The Press-Dispatch
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A-10 Wednesday, May 22, 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 Friday and Tuesday, January 21 and 25, 1944 Mildred Thomas had a narrow escape from being burned last week while in In- dianapolis. Her car stalled and was taken into a garage to have the motor worked on. The mechanic had a gallon of gasoline in a jug and was priming the carburetor when the car backfired and ignited the gasoline and the mechan- ic's clothes. The mechanic was afraid to put his hand over the jug and in trying to put out the fire dropped the jug, which immediately spread the fire throughout the garage. The fire department put out the fire but Miss Thomas lost a tire and had the rear part of the car seared from the fire. The mechanic was treated in the doctor's office and es- caped serious injury. Mrs. A.J. Kidwell has pur- chased the store building lo- cated between her two furni- ture store buildings and plans to combine all three build- ings into one large store. The building formerly owned by Clara Klipsch was sold by the heirs of the estate. Mr. Wal- ter Jerrell who has operated a shoe repair shop for several y ears in the building bought by Mrs. Kidwell is remodeling the old Smith Osborn build- ing on North 8th Street and will move his shop there as soon as work is finished on the building. In an intensive advertising campaign being conducted during the 4th war loan drive, the coal mines of Pike County have come to the front with a series of pages that are timed to help the war loan drive. The advertising has been pre- pared by the war loan division of the treasury under the ex- pert guidance of advertising men who know the business. Pike County has slightly over $480,000 to raise during the drive when ends February 15. This is going to mean that ev- ery person in the county will have to participate to put the drive over the top. The adver- tising started in the Tuesday paper. Watch for the rest of the series. Everett Fleming, small son of Mr. and Mrs. T.K. Fleming suffered a compound fracture of his right leg Saturday eve- ning when a garage door fell on him, while he was playing at the home of a neighbor. The little boy was rushed to the Daviess County hospi- tal where the fracture was reduced and he will remain there for the present. As a last reminder, we ask that all who have tin cans ready for salvaging remember that Wednesday morning the truck will make the rounds. Cans should be in boxes or baskets in front of the homes not later than 8 a.m. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Ev- erett M. Smith, of Velpen, announce the birth of a son Thursday in the Oakland City Maternity Hospital; Mrs. Paul Welch, of Somerville, is the mother of a 9 pound boy born January 10. The baby has been named Paul Michael. The father, Private Welch, is now at tan unknown desti- nation; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilgus Long in Petersburg, a 6 3/4 pound girl, January 24. The baby was named Ju- dith Louise; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dyson, of Union, a 7 1/2 pound boy on January 24. Jerry Wayne is the name of the new baby; A 9 pound girl was born Sunday, Janu- ary 23, in the Miller hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Win- sted. Sandra Jane is the name given to the new baby; A 5 1/2 lb boy was born Jan 19 to Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Willis, of near Glezen; Beverly Jean is the name given to the girl born to PFC and Mrs. Gene Willis on January 18; To Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith, of Mon- roe City, a 7 3/4 lb boy on Jan- uary 18 in the Good Samari- tan Hospital in Vincennes. Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Coleman, of Winslow, announce the marriage of their daughter, Dorothy Hel- en to A/S Robert Burnett, of Kansas City, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Burnett, Win- slow. The double ring cere- mony was performed Satur- day evening, January 15 at 7:30 p.m. in a church chapel in Kansas City, Kan., with the Rev. Garfield Coleman, un- cle of the bride, officiating; Mrs and Mrs. Willis Fred- erick Mould, Jr., of Malone, N.Y., announce the marriage of their daughter, June Ivis to Pvt. Jean Warner Hisgen, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Thomas His- gen , of Petersburg. The wed- ding took place January 7 at 8 o'clock in the Post Chapel at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., where the groom has been stationed for the past three months. Deaths: Lt. William Cleve- land Arnold was killed in ac- tion in defense of his coun- try on December 30 in the Asiatic area; Mrs. Fernanda Mayeur, former resident of this city, died at her home in Princeton at 4:15 p.m. Satur- day after suffering a heart at- tack, her death being instan- taneous; Mrs. Minnie Cham- berlain Cockerham, 68, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma