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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, March 6, 2019 C-9 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, Nov. 2 and 5, 1943 According to an Associat- ed Press dispatch Sunday, William Weathers, of this city had been made first lieutenant. Lieut. Weath- ers was here last week en- route to San Diego, Califor- nia, from Maryland, where he had completed a course in the Military Intelligence School at Baltimore. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Weathers, Sr. of this city and before being inducted into the service was a teacher in the local schools. Ed Merckre, living three miles west of Otwell was awakened at 1 o'clock last Wednesday morning by neighbours, and told his barn was on fire. The fire had gained such headway when noticed that nothing was saved. Six head of hors- es and cattle were burned, together with a combine and other farm machin- ery, 10 tons of hay and oth- er small articles. The ori- gin of the fire is unknown. The loss was estimated at $4,000.00 with $2,000.00 insurance, carried by Wil- liam Radcliff, Insurance Agency. Mr. E. R. Miller of Un- ion was uptown, Satur- day and brought to this of- fice a pair of child's leath- er shoes which were hand made. The shoes are cop- per toed and size 8 or 9, Mr. Miller found the shoes outside a window sill while razing the old home of Mrs. Margaret Coleman, in Un- ion. You may see them in the Press Office window. Marriages: Luther Hale and wife announce the mar- riage of their daughter, No- ra Helen to Chas. Keddrick of Indianapolis. The wed- ding took place Saturday, October 30 at 10 a.m. at St. Louis, Missouri; Miss Eva Dunning, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dun- ning, of Fritchton, became the bride of Paul DeJarnett, of Petersburg, in a ceremo- ny performed by the Rev. Carl L. Roth in the parson- age of the Free Methodist church, Monday afternoon, 2 o'clock. Births: An eight pound girl was born Thursday morning to Pvt. and Mrs. Raymond Denzil Bee in the Miller hospital. Deaths: George E. La- Follette died at his home three miles south of Ot- well, Saturday evening at 6:15 o'clock. He had been in declining health for two years; Prudence Sanders died Friday morning, Oc- tober 29 at 9 o'clock in the Sacred Heart hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylva- nia, where she had been a patient several months; Richard Ladson, one of the most widely known min- ers and good citizens of this city died at the hospi- tal in Olney, Illinois, where he had gone for treatment a few days previously, Friday morning at 2:30 o'clock, from infirmities due to his age. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, February 5, 1959 The Oakland City Col- lege Glee club will present "Seven Ladt Words" at the Winslow Christian church March 24 at 7:30. Dr. Neva Bernard is director of the glee club. Kiwanis club and Ministerial Association of Winslow is sponsoring the program for Tuesday night of Holy week. Shortly after 6 a.m. Sun- day fire destroyed a tur- key brooder house and 3,000 turkeys on the San- dy Hill Farms at the north edge of Petersburg. The farm is commonly known as the Lamb Turkey farm but is now owned by Tom Jochim. Cause of the firs which caused between $ 6,000 and $7,000 damage was not immediately deter- mined. Mr. Jochim said that both young turkeys and full grown turkeys were lost in the flames. When the fire was discovered, it had gained such headway that by the time the Petersburg fire department was called and arrived the building was engulfed in flames. Joe Hill, aged resident of Petersburg, was struck by a car driven by How- ard Lytton, Jr., Thursday evening at the corner of Eighth and Main streets in Petersburg. He was taken to the Daviess County hos- pital, but he was not seri- ously injured. Mr. Hill was crossing the street when Lytton turned from Main onto Eighth street. Being a datk corner and raining very hard at the time, Mr. Lytton said he did not see the elderly man until he had hit the car. This is the same corner where several other persons have been hit in the past few years. A nostalgic glimpse into Bygon days will delight and amuse visitors to the lobby of the Citizens State Bank, Petersburg. It is a unique collection of antique me- chanical coin banks in an exhibit entitled, "The tra- dition of American Thrift." Attracting customers and friends daily since it was placed in the lobby, the dis- play is playing a triple role in providing an interesting an educational showpiece, serving as an incentive for regular savings, collecting money for a local charita- ble organization. Officials of the Citizens State Bank state that all coins used in demonstrating "the action" of these banks will be do- nated to Polio Campaign for 1959. Marriages: Ferns, pink and white roses and gladio- li decorated the altar of the Blessed Sacrament church in Oakland City for the 10 o'clock nupital high mass Saturday morning, Janu- ary 24, uniting in marriage Miss Lucina Elizabeth Da- vis and Joseph Hyde. