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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, June 26, 2019 B-3 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, February 18 and 22, 1944 The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilson, on north Twelfth St., was dam- aged by fire Saturday after- noon to the extent of about $150, when a fire originat- ing from a defecting chim- ney was discovered early in the afternoon. The fire de- partment extinguished the fire with the use of chemi- cals and the damage form water was greatly reduced. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob E. Jones, of Hazleton, have been notified by the War de- partment that their son, Pfc. Ben E. Jones, was wounded in action in the Pacific ar- ea on February 10. He is a brother of Paul Jones, man- ager of the Western Auto As- sociate Store in Petersburg. Mr. Rhodes, driver of the Federal Produce Trans- fer Truck from Evansville, was seriously injured Fri- day when his loaded truck crashed into the side of a loaded coal truck driven by W.A. Padgett. The truck was going east on Highway 56 and Mr. Rhodes was go- ing south on Highway 257, but it is believed that his brakes did not hold and he crashed into the side of the Padgett truck. The accident occurred at 3:30 o'clock Fri- day afternoon. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Radius Harker in the Daviess County Hospital, an 8 pound girl on Sunday morning; To Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Tray- lor, of Iva, a 7 3/4 pound boy on Saturday morning. The ba- by was named Russell Wayne; To Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Lut- trell, of near Cato, 9 pound girl on Friday night. Martha Mar- garet is the name of the new baby; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Chris Braun in Otwell, Thurs- day morning a 12 pound girl; To Mr. and Mrs. Ted Eugene Myers, of Glezen, Route 2, an 8 lbs boy, Wednesday night; Mr. and Mrs. Badolette Rouel- lete, of Vincennes, announce the arrival of a son on Febru- ary 8, 1944, at the The Good Samaritan Hospital, weigh- ing 8 pounds and named Law- rence Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Luther L. Craig announce the birth of a daughter at the Stork Hospital in Hunting- burg at 9 a.m., February 19, named Charlene Lee. Marriages: Anna Belle Bratton married Gene Ben- jamin, S 2-c on Saturday af- ternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Methodist Church in Win- slow; Miss Maxine Cluster and Mr. William Sutton were married in a single ring cere- mony on February 19. Deaths: Mrs. Ola Gough, 65, of Hazleton, died at 4 o'clock last Thursday morn- ing at the Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, follow- ing a month's illness; Judge S. L. Vandeveer died sudden- ly at Princeton last week; Mrs. William Lewis died February 14 in the Boehne Hospital in Evansville, from Malarial Tu- berculosis; Mrs. Edna Knight Gasch, 61, a native of this city and a grand-niece of Presi- dent Tyler, died at her home in Washington, D.C., Febru- ary 13 after a brief illness. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, May 21, 1959 Friday evening, May 22, the 82nd graduating class of Pe- tersburg High School will be honored at 8 p.m. The Class of 1959 has 57 members. Jerry Lance has been no- tified by the Secretary of the Army that his brother, John R. lance, is in serious condition in Germany, where he is sta- tioned with the United States Army. The word was received in a telegram from the Secre- tary of the Army the first of the week. According to the telegram, Lance was acci- dentally shot in the abdomen when another soldier's rifle discharged. At a dinner meeting held at the Tracer Tea Room in Win- slow Tuesday, May 12, repre- sentatives of the Ford Motor Company presented McCord Auto Sales, Inc., with a ten- year award. This award is giv- en every ten years to dealers who have met the high stan- dards set out by Ford Motor Company. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Vernon McGillum, of Littles, a son, last week in the Gibson General Hospital; To. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Nichols, of Indi- anapolis, a daughter, Janice Marie, May 3, weighting 7 pounds and 8 ounces. Marriages: Miss Mary Jane Dedman will become the bride of Pfc. Jerry Smith Friday evening, May 29 at 6 o'clock in a public wedding at the Winslow Methodist Church. Deaths: Glenn F. Walters, 49, of near Otwell, died sud- denly early Monday morn- ing at his home. Death was caused from a heart attack; Ottis Sappenfield, 46, of Boise City, Okla., formerly of Pike County, died Monday, May 4 on a hunting expedition in Alaska, suffering from a heart attack; Hattie F. Hayes, 76, resident of near Petersburg, died at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes at 5:40 p.m. Monday following a long illness; Roger Lee Wilson, 5, of near Decker, died Satur- day while playing in his yard. The cause of death was de- termined to be a lung hem- orrhage. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, June 5, 1969 Billy Joe Lynn, 29, of Route 1, Elberfeld, formerly of Win- slow, was killed instant- ly about 3:55 a.m. Tuesday, June 3 on Indiana 57, three miles south of Oakland City at the Oak Hill community in a truck-car crash. His north- bound car veered into the path of an oncoming semi- truck carrying mail and they collided head-on. Authorities said it appeared both vehicles were driving the speed limit of 65 miles per hour. It is un- known if Lynn fell asleep at the wheel. Richard P. Mory, of Chris- ney, has accepted the posi- tion of principal of Peters- burg High Schoo, effective July 1. Mory replaces Dr. William Weathers, who has been principal of Petersburg High School for the past sev- eral years. Dayco Nitrogen Compa- ny, Inc. office an plant build- ing and most of the con- tents caught fire early Sun- day morning and both build- ings burned to the ground. Damage estimates were well over $100,000 but Jon Purvis, manager and co-owner, said he did not know as yet what the loss would amount to. The buildings were built last year. The fire was discovered around 5:30 Sunday morning by people living in that area. Although the exact cause of the fire is not yet known, it is thought to have been started by a bolt of lightning during an electrical storm the night before. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shaw, of Winslow, a son, Michael K., born Satur- day, May 31 at 2:15 a.m. at St. Mary's Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cotterill, of Oak- land City, Rout 1, a son, Rob- ert James, Sunday, June 1 at Gibson General Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Bel- lamy, of Petersburg, in Da- viess County Hospital, Thurs- day, May 29, a son, Matthew Lee; To Mr. and Mrs. James "Buck" Mason, of Oakland City, a son, Jerry Christo- pher, Wednesday, May 28, at Gibson General Hospital. Marriages: Sheryl Ann Shane and Jon Stephen Lane were married in a double-ring ceremony on June 1 a the First United Methodist Church; La- Donna Russell and Gene A. Bottoms plan to wed on Fri- day, June 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Winslow General Baptist Church; Carol Lynn Black- burn and SP. 5 Archie Dwayne Austin plan to wed on June 14 at 4 p.m. at Sts. Peters and Paul Catholic Church. Deaths: Emily Jean Tis- dale, stillborn baby of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tisdale, died on Wednesday, May 28 at Wel- born Baptist Hospital at 8:10 p.m.; Theresa Loveless, 74, of Oakland City, died Friday at the Gibson General Hospital, where she had been a patient for a few days; Ollie Sanders, 65, of Petersburg, died at 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 29 in his home after suffering from a heart ailment for over a year; Florence Hale, 84, of Peters- burg, passed away at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 28 in Holi- day Home; Aaron "Bun" mar- tin, 72, of Petersburg died at 5:05 a.m. Wednesday, May 28 in Good Samaritan Hos- pital in Vincennes as a re- sult of stroke he suffered on April 8; Nina Lois Satterfield, 37, of Otwell died at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 4 at St. Jo- seph Hospital, Huntingburg; Verne E. Phillips, 79, of Win- slow, died at 5 p.m. Wednes- day, May 28, at the Holiday Home, suffering from a heart attack; Shirley C. Tevault, 74, of Pike County, died Sunday, June 1 at 4 a.m. in St. Mary's Hospital, where he has been a patient for three weeks; Ed- na Mae Walton, 66, of Peters- burg, died at 6:30 a.m. Tues- day, June 3, in Gibson Gener- al Hospital. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 19, 1994 Although a lot still depends on the weather in weeks to come, Pike County farmers can expect to take a loss in their crop yields this year af- ter the cold and wet spring earlier this year, officials said. The already planted crops of area farmers are suffering and most area farmers do not even have their planting do- ne. Pike County farmers are currently about 50 percent be- hind where they normally are this time of year. A fter 22 years, Ron Ro- bling's reign as Democrat County Chairman has come to an end. Robling, who said he was the longest standing county chairman in Indiana , resigned Sunday afternoon at a specially called meet- ing of the Democratic Party. He acknowledged there had been opposition to him for several years, but he said he had plenty of support to win the county chairman elec- tion again. However, he said it was becoming increasing- ly difficult because he had to contend with 15 people with- in the Democrat party before he could battle with the Re- publicans. Births: To Stacy and Mary Ann Jenkins, of Petersburg, at Daviess County Hospital, Washington, may 6, a daugh- ter, Shaley Denise; To Rev. and Mrs. Jeff ( Janell) Sumner on May 2, a daughter, Ashley Lauren, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. Marriages: Sheila A. Bolin and John David Allison were united in marriage in a pri- vate ceremony on Saturday, May 7 at Anderson Chapel Church in Petersburg; Bridg- et Michelle Sloan and Ronnie Gene Poorman were united in marriage April 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Christina Church in est Union, Ill.; Stacy Mc- Candless and Jason H. Bot- toms plan to wed on June 4 at 3 p.m. at the Christian Gen- eral Baptist Church in Win- slow; Leah Scraper and Troy Dean Smith plan to wed June 11 at 3:30 p.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Petersburg; Laurie Ann Mc- Cullough and Edward Grant Tryon plan to wed May 21 at 3 p.m. at Glezen Revival Center. Deaths: Valoris T. Wool- sey, 90, of Winslow, died at 1:05 a.m. Saturday, May 14 at Wirth Osteopathic Hospital in Oakland City; Charles H. Maxwell, 93, of Mt. Olympus, died Tuesday evening, May 10, at his residence; Earl L. Abbott, 72, of chandler, died at 8:35 p.m. Tuesday, May 10 at Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evansville; Paula B. Pend- ergrass, 56, of Oakland City, died Monday, May 16 at 1:50 p.m. at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville; Bruce Bensman, 56, of Petersburg, died at 12:30 a.m. Wednes- day, May 11 at Daviess Coun- ty Hospital in Washington. Winslow High School 1974 Class Officers Pictured are the Winslow High School class officers for the Class of 1974. Front row (l to r): Roxanne Hume — Secretary, Bridget Bottom — Historian and Robin Collins — Treasurer. Back row (l to r): Dar- lene Vaughn — President and Rick Brothers — Vice-President. Photo from archive Wednesday, June 26 • U.S. begins Berlin Airlift (1948) • Congress approves Federal Highway Act (1784) Thursday, June 27 • Route 66 decertified (1985) • Germans get Enigma (1940) Friday, June 28 • Workers assemble first Corvette in Flint, Mich. (1953) • Archduke Ferdinand assassinated (1914) Saturday, June 29 • The Globe Theater burns down (1613) • U.S. space shuttle docks with Russian space station (1995) Sunday, June 30 • "Gone with the Wind" published (1936) • Sandy Koufax pitches first no- hitter (1962) Monday, July 1 • Hong Kong returned to China (1997) • The Battle of Gettysburg begins (1863) Tuesday, July 2 • Johnson signs Civil Rights Act (1964) • Congress votes for independence (1776) Source: History.com CREATIVITY. OUR SPECIALTY. 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