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July 24, 2019

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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, July 24, 2019 C-5 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, March 17 and 21, 1944 One of the oldest build- ings, if not the oldest in this county was destroyed by fire last Tuesday night, when the Scales residence in Augusta, this county, was destroyed by fire. The residence was occupied by Lafe, Jack and Vira Scales, and the building was erect- ed near the beginning of the Civil War. The residence was a large one and much of the timber in it was hand hewn. The occupants of the building were cleaning off the garden and yard Thurs- day afternoon and were burning the trash near the house. Before anyone knew it, the fire had spread to the residence and could not be checked. The "A" card gasoline ra- tion has been lowered to two gallons a week for the entire country, effective March 22, because of imminent "criti- cal demands" and a gigan- tic black market which is draining 2,500,000 gallons daily from the restricted ci- vilian supply. Under the low- ered "A" ration, the value of "A" coupons will remain un- changed. Coupons will have to last three instead of tow months, however, in those areas which heretofore has had larger rations than in the eastern seaboard. Three local boys were badly burned when the tent in which they were camping last Friday night caught fire from an overturned can- dle. The tree, Robert Ste- phenson, Howard Briscoe and Jimmie Mitchell were camping near the old ditch, west of Petersburg. Mitchell was sleeping when the can- dle overturned. The other two attempted to put out the fire and were burned about the face and hands. The tent, sleeping bags, food and some fishing equip- ment were destroyed. The boys were treated for burns by a local doctor. Births: Born to Staff Ser- geant Elmer Simpson and wife in the Miller Hospital, Saturday, an 8 pound baby girl. The baby was named Linda June; To Mr. and Mrs. John Austin, Sunday, a 6 pound girl. Deaths: Mrs. Della Hea- ton, 54, of this city, died at the Daviess County Hospi- tal in Washington Wednes- day morning at 2:40 o'clock after having been in declin- ing health for a number of years; Mrs. Kate Howard Wright Adams died in Da- viess County Hospital in Washington at 4:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon; Verline White, 16 months old, of this city, died at 6:15 o'clock last Thursday morning from attack of pneumonia fever; Mrs. Houghland, 87, of this county, died Friday morning, March 17, at 3:15 o'clock, at her home; Mrs. Mary Teavault, 84, of Lock- hart Township, died Mon- day morning at 1:25 o'clock, after having undergone sur- gery for appendicitis at Wel- born Hospital in Evansville. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, June 18, 1959 Clarence "Bob" Burns has announced that he has opened a watch repair and jewelry store in Petersburg. The new store, known as the Burn's Jewelry Store, is lo- cated in the Dr. Kime build- ing at 608 Main St. He will offer watch hands, lighters, costume jewelry and some other jewelry items for sale. His main specialty will be watch repair work. At 33-year-old Ayrshire man died following a truck accident in Tennessee Sun- day night at 9 p.m. Herschel Abbott, truck driver for the Caribbean National Corpo- ration, died at 3 a.m. in the Emerald Hougson Hospi- tal in Sewanee, Tenn. Mr. Abbott was driving a truck in the mountainous coun- try on U.S. Highway 41, 15 miles northwest of Chatta- nooga when the accident occurred. The truck was carrying a load of shelled corn. It was reported that it was first thought the brakes failed on the truck, caus- ing the accident. When the truck went out of control, Mr. Abbott jumped form the cab of the truck to avoid be- ing in the vehicle when it crashed. However, when he jumped, he was thrown under the wheels and the truck ran over him. The wheels crossed his body over his hops and legs. Two fellow truck drivers, who were behind Mr. Abbott, said they knew Mr. Ab- bott had been having trou- ble with the steering on his truck. They believed that something happened to the steering rather than the brakes failing to hold. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Richardson, of Win- slow, a daughter, Neena Ma- rie, born Friday, May 29; To Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hayes, of Otwell, a son, Gordon De- Wayne, at the Jasper Memo- rial Hospital, Monday, June 15. Marriages: Elizabeth Ann Beadles and Denzil Norton Scraper were unit- ed in marriage on June 13 at 7 o'clock in the Memorial Chapel of the First Method- ist Church in Petersburg.. Deaths: Mary Frances Cato, 91, of Francisco, died Thursday morning at 5:15 in the Shady Grove Nursing Home, where she has been a patient for four years af- ter suffering a severe spell of pneumonia; Walter Cov- ey, 84, of Oakland City, died at 5:50 a.m. Monday, June 15, at his home fol- lowing a year's illness; Ray Johnson, 60, of Iva, died at Jasper Memorial Hospi- tal 5:45 p.m. Monday, fol- lowing an illness of sever- al weeks; Charles E. Oliver, 35, of Oakland City, died at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the John Cochran Veterans Hospi- tal in St. Louis. Death was caused by cancer. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, July 3, 1969 Cleneth D. Bruce, of Win- slow, was driving a 1964 Chevrolet at 4 a.m. Tuesday, July 1 when he lost control as he was traveling west on Main St. in Petersburg. He crashed into a parked 1964 Ford pickup belonging to James McMillen. The im- pact caused the truck to knock over two parking me- ters. The rear end and both sides of the truck were dam- aged. Bruce was charged with reckless driving. Andy Thomas, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Thom- as, of Petersburg, suffered an injury to his ear while playing at Youngs pool on Wednesday of last week. He was taken to the office of Dr. Hall, where he found a puncture in the eardrum. Andy will not be swimming for some time, until the puncture heals. Ralph Ellis, 16, son of Mrs. Jewell Ellis, of Peters- burg, severely injured his leg Tuesday of last week. Ralph was using an ax to cut a limb from a tree at the Walter Eversoll farm, where he is employed this summer. The ax glanced off the limb and hit his leg just below his knee. A five-inch long gash was cut in his leg and the bone cracked lengthwise. He was brought to the office of Dr. Donald Hall, where 11 stitches were required to close the lacer- ation. On Monday, he was taken to the Daviess Coun- ty Hospital for X-rays and the leg was placed in a cast. Births: To. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bradfield, of Pe- tersburg, Tuesday, June 24 in Daviess County Hospi- tal, a daughter, Lori Ann; To Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Stroud, of Monroe City, Wednesday, June 25 in Good Samaritan Hospital, a daughter, Beth Ann; To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pipes, of Petersburg, in the Daviess County Hospital, Tuesday, June 22, a son, Da- vid Jack; To Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy White, of Peters- burg, a son, Jeffrey Lee, Monday, July 1 in Daviess County Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. "Bud" Riley, of Oakland City, a daughter, Tiffany Kate Ce- cilia, Friday, June 20 at Dea- coness Hospital. Marriages: Miss Nila Blanton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blan- ton, of Hazleton, became the bride of David Gladish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Denver Gladish, of Petersburg, Sat- urday, June 14 at 4 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church in Petersburg, with the Rev. Ronald Mercer of- ficiating. Deaths: Mrs. Mary Al- ice Upton, 96, of Oakland City, passed away Wednes- day, June 25 at the Gibson General Hospital following a short illness; Billy Ray Bates, 30, of Somerville, passed away at the Oakland City Hospital Tuesday, June 4; Mrs. Mildred Harger, 67, of Arthur, passed away Tuesday, July 1 at 7:30 a.m. at Holiday Home, Peters- burg, where she had been a resident since February, after suffering a stroke Jan- uary 23. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, June 16, 1994 An end of the year athlet- ic department report from Pike Central Athletic Di- rector Gary Lemond point- ed out a serious problem in coaching at Pike Central in varsity football, varsity vol- leyball and middle school football. Lemond stated in his athletic department report that the school has no head football coach, no varsity volleyball assis- tant or head coach, at least two middle school football coach openings and several other assistant coach open- ings. He also informed the board that seventh-year Charger head softball coach Dwayne Austin has turned in his resignation. A lack of a boys' football program would take Pike Central out of the Pocket Athletic Con- ference and then schedul- ing after an absence would make it extremely hard to get conference membership back, according to Lemond. Juanita Reller, 71, of Sten- dal, is believed to be suffer- ing from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Her daugh- ter-in-law, Dixie Reller, said the doctors are nearly 99 percent sure it is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, but tests that take 30 days have not been returned yet. Meanwhile, Reller remains in intensive care, suffering from the effects of the dis- ease. Dixie said her moth- er-in-law noticed a dog tick had bitten her, but didn't know how long it had been o her, although it had began to swell with blood. Then she started having "awful" headaches, high fever, a red rash on her chest and was sick to her stomach. By the time doctors reached a di- agnosis, Juanita was in se- rious condition and did not recognize her family. Births: To Alex Bise and Krystal Wheeler, of Oak- land City, at St. Mary's Med- ical Center, June 5, their first child, a daughter, Tay- lor Dawn. Marriages: Laurie Mc- Cullough and Edward Try- on were united in marriage on Saturday, May 21 at 3 p.m. at Glezen Revival Cen- ter in Petersburg, with Rev. Dan Caldwell officiating the ceremony. Deaths: Delois Rich- ard Chesser, 61, of Win- slow, died Thursday, June 9 at 6:47 p.m. at Wirth Me- morial Hospital in Oakland City; Charles O. Bailey, 58, of Lynnville, died at his res- idence Friday, June 10, suf- fering from cancer; Virgin- ia M. Sorgius, 70, of Peters- burg, died Monday, June 13 at 11:15 a.m. at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evans- ville; Rev. Dallas E. English, 90, of Petersburg, died at 8:40 a.m. Sunday, June 12, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. 1979 Pike Central Cooks Pictured above are the 1979 cooks for Pike Central High and Middle School. Pictured are, front row (l to r): Francis Hartley, Pearl Houchins, Eleanor Glad- ish, Mary Jane Smith, Charlotte Erwin and Dana Carter. Second row: Jane Shoultz, Wanda Lee, Joan Eisele, Sharon Gladish, Shanna Phillips, Juanitá Rich- ardson, Betty Cochran and Imogene Krohn. Photo from archive. Wednesday, July 24 • Machu Picchu discovered (1911) • Mary Queen of Scots deposed (1567) Thursday, July 25 • World's first "test tube baby" born (1978) • Mussolini falls from power (1943) Friday, July 26 • U.S. postal system established (1775) • Truman signs the National Security Act (1947) Saturday, July 27 • House begins impeachment of Nixon (1974) • Armistice ends the Korean War (1953) Sunday, July 28 • 14th Amendment adopted (1868) • U.S. Senate approves United Nations charter (1945) Monday, July 29 • NASA created (1958) • Son of Sam terrorizes New York (1976) Tuesday, July 30 • Johnson signs Medicare into law (1965) • Last classic V W Beetle rolls off the line (2003) Source: History.com

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