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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, November 20, 2019 B-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, July 14 and July 18, 1944 James Emmett Jerrell, who was called to report at the induction center at Indi- anapolis, Friday, shot his left foot with a 16 -guage shot- gun. The large toe was so badly mangled that he was taken to the Daviess Coun- ty Hospital for amputation. The accident occurred about 6 o'clock in the morn- ing while he and his brother were examining the gun. It is said that James was han- dling the gun and pointed it upward and pulled the trig- ger, but the gun did not dis- charge and he then dropped it down and again pulled the trigger, the result a badly injured foot. He is getting along fine and will soon be alright. A purse containing $700 was taken from the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Shirley, on East Walnut St., Wednes- day evening. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley, recently purchased the house belonging to Alva Steen, across the street from Petersburg school build- ing. They had sold their house trailer and Mrs. Shir- ley had placed the money in her purse, until a conve- nient time she could take the same it to the bank. Wednes- day, she went to the purse and took out small change and gave it to the children to buy cold drinks at the store across the street, and left the purse on the daven- port and stepped out into the yard. When she returned, the purse and money were gone. A small coin purse, which contained four $100 bills has been found by the officers, but the money had been taken out. The large purse, in which the rest of the money was in $20, $10, $5 and $1 bills has not been found. So far, as we have been informed, the officers have made not arrests. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wiseman, Monday morn- ing, a girl; To Pvt. and Mrs. William Jones in the Mater- nity Hospital in Evansville, a boy, William Richard; To Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Miley, a girl, Caroline Fay, on Tuesday. Marriages: Zora Carter and James E. Goodwin were married Saturday evening at 7 o'clock in the home of the bride in Petersburg. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, October 15, 1959 A two-year-old boy submit- ted to amputation of his right arm between the elbow and the shoulder in Jasper Me- morial hospital over the week- end following his injury in a farm accident Saturday after- noon. The boy is Kenneth Les- ter Furhrman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester F. Fuhrman, of Otwell. The boy's mother, said she had started to raise the front end of the wagon with a power hoist to empty the wag- on's contents of ear corn into an elevator that take it to the top of the crib. She said she had told the boy to get behind her so he would be in no dan- ger of being hurt by the ma- chinery. Mrs. Fuhrman does not know just what happened but believes the boy's arm was caught by the cable that is part of the hoist and was drawn in to the mechanism. The first realization she had what he was hurt was when sh heard him scream and saw him lying on the ground be- side the uplifted wagon. Mr. Fuhrman had just left with a truck to get some feed when the accident occurred. The family has one other truck and a car, but a tire on the car was flat. Without stopping to turn off the machinery, Mrs. Fuhrman picked up her son and carried him to the Rob- ert Mehne home about a quar- ter of a mile away and he was taken to the hospital by Mr. Mehne. The boy does not seem to have suffered any other injuries, although x- ray photos were to be taken. His condition is described as good. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Veal, of Winslow, a son, born Monday, Octo- ber 12 in the Daviess Coun- ty Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hart, of Oakland City, a daughter, Kathy Earlene, Sat- urday, October 10 ; To Mr. and Mrs. O'Neal Jones, of Stendal, a son, Brian Keith, Wednes- day, October 7 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stephens, of Win- slow, a son, Jerry Van, born Monday, October 12 in Da- viess County Hospital. Deaths: Ruth Wiscaver, 43, of Otwell, died Wednes- day afternoon, October 7 af- ter giving birth to a daughter, who also died. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, October 30, 1969 Vandals damaged about 13 cars parked near the Winslow General Baptist Church Mon- day night. A non-denomina- tional youth revival is in prog- ress at the church. While the meeting was in progress, van- dals broke off windshield wip- ers, radio antennas and took gas caps off around 13 or the automobiles parked around the church. They then threw them into the Oak Hill Cem- etery just across the street from the church. Winslow Town Marshal O.D. Erwin was called and along with men from the church found quite a bit of the parts thrown in the cemetery. Persons los- ing parts from their auto may check with Marshal Erwin. Many of the gas caps, wind- shield wipers and radio anten- nas are in his office. Sometime Friday night or early Saturday morning, vandals broke into the fire tower at the Pike County State Forest. A fter gaining entry, they smashed a fire- directional locator, threw the telephone out the win- dow and smashed a glass cover over a map used with the directional locater. Sev- eral windows of the tow- er were broken. Entry was gained by climbing around the outside of the tower building to a ladder, which ascends to a radio antenna. From there, they reached a window, broke the window and unlatched it, permitting them to go into the build- ing through the open win- dow. Damage amounted to around $500. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Roy Slankard, of Winslow, Wednesday, October 21, in Daviess County Hospital, a son, Troy Gale; To Mr. and Mrs. James Morgan, of Ot- well, Saturday, October 25, in Daviess County Hosptial, a daughter, Shona Lynn; To Mr. and Mrs. Donald My- ers, of Petersburg, Satur- day, October 25, in Daviess County Hospital, a son, Jo- seph Alan; To Mr. and Mrs. Norman Buck, of Oakland City, a son, Bradley Ray, at the Gibson General Hospi- tal Wednesday, October 22; To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Harkness, of Oakland City, a daughter, Amy Christine, at Daviess County Hospital on Monday, October 13. Marriages: Vicki Lynn Beck and Kerry Wayne Mc- Clure were wed in a double ring ceremony performed in August General Baptist Church Friday evening, Oc- tober 17 at 7 o'clock. Deaths: Walter E. Wade, 86, of Oakland City, died Sat- urday night at 8 o'clock in St. Mary's Hospital; PFC. Doug- las Lemond, 21, of Peters- burg, died October 14 in Da Nang, Vietnam. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, October 13, 1994 A cutoff deadline of Octo- ber 31 gas been established for pre-applications for the Housing Rehabilitation pro- gram for Winslow residents. The Housing Rehabilitation program is through the In- dian Housing Finance Au- thority. The first grant was for $500,000 and was used for a wide range of repairs on houses of persons who quali- fied financially. This grant is for $200,000 and covers on- ly basic necessities. An aver- age of about $10,000 is spent on each project, so there will only be around 16 homes in- cluded in the program. So far, there have been 59 respons- es. Repairs are only on basic items which include plumb- ing, heating, wiring, roof- ing, weatherization, making them handicapped accessi- ble where necessary, provid- ing smoke alarms, cook stove, refrigerators, pest and rodent control and whatever is need- ed to bring the homes up to required safety codes. Pike County residents took advantage of the vot- er registration deadline ex- tension Tuesday. Clerk Ri- ta Weisman kept her office open until 7 p.m. Tuesday so those who couldn't make it in- to the courthouse during nor- mal hours would have an op- portunity to vote. She also extended it to Tuesday, be- cause the courthouse was closed on Monday due to Co- lumbus Day. Just in the first 40 minutes after her normal closing time, 11 people reg- istered. Weisman said there was a steady stream of peo- ple registering all day. "If no one else registers in the next two hours, those 11 are well worth staying open the extra three hours," said Weisman. She said she expected sever- al more during the last hour. As of Thursday, 8,532 people were registered to vote. Marriage: Kelly Lynn Jenkins and Neil Anthony Davis were married Sept. 10 at Otwell United Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Deaths: Howard Nelson, 78, of Winslow, died at noon, Tuesday, October 11 at Wirth Hospital, Oakland City; Earl H. Anderson, 74, of Peters- burg, died at the Petersburg Healthcare Center Tuesday, October 11 at 5:30 a.m.; Alva E. Johnson, 81, of Scottsburg, died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Huntingburg on Sunday, Oc- tober 9 at 1 a.m.; Lois (Bar- rett) Crawford Leister, 77, of Oatsville, died Friday, Octo- ber 7 at 12:16 p.m. at Welborn Hospital in Evansville; Clara M. Roettger, 86, of Stendal, died at 7:23 a.m. Sunday, Oc- tober 9 in the St. Joseph's Hos- pital in Huntingburg; Elden O. Lindsay, 79, of Hazelton, died at 1:25 a.m. Saturday, October 8 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes. 1989 Pike Central High School Cross Country vs. North Knox Pulling away is the objective of Brett Ashley and Jim Gregory in the meet against North Knox on September 22. Ashley was the 1989 captain of the high school cross country squad and was a junior. Gregory was a sophomore. Photo from archives. Wednesday, Nov. 20 • Nuremburg trials begin (1945) • New Jersey ratifies the Bill of Rights (1789) Thursday, Nov. 21 • Edison's first great invention, the phonograph (1877) • "Rocky" premieres (1976) Friday, Nov. 22 • John F. Kennedy assassinated (1963) • Blackbeard killed off North Carolina (1718) Saturday, Nov. 23 • First issue of "Life" is published (1936) • "Boss" Tweed delivered to authorities (1876) Sunday, Nov. 24 • The FBI crime lab opens its doors for business (1932) • Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald (1963) Monday, Nov. 25 • JFK buried at Arlington National Cemetery (1963) • Last British soldiers leave New York (1783) Tuesday, Nov. 26 • FDR establishes modern Thanksgiving holiday (1941) • Archaeologists enter tomb of King Tut (1922) Source: History.com SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500