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B-8 Wednesday, Februar y 27, 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, October 26 and 26, 1943 The treasury announced Saturday that manufacture of the new zinc-coated, steel pennies will be stopped Jan- uary 1. It will then resume coinage of one-cent piec- es made of a copper alloy, which was discontinued last February. An accident which came near claiming the life of Munceford Watkins oc- curred Friday, when he fell and was caught under the combine. His collar bone, shoulder blade and nine ribs were broken and he was otherwise cut and bruised. For some time his condition was regarded as critical, but Sunday reports from the hospital were, that he was resting as well as could be expected and hopes are en- tertained for his recovery. Mrs. Nora English had a harrowing experience one night last week. Something had been going into her hen house and killing chick- ens. About three o'clock one morning she heard the chickens making a great fuss, and Mr. English being away from home, she light- ed the lantern and went to see what was causing the excitement. When she en- tered the chicken house she saw two big eyes shin- ing from one of the nests. She found a club and battle raged. Around and around they fought and at last a big, fat opossum lay at the feet of Mrs. English. It took 41,000 gallons of gasoline to fly Eleanor Roosevelt on her trip to Australia. That represents 13,667 A coupons at their present rate of value. Marriages: Mrs. Ber- nard Marsee announces the marriage of her daugh- ter, Miss Betty Jane Chew to Robert C. Catt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Catt of this city. The marriage was solemnized Saturday, October 23 at 8:30 p.m. in Jasper with Phillip J. Kun- kel officiating with the sin- gle ring ceremony; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Beck announce the marriage of their daugh- ter, Eva Florence to Harold Mattingly of Washington, Ind. Births: Lester Leotis is the name given to the nine pound boy born October 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Benny Wil- lis of near Petersburg. Deaths: Sergeant Don- ald O. Smith, born just out- side this city, near the Smith School house, twenty-one years ago, ws killed in the crash of a Flying Fortress near the Alexandria (Loui- siana) army base, Sunday, October 17, on a routine training flight, according to information received last week by Miss Anna Harri- son; Mrs. Lucy Bell Hill, 65, died at 11:45 o'clock Tues- day at the home of a son, Claude Hill, following a long illness; Henry Jones, farmer and former Gibson County commissioner and a broth- er to Mr. Edward Jones of Union died at his home near Hazelton at 9 o'clock, Octo- ber 25 of a stroke of paraly- sis. He had been ill several months. He was 74 years old on October 24; Mrs. Mayme Hornbrook, 62, widow of John Hornbrook who died in 1925, who was a young- er brother of Mrs. Charles Jones of this city and also the late Lawrence Holbrook, died at 5:30 o'clock October 25 at Memorial hospital in Indianapolis after a month's illness; Mrs. Emma Wells of Grayville, Ill. the moth- er of Mrs. Chester Nelson of Oatsville died one day last week in the St. Mary's hos- pital in Evansville. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, January 29, 1959 A father and son by the name of Corn were champs in the Five Acre Corn con- test in Pike County accord- ing to word from County Agent Bill Robinson. The winners were George Corn, 83 years old, and his son, Carl Corn. The corn raised on the Corn farm produced 157 bushels per acre on a clay type of soil. Fire leveled a home on Third and Maple streets in Petersburg before 4 p.m. The home was owned by Homer Kendall. Adrian Weathers, who lives in the Kendall hoe, escaped inju- ry when his clothes caught fire before he could get out of the house. The fire start- ed after a stove in the front room exploded. Fire had such head-way by the time the Petersburg fire depart- ment was called that the home burned to the ground. Petersburg will have a new bakery shop beginning tomorrow. Albert