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Phillips of Peters- burg, a son born Sunday in the Daviess County hospi- tal in Washington; To Mr. and Mrs. Ray Meyer Holtz of Oakland City, a daughter born Sunday; To Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Burkhart of Glezen, a son, born Friday in the Daviess County hos- pital in Washington; To Mr. and Mrs. William Lamb, Petersburg, a son, Michael William, Sunday, February 1, in Vincennes. Deaths: Harley Mun- cy, retired oil field work- er of Union, died at 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Daviess County hospital after suf- fering a heart attack earli- er in the evening; Funeral services were conducted Thursday, January 29 for Ford Tincher, 42, who was found dead Tuesday, Janu- ary 27. Mr. Tincher was an uncle of Harlan Tincher of Winslow. He was born in Winslow and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Tincher of Bicknell; Percy Elwyn Slack, 75, of Oakland City, died at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, January 27 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jean Fol- ey, in Oakland City. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, February 20, 1969 Truth Days in honor of George Washington's birthday will be Friday and Saturday in Petersburg and Winslow. This is the day merchants chop prices to the root of the old "cher- ry tree" and they tell you the "honest George" truth, too about the extra specials they are practically giving away. Miss Deborah Ruth Fis- cus, of Winslow, has suc- cessfully completed the training program for Med- ical Assistants at the Co- lumbus, Ohio Campus of Career Academy, world's largest paramedical school- ing system. She was award- ed her cap and certificate at graduation ceremonies held on February 1. Family Scott Bath Tissue was selling four-roll pack- ages for just 39 cents at Red & White in 1969. Cynthia Blough, soph- omore vocal music ma- jor at DePauw Universi- ty, will sing the female ti- tle role in the Menotti op- era, "The Old Maid and the Thief" when it is pre- sented at the Greencastle school this weekend. Miss Blough, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Blough of Oakland City, is a 1967 graduate of Wood Memori- al High School. Marriages: Miss Rose- mary Bellamy and Earl Wayne Eversoll were unit- ed in marriage at 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 1, at the Ayrshire Valley Gener- al Baptist church. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Powell, by adoption, Monday, February 17, a son, Ryan Kent; To Mr. and Mrs. David Williams of Spurgeon, a daughter, Beth Ann, Tuesday, February 11; To Mr. and Mrs. Ger- ald Glesler of Jasper, Fri- day, February 14, a daugh- ter, Jana Lynn. Deaths: Mrs. Nuna Finney, 79, well known and highly respected la- dy of Petersburg, died at 2 p.m. Friday, February 14 at the Hillcrest Hospital in Vicennes; Gilbert Mills, 60, of the Littles communi- ty, died Saturday, February 15 at 9:45 p.m. enroute to the Daviess County hospi- tal; Mrs. Louise Wellman, 74, died in her sleep Sunday morning, February 16 at her home north of Peters- burg on Highway 56, just past Indian Mound, from a stroke; Wendell P. Ashby, 63, Jack, as he was familiar- ly known, a native of Win- slow, died Monday, Febru- ary 17 at Welborn Baptist hospital; Courtney S. Lamb died Monday at 6:15 a.m. at his home in Oakland City following a long illness. