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C-12 Wednesday, October 2, 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 26 and May 30, 1944 Mrs. Elmer Delaney is be- ing held in the Pike County Jail awaiting the condition of her husband, whom she is ac- cused of having shot about 9 p.m. Tuesday night near Al- ford. She was taken under custody after Delaney was taken to the Daviess Coun- ty Hospital with a .32 caliber bullet wound just below the right shoulder, yet just above the right lung. No charges have been filed as yet, but the shooting is supposed to have been the outcome of an argu- ment, which caused Mrs. Del- aney to consult a local attor- ney about a divorce. Since the local school board granted the use of the athletic field for a summer playground and the Kiwan- is Club agreed to assume the management, plans are being made to open the playground on Monday, June 5. The cost of the project is hoped to be met by voluntary contribu- tions, these to be made to the local newspapers. Robert Burkhart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Quill Burkhart, was bitten on the right an- kle Saturday by a snake. He was walking in the weeds at his home near Bowman and stepped on the snake, a spreading viper. The snake coiled and struck him on the right ankle. The boy picked up a stick that was nearby and killed the snake. Hot-Shot, a cat owned by Ella Thomas, of Petersburg, earned his fish for some time to come last Sunday night when Mrs. Thomas, after re- tiring, heard Hot-Shot car- rying on in the kitchen and went to find out what hap- pened. She found that a wire had shorted and flame was just beginning to burn in- to the floor. Hot-Shot retired stuffed to the gills. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. El- za Beck, of Glezen, a 7 1/2 lb. boy, Doyle Wayne; To Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jackson, a 6 3/4 lb. girl, Janice Anita, born May 10 at Gibson General Hospi- tal. Deaths: Charles Robert- son, 80, of Bowman, died at his residence at 6 o'clock Mon- day evening; Gertrude Rob- erson, 61, of Alford, passed away at her home at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon; Gerald Leon, 13 days old, died Saturday evening at 5 o'clock at the family home in Madison Township. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, August 27, 1959 The body of Robert Ari- son, 14, of Petersburg, who drowned Tuesday at about 1 p.m., was recovered at 5:45 a.m. Thursday about a half- mile down stream from where the youth and another Peters- burg youth drowned while wading downstream from a sand bar. The body was near a log on the Pike County side of the river and the face was above the water. Elliott telephone numbers of two letters and five fig- ures have been assigned to Petersburg businessmen for use when dial service begins December 6. Businessmen will be notified of their num- ber assignments so they may prepare stationary and other printed material before the changeover form manual to dial service. Manager Lloyd Torne said residential tele- phone numbers will be as- signed shortly before the di- al system is activated. These also will begin with the let- ters EL from the name Elliott. When local and long distance dialing is introduced, a typical Petersburg telephone number will be Elliott 4-1234. It will be dialed EL 4-1234. Mrs. Elva McGregor, the former Georgia Gladish, re- ceived three fractures to her left ankle and foot Thursday morning of last week. Mrs. McGregor and granddaugh- ter, Judy Houchin, had gone fishing at a pit near the New Liberty Church in Monroe Township, where the accident happened. Mrs. McGregor's ankle turned as she stared down the bank, twinting the foot in such a manner to cause the fractures. She was taken to the Daviess County Hospi- tal in the Curtis ambulance, where the fractures were re- duced. She was returned to her home Saturday after- noon. Mrs. McGregor stated that she would have to stay home and nurse her injuries for quite awhile and would ap- preciate her friends dropping in to chat with her. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Kern Luker, of Stendal, a daughter, Kimberly Sue, Monday, August 17; To Trust- ee and Mrs. Paul Hollis, of Ot- well, a daughter, Lisa Carol, Thursday, August 20 at Me- morial Hospital in Jasper. Marriages: Dee Ann Ox- ley and Paul J. Hagemeyer were united in marriage on Sunday evening, August 9 at 7 p.m. at St. Peter's Luther- an Church in Stendal; Phyl- lis Rae Davis and Rev. Roger Kyle Rominger were married on Sunday, August 15 at 3 p.m. at the First General Baptist Church in Oakland City; Ni- na Nelson and Thomas White- head were married Wednes- day, August 5 at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. Homer Leighty. Deaths: Bertice Warren, custodian of the Main Street Presbyterian Church in Pe- tersburg, died unexpectedly a the Good Samaritan Hos- pital in Vincennes shortly before noon on Wednesday; Oral M. Thomas, 51, of Bow- man, was found dead Tuesday evening at his home near the White River Chapel Church; Mrs. Minnie Viola Gowen, of Union, died Monday morning at the Ward Nursing Home in Petersburg. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 11, 1969 In a surprise move, Jan Hol- lis, Pike County School Board vice-president, introduced a motion, which was seconded by Ron Like, member of the school board, to build a new grade school building at Ot- well. Hollis stated in his mo- tion that the grade build- ing at Otwell be built prior to the newly proposed high school building. A delegation from the Otwell community was present and several ex- pressed their opinions, point- ing out the need for a new grade building in that vicin- ity. When the first vote was taken, Like and Hollis voted in favor. Gordon Curtis and Ike Elliott voted against the plan, with president Claude Rumble abstaining. Rumble refused to break the tie vote. Following this motion, discussion of the matter continued, with Curtis and Elliott agreeing to vote for the plan if priority was given to the proposed high school building. Hollis then restated the motion in such a manner that both buildings would be built concurrently. Both Hol- lis and Like voted in favor of the matter, Elliott and Cur- tis against, stressing that they were afraid it would in- terfere with the high school, but pointing out that if Hol- lis would work his motion to give the high school priori- ty, they would vote in favor of the grade building. The mat- ter ended in a deadlock with two yes votes, tow no votes and one abstaining vote. It has been placed on the agenda for the next meeting and will be discussed further at that time. Early Sunday morning, around 1 a.m., a young cou- ple was held at gunpoint, tied up and robbed. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Broyles, of near White Oak, were awakened early Sunday morning by a woman carrying a baby. The wom- an told them she had, had car trouble and asked if Mr. Broyles could help her get it started. The car, a 1960 white Chevrolet, was parked about 100 yards from the Broyles' home. When Broyles got to the car, two men, armed with a shotgun, accosted Broyles, forcing him back to his home. When they got to the home, the men, masked with stock- ings, tied up the couple and threw them on one of the beds in the home. They then pro- ceeded to ransack the en- tire house, tearing apart and dumping articles all over the house. In the process, they stole a television, radio, 30 - 30 lever action rifle, which was new, a shotgun, wedding rings, electric trolling motor, credit cards, a pocket book containing $16 and other ar- ticles. A fter some time, one of the men returned to check on the couple. It took them about an hour to work loose after he left. Mrs. Broyles was the first to get loose and un- tied her husband. In the pro- cess of looting and ransack- ing the home, the thieves had taken the Broyles' car keys and threw them away. In order to notify authorities, they walked to Mr. Broyles' father's house, Clarence Bro- yles, sometime around 4 a.m. State police and the sheriff's department were notified and an investigation is continuing. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Church, of Petersburg, in Daviess County Hospi- tal, Sunday, September 7, a daughter, Tiffeny Grace; To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kup- pler in Good Samaritan Hos- pital, Thursday, August 28, a son, Randall Richard; To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barclay, of Lynnville, a son, David Nel- son, Monday, September 1 in St. Mary's Hospital. Marriages: Miss Marlene Ruth Fitzgerald and Richard Jay Coleman were wed in a double ring ceremony on Au- gust 16. Deaths: Blance May Pot- ter, 81, of Arthur, passed away September 6 at 3:20 p.m. in the Gibson General Hospital in Princeton; Isaac E. Arnold, 71, of Algiers died at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Septem- ber 7 at his residence; Virgin- ia Thomas, 56, of Petersburg, died at 6 a.m. Thursday, Sep- tember 4 in her home; Delsa M. Young, 69, of Oakland City, died at 10 a.m. Monday, Sep- tember 8 at the Oakland City Rest Home. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 25, 1994 More than 350 people at- tended an informational meet- ing on the I-69 extension from Indianapolis to Evansville. Don Shields, hearing officer for the Indiana Department of Transportation, said it was 1982 Pike Central Sophomore Class Officers Pictured are Pike Central 1982 Sophomore class officers (l to r). Larry Lyncy, president; Steven Kirk- man, vice-president; Andrea Cox, secretary; and Reesa Barkhaus, treasurer. Photo from archive. net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! The Press Dispatch PIKE COUNTY'S NEWS NETWORK Wednesday, Oct. 2 • Hollywood icon Rock Hudson dies of AIDS (1985) • Checkered flag waves at first postwar U.S. road race in Watkins Glen, N.Y. (1948) Thursday, Oct. 3 • Lincoln proclaims official Thanksgiving holiday (1863) • East and West Germany reunite after 45 years (1990) Friday, Oct. 4 • Work begins on Mount Rushmore (1927) • Pope visits U.S. (1965) Saturday, Oct. 5 • First presidential speech on T V (1947) • Chief Joseph surrenders (1877) Sunday, Oct. 6 • First U.S. train robbery (1866) • Kennedy urges Americans to build bomb shelters (1961) Monday, Oct. 7 • Japanese execute nearly 100 American prisoners on Wake Island (1943) • East Germany created (1949) Tuesday, Oct. 8 • Great Chicago Fire begins (1871) • First transcontinental air race (1919) Source: History.com His help. Our scripture lesson cov- ered a subject which haunts all of us from time to time, that is worry and fretting. Yes we do get sick and yes we do concern ourselves with material things or the lack thereof, but our worry- ing only makes things worse because it can steal any joy you may experience. Oh well, another week is here and we should do our best to make the most of it. So let us strive to be blessed and to be a blessing. RAMBLINGS Continued from page 12 the largest turnout for a meet- ing of this type INDOT has had on this project. Engineers told area residents about the routes and explained that these routes were basically corridors and it could move quite a distance one way or another. Most people were not there to express concern over their property being ad- versely affected, but just sim- ply wanting to see what the impact was going to be. A Petersburg man was ar- rested for drunken driving and his passenger for public intoxication after policemen saw them relieving them- selves along the roadside, Saturday at about 11 p.m. Hur- shell D. Robling, 51, of 508 N. Seventh St., was arrested on charges of operating a vehi- cle while intoxicated and Da- vid Davis, 44, of 509 White River Ave., was arrested for public intoxication. Peters- burg officer Russell Green said he saw a car turn onto White River Ave from High- way 61, pull off the road and turn off their lights. He said he pulled in behind their car and saw them standing beside the car. Green said when he approached them, they got back into the car. Robling told Green they had stopped to re- lieve themselves. Green said Robling failed field tests and was taken to the Pike County Jail. He tested .14 percent for blood alcohol at the jail. Davis tested .2 percent on a portable alcohol tester. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Stan Keepes, of Petersburg, at St. Mary's Medical Cen- ter in Evansville, on Friday, Aug. 5, a son, Alex Joseph; To Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ma- son, a son, Dennis John Dale, Tuesday, Aug. 16; To Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lemond, of Arthur, at Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evansville, Aug. 17, a daugh- ter, Kari Beth. Deaths: Billy J. Abbot, 58, of Otwell, died at 9:35 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 18 at St. Mary's Medical Center. net edition PressDispatch.net/Subscribe It's the paper. Just digital.