Dosch, owner of the Dosch Cafe and Bus Station at Ninth and Main streets, has an- nounced that he will open the bakery in the front part of his restaurant Fri- day. The bakery shop will be a branch of the Jasper City Bakery and will carry a complete line of bakery goods which will be deliv- ered to the shop daily. Mr. Dosch said that a feature of the shop will be to take or- ders for cakes for special occasions. He said that new cases will be installed in the front of the Cafe to display the bakery goods. Spurgeon took an ear- ly lead Tuesday night over Newburgh at Newburgh and continued to widen the margin throughout the rest of the game. The Cardinals came out on top 67-47. In the first quarter the Cardinals rolled up 21 points over the nine for Newburgh. New- burgh came back in the second quarter to knock three points off the lead with a 12-9 quarter. But in the third period the Car- dinals pushed ahead four points with a 14-10 quarter. The last quarter showed 20 points for the Cardinals with only 16 for Newburgh. Yager announced over half of the points for his Cardi- nal team. He scored 14 field goals and seven free throws for 35 points. Duncan of Newburgh scored 10 points. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Thomas of Indianap- olis, a daughter; To Mr. and Mrs. Gary Willis, a son, Jeffrey Bryan, Thurs- day; To Mr. and Mrs. How- ard Anderson of Haysville, a daughter, Carol; To Mr. and Mrs. Neval Willis of Poseyville, a son, Jon An- thony; To Mr. and Mrs. El- lis Demotte of Otwell, a son, Leon Ellis; To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aldridge of Spur- geon, a son, Charles Al- bert, Jr. Deaths: Oscar Finch, 70, resident of the White church community near Princeton, died at 5:15 p.m. Sunday in the Gibson General hospi- tal at Princeton following a short illness; Word has been received here of the death of George Fordyce, age 81, of Streator, Ill.; Wal- ter A. Moore of Petersburg died suddenly at his home in Petersburg at 4:20 p.m. Fri- day from a heart attack; Her- bert Corn, 45, died sudden- ly at his home in Danville, Ill., Sunday morning at 2 o'clock; Henry H. Gladish, retired farmer near Peters- burg, died at the family res- idence at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday; Mrs. Mary Jane Wright, 81, wife of James A. Wright, died at their home on high- way 64 west of the Arthur junction at 11:20 a.m. Tues- day; Thomas R. Marsee, Sr., life-long resident of Pe- tersburg, former city coun- cilman and business man, died at his home on Syca- more street at 11:30 p.m. Friday from a heart attack. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, February 13, 1969 Mrs. Richard Gladish of Campbelltown is a patient in Memorial hospital in Jasper, room 218 suffering from in- juries received in a car acci- dent. She is suffering from fractured pelvis, fractured collar bone, broken left arm near the shoulder and two broken ribs. The accident occurred one mile south of Petersburg Friday night at 11:30 as Mrs. Gladish and her husband were return- ing home from Petersburg. Mr. Gladish, driver, pulled his car to the left when they came upon a slow moving car with no tail light. Their car left the pavement and crashed into an embank- ment. Mr. Gladish was treat- ed for minor cuts, then re- leased. Their new 1969 Ford is a total loss. Pam Minnis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Min- nis, was named the winner of the Pike County Soil and Water Conservation Dis- trict's public speaking con- test. The contest was in the Petersburg High School on February 10, with two stu- dents from each of the three county high schools eligible to participate. Joe Tislow, Commander of Petersburg VFW, Post 3587 is winner of a trip to the Washington Conference of VFW to be held in Wash- ington, D.C. February 28 through March 5. Mr. Tis- low's name was one of three drawn at a District meeting at Shoals Sunday, February 2. To be eligible, each Com- mander was required to re- port 100 per cent member- ships in his Post. Delegates to this Conference will tour the Capital and have all ex- penses paid