Harvey said that Hol- lon was attempting to make a right turn into a drive-way when the truck crashed in- to the rear of his car. Har- vey reported that the truck was following the Hollon car too closely. No damage was done to the truck, but $125 in damage was done to the Hollon vehicle. Dame was charged with failure to grant the right of way and will ap- pear in City Court Wednes- day. Nov. 19. The second accident of the day occurred on 10th and Main Streets at approx- imately 4:05 p.m. Harvey was again the investigating officer. He reported that Ca- dillac driven by Mary Kath- ryn Norton, 43, of Washing- ton, was in collision with a car driven by Virgil Beck, 55, of Petersburg. Harvey re- ported that the Norton car was traveling east on Main, when the Beck car started across Main, going south on 10th. The Beck car pulled in- to the path of the Norton car. Approximately $175 in dam- age was done to the Cadil- lac and $190 to the Beck au- tomobile. No charges were filed. There were no injuries in either wreck. The Voyles I.G.A. Store upper Main Street in Pe- tersburg is undergoing a new remodeling program. The store, owned by John Voyles, will be under con- struction for the better part of another week. Windows are boarded up at the store, but Mr. Voyles said the store will remain open. An ad on groceries will continue to appear each week in The Press. Karen R. Ruckriegle, of Otwell, and Earl R. Hen- son, Glezen, a graduate of Petersburg High School, are among nearly 300 Indi- ana University first year stu- dents who have been rated as superior on the basis of scholastic testing in Eng- lish composition, literature, foreign languages, chemis- try, government and math- ematics. Indiana University has a varied system where- by superior freshman can receive either advanced standing in a subject or can receive credit without actu- ally attending classes. Both Miss Ruckriegle and Hen- son have been placed in ad- vanced sections of English composition. Mary Lee Weisheit, 19 -year-old Otwell resident escaped serious injury Fri- day when the car she was driving struck a bridge near Slaughterhouse Lane Fri- day afternoon. Pike County Sheriff Deputy Allen Smith said Mrs. Weisheit tried to pass a truck, but the road was too narrow causing her to hit the bridge. Bridge rail- ing was town off, but only minor damage was done to the car. Mr. Smith said that the car just missed falling in- to a deep ditch. He said the car was just barely holding to the ground when Mrs. Weisheit was taken from the vehicle. She was not injured. Marriages: In a dou- ble ring ceremony on Sat- urday, October 25 in the Church of God in Peters- burg, Miss Mary Mae En- gleman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Engleman, Mon- roe City, became the bride of Donald Weisheit, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weisheit, Otwell;Miss Ruth Ann An- derson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Anderson, became the bride of Benton L. Morris, Saturday evening, Nov. 15 in the Otwell Meth- odist church. Births: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Everett Butler, Win- slow, a son. Deaths: George Herman Weber, brother of Harry We- ber and Mrs. Charles Plam- er, passed away at 3:45 p.m. Saturday at St. Anthony's hospital in Terre Haute, on his 72nd birthday; Mrs. Ly- da A. Ross, 76, Otwell, died Friday night at the Daviess County Hospital in Washing- ton; Mrs. Nancy Brewster, 85, former resident of Oak- land City, died Thursday at her home in Algood, Tenn.; Fred O. Arnold, 64, former Showers and Storkline em- ployee, died Tuesday at his residence in Bloomington; Frank Robinson, 92, died at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Da- viess County Hospital; Bert H. Kemp, 68, died at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Wa- bash General hospital, Mt. Carmel, Ill.; Mrs. Winnie Gray, 78, died in her home at Otwell at 9 a.m. Sunday after a short illness; Jess Henson, 82, of Glezen, passed away at the Daviess County hospital Monday at 8:0 p.m.; Funer- al services for Thomas H. Stone, 76, retired mail car- rier, prominent Pike County farmer, will be help at 2 p.m. Saturday at Harris Funeral Home; Services for Mrs. Bertha Thomas, 76, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Harris Funeral Home. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, December 12, 1968 Three University of Evansville students from the Winslow area, fresh- man Sam L. Padgett and sophomores E. James Mc- Cord and Barbara L. Bone, and two from Petersburg, freshman Stephen A. Stew- art and sophomore Gary L. Jarvis are among 358 Uni- versity of Evansville stu- dents who are recipients of Hoosier State Scholarships this year, according to an an- nouncement made by Thom- as P. Zminkowski, director of financial aids at the Uni- versity of Evansville. Pfc. Ralph Neal Kirby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Po- slewait of Otwell, who is in 1st Battalion Airborne 505th Infantry, received a Combat Infantryman's Badge No- vember 2, 1968 for outstand- ing performance of duty. He also has been presented an Army commendation Med- al for Meritorious Achieve- ment in the Republic of Viet- nam between May 31 and October 31, 1968. The Mud Creek bridge on the Dutchtown road was damaged Sunday morning around 5 a.m. when vandals set off a charge of dynamite on the bridge. It is a concrete bridge and a hole about two feet in diameter was blown inn the structure and two braces were damaged. The Pike County Sheriff's de- partment investigated but no arrests have been made. In order for Holiday Home to better serve the people of Pike County and the sur- rounding area, it has worked toward, applied for, and has received certification to ac- cept Medicare patients who need Extended Care. In the past, Pike County residents, in order to receive Medicare benefits, had to be sent away from their homes, even af- ter their hospital stay. This is no longer the case. Now they may return home to Pike County to receive addi- tional care at Holiday Home. Marine Corporal Robert L. Mason, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Mason of Spur- geon, was awarded the Pur- ple Heart Medal while serv- ing with he Third Battalion, 26th Regiment, First Marine Division in Vietnam. The presentation was made dur- ing ceremonies at Da Nang. He received the award for wounds sustained in combat against the enemy. Corporal Mason entered the service in July 1967. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Leo Duran, of Gallup, New Mexico, a son born Decem- ber 8; To Mr. and Mrs. Mi- chael Ratcliff of Madison Heights, Michigan, a daugh- ter, Catherine Denise, born Thanksgiving Day; To Mr. and Mrs. Jim Parker, their first child, a son, December 11; To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ray Wolven of Gary, Sun- day, December 8, a daugh- ter, Kelle Lynn. Deaths: Henry Fulcher, lifelong resident of Pike county, died Sunday, De- cember 8 at 4:30 p.m. in Good Samaritan hospital; Clarence Beach, 70, native of Logan township, died suddenly Sunday, Decem- ber 8 at 6 p.m. at his home in Vista, California from a heart attack; Mrs. Orene C. Hale, 58, was found dead in bed at her home in est end of Winslow, Saturday morn- ing, December 7; Mrs. Wan- da J. Graves, 41, wife of Ste- phen A. Graves, Oakland City, died at 5:25 p.m. Sun- day, December 8 after a long illness of cancer; A fter an eight year illness of Brights disease, Troy Miley, 64, died Saturday, December 7 at 11 p.m. at the Holiday Home, Petersburg; Herschel DeJar- nett, 71, of Petersburg, died Sunday, December 8 at 6:45 p.m. in the Holiday Home on Pike Avenue. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, November 25, 1993 It took nearly a week for the flood of 1993 to reach its peak and it will take at least that long for it to go away. National Weather Service of- ficials are saying the White River will not fall below flood stage at least until Decem- ber 1. About five households in Pike County were forced by rising water to evacuate according to Pike County Emergency Management Agency Director Ernie Hume. He said they were all voluntary. He said all of those were along the White River in an area known as Dodge City. Hume said they moved out ans were staying with family and friends. A two car crash that was in the same spot of an acci- dent just 90 minutes earli- er resulted in about $ 6,000 damage, but no injuries, ac- cording to State Trooper Frank Coleman. Marqui- ta D. Woolsey, 16, Winslow, was driving south on High- way 61 in an S -10 Chevrolet pickup, loaded with boxes on Junior class fruit, when Bryan Edrington, 85, Pe- tersburg, pulled out in front of her, according to Cole- man. Coleman said Woolsey swerved and missed Edring- ton, but he did not see her and hit her in the passenger side