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B-12 Wednesday, September 25, 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, May 19 and May 23, 1944 For some time, there has been great interest in a sum- mer recreational program for Petersburg. The Petersburg Kiwanis Club at their last board of director's meeting agreed to sponsor the plan and assume the management of the program. Under pres- ent plans, both a man to su- pervise the boys and a wom- an to supervise the girls will be hired. Funds for this pur- pose are not available in ei- ther the regular school mon- ey or in the park money so it will be necessary this year to raise the funds through popular subscription and then see that such as fund is placed in the next budget so that the recreational pro- gram will be carried out each year. It seems like a logical plan when the playground is so well-quipped and the school board is willing to al- low the use of the toilets, etc. At Kroger, potatoes were selling for $ .25 for a 5 lb. bag; pork sausage was selling for $ .35 a pound; and eggs were $ .21 a dozen. At the Lincoln Theater, "A Guy Named Joe," starring Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunn, was playing. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shoultz, of Glezen, a girl born May 17; To Pfc. and Mrs. Eddie Hawkins, a daughter, Marta Lynne, born Tuesday, May 16 in the Da- viess County Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert John- son, of Petersburg, a girl born Friday. Marriages: Rose Mae Cockerham and Pfc. Luther E. Ennis were married by the Rev. T. B. Avery in Oak- town; Sylvia Pinnick became the bride of Eugene August Robinson, AF3/c, n Sunday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the First Baptist Church. Deaths: Lucy D. Schlott- man, 74, of Stendal, died Thursday morning at 2:30 o'clock at her home; George Gordon Couts, 76, of Spur- geon, died at his home ear- ly Sunday morning; William Phillips, 61, of Arthur, died at 10 :45 o'clock Saturday morn- ing at Gibson General Hos- pital. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, August 13, 1959 The White River claimed the lives of two Petersburg boys Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. on the southeast side of the Vincennes bridge, one mile north of Petersburg. The victims were Jack Dwayne Arnold, 3, and Bobby Aris- on, 14. Jack and Bobby and two companions, Steve Sher- man, 9, and Eddie DeJar- nett, 12, left home at noon on their bicycles headed for the river. They played tag in the water along the sandbar east of the bridge for about a half hour then decided to wade down the river to the bridge. Jack was in front with Steve following, then Bob- by and Eddie. All at once, Jack went under and when he came up, Steve grabbed him. They both then went un- der. Jack was so much larg- er than Steve, he kept pull- ing Steve under. Steve turned loose of Jack when he saw he could not save him and start- ed to swim out and saw Bob- by going under. Stevie tried to save Bobby, and Eddie, too, was trying to get him. He kept pulling them un- der. Steve turned loose and swam to a boat nearby. Mr. and Mrs. Dretzil Woods, who were fishing near the bridge, saw the boys go under, and come up yelling for help. Mr. Woods went to the state high- way garage to summon help. Deputy Sheriff Omar Nor- rick and Conservation Of- ficer Jim Sanders dragged the river and recovered Ar- nold's body at 1:45 p.m. from about 15 feet of water. Aris- on's body has not been recov- ered, but a search continues. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Robling, of Otwell, a son, Jeffrey Thomas, Sun- day, August 16 at the Daviess County Hospital in Washing- ton; To Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Elliott, of Winslow, a son, Tuesday in the Good Samar- itan Hospital in Vincennes. Marriages: Shirley Eliz- abeth Howard and David Keith Wyatt were married June 14 in Shawneetown, Ill.; Aueen Bolin and Ralph Hilgerman were united in marriage Sunday evening at 4 o'clock in the Fort Branch Methodist Church. Deaths: Lela Catt, 77, of Otwell, died Saturday at the home of her daughter; Wil- lis Hornbrook, 77, of Union, died at 9 p.m. Saturday in the Gibson General Hospital. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 4, 1969 County Health Officer Dr. J.W. Elbert reported that there were two confirmed cases of hepatitis in Otwell. He issued a warning to resi- dents of that town concern- ing water-borne diseas- es such as hepatitis, para- typhoid and typhoid. Sam- ples of water taken from dug wells have shown a coliform bacillus count of as high as 16 per 100 milligrams an dover. Maximum safe count is two, according to the health offi- cer. The local municipal wa- ter system is showing a count well within the safe level. Glen's Clothing for Men and Boys opened its doors under new management Tuesday when its new own- ers, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Dy- son, took possession. The Dysons have moved into the apartment over their store from the home they owned on east Main St. Mr. Dyson is no stranger to the men of this area, having been a barber in King's Barber Shop the past eight years. The Dysons in- vite all their friends, old cus- tomers and new to come in and trade with them. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Bailey, of Oakland City, a son, Scott Allen, at Daviess County Hospital on Wednesday, August 18. Marriages: Mary Lois Bo- ger and Arnold Boger were united in marriage Satur- day, August 16 at 5 p.m. at the united Methodist parsonage in Alford. Deaths: Leslie Miley, 58, of Petersburg, died at his home at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 2; Nellie Burns, 82, of Arthur, died at 11:30 a.m. Monday, September 1 at Gibson General Hospital. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 18, 1994 A fter 20 years of nearly constant problems, a new wa- ter line between Petersburg and Pike-Gibson at Camp- belltown is being laid. More than 200 breaks in the line at a cost of about $ 900 for each repair have plagued the city of Petersburg water depart- ment since the line was built. Area farmers may get caught in a double whammy this year that benefited them last year. Last year, while much of the corn belt was un- der water, this area was hav- ing excellent yields. Because so much ground was under water, the price for grain was high. This year, it is exactly the opposite. Southern Indi- ana and Illinois are in a se- vere drought, while much of the rest of the Midwest is predicting near record crops. Not only are grain prices go- ing to be low, the yields in this area are going to be low- er than normal. Some predic- tions are for as much as 25 - 50 percent lower. Births: To Cody Snow and Angie Rowe, of Winslow, a son, Dakota Cameron, Au- gust 8 at St. Joseph's Hospi- tal in Huntingburg. Marriages: Amber Ilene Shoultz and Darrin E. Mc- Donald were united in mar- riage on Saturday, July 30 at 10 :30 a.m. at Alford United Methodist Church. Deaths: Alberta White- head, 64, of Otwell, died Fri- day, Aug. 12 at 5 a.m. at Me- morial Hospital in Jasper; Hilda E. Weitkamp, 75, of Stendal, died at 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13 at St. Jo- seph's Hospital in Hunting- burg; John C. Evans, 84, of Winslow, died at 1:54 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13 at the Northwood Good Samaritan Home in Jasper; M. Olive Li- ibs, 83, of Petersburg, died at 3:55 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes; Ruth M. White, 81, of Petersburg, died Tues- day, Aug. 16 at 9:30 a.m. at her residence. 1982 Pike Central High School Student Council Pictured are Pike Central 1982 student council members, row one (l to r): Lance Risley, Penny Hall, Kim Bailey, Cheryl Nelson, David Wheeler, Susan Sut- ton, Karla McKinney and Jody Booth. Row two: Bobby Mitchell, Steve Hall, Jerry Crow, Steve Dealph, Melanie Winstead, Lisa Padgett, Libby Mitchell and Peg- gy Brown. Row three: Daryl Schmitt, Denise Gray, Sheila Blount, Monica Ferguson, Stella Cuerpo, Tammy Rothrock, Pepper Dillon, Lori Hall, Angie Austin and Kabreea Baumgart. Back row omitted in the annual. Photo from archive. Wednesday, Sept. 25 • Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., arrested (1957) • Bill of Rights passes Congress (1789) Thursday, Sept. 26 • First Kennedy-Nixon debate (1960) • Drake circumnavigates the globe (1580) Friday, Sept. 27 • John Adams appointed to negotiate peace terms with British (1779) • Jesuit order established (1540) Saturday, Sept. 28 • Ted Williams becomes last player to hit .400 (1941) • Battle of Yorktown begins (1781) Sunday, Sept. 29 • Nazis and communists divvy up Poland (1939) • Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line (1918) Monday, Sept. 30 • USS Nautilus commissioned (1954) • James Dean dies in car accident (1955) Tuesday, Oct. 1 • Yosemite National Park established (1890) • Mao Zedong proclaims People's Republic of China (1949) Source: History.com net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! The Press Dispatch PIKE COUNTY'S NEWS NETWORK