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, February 3, 1994 Ted Lee, Jr. attacked po- lice as he was being led out of the courtroom after be- ing convicted of severe- ly beating an elderly Pike County couple. The brawl that ensued eventually in- volved Prosecutor Jeff Bies- terveld, who grabbed Lee from behind as he fought with sheriff deputies Jeff Clements and William Walker. Biesterveld said he did not see the whole inci- dent, but had interviewed Walker about it. Walk- er said Deputy Clements was escorting Lee out of the courtroom in leg irons and handcuffs. As Lee was being led from the court- room to the elevator past Deputy Walker, who has testified against Lee, he spat on Walker. Lee then broke the leg chains apart and tried to hit Walker with the chain, Walker dodged, but Lee then kicked him. Walker and Clements tried to grab Lee and move him toward the elevator as he was kicking and swinging the leg iron and chain at them. Prosecutor Jeff Bi- esterveld ran up from be- hind and pressed Lee into the wall near the elevator until they could hold and restrain him. Biesterveld said Lee was upset with Walker because Walker was a witness for the prose- cution. Biesterveld said no further charges were filed against Lee, but this would be entered as evidence at his sentencing. A three-year-old sur- vived a scare with rat poi- son Monday night when a friend found him with an opened box of rat poi- son. Junior Blackwell, a friend, said he found Wil- liam Scott Jones, three, the son of Gayla Jones with the opened box or rat poison. "We don't know if he ate any or not," said Blackwell. He said they called the poison control center and were ad- vised to give the child Iepa- cac, which causes children to vomit. Jones was taken to Wirth Memorial hospital, where he was treated and released about 30 minutes later. Blackwell, on Tues- day, said Jones had taken William back to the hospi- tal for a check-up, but so far he had been doing fine. Senior Molly Freder- ick was named 1994 Char- ger Basketball Homecom- ing Queen this past Friday night at the Pike Central gym. She and Maid of Hon- or Abby France presided over the evening which in- cluded a Charger win over the visiting North Knox Warriors. Derick Tormohlen re- ceived a first place rating in division four piano solo, Sarah Arnholt and Cassie Blake received firsts in di- vision two voice and Tina Russell and B.J. Willis re- ceived second place ratings in division one voice. Melissa Gail Sasser of Winslow received her bach- elor of arts degree in educa- tion from Purdue Universi- ty recently at the West La- fayette campus. Marriages: Misty J. Os- born and Jeff Brenton were married January 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church in Pe- tersburg with Rev. Leslie McKown officiating. Deaths: Violet Kays Hudson Taylor, 81, died Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 11:45 p.m. in Petersburg Health- care Center where she had lived one and a half years; Robert D. Thorne, 60, of Crown Point, died Tues- day, Jan. 25 at St. Antho- ny Medical Center, suffer- ing from cancer; Barbara H. Fowler, 64, of Prince- ton died at 1:44 p.m. Tues- day, February 1, at the St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville; John Don- ald Houchin, 81, of Terre Haute, brother of Richard Houchin of Petersburg, died at 6:56 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27 in Meadows Manor East; Orville D. Hale, 84, of Boonville, died at 2:24 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31 at Warrick Hospital in Boon- ville; Mary Ann McKinney Newman, 27, of Boonville, daughter of Darrell and De- lores McKinney of Stendal, died at 2:45 p.m. January 14; Rita Jo Morrisey, 45, of Galloway, Ohio, former- ly of Winslow, niece of Eu- la Hughes of Winslow, died Friday, Jan. 28 at Riverside Hospital; Marjorie A. Fair, 71, of Huntingburg, sister of Maurice Wolfe of Hazel- ton, died Sunday, Jan. 30 at 3:45 p.m. at her residence; James Jones of DeQueen, Ark. died Tuesday morn- ing at his residence; Pearl I. Howard, 74, of Winslow, died Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 8:15 a.m. at Daviess Coun- ty Hospital in Washington. net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@pressdispatch.net The Curiosity Shop, Petersburg, Ind. This interesting shop called the Curiosity Shop was located on Main Street in Petersburg. Photo submit- ted by Joan Woodhull Wednesday, March 6 • Bayer patents aspirin (1899) • Michelangelo born (1475) Thursday, March 7 • Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone (1876) • Hitler reoccupies the Rhineland (1936) Friday, March 8, • Bus goes into production (1950) • Mount Etna erupts (1669) Saturday, March 9 • Barbie makes her debut (1959) • Japanese power plant leaks radioactive waste (1981) • Sunday, March 10 • Speech transmitted by telephone (1876) • Lincoln signs Ulysses S. Grant's commission to command U.S. Army (1864) Monday, March 11 • Paul McCartney knighted (1997) • Confederate constitution adopted (1861) Tuesday, March 12 • FDR gives first fireside chat (1933) • Gandhi leads civil disobedience (1930) Source: History.com