for the entire trip. Sp. 4 Barry McGill, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Mc- Gill, Petersburg, has been sent to an Army hospital in Japan, where his foot will be put in a cast, on account of an injury he received before Thanksgiving when his foot was injured from shrapnel. His foot had remained swol- len and crooked but x rays showed no broken bones un- til swelling was reduced by therapy treatments twice daily. Latest x rays show fractures in the foot and an- kle. His brother, Pfc. Ronald McGill, is in Camp Pendle- ton, California after spend- ing a 20 -day leave with his parents. Ronald will go ti Viet Nam after a week or 10 days of processing. Marriages: Miss Jacque- line Marie Hanks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hanks, Winslow, became the bride of Stephen Loyal Crolley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loy- al Crolley of Chandler in a double ring ceremony per- formed Sunday, January 26 in the Winslow General Bap- tist church. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Potts, Hazelton, a son, Curtis Eugene; To Rev. and Mrs. James Wells of Mack- ey, a son, William Gilbert; To Captain and Mrs. Miguel Taitano of Oakland City, a son, Matthew; To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Miller of Hunt- ingburg, their fourth child, a daughter, Sherrill Reanea. Deaths: George C. Fowl- er, 69, of Winslow, died at 8:25 p.m. Monday, Febru- ary 10 in the Holiday Home in Petersburg where he had been a patient since Janu- ary 27; Mrs. Alpha Scher- er, 71, formerly of Camp- belltown and the Brenton Chapel community died at 1 a.m. Thursday, February 6 in the Regina Pacis Nurs- ing Home in Evansville; Gilbert G. Armstrong, 68, dropped dead at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, February 5 at his home on Highway 56 near the Otwell Junction while trimming trees; Em- mitt Selby, 70, died at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, February 5 at his home seven miles west of Petersburg in the New Butler community from a heart attack; Mrs. Esta Wiseman, 81, of Ot- well died at 7 p.m. Friday in Prairie Village Nursing Home in Washington; Da- vid Frank Smith, 79, res- ident of the Oakland City community for 53 years died early Thursday morning of a heart attack at his home. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, January 27, 1994 With all the freezing weather and slick, impass- able streets, most people think that most businesses shut down to await better weather. One type of busi- ness, however, has been booming since the heavy snow and ice storm last Sun- day night, Jan. 16: the video rental business. "Business has been great," Loreli Yon said about her video busi- ness, Double Play in Peters- burg. "I mean since the kids have been out of school with the bad weather and a lot of people have nothing to do, we have been renting a lot of videos." Not only the vid- eos have been renting well, however. The recent video game craze has caused ma- ny prospective renters to brave the elements to rent their favorite video games. "We've been very busy this week with game rentals," Yon said. "New (movie) re- leases and old favorites and the games (are good rent- als) because the kids, they really like Nintendo, Super Nintendo and Sega Gene- sis." Charles B. Shoobridge, 76, Route 2 Winslow, suf- fered injuries in a wreck ear- ly Sunday morning south of Winlsow. Shoobridge was headed south oh high- way 61 when he ran off the road, across a ditch and into a tree. Deputy Sheriff Wil- liam Walker said he was not sure what time the wreck happened, but it was discov- ered by a passerby around 6 a.m. The cargo light was on top of the cab. Apparent- ly Shoobridge hit his head on the windshield. He was taken to Welborn hospital. Walker said it appeared that at least $5,000 was done to the Ranger truck. Thurmon J. Hall, 48, of Petersburg was traveling south on SR 61 last Tues- day, January 25, in his 1985 Chevy Truck following a school bus, when he was rear-ended by a 1987 Ford Coupe, driven by Michael L. Thomas, 18, also of Pe- tersburg. Hall's truck was