Smith, in this city Saturday afternoon at 12:50 p.m. after having suffered of pneumonia, which followed an attack of the flu, which she suffered several weeks ago; John Jett, formerly of this city, died in the Miller Hospital at Winslow, Thursday morn- ing shortly after 3 o'clock, af- ter having suffered from kid- ney poisoning; Marvin H. Sollman, 40, died sudden- ly Tuesday morning at 12:10 a.m. of a heart attack at his home in the southwest part of this city; Mrs. Edie Glad- ish, 79, died at the Daviess County Hospital in Washing- ton last Wednesday morn- ing at 3:30 a.m., after having been critically ill from drop- sey; death claimed the life of Mrs. Laura Belle Sullivan, a member of one of the pioneer families of this county, Mon- day evening at 5:45 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Smith, where she had made her home the past several years; West Kirk died at the home of his daugh- ter, Mrs. Charles White, near Francisco, in Gibson County, Wednesday afternoon, Janu- ary 19 at 6 o'clock from a heart attack. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, April 23, 1959 A major fire in Winslow Tuesday at 10 a.m., with dam- ages to at least $ 35,000 or more, destroyed a large por- tion of the Winslow Auto Sales on South Main St. This was the second time in 11 years that fie has swept through the large garage and showroom of the only Pontiac dealership in Pike County. The other large fire occurred in 1948 and the entire structure was de- stroyed. Although the build- ing suffered heavy damage Tuesday morning, owners of the firm said business would continue as usual with few in- terruptions. Cause of the fire was reported to have been a lighted match. It was reported that an employee of the garage had drained anti-freeze form the radiator of an automobile belonging to Harold Newton in preparation of doing body work in the front end of the car. It is thought that fumes from the anti-freeze had ac- cumulated under the car and when the employee discarded a match after lighting a cig- arette, the fumes were ignit- ed. As soon as the fumes ig- nited, the care was engulfed in flames and the fire quickly spread throughout the entire body shop. The employee was not burned. Lorel C. Coleman, super- intendent of the Petersburg Public Schools, announce yes- terday that the school board has employed a graduate of Reitz High School in Evans- ville as the new head bas- ketball coach for Petersburg High School. A fter receiving more than 40 applications and inquiries concerning the posi- tion, the school board made their selection Monday night after consideration of each ap- plicant. Hired for the position was Charles Joseph Parkin- son, coach the past two years at Lucerne High School in Cass County. Mr. Parkinson was highly recommended for the position by officials where he has taught and coached in the past. Members of the United Mine Worker of District 50, who are serving as bargain- ing agents for strikers against the Midwest Telephone Com- pany, and officers of the com- pany met Friday and appar- ently settled a seven and one- half months old strike. Fri- day, the workers, operators and linemen of Midwest vot- ed to approve a contract pro- posal. The contract includes a 15 cent hourly wage boost, recognition of the United Mine Workers of District 50 as bargaining agent and sev- eral fringe benefits. Births: To Mrs. and Mrs. DAvid Burton, of Glezen, a son, Tuesday, April 21, in the Daviess County Hospi- tal; To Mr. and Mrs. George Vaughn, of Velpen, a daugh- ter, Nancy Lynn, weighing eight pounds, nine ounces. She was born Tuesday, April 14; To Mr. and Mrs. Millard Nalley, of Winslow, a son, Kev- in Wayne, Monday, April 13, weighing 9 pounds, 14 ounc- es; To Mrs. and Mrs. Ed- ward Russell, of Velpen, a son, Mark Allen, Saturday, April 18 at the Stork Hospital in Huntingburg. He weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces; To Mrs. and Mrs. Edward Thomas, of Petersburg, a son, Keith Ed- ward, in the Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes Sun- day, April 19, weighing eight pounds and twelve ounces; To Mr. and Mrs. James Ox- by, of Fairbury, Ill., a daugh- ter, Elaine Gail; To. Pvt. and Mrs. Charles Spaw, of Lyn- nville, a daughter, Pamela Kay, Tuesday, April 21 in the Oakland City Hospital. The fa- ther is stationed in Germany; To Mr. and Mrs. William O. Callaway, Jr., of El Cerrito, Ca- lif., a son, William Oliver Cal- laway III, April 1, weighing 10 pounds, 6 1/4 ounces; To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ragle, of Velpen, a daughter, Martha Louise, Thursday, April 9 in the Jasper Memorial Hospi- tal. She weighed 7 pounds, 2 1/2 ounces. Deaths: Mrs. Edna M. Beasley, 83, died at 3 a.m. Monday, April 20 at her home two miles west of Oak- land City, following an ill- ness of nine years; William F. Brewster, 81, of Oakland City, died at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Gibson General Hospi- tal at Princeton of a heart at- tack. He had been ill only a few weeks; Alfred L. Green- man, former manager of the Midwest Telephone Company, died at 1 a.m. Sunday at the Kuebler Rest Home in Evans- ville, where he had been for some time. He was 83. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 8, 1969 Recently, Mrs. Bonnie Wal- lem, of the Frontier Antiques Store in Cato, was talking to a customer from Shoals in her store. In the course of the conversation, a particu- lar church near Shoals was mentions, and Bonnie said her father, George Powell, had lived near there when she was a small child. The gentle- man in the store said he knew a George Powell, who lived in Shoals, but Bonnie thought her father passed away about 15 years ago. In the Press-Dis- patch last week the following ad appears. "Anyone know- ing the whereabouts of Bon- nie May Hagens, age about 50 years, daughter of George and Mabel Powell, of Shoals, Indi- ana, please notify the Shoals News. It's very important." Upon reading the ad, Mrs. Wallem phone the Shoals News and Mr. George Pow- ell turned out to be Mrs. Wal- lem's father. On Sunday, fa- ther and daughter were hap- pily reunited after not see- ing each other for more than 50 years. Mrs. Wallem's par- ents were separated when she was quite young and Mrs. Wallem, thorough the years, had lost contact with her fa- ther. Mr. Powell stated after he learned his daughter was alive and living nearby, he fi- nally got a good night's sleep. Emmanual Ellis, 19, is in the Daviess County Hospi- tal suffering from injuries re- ceived in a one car accident at 11 p.m. Saturday night. El- lis, son of Mrs. Jewell Ellis, of Petersburg, who was home from Ft. Knox on a weekend pass, was driving his moth- er's car, a 1962 Chevrolet II, headed west on Highway 356 when he ran off the highway and crashed into a bridge abutment. It took around 40 stitches to close the wounds on his face. He also received a fractured jaw, broken left arm between his wrist and el- bow, badly bruised ribs and a puncture wound in his left hand and a lacerated right knee. The car was a total loss. He was charged with reckless driving. At Voyles IGA, pork chops were selling for $ .69 per pound; ground beef was sell- ing for $ .55 a pound; and bread was five loaves for $1. Marriages: Mrs. Imogene Williams, of Petersburg, wish- es to announce the approach- ing marriage of her daugh- ter, Angelyn Jane to Paul Mer- tice Stephens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mertice Stephens, of Winslow. The Wedding will be June 28 at the Littles Gen- eral Baptist Church at 7 p.m.; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Steen, of Otwell, announce the engage- ment and approaching mar- riage of their daughter, Vivian Lou, to Michael Sendelweck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sendelweck, also of Otwell. The wedding will take place May 24 at 6 p.m. in the Otwell Untied Methodist Church. Births: To Lt. and Mrs. Tom McGlasson, of Athens, Greece, a son, Thomas Mi- chael, Jr., weighing 7 lbs., 11 ozs., in a hospital in Turkey, April 30 ; To Mrs. and Mrs. Harold Bohnert, of Peters- burg, Wednesday, April 28, in Daviess County Hospital, a daughter, Dana Lynn, weigh- ing 7 lbs, 15 1/2 oz; To Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Strickland, of Oakland City, a daughter, Christa Kay, Monday, April 28 at Gibson General Hos- pital. She weighed 7 lbs., 15 1/2 oz; To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Strickland, of Lynnville, their first child, a son, Alan Wayne, weighing 10 lbs, 11 ozs., born May 3 in Gibson General Hos- pital; To Mr. and Mrs. Ter- ry Willis, of Petersburg, in Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Wednesday, April 30, a son, Michael Ray, weigh- ing 8 lbs., 7 1/2 ozs; To Mr. and Mrs. William Tegmeyer, of Winslow, a daughter, Karen Jo, born April 13, in Daviess County Hospital, weighing 7 lbs., 1 oz. Deaths: Miss Virchal E. Johnson died Tuesday, April 29, at Gibson General Hos- pital, where she had been a patient for a week following a stroke, which she suffered at her home; Infant Whitney, stillborn to Mr. and Mrs. Lar- ry Whitney, of Winslow, died Sunday, at 1 a.m. in St. Jo- seph's Hospital in Hunting- burg; Mrs. Barbara Schnarr, 77, passed away suddenly at her home in Boone Town- ship, Dubois County, from a possible gall bladder attack at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, April 29; Mrs. Leona Myers, 86, of Ot- well, died at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4 in the Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, where she entered on Friday; Claude Amos, 78, who lived near the Iva Union Church at Iva, died Tuesday, May 6, at 8 a.m. at the Daviess County Hospital. He was up at 5 a.m., then went back to bed and passed away in his sleep; Graveside Mili- tary services were conduct- ed at Walnut Hills Cemetery in Petersburg, Wednesday, for Tech. Sgt. Kenneth W. Fowl- er, following funeral services at 10 a.m. at Haverly Funeral Home in Mitchell. Tech Sgt. Fowler lost his life in a plane crash April 25 in Thailand; Ar- by E. "Shorty" Davis, 90, of Petersburg, who owned and operated oil well drilling rigs for many years, died at 10 p.m. Monday, May 5 in the Holiday Home, where he had been a resident around 5 weeks. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, April 21, 1994 High winds rocketed through the middle of Pike County around 8 a.m. last Friday morning, sending resi- dents scurrying out of the way and damaging trees and some buildings in Arthur. Cleo and Betty Lee lost a porch, the roofing on an outbuild- ing and skylights on a large barn. Across the road, Ches- ter Vaughn's garage and barn were flattened by the same wind. Vaughn had much of his garage torn away, but propped it back up so salvage could be- gin. Boards, roofing, tin and beams from both the garage and a small barn were strewn over several acres. Just be- fore Lee and Vaughn were hit, Mike and Karen Bell had a tree taken down on State For- est Road. John Grissom, also of the State Forest Road, re- ported a utility pole snapped. Andy and Phyllis Heuring, of Winslow, reported the top of a tree toppled and Reba Deffen- doll had two fruit trees split in Arthur. Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Cooper, of Indianap- olis, Carolyn Voit, of Mara- thon, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. David Chamness, of Oakland City, announce the approach- ing marriage of their children, Anne Elizabeth Cooper and Scott David Chamness. The couple will exchange vows April 22 during a 6 p.m. cere- mony at St. Pius X Church in Indianapolis. Births: To Sandra Lynn Bailey and Chad David Schmitt, a daughter, Kayla Carla Marie Schmitt, weigh- ing 6 lbs, 3 oz. on March 20 at St. Joseph Hospital in Hunt- ingburg; To Jennifer Mill- er and George Norrington, of Washington, at Daviess County Hospital, April 16, a son, Jeremiah Edward, weigh- ing 7 lbs., 11 oz; To Mr. and Mrs. Greg Dent, of Peters- burg, at Daviess County Hos- pital, April 16, a daughter, Ka- ly Ann, weighing 6 lbs, 14 oz. Deaths: Taylor Lee Hunt, 3 1/2 months, of Washington, died at 1 p.m. Friday, April 15, at Riley Hospital in Indianapo- lis, suffering from heart com- plications. She had been ill since birth; Gertrude Smith, 80, of Petersburg, died Sun- day, April 17, at 10 :29 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes; Jeraldean Elkins, 77, of Big Sandy, Tenn., died April 4 at Henry County Med- ical Center in Paris, Tenn.; Golda DeJarnett, 86, of Evans- ville, formerly of Oakland City, sister of Mammie Phil- lips of Otwell, died Sunday, April 17 at 6 a.m. at Columbia Nursing Plaza in Evansville; Juanita Williams, 74, of Oak- land City, died Wednesday, April 13 at Wirth Hospital in Oakland City at 6:14 a.m.; Keith Simpson, 27, of Oakland City, died at 9:30 a.m. Tues- day, April 12, at his residence; William Noble Woolard, 78, of Harrisburg, Ill., nephew of Glenna Miley, of Amber Man- or in Petersburg, died April 11 at Welborn Baptist Hospi- tal in Evansville; Paul Alton, 82, of Monroe City, died Sat- urday, April 16 at 11:15 p.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes; Lloyd Coleman, 65, of Washington, former- ly of Pike County, died Tues- day, April 12 at 12:42 p.m. in the emergency room at Dea- coness Hospital in Evans- ville; Mamie Wooden, 81, of Springfield, Tenn., sister of Mrs. Joe (Martha) Carter, of Petersburg, died Friday, April 15 at 6 a.m. at Jesse- Holman Jones Hospital; Fu - neral services were conduct- ed Saturday, April 16 at 1:30 p.m. for George Madison, 78, of Bowling Green, Ky., broth- er of Mrs. Lendon (Christine) Toms, of Winslow, at Fairview General Baptist Church. Wednesday, May 22 • Great Emigration departs for Oregon (1843) • The War of the Roses (1455) Thursday, May 23 • Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde (1934) • Captain Kidd walks the plank (1701) Friday, May 24 • Brooklyn Bridge opens (1883) • John Hancock becomes president of Congress (1775) Saturday, May 25 • "Star Wars" opens (1977) • Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia (1787) Sunday, May 26 • "Dracula" goes on sale in London (1897) • Last day of Model T production at Ford (1927) Monday, May 27 • Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy (1941) • Golden Gate Bridge opens (1937) Tuesday, May 28 • Lieutenant Colonel George Washington begins the Seven Years' War (1754) • Volkswagen is founded (1937) Source: History.com Winslow High School Basketball Second Team – 1945 Front row: Jerry Alley, John Dayton, Billy Nance, Bob Ashby and Donald Carter. Middle row: Roy Dayton – Coach, Buthyl Luff, Richard Clark, Paul Poehlein, Bill Butcher and Junior Norrington. Back row: Lemoine C. Barr – Student Manager, Eugene Nelson, Dwight Newton and Danny Wilder.