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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, July 1, 2020 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 1921 Winslow high school basketball team According to an article in "The Champion," the high school 1921 team won 15 of the 19 games played. In the photo are, in row one, Paul Hayden, Carl Harmeyer (coach), and Alfred Thompson. Standing in the second row are James Vinyard, Garth Richardson, Carl Royalty, Peodker Nelson, Roy Dayton, and John Skinner. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Feb. 23 and Feb. 27, 1945 A stolen car was found by State Police Officers, Tues- day in front of Dosch's Cafe. The car was stolen from Loo- gootee by two boys of Bed- ford, Ind., Saturday night. The boys parked the car in front of Dosch's and stole a car owned by Earl Kendall, this city and the car was found abandoned in Evansville. The boys were ap- prehended by the state police in Mt. Vernon, after stealing a car from Evansville and driving it to Mt. Vernon. They were ju- veniles and names will be with- held. The car found in Peters- burg was removed to the Rauch Motor Sales and the owner was notified. Officers have failed to find any clue to the robbers who broke into the Curtis and Tis- dale poolroom at Winslow, Sunday morning. The thieves gained entrance to the pool room by crawling over a tran- som. They got into the safe and stole more than $1,500 in mon- ey and checks. More than $500 of the money was in silver and was heavy. The thieves left be- hind $200 in nickels, rolled in- to bundles and forgot to open the cash register, which con- tained an additional $100 in currency. From Winslow, the robbers went to Otwell, where they gained entrance to Lisle Gray's filling station and took $ 67 in money, a radio and some candy and chewing gum. Mr. and Mrs. Barr Wilson of Indianapolis, Ind., have re- ceived a telegram from the War Department stating that their son, Pfc. Byron Wilson, a nose gunner on a B-24 bomber, who was reported missing in action over Austria since January 15 has been found and has been returned to his base. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Engleman, a girl, born Friday morning; To Mr. and Mrs. Gordan Wilhite, a girl, born Friday evening, in the Miller hospital in Winslow. Marriages: Helen Alley, of Petersburg, and J.R. Fred, of Terre Haute, were married Sat- urday morning, at 8 o'clock, at the home of Rev. Arthur Proc- tor. Deaths: William H. Lut- trull, 81, of Marion Township, died Wednesday morning, at 8 o'clock, in the home of his son; Pvt. Jonathan A. Robinson, of Petersburg, was killed in ac- tion, on February 6, in Germa- ny. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, May 26 1960 Mrs. Virginia Nixon, wife of Judge Lester Nixon, suf- fered severe injuries to both of her heels shortly before noon Monday when she jumped from a ladder while working on the porch of the Nixon home on Main street in Petersburg. Mrs. Nixon said the ladder began to fall and she jumped rather than fall with the ladder. When she jumped, she landed on both heels, breaking one of them and injuring the other. It was first thought she had bro - ken both heels, but doctors at Good Samaritan hospital in Vincennes said they believed that only one was broken. The injury was very painful. Mrs. Nixon will be in the hospital for several days and when she returns to her home, she will be required to stay in bed for sev- eral weeks. Two Petersburg people were injured at 12:10 a.m. Sunday in a one car accident on highway 61 near Petersburg when the car in which they were riding crashed into the south end of the overflow bridge on White River. The injured people were taken into the Daviess Coun- ty hospital in Washington in the O.D. Harris and Sons am- bulance. Driver of the car was Donald Frederick, 26, and Do- ris Boger, 41. Frederick suf- fered a mild concussion, lacera- tions of the chest and numerous bruises, cuts and contusions. Mrs. Boger incurred severe head lacerations of the left knee and fractured ribs. High- way repairmen had to be called to remove part of the railing which was knocked loose and was sticking out into the lane of traffic. A bridge engineer was called from Vincennes to su- pervise the repairs. Had the car been to the left only three feet more, it would have dropped under the bridge. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Coleman, of Winslow, a daughter, Marty Lynn, born on Tuesday, at 9:05 p.m., in the Deaconess hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Shafer, of Frank- lin, a daughter, Tina Ann, born May 18. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, June 11, 1970 Six persons were arrested early Sunday morning at a ca- boose located in the coal fields southeast of Enos tipple about three miles. The group was charged with trespass and vis- iting a place keeping or using dangerous drugs. State police were summoned and Troopers Steve Richardson of here and Joe Rhodes of Jasper made the arrests. The group was found in possession of different types of dangerous drugs. There were five males and one female in the group. All were from Evans- ville. They were placed in the Pike County jail and remained there until bailed out by some of the group's parents Monday. Bond was set at $500 each on the trespass charge and $1000 each on the narcotics charge. Coal dust between the walls of an old office room in the up- per part of the Enos Coal Min- ing tipple at Enos Corners, be- came ignited at 11 p.m. Tues- day night causing a great deal of excitement. Fire trucks from Petersburg and Spurgeon and members of the fire department from Winslow quickly respond- ed to the summons and soon had the fire out before it did any damage to the tipple. This office room had not been in use for some time. The tipple was being remodeled and repaired when in some manner the coal dust caught fire. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. John Wayne Hunley, of Petersburg, a girl, Suzan, born Monday, June 1, in the Daviess County hos- pital; To Mr. and Mrs. David Tretter, of Indianapolis, a son, David Keith, born Thursday, May 28; To Mr. and Mrs. Nor- man McDonald, of Petersburg, a girl, Angela Lynn, born Mon- day, June 4, at the Good Samar- itan Hospital. Deaths: Bernard Brewster, 62, of Winslow, died Friday, June 5, in the Daviess County hospital. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 18, 1995 The quick actions of the Pike County Sheriff's Department, Jefferson Township Volun- teer Fire Department, Rescue Squad 51 and area residents can be attributed to the successful rescue of five people from the rain swollen back waters of the White River in a four-day peri- od. The five people were res- cued by boat in four separate incidents after the drivers of four vehicles disregarded road closure signs, which warned of high water, and attempted to cross anyway. The incidents all occurred just south of the Home C. Capehart Bridge on Highway 257 N., near the Pike County/ Daviess County line. The first incident occurred Saturday around 10 p.m. A local family had driven to the river to see how high it had risen. They had just arrived when they heard a young woman screaming for help. The family, who wish to remain anonymous, said they finally sighted the woman 150 to 200 feet from the roadway in the White River standing on top of her car. Sources at the scene credit the woman's rescue to the quick thinking of the fam- ily, who used a cellular phone to notify Pike County Sher- iff Jeff Clements of the wom- an's plight. The other two inci- dents occurred on Sunday. On Sunday morning, two area boys were reportedly watching the river from four-wheelers when they noticed Jill R. Zeiler, 19, of Vincennes, and an unknown passenger, attempt to cross the high water. Zeiler's vehicle was swept off the road by the swift current and the boys rushed to a neighbor's house to call for help. The two women bailed out of the vehicle, according to eyewitness accounts. The wom- en were then swept away by the swift current toward a bend in the river. Jefferson Township Fire Department Chief Rog- er Young said Jimmy Gregory and another area resident were boating in the area and noticed the women and went to their rescue. Another incident oc- curred around 5 p.m. the same day. Charles Taylor, 70, of Hunt- ingburg, also attempted to cross the high water and his vehicle was swept away by the current. Rescue squad members, Kip Traylor and Danny Bush, boat- ed out to Traylor and rescued him from the swollen waters. The fourth incident occurred Monday at approximately 1:30 p.m. Alfred J. Dotterweich, 35, of Huntingburg, attempted to drive a semi-truck across the flooded highway. Dottwerwe- ich, a driver for Servants, Inc., of Jasper, made it about half- way across when the cab of the truck floated off the road- way in the swift current. Greg- ory responded once again and went to Dotterweich's rescue. Members of the Jefferson Town- ship Fire Department then went across the river, picked up Dot- terweich and ferried him across to the Pike County side of the river. The semi was later pulled out of the river by employees of Sternberg International Wreck- ing Service, out of Jasper. All four drivers were ticketed for disregarding a traffic device. According to the Sheriff's De- partment, the first three vehi- cles are still submerged in the back water and no attempt will be made to move them until the water recedes. This year will be the fifth anniversary of the devastating tornado that hit Petersburg on June 2, 1990. Special plans have been made to commemorate the loss of those who died and to celebrate the progress Pe- tersburg has made in the last five years. A special commit- tee was formed to help plan the events. The two events planned will take place on June 3 and 4. The first of these will be a community service at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 3 at the Unit- ed Methodist Church in Peters- burg. Rev. McKown will preside over the service, and fix or six other ministers will also speak. On Sunday, June 4, at 2 p.m., a community remembrance is planned to take place in the Petersburg Elementary gym/ auditorium. The event will be- gin with a short slide presenta- tion by the school. Each mem- ber of the committee will then have time to make comments. Anyone wishing to speak may do so. The meeting will honor the corporate sector, cities and towns around Petersburg, the Moose Lodge, VFW and others that helped in Petersburg's time of need. The committee hopes that the two days will commem- orate what happened on June 2, 1990 and also what has hap- pened since. Births: To Amanda Godwin and Jason A. Hickey, a daugh- ter, Marina Brooke, born on May 10, at Good Samaritan Hospital, in Vincennes; To Kev- in and Cindy Carroll, of Peters- burg, a son, Joseph William, born on Saturday, May 13, at the Good Samaritan hospital, in Vincennes. Marriages: Lisa Jean Bauer and Troy Lee Schwibble, both of Washington, were married on March 25, at 1:30 p.m., at Twin Oaks Church in Peters- burg. Deaths: Faye Erleen Gelfi- us, 70, of Spurgeon, died Mon- day, May 15 at 8:37 p.m., at St. Mary's Medical Center, in Evansville; Marlin Dossett, 89, of Princeton, died Satur- day, May 13 at his home; Amy Burns, 86, of Winslow, died Sunday, May 21 at 6:35 p.m., at Amber Manor Care Center in Petersburg. Source: www.history.com • Photo source: Associated Press Wednesday, July 1 • Hong Kong returned to China (1997) • The first Sony Walkman goes on sale (1979) Thursday, July 2 • Johnson signs Civil Rights Act (1964) • Amelia Earhart disappears (1937) Friday, July 3 • Battle of Gettysburg ends (1863) • Brian Jones and Jim Morrison die, two years apart to the day (1969) Saturday, July 4 • U.S. declares independence (1776) • Pathfinder lands on Mars (1997) Sunday, July 5 • Dolly the sheep becomes first successfully cloned mammal (1996) • Major Leage Baseball's first All-Star Game is held (1933) Monday, July 6 • Althea Gibson is first A frican American to win Wimbledon (1957) • Anne Frank's family takes refuge (1942) Tuesday, July 7 • U.S. women's soccer team wins record 4th World Cup title (2019) • Mary Surratt is first woman to be executed by U.S. federal government (1865)