knocked 75 feet by the im- pact, eventually coasting to a stop sign in a yard near the intersection of SR 61 and Prides Creek road, Pike County Sheriff Bill Scales reported. No one was in- jured, Scales said, and no citations were written due to the slick conditions. Boy Scout Troop 151 is busy training and raising funds for a week-long ca- noe trip to the Minneso- ta Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness near Ely, Minnesota late this coming summer. The troop, led by Scoutmaster Paul R. Pan- cake, assistants Charles "Chuck" Froehle, Herman Nordhorn and assistant Ven- ture Scouts Scoutmaster Steve Willis plan to explore a part of the Great Lakes Region known for the early fur trade and the many lakes and streams. Marriages: Amy Chris- tine Harkness and Doug- las Allen Welp were unit- ed in marriage Saturday, Dec. 18 at St. Joseph Cath- olic Church in Princeton. Fr. David Fleck performed the 3 p.m. double ring cer- emony. Deaths: Georgia B. Cur- tis, 89, of Winslow, died Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 2:29 p.m. at Baker Rest Haven Nursing Home in Boonville; William R. Kinman, 82, of Cato, Route 2, Winslow, died Friday, Jan. 21 at 6:20 p.m. at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; Thelma O. Hazelton, 82, of Winslow, died Sunday, Jan. 23 at 4:05 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vin- cennes; Alta Mae Theiring, 80, of Enos Corners, Route 2, Oakland City, died Sun- day, Jan. 23 at 6:50 a.m. at Wirth Hospital in Oakland City; Anna Mae Elkins Ma- lin, 79, of Evansville, former- ly of Otwell, died at her res- idence Friday, Jan. 14 She had made Evansville her home for around the past 60 years; H. Ralph Love- less, 83, of Oakland City, died Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 5 p.m. at Deaconess Hospi- tal in Evansville; Carrie (Casey) Drew Miley, 91, of Winslow, died at 1:50 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 23 at Memori- al Hospital in Jasper; Rich- ard C. Blaize, 55, of Francis- co, mother of Bernice Blaize of Hazelton, died Thursday, Jan. 20 at Gibson General Hospital in Princeton; Mary E. (Mollie) Beadles, 98, of Petersburg, died Thursday, Jan. 20 at 5:01 p.m. at Pe- tersburg Healthcare Cen- ter; Samuel B. Hawkins, 70, of Vincennes, brother of William Hawkins of Monroe City, died at 11:15 p.m. Mon- day, Jan. 17 at Veteran's Hos- pital in Indianapolis; Beu- lah M. Scales of Evansville, former Pike County native, died Monday, Jan. 24 at Wel- born Hospital in Evansville; Lena Bottoms, 83, of Oak- land City, died Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 2:45 a.m. at Wirth Osteopathic Hospital in Oakland City; Marvin Roy Mosby, formerly of Vincent community, died January 19 at his residence in Foun- tain Valley, Calif. following a lengthy illness; Opal A. Wood, 82, of Oakland City, died Saturday, Jan. 22 at 2:45 a.m. at Good Samari- tan Nursing Home; Volah M. McGillem, 67, of Oak- land City, died Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 7:15 p.m. at Wirth Os- teopathic Hospital in Oak- land City; Gerald E. Jones, 82, of Indianapolis, former- ly of Pike County, died Jan- uary 19 in Wishard Hospital at Indianapolis. First Baptist Church, Petersburg, Ind. This church is on Main Street in Petersburg. It was built about 1890. Pho- to submitted by Joan Woodhull Wednesday, February 27 • New Orleanians take to streets for first Mardi Gras (1827) • Federal prisoners begin arriving at Andersonville (1864) Thursday, February 28 • Watson and Crick discover chemical structure of DNA (1953) • John Wesley charters first Methodist Church in U.S. (1784) Friday, March 1 • Lindbergh baby kidnapped (1932) • Articles of Confederation are ratified (1781) • Saturday, March 2 • Dr. Seuss born (1904) • The Siege of Boston (1776) Sunday, March 3 • Helen Keller meets her miracle worker (1887) • "The Star-Spangled Banner" becomes official national anthem (1931) Monday, March 4 • Government under the U.S. Constitution begins (1789) • FDR inaugurated (1933) Tuesday, March 5 • The Boston Massacre (1770) • Hula-Hoop patented (1963) Source: History.com