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B-10 Wednesday, April 1, 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 Easter Egg Hunt 1952 The young and young-at-heart gathered for an Easter Egg Hunt in Petersburg circa 1952. Photo submitted by Mary Hope Mitchell. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Dec. 1 and Dec. 5, 1944 Fire destroyed the house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Thomas in Ayrshire at about 8 o'clock Saturday night. All of the contents were also lost in the fire. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas were in Jasper at the time their home caught on fire. When neighbors discovered the fire, it had made such head- way they were unable to re- move anything, except a few pieces from the building. It is believed the fire stared from an overheated fur- nace. The house was owned by Fred Dorse, who carried insurance to cover part of th loss. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chandler, at present. Marlene, the 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Padgett, of Winslow, suffered severe burns over the head, face and down her body to the knees, Satur- day evening about 5 o'clock when her clothing caught fire as she struck a match to find the switch in the bath- room at the Padgett home. The child was home alone at the time. Her hair and cloth- ing were burned off, but she managed to put the fire out with water. She then ran in- to the street crying for help. A passerby carried her into the Miller Hospital, where she remains in serious con- dition. Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roy, who live between Spur- geon and Stendal, that their son, Pvt. Leonard Roy, 29, who has been reported miss- ing in action in France since September 13, has been found on the list of German prisoners. Pvt. Roy entered service January 22, 1944. He was sent overseas July 23 and went from England to France two weeks later. Pri- or to entering the service, he worked on the home farm. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Doane, of Winslow, a boy, Larry, born Wednes- day; To Mr. and Mrs. Thur- low DeJarnett, of Glezen, a boy, Thomas Thurlow, born Nov. 27; To Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miley, Jr., of Peters- burg, a boy, morn Monday morning; To Mr. and Mrs. Randall Fulcher, of near Al- ford, a boy, Jerry Leon, born Sunday morning. Marriages: Catherine Dixon and Herschel Wil- liams were married on Sat- urday evening, November 25 at Washington; Martha Ashby and Floyd Risley were united in marriage on Satur- day evening at 8:00 p.m. a the Presbyterian manse in Petersburg. Deaths: Joseph Sheldon, 3, of Winslow, died at the home of his grandparents near Winslow, at 5:15 o'clock Thursday morning; John Blair, 78, of Algiers, passed away at his home shortly after midnight Thursday morning. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, March 3, 1960 The Pike County Dis- patch has been informed that the new post office in Petersburg will become a reality in the very near fu- ture. Contracts have been signed for the construction of the building and it is ex- pected that actual work on the building will begin very soon. Located at 108 -110 North Seventh St. in Peters- burg, across the street from the Lincoln Theater, the building has been set up on a 20 -year rent-lease contract. The government also has an option on four five-year pe- riods following the first 20 years. Contractor C.J. Neser said the building will be con- structed of brick and stone veneer, will be air-condi- tioned, have automatic gas heat, fluorescent lights and a divided lobby. The build- ing will contain 279 sq. ft. in- side, have a 468 sq. ft. load- ing platform and 701 sq. ft. parking lot. As soon as the new building is completed, the post office will be moved from its present location at Sixth and Main sts. Although one house was destroyed by fire in Peters- burg at about 7;30 p.m. Tues- day, quick work by the Pe- tersburg Fire Department saved a second house next door. Shortly before 7;30 p.m., the Tiny Davis home, just off White River Ave. in the north section of Peters- burg, was found in flames. Mr. Davis had gone down the street to visit a daugh- ter. He had left a kerosene stove burning when he left. It is thought that the stove exploded. When the fire de- partment was called, the entire house was in flames. When the fire depart- ment arrived, the wind had blown the flames to a house owned by Mary Colegate, which is located no more than 20 feet from the Da- vis house. The firemen im- mediately sprayed the Cole- gate house with water from small hoses until the large hoses were hooked up. Wa- ter was then sprayed on both houses. Windows in the Colegate house were bro- ken from the heat and cur- tains on the inside burst in- to flames. With part of the firemen fighting the fire in the Colegate house and the others fighting the flaming Davis fire, the flames were quickly brought under con- trol. The Davis home burned to the ground, but the Cole- gate house suffered only a small amount of damage. With temperatures around 18 degrees, the water froze on the Colegate house and surrounding trees as the firemen fought the fire. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Dick Lemond, of Augusta, a son, born February 17 at the Stork Hospital in Hunt- ingburg; To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shoultz, of Glezen, a son, Saturday, February 27 in the Daviess County Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. John Mize, of Petersburg, a daughter, in the Daviess County Hospital Wednes - day, February 24; To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Pirkle, of Win- slow, a son, born Thursday, February 18 in the Oakland City Hospital. Deaths: Cama B. Sand- ers, 69, of Petersburg, died at a hospital in Linton Wednesday. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, March 19, 1970 Dr. H.A. Peters, of Oak- land City, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert, of Mt. Vernon, were taken to Wirth Memorial Hospital following a two-car collision Sunday afternoon. Dr. Peters, driver of a white 1970 Cadillac, was treat- ed for a lacerated forehead, then released. Mr. Grigsby sustained lacerations of the forehead and face, and his wife, Mary, received lacer- ations on her scalp and frac- tured ribs. Investigating of- ficers said Dr. Peters drove his car from a side street west of Oakland City onto Highway 57 into the path of the Grigsby car. Mr. and Mrs. Noble Fos- ter and family, of the White Oak community, received a telegram from the War Department, Washington, D.C., Friday, March 13 at 9:45 a.m. informing them that their youngest son, Sp.4 Teddy Leon Foster, had been wounded in ac- tion March 12. Young Fos- ter, a gunner on a military vehicle, on a combat oper- ation, was wounded in the face by shrapnel when a mine detonated. Sp.4 Fos- ter entered the Army May 14, 1969, and received his ar- my training at Ft. Knox, Ky. On October 13, 1969, he was sent overseas and arrived at Quan Lie, Vietnam. Novem- ber 26, he was wounded in one arm when his compa- ny hit a mine. He soon re- covered and was at his base until February 20, when the company moved to Lio Nien, Vietnam. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Winkel, of Winslow, their first child, a daugh- ter, Janelle Marie, Friday, March 6 in Jasper Memori- al Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald McGillem, of Mack- ey, a daughter, Sherri Lynn, Wednesday, March 11 at Gibson General Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Heldt, of Oakland City, a son, Steven Tracy, Saturday, March 7 at the Gibson General Hospi- tal. Deaths: Brian Osgath- arp, 18 -months-old, of Ot- well, died at 9 p.m. Thurs- day, March 12 in Riley Hos- pital in Indianapolis; Mrs. Paul (Leona) Nelson, 65, of Winslow, died Friday, March 13 at 4 p.m. in the Wirth Me- morial Hospital; Thomas E. Wheeler, 60, of Petersburg, died Saturday enroute to Wirth Osteopathic Hospital at 4:50 a.m.; Herschel Ger- ald (Buddy) Scales, 47, died Thursday at Gibson Gener- al Hospital; Mrs. Leona Al- dridge, 62, of Velpen, was found dead on the floor in her living room Saturday around noon by friends who went to see about her. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, March 2, 1995 A large group of people gathered outside the Pike County License Branch's new locations Tuesday morning waiting on them to open at 8:30 a.m. Branch manager Nancy Barnes said the last day of the month is always busy, but Tuesday was especially busy, be- cause February is the month licenses expire on trucks over 16,000 pounds. In the early morning hours of August 17, 1993, the world of Winslow Se- nior Citizens and Adult Day Care director Frieda Bolin came tumbling down. That was the day the Winslow High School gymnasium, which housed the Senior Citizen Center, was struck by lightning in the midst of an intense thunderstorm. The lightning strike severe- ly damaged the roof of the building and the resulting fire and water damage to the interior of the center made the building virtually uninhabitable. The Town of Winslow had no insurance on the building and the Cen- ter suffered a series of bud- get cuts. Petersburg Senior Citizens Center offered as- sistance and for the last 18 months, Bolin and the oth- er employees have worked out of the Petersburg office. Bolin never gave up on the idea of eventually returning the Center to Winslow and on March 20, her dream will be realized and the Winslow Senior Citizens Center will officially open in the former Parker Drug Store/NU-Way Cafe building. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Mike Jones, of Petersburg, at memorial Hospital in Jas- per, February 22, their first child, a daughter, Alyssa Nikole. Deaths: Charles Cle- ments, Sr., 64, of Otwell, died Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7:29 p.m. at Daviess Coun- ty hospital in Washington; Blanche R. Briscoe, 90, of Petersburg, died Thursday, Feb. 23 at 4:15 p.m. at Peters- burg Healthcare Center; Ja- net E. Brenton, 39, of Peters- burg, died Saturday, Feb. 25, at 7:45 p.m. at Good Samar- itan Hospital in Vincennes; Dan Phillips, 83, of Oakland City, died Monday, Feb. 27 at 3:10 a.m. at Gibson General Hospital in Princeton. Tuesday, April 7 • Auto pioneer Henry Ford dies (1947) • John Wayne wins Best Actor Oscar (1970) Wednesday, April 8 • Hank Aaron sets new home run record (1974) • Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, dies (2013) Thursday, April 9 • Robert E. Lee surrenders (1865) • Germany invades Norway (1940) Friday, April 10 • ASPCA is founded (1866) • John Paul Jones sets out to raid British ships (1778) Saturday, April 11 • Napoleon exiled to Elba (1814) • Truman relieves MacArthur of duties in Korea (1951) Sunday, April 12 • The Civil War begins (1861) • President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies (1945) Monday, April 13 • Apollo 13 oxygen tank explodes (1970) • Tiger Woods wins his first Masters (1997) Source: www.history.com HOURS Mon-Fri 7AM - 6PM Saturday 7AM - 5PM Sunday 10AM - 4PM Hwy. 41 N., Princeton at Lyles Station Rd. 812-385-2641 • Kawasaki Engine 42" Cut • Heavy-duty welded steel deck • Exclusive SmoothTrak™ steering • Heavy-Duty Fabricated Frame GREAT PERFORMANCE. GREATER VALUE. Memmer's Hardware & Outdoor Power $ 2,899 STARTING AT