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C-10 Wednesday, May 29, 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 28 and February 1, 1944 Miss Frances Traylor went to St. Louis, Mo., Wednesday and passed the examination into the Waves. She returned home Wednesday to spend a few days in Petersburg with her parents, before reporting for duty at Hunter College in New York. Miss Traylor's brother, Robert Traylor, S 2- c is also serving with the U.S. Navy and is stationed at San Francisco, Calif. They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Lou- is Traylor, of Vincennes Ave., Miss Traylor was employed at the Index Notion Company. With the beginning of the third week of the war loan drive, although officially the drive opened last Tuesday, war bond sales were showing a very slow uphill movement. With a quota of $480,200 to raise, the county so far has not raised quite a hundred thousand. Efforts are being made to conduct a house to house drive and in addition, make it a drive to honor fall- en service men. Details of this phase will be announced shortly. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Ger- ald Dyson are the proud par- ents of a baby boy, born Jan- uary 25. He has been named Jerry Wayne; Born to Mrs. Robert Shoultz, of Alford, January 26, a 6 lb., 8 oz. boy; Born January 26, a 7 lb. girl to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Goodpasture. The baby was named Doris Faye; To Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mattingly in the Daviess County Hos- pital Thursday, January 27, a 6 1/2 lb. boy. The little boy was named William Joseph; To Mr. and Mrs. James Minor in the Daviess County Hospi- tal, an 8 1/2 lb. boy. The baby was named James Richard; To. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Wil- son, of Knox County, a 10 1/2 lb. boy Sunday morning; To Sgt. and Mrs. George Pear- son, Jr. at the home of Mrs. Pearson's parents in South Bend, a 6 1/2 lb. girl named Bonnie Jill; To Mr. and Mrs. Harold DeVrees in the Wel- bourn-Walker Hospital in Evansville, an 8 1/2 lb. girl, Sunday, January 30. The ba- by was named Jill Ann. Marriages: Deloris South- wood, of Somerville, and Dewey Catt, of Petersburg were quietly married Tues- day, January 18 in Arkansas. Mrs. Catt formerly was em- ployed at the Chrysler Plant in Evansville. Mr. Catt is connected with the Blue and White Bus Line. They will make their home in Peters- burg; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Zel- lar announce the marriage of their daughter, Tiny to Don- ald Gene Jerrell, B.M. 1-c in Ashland, Ky. Deaths: Delielea J. Belcher, 79, passed away Wednesday evening at 8:45 o'clock at her home near Lit- tles, following a two weeks ill- ness of influenza and pneu- monia; Milton Holling, 39, a lifelong resident of the com- munity northeast of Win- slow, was instantly killed Wednesday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock when struck by a falling tree on the James Chew farm south of Algiers; Mrs. Sally English, 62, died at her home on South Sev- enth St., this city, Monday afternoon about 3 o'clock af- ter suffering a heart attack a short time previous to her passing; Mrs. Leta C. Whal- ey passed away Monday eve- ning Jan 24 at 6 o'clock at their country home on the Petersburg and Otwell High way between Otwell and Al- giers. Death was due to a lin- gering illness from which she had suffered for a numbers of months; Matilda Bryant, 88, died at her home on South Sixth St. in this city last Fri- day morning, January 28, af- ter an illness and general fail- ing of health for the past sev- eral months of complications due to her advanced age. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, April 30, 1959 Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Kinman, of Petersburg, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday, May 3, with an open house in their home on Washington Road and invite all their friends and neighbors to call. They have three sons, Clyde, of Petersburg, Clester, of Al- buquerque, N.M., and Gene, of Rushville, and four grand- daughters, all who will be home to help celebrate the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Kin- man have lived near Peters- burg all their lives and are both members of First Bap- tist Church of Petersburg. Donna Yates and Kenneth Anderson, of Otwell High School, were among the med- al winners in the finals of the 45th annual state high school contests held Saturday, April 25, at Indiana University. Competing for top honors in mathematics, Spanish, Eng- lish and Latin were 1200 win- ners of regional meets held in 32 cities throughout the state. Miss Yates received a gold medal and Anderson a bronze medal in the first year Latin contest. Actions of President Eisen- hower Monday cast a dark cloud over the immediate prospects of the construction of the power plant on White River near Petersburg by the Hoosier Energy Corporation. The president vetoed the rru- al electrification bill which sailed through both the House and Senate last week, although they passed both groups by nearly the two- thirds majority necessary to override a presidential ve- to. Vetoing of the bill by the president promises to start a bitter fight in Washington. Democrats are preparing an attempt to override the veto and the White House Tues- day launched what amount- ed to a counter-offensive. The vetoed bill would have taken from the Secretary of Agri- culture the power to approve or disapprove loans made by the Rural Electrification Ad- ministration, an agency in the Agriculture Department. The chief sponsor of the bill was Sen. Hubert Humphrey, Democrat of Minnesota. Winfield K. Denton, Demo- cratic Representative of the Eighth Indiana District, had introduced a similar bill in the House. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. David Brenton, of Glezen, a son, Tuesday, April 21 in the Daviess County Hospi - tal; To Mr. and Mrs. Adam Ruckriegle, Jr. , of Otwell, a daughter, Janell Elaine, Fri- day, April 24; To Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Foster, of Ot- well, a son, Randall Eugene, Sunday, April 19, in the Jas- per Memorial Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hume, of Oakland City, a daughter, Liza Renee, born Wednesday, April 15 in the Oakland City Hospital. Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. Pete Stewart, of Petersburg, announce the engagement of their daughter, Janice, to William Craig, Sr., of Win- slow. Miss Stewart, a gradu- ate of Oakland City College, is the mathematics teach- er at Elberfeld High School. Mr. Craig is a senior in me- chanical engineering at Pur- due University. A June wed- ding is planned. Deaths: Ray Lamb, 73, former resident of Pike County, died Wednesday fol- lowing a long illness; Ma- hala Smith, 80, lifelong res- ident of Pike County, died at 7:50 a.m. Friday at the Da- viess County Hospital; Min- nie Harmon, 86, of Peters- burg, died at 3:34 p.m. Thurs- day at the Stork Hospital in Huntingburg; Robert L. Hol- lon, 85, lifelong resident of Pike County, died at his res- idence in Winslow at 10 p.m. Monday. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 15, 1969 The home of Mrs. Carol Gregory and children was destroyed by fire Tuesday of last week. All contents were lost except a garden rake. Any household articles, bed- ding linens, furniture, food, clothing, size 20 for lady, boy age 5, 2 girls age 8 and 11 are badly needed. The family is staying at the present with her parents, the Orville Jone- ses in Monroe City. A recently passed resolu- tion stating that "any employ- ee of the Pike County School Corporation must retire at age 65 if they reach their 66th birthday prior to June 30," was changed to exclude non-teaching personnel. The original order would have cost several cooks employed by the school cafeteria their jobs and would have left the schools short-handed. The order pertaining to teaching personnel is still in effect. Sp. 4 Gary R. Morton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie R. Morton, who has been sta- tioned in Viet Nam since last November was chosen "hon- or guard" and will accompa- ny his platoon leader, a 1st Lt. to Da Nang. They will be there for seven days. Gary will be with officers most of the time while he is there. Gary will have served one year in Viet Nam in Novem- ber 1969, then will return to the United States. He will have his service time com- pleted June 4, 1970. Gary says, "The time is passing pretty fast, but I am anxious to get back home with my folks and all my friends." Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. O. Leo Beckman, of Jasper, are announcing the engage- ment and the approaching marriage of their daughter, Jane Frances, to Mr. John Stephen Chappell, An August 2 wedding is being planned; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whit- man, of Oakland City, an- nounce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Becky Jo, to Bill Allen Coo- per, son of the Charles Coo- pers, of Winslow. The wed- ding will take place Thursday evening, May 29 at the Win- slow General Baptist Church; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blan- ton, of Hazleton, wish to an- nounce the approaching mar- riage of their daughter, Nila, to David Gladish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Denver Gladish, of Petersburg. The ceremony will take place on June 4 at 4 p.m. at the First Methodist Church in Petersburg. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Turpin, of Patoka, a daughter, Gina Michelle, weighing 6 lbs., 2 oz., May 7; To Mrs. and Mrs. Larry Dale Greene, of Princeton, in the Gibson General Hospi- tal Wednesday, May 7, a son, Larry Dale, Jr.; weighing 4 lbs.; To Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Bailey, of Oakland City, a son, Barry Johnson, born May at St. Mary's Hospital, Evans- ville, weighing 6 lbs., 14 1/2 ozs; To Mr. and Mrs. Randall Hamm, of Petersburg, in Da- viess County Hospital, Sun- day, May 11, a daughter, Sta- cy Loann, weighing 8 lbs., 3 oz. Deaths: Herbert E. Brad- field, 71, died unexpectedly at 7:15 p.m. Friday, May 9, at his residence on Route 1, Pe- tersburg; Juanita Cox, 68, of Petersburg, died at 8:10 a.m. Friday in the Daviess Coun- ty Hospital in Washington, where she had been a pa- tient since May 2. She had been ill from cancer for sev- eral years; Funeral services for Mrs. Marie King, 81, of Oakland City were at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Lamb Funer- al Home, with Rev. Thomas Scott officiating. Mrs. King died Wednesday, May 7 at the Gibson General Hospital where she had been a patient for only a few days. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, April 28, 1994 A Petersburg man died late Tuesday when he was shot during a fight in the front yard of a rural Peters- burg home. James Douglas Westfall, 24, of Park Lane, Petersburg, died about mid- night, when he was shot by James Carlisle, of Route 2, Pe- tersburg, with a 9 mm pistol. Carlisle told Indiana State Po- lice Detective Mike Hildeb- rand, that he had just gotten home and his girlfriend, a ju- venile, was in the back of the house fixing supper. Westfall came to the back door of the house and forced his way into the house, where he and the juvenile girl got into an alter- cation, according to Carlisle. He told Hildebrand he and Westfall got into a fight and they went out the back door. Then they came back into the house and there was a pistol on the table. Westfall picked up the gun and discharged it in the house. When Westfall aimed the gun at Carlisle and the juvenile female, Carlisle grabbed the barrel. During the fight, the gun discharged and Carlisle wrestled it away from Westfall. They then went out in the front yard, got into another altercation and when Westfall charged Carl- isle to grab the gun, Carlisle fired about four shots. Mindy McCrary, of Win- slow, was driving south on CR 450 E. last Tuesday, April 26, when she lost control of her vehicle, a 1987 Mercury, due to the muddy, wet condi- tion of the road and swerved into the path of a 1991 Chevy driven by Rebecca Hochge- sang, of Huntingburg. No one was injured in the crash, which occurred one mile south of SR 364. Two Winslow residents were arrested following an early morning collision Tues- day, April 26. Angela A. Ellis, of Winslow, was going west on SR 56 at 8 a.m., Tuesday morning in her 1987 Chevy Camaro when she attempt- ed to turn left on to CR 475 E., or Cato-Winslow Road. Brandon Schoobridge, also of Winslow, was following Ellis at a high rate of speed and cold not slow down in time to avoid the accident. Schoobridge was arrested following the accident for speeding too fast to avoid a collision. Ellis was arrested for operating a vehicle with- out insurance. No one was in- ured in the crash. Marriages: Penny Mi- chelle Wilson, of Petersburg, and Rod Dreiman Myers, of Monroe City, were united in marriage at 6 p.m. Satur- day, March 19, at the Indi- ana Presbyterian Church on Highway 61 between Vin- cennes and Monroe City. Rev. James Wheeler performed the double ring ceremony. Births: To Clint and Amie Clore, of Petersburg, at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville, their first child, April 23, a son, Logan Daniel, weighing 6 lbs and 10 oz.; To Kevin and Julie Roy, of Spur- geon, at ST. Mary's Medical Center, Evansville, April 12, a daughter, Haley Michelle, weighing 7 lbs and 9 oz. Deaths: Keith Alan Rei- senbeck, 25, of Velpen, died at 6:28 p.m. Thursday, April 21 at St. Mary's Medical Cen- ter in Evansville, suffering from a stroke; Melvin Wil- liam Louis Bartelt, 84, of Stendal, died at 10 :25 p.m. Saturday, April 23 at Hunt- ingburg; Ruth Hazelton, 68, of Phoenix, Ariz., sister of Alice Cundiff, of Peters- burg, died Saturday, April 23; Catherine Ford, 76, of Princ- eton, formerly of Pike Coun- ty, died April 22 at 9:15 p.m. at Gibson General Hospital in Princeton; Bessie Fritz, 75, of Oakland City, died at 11:55 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at Wirth Hospital in Oak- land City; Johnny Woods, 73, died Tuesday, April 19 at 2:35 p.m. at Petersburg Healthcare Center; Marion Patton, 86, of Otwell, died at 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; Wilma Chanley, 84, former- ly of Vincennes, sister of De- wayne Abell, of Petersburg, died Saturday, April 23 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@pressdispatch.net Winslow High School Paper Staff – 1944 Front row: Victor Neal Buechele, Wilma Lois Barnett, Rose Mary Kemp, Gerald Edward Stinson, Fauntella Barnett and Patricia Ruth Ambrose. Back row: Ernest Hume, Dolores June Thurman, Jerry DeWard Stinson, Anna Belle Bratton, Charles David Gardner, Evalou Thompson, Mary Lee Carpenter and Clarice June Bell, Sponsor. Not pictured was William Oliver Berlin. Wednesday, May 29 • Hillary and Tenzing reach Everest summit (1953) • Danica Patrick becomes first woman to lead Indy 500 (2005) Thursday, May 30 • Joan of Arc martyred (1431) • First Indianapolis 500 held (1911) Friday, May 31 • Big Ben goes into operation in London (1859) • Deep Throat is revealed (2005) Saturday, June 1 • CNN launches (1980) • Benedict Arnold is court- martialed (1779) Sunday, June 2 • Babe Ruth retires (1935) • McVeigh convicted of Oklahoma City bombing (1997) Monday, June 3 • Crackdown at Tiananmen begins (1989) • Major Edward H. White becomes first American to walk in space (1965) Tuesday, June 4 • Battle of Midway begins (1942) • Tiananmen Square massacre takes place (1989) Source: History.com