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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, September 2, 2020 A-7 HISTORY Submit history photos: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Source: www.history.com • Photo source: www.blogspot.com Wednesday, September 2 • First ATM opens for business (1969) • Great Fire of London begins (1666) Thursday, September 3 • Treaty of Paris signed (1783) • The Stars and Stripes flies in battle for the first time (1777) Friday, September 4 • Geronimo surrenders (1886) • Comedy legend Joan Rivers dies (2014) Saturday, September 5 • Sam Houston elected as president of Texas (1836) • Outlaw Jesse James is born in Missouri (1847) Sunday, September 6 • First tank produced (1915) • Magellan's expedition circumnavigates the globe (1522) Monday, September 7 • United States nicknamed Uncle Sam (1813) • Rock 'n' roll legend Buddy Holly is born (1937) Tuesday, September 8 • Ford pardons Nixon (1974) • New Amsterdam becomes New York (1664) Winslow High School senior class 1925 The 1925 senior class of the Winslow High School members are listed. In their junior class year they were the first WHS class to give a play which was named "An Ar- izona Cowboy". Every member of the class had a part of some kind in the play. Members of the class were, in the front row, Woodson Cooper, Omer Luttrull, Cleta Elli- son, William Rogers, Letha McCraw, Durward Beadles, and Mildred Wells. In the second row, Preston Potter, Norena Williams, Denzil Hogan, Etolia Dedman, Alva Bar- nett, Gwendolyn Cooper, and Dewitt Crow. In the third row were Vila Garland, Emery V. Couts (class sponsor), and Laura McCafferty. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, April 27 and May 1, 1945 The 17th Annual Southern Indiana Invitational Track and Field Meet will be held Satur- day, April 28, on Petersburg High School field. The meet will start at 1:30 p.m. sharp. George Mcalvey, of Indianapolis, will be starter and referee and in gen- eral charge of all events. Manuel Wyatt last Friday lost $1,000 on Main Street between the First National Bank and where he had his car parked. Mr. Wyatt had gone to the bank to get the money to trans- act some business at the Wyatt Seed Company. Coming out of the bank he placed the envelope in his pocket but apparently did not get in it deep enough. His loss was discovered as soon as he reached the office and he returned at once to search for the envelope, without success. He is offering a liberal reward which can be identified through bringing in a Wyatt Seed Com- pany envelope. The Press Service Men's sign Fund will be re-opened this week to obtain more funds for the board's upkeep. When the board was completed there was in the bank just under $100, which he thought at the time would more than pay for its up- keep. However, though the best of its materials were used in its construction, certain parts had to be changed and of course names have been added as groups have left for the service. Forest Traylor is now in the pro- cess of replacing all brass stars with gold leaf stars to try to get away from the running of the brass paint. All the brass screws in the board are being replaced with nickel plated screws and the iron posts supporting the board have been scrapped and painted. Marriages: Vonnie Jean Ropp and William N. Holland were married Saturday eve- ning, at 8 o'clock, at the First Baptist church parsonage, in Petersburg. Deaths: Lewis Hugg, 67, of Princeton, died Monday morn- ing, at 11:15, at the Gibson Gen- eral hospital; Ralph T. Mein- hart, 37, of Petersburg, died Fri- day morning, at 4 o'clock. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, July 28, 1960 Eugene Bass, of Boonville, was painfully injured Saturday evening at the Tecumseh mine near Boonville when a wall of rock from the high wall caught him. Mr. Bass was working overtime when he was injured. He was badly cut and bruised and his back was the most se- riously injured. It is thought no bones were fractured although x-rays of his back are to be made this week to determine the ex- tent of his injuries. He is a pa- tient in the Welborn Memorial Baptist hospital where his body is so sore from the accident he can hardly be moved. Don Ruff of Petersburg was the winner of the biggest Go- Kart racing event of the season held in Southern Indiana Sat- urday night when he rolled to a victory in the 200 lap Go-Kart Spectacular held at Plainville. Ruff took the lead early and held it until the finish. He received $10 for being in first place at the 100 lap mark and another $75 for winning the race. Saturday night's race set an all-time re- cord in attendance for Go-Kart racing at Plainville. The huge crowd witnessed 15 cars fin- ish out of a starting field of 30 in the long grind. Sunday af- ternoon races were held on the Petersburg track. Because of the race Saturday nigh, which took a toll of karts in the long grind, only 19 cars were en- tered in the Petersburg races. In the first heat race, Jr. Paul of Washington took first place, Jer- ry Powell of Petersburg second and Clarence Gross of Washing- ton third. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Burke Fitzgerald, of Washing- ton, a son, Joseph Lee, born on July 23, in the Daviess county hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. McGlothlin, of Evansville, a girl, Kelly Jo, born on Monday, in St. Mary's hospital. Marriages: Diana Fine and George Deffendoll were mar- ried Saturday, July 16, at the First Methodist Church, in Pe- tersburg. Deaths: George Thompson, 93, of Fort Branch, died Monday afternoon, at the Gibson Gen- eral hospital, in Princeton;Al- bert B. Nelson, 73, of near Ot- well, died Wednesday, July 20, at 8 a.m. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 13, 1970 This year the Petersburg Jaycees are building a much larger fish stand and will have a lot more fish-frying equip- ment for the Annual White Riv- er Cat Fish festival Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Septem- ber 17, 18 and 19. The Crowd at least year's festival far exceed- ed their expectation. This year they are anticipating another great festival and are going to be well prepared to handle the crowds. Already scheduled for the three days entertainment are Blackburn Rides, Band con- cert by Petersburg's fine high school band and Little Miss Cat- fish Festival Queen. Postmaster Donald B. Whitelock today announced "Clean-Up Week" for the Peters- burg and Winslow Post Offices as part of a nation-wide postal activity announced in Wash- ington by Postmaster Gener- al Winton M. Blount. The Post- master General announced them program Sunday "to es- tablish post offices as a sym- bol of good housekeeping and as a credit to every communi- ty in the nation." Locally, Post- master Whitelock said "Clean- Up Week" will focus on such matters as the cooperation of postal employees at all levels in a one-shot clean up of their work areas and continuing attention to good housekeeping practic- es. The Postmaster pointed out that, in addition to improved ap- pearance for postal facilities, the national "Clean-Up Week" is designed to provide practi- cal values, removal of safety and health hazards designed to reduce accident and illness, and repairs wherever feasible. Mr. Whitelock noted that more than 40,000 post offices, sta- tions and branches over the na- tion are joining in the "Clean-Up Week" proclaimed by the Post- master General. This includes their Post Office Department Headquarters in Washington, D.C., as well as the 15 regional offices across the county. The postmaster General has said that while the most intensive ef- fort will occur during the desig- nated week, he expects post of- fices to maintain improvements programs as a permanent activ- ity "That will give a new look to the postal service for customers and employees alike." Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Dickie Abell, of Petersburg, a girl, Cathy Renee, born Sat- urday, August 8; To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Russell, of Oakland City, a son, Gregory Scott, born Wednesday, August 5, at Gibson General Hospital. Marriages: Miss Shawna Boger and Bradley Clough were married Sunday, July 26, at the First United Methodist Church of Petersburg. Deaths: Mrs. Lena Wood- ruff, 73, of Oakland City, died Monday Morning, at the Gibson General hospital; Mrs. Velva Rhodes, 57, of Petersburg, died Sunday, August 9, at 7:35 a.m., in the Daviess County hospital. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, July 27, 1995 There isn't much that Earl DuKate hasn't heard, seen or experiences in his long life. The 99 -year-old Petersburg resident was born in Knox County on August 18, 1895, to Dr. John and Martha Jane Du- Kate. Next month, Dukate will turn 100 years old and his life encompasses a century of his- tory. When DuKate was born Grover Cleveland was mid-way through his second term of of- fice as President of the United States. Geronimo, the Apache war chief, had just begun his first year of captivity at Fort Sill, Okla. Electricity was still a lux- ury and novelty; the horse and buggy was the common mode of transportation and divorce was the exception rather than the norm. DuKate said his father was a surgeon for the Union ar- my during the Civil War and was 97 years old when he died. DuKate said he lived between Monroe City and Petersburg since he was 10 years old. In 1913, DuKate married Esther White and they were married for 63 years until her death in 1976. The DuKates had four children. The youngest child is 72 and the oldest is 80. DuKate said he was too busy trying to make a living for his family during the decades that passed him by to notice the history hap- pening around him. He also said he can remember the first auto- mobile to come to Pike Coun- ty. "The hind wheels had hard rubber tires and it was chain driven and could run about 20 miles per hour," DuKate said. In his life, he has had many pro- fessions. He has been a farmer, a truck driver for the city and county, and a coal miner to name a few. During the Great Depression in 1929, DuKate worked for Wyatt Seed Com - pany, where he said he worked part-time for 15 cents an hour. Despite his age, he is still rath- er independent. He still drives a car, does his own grocery shopping and mows his acre of ground. Almost three years ago, DuKate developed circu- lation problems and his left leg was amputated just above the knee. He has to rely on walker now to get around, It has slowed him down, but not by much. Du- Kate says he is a Christian, hav- ing quit alcohol and tobacco products in 1917 when he was saved. He says he has nothing to boast about and gives cred- it to the Lord for keeping him alive for so long. He says he still drives to Vincennes and Washington when he wants to, as generally there is always someone willing to open doors for him. "I don't have an enemy in the world," DuKate said. "I've outlived all of them," he said with a broad grin. It isn't hard to have a good life, according to DuKate. As long has he can drive and get where he wants to go, life isn't too tough. A Martinsville man was se- riously injured Tuesday morn- ing after he apparently went to sleep and hit a tree. George W. Brummett, 61, was flown by Life Flight helicopter to welborn Baptist hospital in Evansville, where he is listed in critical con- dition, according to State Troop- er Roger Cannon. Cannon said Brummett was driving south on Highway 57 near the North Pa- toka Fire Department when he apparently went to sleep and then drove left of center through the yard of Fred Robinson and hit a tree. Collision broke the 24 inch diameter maple tree in half and trapped Brummett in the cab of the 1990 Internation- al semi-tractor. Rescue work- ers said they found him hang- ing upside down in the cab by his seatbelt. He was trapped for more than 40 minutes before he could be freed from the wreck- age. Cannon was assisted at the scene by the Pike County Sher- iff's Department, North Patoka Fire Department, Rescue Squad 51 and the Pike County EMS. Marriages: Kelly F. McCa- ry and Terry J. Dale, both of Petersburg, were married on June 24, at 4:30, at Ridgecrest Baptist Church, in Vincennes; Stephanie Arnold, of Peters- burg, and Bryan Fuller, of Vin- cennes, were married June 24, at 2 p.m., at the First Christian Church, in Petersburg. Deaths: Theodore Cook, 91, of Petersburg, died Monday, Ju- ly 25, at 7:10 a.m., at Hillside Manor Nursing Home, in Wash- ington; Doris M. Harvey, 90, of Union, died Sunday, July 23, at DuPage Convalescent Center. Adam Scales (812) 354-8488 adam.scales@infarmbureau.com LOUIE CAMPBELL Sales Professional lcampbell@patriotonline.com CALL OR TEXT 812-899-6267 @LouieYourCarGuy HWY. 64 W. • PRINCETON "Quite Simply, A Better Experience!" Looking for a Great Deal On Your Next Vehicle?