knocking her into the ditch. It happened at 3:30 p.m. and is still under inves- tigation. A utility crew was still on the scene resetting a pole that had been knocked down in a wreck about 90 minutes earlier. Charles Higdon killed his seventh deer and first buck when he bagged this nine- point, 140 -pound Pike Coun- ty deer near Iva. The Otwell resident used a shotgun on Nov. 18 to bring home the meat. The Lady Trojans and La- dy Chargers struggled to find the hoop and assert themselves until the fourth quarter when Haley Harris and Jill Cochran found the mark the bunny route for a nine-point margin and a 28 - 19 Pocket Athletic Confer- ence win. It was their sec- ond game of the season, hav- ing bested South Knox earli- er by a dozen. The Chargers had done likewise, wasting Loogootee in their opener by a 54-38 score. Rev. Bill Carlisle, founder of The Bread of Life Minis- tries, accepts a $1,000 check from the Ministerial Asso- ciation of Winslow. Carlisle said the money will prob- ably go to purchase a car- go truck. Carlisle said The Bread of Life Ministries has helped 1,044 families as of September 30 compared with 1,065 all of 1992. Marriages: Vivian Fahn- ders and Paul Buschkoetter were united in marriage at 2 p.m. on October 31 at the Spurgeon Park in Spurgeon by Rev. John Cissell, Sr. of Washington. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Totten of Grand Rapids, Mich., their first child, No- vember 13, a son, Zachary Ross; To Misty Dawn Pear- son and Pete Satterfield at Daviess County Hospital in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 20, a daughter, LeeZa Marie. Deaths: Harry Glen Nel- son, Jr., 76, of Winslow, died Friday, Nov. 19 at 5:07 p.m. at Wirth Hospital in Oak- land City; Catherine M. Bak- er, 84, of Franklin, died Fri- day, Nov. 19 at the Mason- ic and Eastern Star Home in Franklin; Albert L. Jacobs, 75, of Petersburg, died Fri- day, Nov. 19 at 7:24 p.m. at his residence; Robert H. Daubenspeck, 69, former- ly of Oakland City, died at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes; Pearl Shull, 89, formerly of Petersburg, died November 9 at Shipley Man- or in Wilmington, Del., her residence since 1990 ; Fr- nak Holland, Jr., 70, of Bea- ver Dam, Ky., formerly of Pe- tersburg, died at 2 p.m. Sat- urday, Nov. 13 at Daviess County Hospital in Owens- boro, Ky. following a lengthy illness; John Alford Walk- er, 67, of Ozark, Ark., for- merly of Princeton, broth- er of Fay Dillon of Hazelton, died Friday, Nov. 19 at 8:36 a.m. at St. Edwards Hospi- tal in Fort Smith, Ark.; Nora Faye Hancock, 81, of Wash- ington, died at 8:40 p.m. Fri- day, Nov. 19 in the Extended Care Unit of Daviess County Hospital; Bonnie W. Crews, 84, of Washington, sister of Mrs. Ralph (Dorothy) Ramsey, of Monroe City, died in the emergency room of Daviess County Hospital at 10 :48 a.m. Friday, Nov. 19; Carl Harry Fields, 70, of Washington, died at 12:22 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 21 at Da- viess County Hospital; Rob- ert Alan Louden, 20, of Con- nersville, died Friday, Nov. 19 at 9:58 p.m. at Ball Me- morial Hospital in Muncie. He had been under a doc- tor's care, but his death was unexpected. Canal Warehouse, 1849, Petersburg, Indiana. The Wabash-Erie Canal was an important waterway of pioneer commerce connecting waters of Lake Erie with the Ohio River. The Depot in Petersburg was a busy terminal when barge traffic was a popular means of transportation. It was also used as a passenger depot. The two-story brick building was torn down in October 1985. Photo submitted by Joan Woodhull Wednesday, December 26 • Bugsy Siegel opens Flamingo Hotel (1946) • "Porgy and Bess" opens in Leningrad (1955) Thursday, December 27 • Radio City Music Hall opens (1912) • Office of Price Administration begins to ration automobile tires (1941) Friday, December 28 • First commercial movie screened (1895) • American's first Labor Day (1869) • Saturday, December 29 • U.S. Army massacres Indians at Wounded Knee (1890) • British capture Savannah, Ga. (1778) Sunday, December 30 • U.S.S.R. established (1922) • Rasputin is murdered (1916) Monday, December 31 • Panama Canal turned over to Panama (1999) • Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash (1985) Tuesday, January 1 • Batista forced out by Castro-led revolution (1959) • The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect (1863) Source: History.com