The Press-Dispatch
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C-12 Wednesday, Januar y 29, 2020 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, Sept. 22 and Sept. 26, 1944 Mr. and Mrs. James Burch, of near Stendal, have received 28 letters, tele- grams and postcards from persons in 13 states who have heard short-wave ra- dio message from their son, Pfc. James F. Burch, who is a prisoner of war in Germa- ny. The message was: Dear- est Mom: I am well and al- most happy. Give all my love to Jeannie. Don't wor- ry. Hope to see you soon." Pvt. Burch was reported missing in action on Aug. 26 and then later reported a prisoner of war. Settlements have been agreed upon in the law- suites filed byt Hazel Carey and Foster Gladish against Flyd Burkhart, driver of the car in which Clifford R. Car- ey and Ralph Gladish lost their lives. The accident oc- curred one quarter mil west of this city on Highway 57 on October 9 as the men were returning from work in the shipyards in Evans- ville. Carey, the father of five children was killed instantly and Ralph Gladish was fatal- ly injured and died 24 hours later in the Daviess County Hospital. In the Knox Coun- ty Circuit Court Wednesday, it was agreed that Hazel Carey be paid the amount of $ 6,000. Foster Gladish, administrator for the es- tate of Ralph Gladish, it was agreed by the Pike Cir- cuit Court will be paid the amount of $1,150. Helen De- weese, who also had filed a suit against Burkhart for injuries received in anoth- er wreck will be paid $ 300. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lance, of Spurgeon, re- ceived a telegram Wednes- day from the War Depart- ment informing them that Cpl. Morris Lance, their son, had been missing in ac- tion in France since Septem- ber 5. Cpl. Lance had been in service for the past two years, he entered the ser- vice on October 13, 1942. He had formerly been sta- tioned in England, but had been transferred to France a little over two months pri- or to being listed among the missing. Cpl. Lance is mar- ried and his wife, formerly Miss Helen Lee, now lives in Huntingburg. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Noral Harrison, Monday, a girl, Sharon Louise. Marriages: Thelma Hill and Bobby Marvin Gough were married Tuesday after- noon at the New Butler par- sonage with the Rev. Porter Walls reading the single- ring ceremony; Velma Jew- ell Willis and Orlando Duni- gan were united in marriage Friday morning at the home of Rev. Frank McLaughen at 10 :30 a.m. Deaths: Ottis Young, 58, of Arthur, died Wednesday evening at 10 o'clock at his home; Roscoe Woolsey, 50, of Winslow, died in Evans- ville Monday morning at 6:30. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, December 24, 1959 Miss Treva Davis was elected queen of the Rain- bow for Girls Christmas hol- iday dance Saturday night at the Youth Center in Win- slow. Treva is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Treaver Da- vis and is a junior in the Win- slow High School. Management of the Ohio Theater in Oakland City has announced that a free Christmas Cartoon and Comedy Show will be shown today, Thursday, at 1:30 p.m. at the theater. Union Williams, manager, said that everyone is invited to Oakland City to shop and leave their kiddies at the theater for the free show. He said that all ages are wel- come. The entire show will be made up of cartoons and comedy shows. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Moore, of Oak- land City, a daughter, born Sunday, December 20 in the Oakland City Hospi- tal; To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Thomas Traylor, of Otwell, a son, Dale Thomas, Tuesday, December 22 in the Jasper Memorial Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Beasley, of Oakland City, a daughter, Lisa Rene, born Saturday, December 19 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. Marriages: Carolyn Dee Freeman and Everett Lynn Champion were wed on Tuesday, December 22 at 7:30 p.m. Deaths: Nelle Way, 60, of Oakland City, died Sunday in the Gibson County Hospi- tal in Princeton; Rosetta Ro- bling, 58, of Winslow, died Thursday, December 17 at her home; Maude Eliza- beth Robling, 77, of Glezen, died at her home at 1:10 p.m. Tuesday; Clara Myers, 76, of Algiers, died at her home at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, January 8, 1970 Miss Joyce J. Shoultz, 35, of Jasper, formerly of Spur- geon and Winslow, was fa- tally injured in a three-car accident which also claimed the lives of two other peo- ple and sent seven others to the Jasper and Hunting- burg hospitals. The accident occurred at 2:40 a.m. New Year's Day on U.S. 231, be- tween Jasper and Hunting- burg. Miss Shoultz was one of five people in a 1964 Ford driven by Robert Denu, of Jasper. Mr. Denu was killed instantly from skull frac- ture and Miss Shoultz died at 3:35 a.m., nine minutes after being admitted to the hospital, from a fractured skull. Robert L. Schafer, 18, of Jasper, was killed in- stantly from a crushed skull and a fractured neck. He was one of two passengers in a car driven by James E. Buchta, 17, of Jasper. Pas- sengers in the Denu car in addition to Miss Shoultz were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fawks, Teresa Brzezinski, 16, and Thomas A. Mont- gomery, 21, all of Jasper. Mrs. Fawks gave birth at 9:59 a.m. New Year's Day to a 5 1/2 lb. stillborn son whose umbilical cord had been clamped in the acci- dent. Mrs. Fawks also suf- fered multiple contusions and facial lacerations and lost several teeth. Richard Fuhs, 19, of Jasper, was rid- ing alone in one of the three cars in the crash. He re- ceived a cut on his nose and was treated at St. Joseph's Hospital then released. The first collision occurred in the northbound lane of traf- fic. A southbound car driv- en by Buchta and north- bound car being driving by Denu collided just south of the Patoka River Bridge on the new stretch of 231, 1.4 miles south of Jasper city limits. A fter which, the Bu- chta car spun around and collided with another north- bound car driving by Fuhs. Only the 1964 Ford driven by Denu was equipped with seatbelts, but they were not being used. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brocker, of Oakland City, a daughter, Angela Dawn, Monday, December 27 at the Gibson General Hospital. Marriages: Cathy Ann Elbert and David Robert Adams were united in mar- riage on December 27 at the First United Methodist Church; Janet Church and Mike Western were married on November 27 at 6 p.m. at the Petersburg Church of Christ; F.N. John Dreiman and Doris Mae Selby were united in marriage Mon- day, December 29 in Mon- roe City Church of Christ. Deaths: Edgar Garland, 62, of Otwell, died at 10 :30 p.m. Sunday, January 4 int he Memorial Hospital in Jas- per; Paul Gilliand, 63, of Pe- tersburg, died at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday in their home on North Sixth St.; Ethel Lee, 81, of Oakland City, died Tuesday, December 30 at the Wirth Osteopathic Hos- pital; Frank H. Froman, 77, of Coe, died suddenly at his home Tuesday, January 6; Henry Weitkamp, 92, of Stendal, died at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, January 3 at his home; Maxine Marshall, 50, of Oakland City, died Sun- day, January 4 in the Wel- born Baptist Memorial Hos- pital; Doris A. Moore, 61, of Petersburg, died Tuesday at 7:20 p.m. in Daviess County Hospital. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, December 22, 1994 A mid-morning grain farming accident this past Wednesday could have tak- en the life of Gary Ross had it not been for quick action by Danny Traylor. Ross had been assisting Danny Tray- lor, and Jerry and Doro- thy Traylor in their soy- bean harvest when he was discovered in soybeans 18 inches above his head. The incident which put Ross in jeopardy in a partially emp- ty grain bin on the Traylor's Iva farm occurred at about 9:15 a.m. Wednesday. Ross is a hired farm hand who was in the upper level of the grain bin getting ready to help scoop the remaining grain. Danny Traylor no- ticed Ross was not around when it came time to enter the bin and began to search. A fter finding Ross and mak- ing sure he could breathe, Traylor went to the house and Dorothy Traylor called the ambulance and rescue squad. Jefferson Township firefighter Jackie Phillips was the first responder on the scene and worked to exhaustion digging beans away from Ross, who was hanging onto a support rod with his face against the wooden wall. Ross was saved because Traylor lo- cated him and then main- tained an opening in the beans. Ross was unable to speak, according to Tray- lor because he feared suck- ing in the beans. Instead, he grunted to help Danny Tray- lor locate him. Ross held on- to a scoop shovel, pushing it against the floor since he was standing on beans. Traylor estimated that Ross was missing for about five minutes before he found him and called for help. Danny Traylor was operat- ing the train truck and went to investigate when he didn't see Ross. Rescue Squad 51 members Jeff Clements and Faron McLaughlin were in- strumental in cutting the grain bin open in several places and then shoveling the beans into the driveway int he barn. They and other firefighters moved what ap- peared to be several loads of beans in their efforts to free Ross. The Pike County EMS responded and transported Ross to the hospital. Ross was not injured in the acci- dent but is off work resting as a precaution. Ross has worked at the farm for more than 38 years, according to Dorothy Traylor. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Russell, of Otwell, Wednesday, Dec. 14, their first child, a daughter, Sier- ra Nikole; To Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Toler, of Paris, Ill., a daughter, Courtney Ilene, on Saturday, Dec. 3 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. Marriages: Tina D. Gross and Danny R. Stone were united in marriage Friday, Dec. 16 in Hender- son, Ky. Deaths: Kenneth L. Hun- ley, 80, of Oakland City, died at 9:52 a.m. Saturday, De. 17 at Deaconess Hospital; Ruth G. Atkinson, 98, of Oakland City, died Friday, Decem- ber 16 at 5:10 a.m. at Gib- son General Hospital; John C. Davis, 69, of Monroe City, died Monday, December 19 at 7:30 a.m. in Petersburg. WHS girls' basketball team 1921 The girls' basketball team was not organized until late in the year and did not get to play very many games. Much interest is being shown in the girls' team. Members of the team are Ruth Comer, Daise Flint, Louise Vinyard, Leona Jones, Irene Hostmeyer, Georgia Bonenberger, and Lois Clark (coach). Wednesday, Jan. 29 • U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elects first members (1936) • King George III dies (1820) Thursday, Jan. 30 • Gandhi assassinated (1948) • "The Lone Ranger" debuts on Detroit radio (1933) Friday, Jan. 31 • The death of Guy Fawkes (1606) • Germans unleash U-boats (1917) Saturday, Feb. 1 • Texas secedes (1861) • First session of U.S. Supreme Court (1790) Sunday, Feb. 2 • First Groundhog Day (1887) • National League of baseball is founded (1876) Monday, Feb. 3 • Woodrow Wilson dies (1924) • New England Patriots win first Super Bowl (2002) Tuesday, Feb. 4 • First U.S. President elected (1789) • Patty Hearst kidnapped (1974) Source: History.com