The Press-Dispatch
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A-12 Wednesday, Januar y 30, 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 1989 Young D.O. of the Year This photo taken in 1989 when Dr. Terry Gehlhausen of Oakland City was bestowed the award of "Young D.O. of the Year" by his colleagues at a the state convention of Indiana's osteopathic association. Picture are (r to l): Dr. Terry Gehlhausen, Nancy Gehlhau- sen, Brandy Dickenson and Dr. Glenn Dickerson. Wednesday, January 30 • Gandhi assassinated (1948) • "The Lone Ranger" debuts on Detroit radio (1933) Thursday, January 31 • The death of Guy Fawkes (1606) • Germans unleash U-boats (1917) Friday, February 1 • Texas secedes (1861) • First session of U.S. Supreme Court (1790) Saturday, February 2 • First Groundhog Day (1887) • National League of baseball is founded (1876) Sunday, February 3 • Woodrow Wilson dies (1924) • New England Patriots win first Super Bowl (2002) Monday, February 4 • First U.S. President elected (1789) • Patty Hearst kidnapped (1974) Tuesday, February 5 • Beckwith convicted of killing Medgar Evers (1994) • Hank Aaron is born (1934) Source: History.com SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Tuesday and Friday, September 28 and October 1, 1943 Wednesday, Jesse Catt narrowly escaped serious in- juries when he unexpectedly ran his tractor into an old oil well. Mr. Catt was working on the John McAtee farm and the old well was near the Dan Catt farm. Mr. Catt was not injured, aside from being scared and a few bruises. The tractor was raised from the well by George Selby. Staff Sergeant Herschell Lee Richardson, 22, has been reported missing since September 6, accord- ing to information received by his father, Mr. Clarence Richardson of the White Oak community in Marion township. Sgt. Richardson was a waist gunner in the Army Air Corp. He received his training in the camps in Colorado and Wend over Field, Utah and had been in England only ten weeks. He enlisted from Bicknell, Ind. June, 1942. Clifford Ashby of near Ca- to was thrown from a wag- on, Friday afternoon on his farm and suffered a bro- ken left wrist. Mr. Ashby was driving a team of hors- es hitched to a wagon, to a bean field and the horses became frightened and ran away throwing Mr. Ashby to the ground. Mr. Ashby also suffered some bad bruises. A&P Food Stores were selling 25 lb. bags of flour for just $1.15. Macaroni and spaghetti seven oz. pack- ages were selling for just 5 cents. Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. Harper, Anderson, Ind., have announced the marriage of their daughter, Georgia, to Edward Riley, U.S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Riley, of Middletown. The wedding took place Sep- tember 4 in the First Meth- odist church parsonage with Dr. W.H. Bransford officiat- ing; Mr. and Mrs. William Burke announce the mar- riage of their daughter Mir- iam to Pete Philpot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Phil- pot, Sr., of Corydon. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Chester C. Coe of Connervs- ville announce the birth of a girl, September 22 in the hospital at Connersville. The little lady has been named Mary Ruth. Deaths: Barbara Chris- tina Edrington known to all in the Augusta community as "aunt Barbara" died Fri- day morning at 9 o'clock in the Morris Nursing home in Winslow where she has been for the past few months; Mrs. James Inman, born and raised in Marion township, died at her home in Poteau, Okla. September 20 follow- ing a short illness of heart trouble; C.W. Wedeking, 89, father of Albert Wedeking of Dale, died at midnight Fri- day at his home in Dale af- ter an illness of ten weeks; The funeral rites for Ember Wilden, who died at Butler- ville last Thursday were at the Wilder home in Win- slow Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock; Funeral services for Joseph Ellis Thurman, who died in Mayview, Pennsyl- vania, Monday afternoon at 3:50 o'clock, were held at the Brenton Funeral Home in Winslow on Thursday af- ternoon at 2"30 o'clock. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Wednesday, December 31, 1958 and Thursday, January 1, 1959 The tall and talented Oakland City Acorns cap- tured the third annual Pe- tersburg Holiday Tourna- ment last Tuesday night by overwhelming the Spur- geon Cardinals, 63-41, in the championship con- test. The Petersburg Indi- ans grabbed third place in the meet by taking an over- time decision from Stendal, 54-50. Jasper downed Winslow, 63-58, in the championship game of the Jasper Holiday Tourney Saturday night be- hind the hot shooting of lit- tle guard John Sheffield. Sheffield hit 10 of 15 at- tempts from the field and added five free throws for 25 points. Even with Shef- field cashing in with regu- larity, Jasper had to use a last half rally to get the vic- tory. Winslow led 31-26 at halftime, but fell behind in the third period. John Deen paced the Eskimos with 19 points. Dale defeated Fer- dinand, 73-68, in the con- solation game. In the first round, Winslow tripped Dale, 54-41, and Jasper wal- loped Ferdinand, 78 -53. Two Petersburg men were injured in a train mis- hap in Daylight at 4 p.m. Sunday, when two runaway boys switched the tracks causing the crash. Clyde Fiscus, trainmaster for the New York Central here, said that extensive damage was done to the three die- sel engines and eight cars. Injured were L.V. Burton, brakeman, and O.O. Sand- ers, a fireman. Both were on the train and were tak- en to the Good Samari- tan hospital in Vincennes, where they were treated and released. The story on how the mishap occurred is still not clear to officials. The boys have given many different stories. Carol Britton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brit- ton, Winslow, has com- pleted her training at the Elkhart University of Med- ical and Dental Technique, Elkhart, and graduated as a qualified dental nurse. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Byron Brenton of Moores- ville announce the birth of a daughter, December 26. The baby has been named Marcey Lynn; To Mr. and Mrs. Billy Bob Warner of Fort Still, Oklahoma, a sev- en pound son; To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hemmer of Zo- ar, a son, December 26 in the Stork Memorial hospi- tal in Huntingburg; To Mr. and Mrs. Chalres Robert Smith of Carmel, a daugh- ter, Tammy Jean, Decem- ber 1; To Mr. and Mrs. By- ron Brenton, a daughter, December 26; To Pfc. and Mrs. Donald Whitehead in Nellingen, Germany, a daughter, Tersia Lynn. Deaths: Earl E. Reid, 73, died at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Oliene Dickey, Oak- land City, after a long ill- ness; Services for Mrs. Pau- line Anne Ferguson, 93, of Pikeville, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Christ in Pikeville; Mrs. An- na S. Gladish, 73 years old, died at her home near Bow- man at 9:20 a.m. Saturday after an illness of several months; Services for Wes- ley Welton, 75, of Peters- burg, were held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Harris Fu- neral Home; Hermyl Wah- ley Harper, age 63, passed away December 25 at her home in Indianapolis; Ser- vices for Kathryn Burger, former Petersburg resident were held at the Harris Fu- neral Home at 1:30 p.m. Fri- day, December 26; Servic- es for Kenneth Elkins, 37, of Otwell, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Anderson Chapel church; John T. Con- ner of Oakland City died Tuesday morning at 4:20 at the home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. Harley Bechtel, south of Winslow on high- way 61; Wesley Welton, re- tired farmer of Petersburg, died at the Colvin Nursing Home in Washington at 4:30 a.m. Friday; Earl Edwin Re- id, former resident of Pike county, died at 7:10 p.m. Tuesday, December 23, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Oliene Dickey, in Oak- land City; Funeral services for Paridine Ann Ferguson, 93, of Pikeville will be in the Church of Christ at Pikev- ille Wednesday at 10 a.m.; Kathryn Burger, former resident of Petersburg and widow of the late Carl Burg- er of Petersburg, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elsie Bylma, in Deland, Florida, at 1:15 a.m. Mon- day, December 22; Funer- al services were held in the Spurgeon General Baptist church Saturday at 2 p.m. for Jacquelyn Kaye Bass, two year old daughter of Harold and June McKinney Bass of Hazard, Kentucky; Mrs. Amanda Taylor Skel- ton died in the Oakland City hospital Tuesday morning at 8:30 where she was tak- en at 7 p.m. Monday from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Earl Pipes, who lives in the east end of Winslow; Kenneth Elkins, 37 year old man of the Otwell commu- nity, died at 2:30 a.m. Mon- day at the Jasper Memori- al Hospital where he had been but two days; Mrs. Henry Mason of near Enos Corners died at her home at 11:30 p.m. Monday, Decem- ber 22; Anna S. Gladish of near Petersburg died at her residence at 9:20 a.m. Sat- urday after an illness of sev- eral months; George Abra- ham Reed died at 10 p.m. Tuesday, December 23 at his home in Oakland City following an illness of nine months. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, January 16, 1969 For the third time in about a month a pickup truck be- longing to Bobbie Dale Nor- rington was hit by another vehicle while parked in front of Norrington's house on North Main Street in Win- slow. Around 1 a.m. Janu- ary 9, according to town marshal O.D. Erwin, Jack Austin ran into the pickup, causing $ 337 damage. Aus- tin told Erwin that the left front tire on his Volkswa- gen blew as he was passing the Norrington home, caus- ing him to swerve across the center line and crash in- to the truck. Damage to the truck amounted to $ 337 and the 1967 Volkswagen was a total loss. Austin was not injured in the accident. He was charged with running into and against property of others. Mrs. Esther Edrington of Winslow broke the large bone in her right arm just be- low her shoulder while at her work at the Memorial hospi- tal in Jasper, Monday after- noon. The ladder she was on preparing to wash windows collapsed with her causing her to fall to the floor. Friday, January 10, be- tween Winslow and Du- bois preliminary and var- sity games, Miss Lavalla Corn was crowned 1968 -69 basketball Queen by Mike Wood, captain of the Win- slow team. Queen Lavalla was lovely in a gown of blue lace. Her court, walking to music, "Wonderland by Night" was made up of four senior girls, Kathy Gladish escorted by Mike Elliott, Marsha Aust escorted by Mark Luff, Becky Sewell es- corted by Mike Jullian and Paula Esarey escorted by Barry Burnett. Attendants