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C-12 Wednesday, August 28, 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, April 21 and April 25, 1944 Graduation exercises for graduates of Stendal High School will be held this eve- ning, April 21, at the St. Pe- ter's Lutheran Church in Stendal. Eleven will gradu- ate in the commencement ceremonies. Early this week, a mad dog was shot and killed on Mullein Hill, but only after the dog had bitten several other dogs and exposed ma- ny others. Because of this, the city is again reminding all dog owners that there now exists in Pike Coun- ty a dog quarantine that is subject to enforcement by all peace officers. Few folks have been paying attention to this quarantine but now that there is a definite dan- ger of several mad dogs be- ing on the loose, the offi- cers are planning on shoot- ing on sight all loose dogs starting Saturday, April 22. If the owners of loose dogs can be located and identi- fied, they will be taken into court and charged with vi- olation of the dog quaran- tine. The situation has be- come very dangerous, espe- cially for small children and must be remedied. Marriages: Madelene Hartley and Roscoe White were united in marriage on Tuesday by Justice of the Peace C.E. Jones in his office. Deaths: Theodore Yates, 78, died Saturday morning at 5 o'clock in the Hold- er Nursing Home in Ot- well; Mary Lucrecia Tol- bert, 88, of Muren, passed away Sunday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock; Ethel Frances Hays, 23, of Winslow, died Friday afternoon at 4:40 o'clock; Mrs. Nora Arm- strong, 67, of Petersburg, passed away at the Riddle Nursing Home on Tuesday. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, July 23, 1959 The Pike County 4-H Fair and Exhibits opened Tuesday night with the Miss Pike County contest. The largest crowd ever to attend the opening night of the fair was estimated at more than 5,000 people. With the hillside and seats in front of the stage filled with men, women and chil- dren, Miss Bobbie Aikman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.R. "Jack" Aikman, of Pe- tersburg, was selected as Miss Pike County of 1959. Blake Boger, owner of the Boger Grocery Store on East Walnut Street in Petersburg, is in the St. Mary's Hospital in Evans- ville with burns on his face and the possibility of the loss of his eyes. Sunday, Mr. Boger was cleaning his reach-in ice cream freezer and poured Draino down a small drain. The Draino suddenly blew back out of the drain, hitting Mr. Boger in the eyes and on the face. He was taken to a local doc- tor, who sent him immedi- ately to the Evansville hos- pital. It was reported Mon- day that Mr. Boger could see out of one eye but it was too early to tell how much damage had actually been done to either eye. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. John Henke, of Sten- dal, a son, Wednesday, Ju- ly 15; To Mr. and Mrs. Ju- nior Lemond, of Velpen, a son, born Sunday, Ju- ly 12 in the Jasper hospi- tal; To Mr. and Mrs. Dar- rell Jones, of Petersburg, a daughter, in the Daviess County Hospital Tuesday; To Town Marshal and Mrs. Ray Haggard, of Winslow, a son, David Allen, Wednes- day, July 22 at 2:21 a.m. in the Daviess County Hospi- tal; To Mr. and Mrs. James Kleysteuber, of Petersburg, a daughter, Carol Ninnette, born Monday, July 21 in the Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. Deaths: Robert Wayne Kellams, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kellams, of Pe- tersburg, died at the family residence on Pike Avenue at 10 :45 p.m. Thursday; Earl B. Brittain, 63, of Ot- well, died at the Jasper Me- morial Hospital at 11 p.m. Thursday; W.O. Pancake, 67, of Oakland City, died at 4:30 a.m. Monday, July 20 in the Gibson General Hos- pital at Princeton; Mrs. Harriett Belle Corn, 85, of Oakland City, died at 7:50 a.m. Friday, July 17 at the Oakland City Rest Home; Louis Adams Wirth, 76, of Oakland City, died Sat - urday, July 18 at 1:10 p.m. in the Gibson General Hos- pital in Princeton; LeRoy Henry Harris, 77, of Somer- ville, died at 9:15 a.m. Sun- day, July 19 at Gibson Gen- eral Hospital in Princeton. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 7, 1969 Rev. Franklin Hall has accepted the call to pastor Southern Baptist Chapel in Petersburg. He is present- ly pastor of Lights Chapel Baptist Mission in Green- briar, Tenn. Rev. Hall and his family will be coming to Petersburg to begin his ministry August 17. Vesper Hill has been named head basket ball coach at Petersburg High School for the 1969 -1970 season, replacing John Deen, who resigned. Deen will remain in the Peters- burg system in a teaching position. Bob Arnold, of Peters- burg, is reported to be in a serious condition in the Daviess County Hospital in Washington, suffering from a fractured hip, sever- al broken ribs, two broken fingers on his left hand and bones in his left hand bro- ken, and an injured spleen, which had to be removed. Mr. Arnold received the in- juries Monday at 1:30 p.m. and was in surgery until 9 p.m. He was working for the Argo Steel Construction Company, of Detroit, Mich., helping erect a 48 -foot tall building at the former B and O Railroad in Wash- ington to house two over- head cranes. He and Wal- ter Decker, of Vincennes, were on a scaffold 30 feet up, putting siding on, when the welding lead shorted and burned the cable that was holding the scaffold, causing them to fall to the ground. Mr. Decker was not injured in the fall. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Claridge, of Oak- land City, a son, Russell Thomas, by adoption Fri- day, August 1; To Mr. and Mrs. Steven Neal, of Pe- tersburg, in Daviess Coun- ty Hospital, Sunday, Au- gust 3, a daughter, Susan Elizabeth; To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rogers, of Win- slow, Tuesday, August 5, in Daviess County Hospital, a daughter, Christine Lynn; To Mr. and Mrs Harold Deputy, of Oakland City, a son, Mitchell Keith, Friday, August 1 at the Gibson Gen- eral Hospital. Marriages: Vicky Sue Catt and James Lee Mc- Gillem were united in mar- riage on Saturday evening, July 5 at the Petersburg First United Methodist Church; Miss Jane Beck- man and John S. Chappell were wed on at 12:30 p.m. on August 2 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Jasper; Miss Genia Fern Corn and John Francis Drake were united in marriage at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 20 in the Oakland City First General Baptist Church; Miss Kar- en Ann Bassett and Larry Dewitt Newton were united in marriage Saturday eve- ning, July 26 at the First United Methodist Church in Auburn; Miss Janice May Cox became the bride of Randall McClellan on Sat- urday, June 28 at 6 p.m. at the First Christian Church. Deaths: Dr. F.H. Head, 77, of Petersburg, passed away July 31 at 3:30 p.m. in the Good Samaritan Hospi- tal in Vincennes; Harold R. "Steve" Murry, 60, died at 3:30 p.m., Friday, August 1 at St. Mary's Hospital; Mrs. Bertha M. Welch, 53, of Petersburg, died at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 6 at Daviess County Hospital; Mrs. Sarah Loveless, 82, of Petersburg, died at the Hol- iday Home in Petersburg, Saturday, August 2 at 9:30 p.m.; Pershing Nelson, 49, of Petersburg, died Sunday, August 2 at 3:45 a.m. at the Veterans Hospital in Louis- ville; Edward Slinker, 73, of Oakland City, died at Gib- son General Hospital Sun- day night at 11:30. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, July 21, 1994 The Petersburg Park and Recreation Board vot- ed 3-0 to dismiss the Hor- nady Park caretaker af- ter he was arrested Friday night on two counts of bat- tery and public intoxication in the park. Brian Stratton, 36, of Petersburg, was ar- rested at about 11:30 p.m. Friday. The incident began Friday when State Trooper Paul Bastin was informed of a possible drunk driver in a dark blue car. Bastin said he was at Subway when he saw the car go by at a high rate of speed west n SR 56. He said he tried to catch the car but was unable to and he thought he had lost the car, so he turned into Hornady Park to turn around. Bas- tin said when he turned in he saw a vehicle that looked like the one he was pursu- ing drive into the caretak- er's driveway. At the same time, he saw a man run- ning out of the park gate toward Highway 56 yelling and screaming with a beer can in his hand. Bastin said he ordered the man to stop and it was Stratton. Then two juveniles, a 15 and 16 year old, approached Bastin and told him Stratton had beaten them. Bastin said both were bleeding from the mouth and had small lacerations to the face. He said Stratton then became unruly and was arrested for public intoxication and bat- tery. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Doane, of Oakland City, at St. Mary's Medical Center, July 11, a daughter, Makenzie Lavin; To David and Alechia Memmer, of Oakland City, at Daviess County Hospital in Wash- ington, June 11, a daugh- ter, Erica Dawn. Marriages: Lea Corinne Scraper and Troy Dean Smith were united in mar- riage on Saturday, June 11 at 3:30 p.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Petersburg. Deaths: Millard Wil- lis, 82, of Petersburg, died Sunday, July 17 at 8:26 p.m. at Good Samaritan Hospi- tal in Vincennes; Edna F. (Taylor) Alcorn, 98, of Pe- tersburg, died Thursday, July 14 at 2:10 a.m. at Pe- tersburg Healthcare Cen- ter; Mary C. Osborn, of Pe- tersburg, died at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, July 17 at Peters- burg Healthcare Center. net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@pressdispatch.net 1985 Pike Central Prom Committee Pictured above are the members of the 1985 Pike Central prom committee, front row (l to r): Front step: April Whitehead and Stacey Shoultz. Step two: Jody Mattingly, Vicki Aull, Jill Schmitt and Connie Hopf. Step three: Bobbi Tryon, Chad lemond, Greg Carlisle, Linda Caldemeyer and Angie Hunley. Step four: Tony Dillon and Carlene Garland. Step five: Eddie Fiscus and Sara Cum- mings. Back step: Todd Davis, Jackie Barrett, Doug Henson, Susan Rogers, Pam Ooley, Dewayne Sanders, Tom Wyatt, Mark Luff, Lana Kirby and Trent Horrall. Photo from archive. Wednesday, August 28 • Charles and Diana divorce (1996) • Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks to March on Washington (1963) Thursday, August 29 • Hurricane Katrina slams into Gulf Coast (2005) • Soviets explode atomic bomb (1949) Friday, August 30 • Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice (1967) • Cleopatra commits suicide (30 B.C.) Saturday, August 31 • Jack the Ripper claims first victim (1888) • Edison patents the Kinetograph (1897) Sunday, September 1 • Atlanta fall to Union forces (1864) • Germans invade Poland (1939) Monday, September 2 • First ATM opens for business (1969) • Congress founds U.S. treasury (1789) Tuesday, September 3 • Treaty of Paris signed (1783) • The Stars and Stripes flies (1777) Source: History.com