The Press-Dispatch
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A-12 Wednesday, Januar y 16, 2019 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 Tuesday and Friday, September 14 and 17, 1943 Mrs. Mollie Tucker was greatly surprised Sunday noon when relatives and friends gathered at the home of her son, Gordon Tucker, to celebrate her eightieth birthday. A fine dinner was served at the noon hour which included four birthday cakes. Traffic on highway 57 was tied up Friday af- ternoon for three hours due to an accident at the bridge at Rogers. An I&S transfer truck and trailer hit the front of the bridge and then swerved and hit the other side of the bridge. The trailor and truck were turned sideways across the highway and lodged be- tween the bridge railings at the entrance of the bridge. The driver of the truck was uninjured. The damage to the truck was estimated at % 500.00 and the damage to the bridge was estimat- ed at $1,000.00. The driver of the truck says the brakes on the truck locked as he started across the bridge, causing the accident. The Petersburg High School has received a check for $100 from the In- diana High School Athletic Association, the largest sin- gle amount ever received here in a distribution by the IHSA A, Principal Lo- rel Coleman announced. Funds distributed were those accumulated by the IHSA A chiefly from bas- ketball tournaments. The money is in addition to that received by teams at the time of the tournaments. In the last ten years Pe- tersburg High School has received $ 318 from the As- sociation- $50 in 1932; $48 in 1935; $ 60 in 1941 and $100 this year. Mrs. Karl Condiff sus- tained painful injuries to her left collar bone Satur- day when the car in which she was riding with her husband, went off the road and overturned in a ditch in front of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hilroy Hurst near Winslow. Other occupants of the car Mr. Condiff, Ken- neth Lindsey and Lucille Kinder were not injured. The car a 1939 Ford was badly damaged. Marriages: A quiet but impressive wedding cer- emony was performed Thursday afternoon which united in marriage, Miss Pauline Ingram and Y-3-c Richard I. Bell. Births: Norman Ed- mond is the name given to the eight pound boy born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. Tony Dillon of Otwell; A nine pound boy was born Tuesday night to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rush of Peters- burg. The baby was named Larry Edward; A seven pound 12 oz boy was born in the Miller hospital, Tues- day to Pvt. and Mrs. Loren Armstrong; A seven pound boy was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Davis of near Petersburg. The ba- by was named Charles Rob- ert; Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Dodson announce the birth of an eight pound boy born Sunday night. Deaths: Hattie Lee Garrison died at the fam- ily home in Iva, at 12:15 o'clock Sunday morning, following an illness of sev- eral months; Huldah Etta Eads died Friday evening at 6 o'clock at her home in Pikeville; Emmett S. Love- less, of Glezen dropped dead at 10 o'clock Friday evening while performing his duties at the Repub- lic Aviation Corp., at Ev- ansville, Indiana. A cere- bral hemmorhage was the cause of his death; Rev. George B. Fowler, a native of this county and a brother of Robert of this city died in Urbana, Illinois last week at the home of her son. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, December 12 and 16, 1958 Pat Beck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Beck, former residents of Peters- burg, now of Punta Gorda, Fla., won a trophy for Ju- nior Group in Slolum skiing in a tournament of Dec. 8. Pat is a freshman in Char- lotte High. Today the City of Pe- tersburg was presented a Certificate of Achieve- ment Award for the note- worthy performance in the National Vehicle Safe- ty-Check for Communities held last May. Many lo- cal drivers will recall hav- ing their cars check ed for the proper performance of lights, brakes, horns, etc., and when found in safe condition were given the green safety-check sticker for their windshields. This award was presented to Chief C.A. Harvey, by Nor- man G. Stanley, Field Rep- resentative of the Indiana Office of Traffic Safety and Sgt. Don Smiley, of the In- diana State Police. Ronnie Hale, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hale was hit in the right eye with a snow ball while playing one day this week, at school. He was taken to the office of Dr. Schaeffer at Washing- ton, where it was deter- mined that the eyeball was scratched. It is not believed that his eyesight will be im- paired but Ronnie will be out of school for this week. The damage was caused by a cinder or rock inside of the snowball. Somethings got to give tonight! This is the case for the Petersburg-Rich- land Pocket Athletic Con- ference clash at Richland tonight at 8 p.m. Neither team has scored a victory this season and both feel confident that tonight will be the night to end a long drought. Richland has last eight straight games and Petersburg has dropped six consecutive contests. The Winslow Eskimos subdued a third quarter challenge by the Evans- ville Central Bears to rack up a 67-55 victory at Win- slow Saturday night. The victory was the fifth in sev- en games for the Eskimos. Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Larry Fisher are residing at 209 East State street upon return from a southern wedding trip fol- lowing their marriage in the Broadway Christian church in Princeton, Sun- day afternoon, Novem- ber 23, at 2:30 o'clock; Miss Betty Jean Hartwell, daughter of deceased Mr. E.V. Hartwell and late Mrs. Dorleskia Hartwell Pat- terson, was wed in a dou- ble ring ceremony to Mr. Thomas S. Ruggles, son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Ruggles of Santa Monica, California. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Beck announce the birth of a six lb. 10 oz. daughter,, Suzanne, De- cember 14 at the Daviess County hospital. Deaths: Mrs. Clyde S. Clem, 46, Washington Ave., Princeton, died at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lor- raine Hall, in Martinsville; Mrs. Bessie May (Cham- ness) Arnold, 68, passed away at Fort Wayne where she had lived for the last 25 years; Mrs. Myrtle Rasner, 63, former Petersburg res- ident passed away in the Good Samaritan hospital at 9:20 a.m. Monday, De- cember 8, of a heart con- dition; Charles C. Wolven, 84. passed away Saturday, December 13 in Indianap- olis; A. Porter Jones, 76, of Hazelton, died at 12:30 a.m. Saturday at the Max- ey Nursing Home in Haub- stadt; Dr. William Dear- ing, 84-year-old native of Pike County, passed away at 8 a.m. Sunday in the Stork Memorial Hospital in Huntingburg, where he had been a patient for two weeks. Dr. Dearing was the first student graduate of Oakland City College and was president of the college for half a century. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, January 2, 1969 Stephens' Cafe in Win- slow opened its doors Sat- urday morning under new management. Mrs. Dora Brewster has purchased the cafe from Mrs. Ray- mond Stephens and plans to give her full time to the business. Martha Wiscaver was crowned Otwell High School basketball queen Friday, December 20, in the Otwell gymnasium pre- ceding the varsity game be- tween Haubstadt and Ot- well. Miss Barbara Ropp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin J. Ropp, Petersburg, was installed Honored Queen of Bethel, 48, In- ternational Order of Job's Daughters at installation services December 9. James Lewis and fam- ily of Hammond were in- volved in an automobile accident Monday, Decem- ber 23 around 11:30 a.m. as they were on their way to visit his father, John Lewis at Oakland City, his broth- er, Bill Lewis in Winslow, her mother, Bessie Dean, other relatives and friends. The accident happened 70 miles south of Hammond and 4 and a half miles north of Boswell as the Lewises came up over a rise to find three cars sitting broadside in the highway was a result of a previous accident. Mr. Lewis was unable to stop or miss the cars and rammed into the side of one. His 1966 Ford was a total loss. Mr. Lewis suffered bruises to her knees and ribs and Mr. Lewis received a cut lower lip and loosened low- er teeth. Borden's half gallon size lo-fat milk could be bought three half gallons for 89 cents. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Larry R. Willis, Peters- burg, a son, Stanley Rob- ert, by adoption, Decem- ber 5; To Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wright of Oakland City, a son, Christopher Todd, December 24; To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson, Evans- ville, December 26, a son; To Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Pride, Petersburg, Decem- ber 24, a son, Stephen Dale; To Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Gibbs, of Oakland City, a son, Steven Douglas, Fri- day, December 20 ; To Mr. and Mrs. James Popp, Ot- well, December 26, a son, Timothy Jay. Deaths: Mrs. Estell Nix- on, 80, of Winslow, wife of Ransom Nixon, died Satur- day, December 28 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Oakland City on the day of their 63rd wedding an- niversary; Funeral servic- es for Mrs. May Ennes, 75, of Oatsville, were conduct- ed at Colvin and on Mortu- ary at 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 1; Military funer- al services for Frank Cum- mines, 77, were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 31 at Porter Funeral Home, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Funeral services for Ru- fus Mason, Oakland City, were conducted Tuesday, December 31 at 2:30 p.m. at Lamb Funeral Home in Oakland City; Charles D. Paul, 82, of Francisco died Thursday at Gibson Gen- eral Hospital where he had been a patient for two weeks but following a long illness; Mrs. Emma Alta DeBruler, 80, former resi- dent of Petersburg, died at 3:50 a.m. Monday at Bar- tholomew County hospital where she had been a pa- tient one week. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, December 16, 1993 Area police are inves- tigating the theft of a car from Winslow early last Wednesday morning. Win- slow Town Marshal Steve English said a gray 1990 Ford Mustang owned by Nathan "Peanut" Griffith was reported stolen at about 2 a.m. Griffith told [police it was parked near the entrance of the Eagles and was gone when he came out of the Eagles. Petersburg resident Max Horrall, 43, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, by Judge Robert Palmer in Pike Circuit Court last Wednesday, Horrall was convicted on charged of possession/cultivation of marijuana, a class D felo - ny on November 23. Judge Palmer found aggravating circumstances outweighed mitigating circumstances and added 12 months to the standard sentence of 18 months. Palmer said he found three aggravating factors. Those were: he would likely commit anoth- er crime of similar nature, he showed no remorse for his action and attempts to justify them, and violated peace and dignity of peo- ple of Indiana. Alleen Scanlon, a pub- lished children's author and poet, read a number of pieces to children gathered around her at Otwell Ele- mentary School last week. The occasion was the Indi- ana Birthday Read-in which is a program aimed at pro- moting reading and the his- tory of the state. Saturday, December 10 was the 177th Anniversary. Nicole Sutton, Peters- burg, won an Evansville Ac- es autographed basketball from the incentive to read program at the Winslow Li- brary. She became eligible for a drawing for the ball by reading four books. She is the sixth grade daughter of Joe and Ann Sutton. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Walter McCord of Velpen, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper, Saturday, Dec. 11, a son, Eric Tyler; To Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Arnold, of Campbelltown, at Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evans- ville, Friday, Dec. 10, their first child, a daughter, De- mi Rae; To Mr. and Mrs. Rick Lane of Petersburg, at Memorial Hospital in Jas- per, Tuesday, Nov. 30, their first child, a daughter, Bre- Ann Nichole. Deaths: Ira Wilce Leighty, 95, died Satur- day, Dec. 11 at 4:15 a.m. at Amber Manor Care Cen- ter in Petersburg; Rob- ert J. Buechler, 61, of Jas- per, died at 10 a.m. Mon- day, Dec. 13 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; Paul M. Miller, 73, of Stendal, died at 4:28 a.m. Friday, Dec. 10 at Memorial Hospital in Jas- per; Lois Ann Howar, 86, of Winslow, died at 2:05 a.m. Friday, Dec. 10 at Peters- burg Healthcare Center; Raymond W. Kahle, 83, of Huntingburg, died at 12:50 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Huntingburg; Willliam A. Barrell, 81, of Otwell, died at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13 at his residence; Amel Siebe, 72, of Lynnville, brother of Harold Slebe of Winslow, died at 4:10 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6 at Warrick County Hospital in Boon- ville; Ada Hall, 42, of Win- slow, died at 1:45 a.m. Mon- day at her parents' home; Robert L. Auffart, 54, of Otwell, died at 2:13 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12 at the res- idence of his sister in Fer- dinand; Audrey Denk of Pe- tersburg died Monday, De- cember 13; Mike L. Hume, 37, of Orange City, Fla., for- merly of Oakland City, died Thursday, Dec. 9 at Orlan- do, Fla., Regional Medical Center from injuries suf- fered in an automobile ac- cident; Billie E. "Sonny" Vaughn, 64, of Chrisney, died at 2:20 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 at St Mary's Med- ical Center in Evansville, suffering from cancer. 1965 Otwell High School Homecoming Court Pictured above are the 1965 Basketball Homecoming Court, front row (l to r): Crown carrier Kim Anderson Elliott and ball car- rier Randy Pence. Sitting: Runner-up Charlene Helton Garland, Queen Cynthia Davis Helton and Runner-up Elizabeth Cummings. Standing: Marilyn Leighty, Adrienne Scraper Lemond, Kathy Lemond, Debbie Griffith and Brenda Dedrick. Wednesday, January 16 • Prohibition takes effect (1919) • The Persian Gulf War begins (1991) Thursday, January 17 • Americans overthrow Hawaiian monarchy (1893) • PGA is formed (1916) Friday, January 18 • Cook discovers Hawaii (1778) • Jefferson requests funds for Lewis and Clark (1803) Saturday, January 19 • Edgar Allen Poe is born (1809) • First McDonald's drive- through opens in Beijing (2007) Sunday, January 20 • FDR inaugurated to fourth term (1945) • Iran Hostage Crisi ends (1981) Monday, January 21 • President Carter pardons draft dodgers (1977) • King Louis X VI executed (1793) Tuesday, January 22 • Ted Kaczynski pleads guilty to bombings (1998) • Roe v. Wade (1973) Source: History.com