were juniors, Elaine Willis and Betty Norrington es - corted by Danny Kamman and Greg Richardson; soph- omores, Mary Jane Brochin and Ruthanna Deffendoll es- corted by Brian Mullen and Warern Tooley and fresh- man, Thessa Houchin and Denise Hume escorted by Larry Scraper and Richie Luker. Teresa Nelson was crown bearer and Andy Heu- ring was basketball bearer in the impressive and beau- tiful ceremony. State Trooper Phil Wietholter was recently assigned to Pike County. Trooper Wietholter is here on permanent assignment and lives at Willisville, south of Petersburg. He is married to the former Darlene Beers, and the young couple is orig- inally from Covington, Ken- tucky. Trooper Wietholter is among the first of out-of- state men to be used by the Indiana State Police. Borden's two percent milk was being sold for 69 cents a gallon. In 1969, 5 oz. bags of marshmallows were being sold 2 for 19 cents. White potatoes were being sold in 20 lb. bags for only 69 cents. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Terry Krieg, Petersburg, in the Daviess County hospi- tal, Friday, January 10, a son; To Mr. and Mrs. Ron Clark of San Diego, California, a son, Joseph Ebin; To Mr. and Mrs. Byron Hawkins, Petersburg, Friday, Janu - ary 10, a son, Byron Greg- ory; To Mr. and Mrs. Rog- er Paul Hunt of Poseyville, a son, Kevin Richard, Mon- day, January 13. Deaths: Alfred D. Thompson, 67, Winslow, died at 2:20 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph hospital, Hunt- ingburg; Mrs, Mike (Peggy) Porter of Terre Haute died Sunday, January 12 in Union Hospital after a critical ill- ness of three weeks from Hodgkin's disease; Howard R. Campbell, 51, Oakland City native, died suddenly in St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Charles, Missouri at 7 p.m. Tuesday of an appar - ent heart attack; Mrs. Pearl Cooper, 76, of Vincennes, native of Union, died around noon Saturday at the Good Samaritan hospital; Roscoe W. Johnson, 81, Petersburg, died Monday, January 13 at the Jasper Memorial hospi- tal where he had been a pa- tient eight months. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, December 30, 1993 Michael F. Elliott, chair- man of The State Bank of Washington was named an Executive Vice President of National City Bancshares, Inc. at the directors meet- ing December 21. Elliott served as President of Sure Financial Corporation, the holding company for Pike County Bank, The Spur- geon State Bank, State Bank of Washington and Mitchell State Bank, which was re- cently acquired by National City Bancshares, Inc. In ad- dition to his duties as Execu- tive Vice President, Region- al Bank Group of National City Bancshares, Inc., he will continue as chairman of The State Bank of Wash- ington. Elliott is a Winslow High School graduate and a 1973 graduate of the Univer- sity of Evansville where he earned a business degree. For 28 years Fleeta Hayes has done more than just keep an eye on what is go- ing on around her. She re- ports on it as a correspon- dent for The Press-Dispatch. Hayes has lived in the same place in Otwell for 46 years. However by the time the pa- per comes out that may have changed. She and Roscoe, her husband of 54 years, are moving into the senior citi- zens apartment housing that is opening this week. They will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary on Jan- uary 18. They met at an ice cream social in Otwell. Winslow resident John Palmer stated his New Year's resolution. "I'm go- ing to try to cut down on the number of pranks I play on everybody and try to be a better person." Palmer is Chief Deputy with the Pike County Sheriff Department. A fire damaged a garage owned by Adron Stafford at about 5 p.m. Tuesday. Pe- tersburg firemen quickly extinguished the blaze that was located near the chim- ney in the garage. It was lo- cated on Highway 57 across the street from Jack's Car- pet. Indiana Southern Rail- road officials presented Pike County Red Cross Chapter treasurer Jerry Church with a check and food items for their drive. Church said they should be able to help 12-16 families. Marriages: Holly Anne Smith and Brett Alan Beard were married on October 30 at 4 p.m. at Neu Chapel on the University of Evansville campus. Births: To Dawn Collins and Rob Stelling, of Prince- ton, a son, Tristan Robert, on December 26. Deaths: Lee A. Hulsey, 76, of Velpen, died at 3:11 a.m. Saturday, December 25 in the emergency room of Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center in Jas - per; James S. Wilson, 87, of Petersburg, died Friday, December 24 at 7:15 p.m. at his home; Isaac R. Stew- art, 94, of Monroe City; died Tuesday, Dec. 21 at 7:15 p.m. at his residence; Bernard I. Wiscaver, 82, of Otwell, died at 8:10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23 at East- gate Manor Nursing Home in Washington; Mary Lou Money, 56, died December 26 at Mooresville; Mitchell L. Pearson, 23, died at 1:35 a.m. Friday, Dec. 24 of Leu- kemia at Bloomington Hos- pital in Bloomington; Rob- ert Cooper, 82, of Peters- burg, died a 8:26 a.m. at his home in Petersburg on Tues- day, December 28; Dorothy Lucille Rogers, 72, died Sun- day, Dec. 19 at 2 p.m. at her residence in Rempe, Ariz.; Martha Bline Beamon, 55, of Vincennes, died at Gentlec- are Nursing Home in Vin- cennes on Monday, Decem- ber 27 at 12:45 p.m.