The Press-Dispatch
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A-10 Wednesday, November 4, 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 Source: www.history.com • Photo source:www.ksdk.com Wednesday, Nov. 4 • Entrance to King Tut's tomb discovered (1922) • Barack Obama elected as America's first black presi- dent (2008) Thursday, Nov. 5 • George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ (1994) • FDR re-elected for a third term (1940) Friday, Nov. 6 • Abraham Lincoln elected president (1860) • John Carroll named first Catholic bishop in U.S. (1789) Saturday, Nov. 7 • Magic Johnson announces he is HIV-positive (1991) • FDR wins unprecedented fourth term (1944) Sunday, Nov. 8 • German scientist discov- ers X-rays (1895) • John F. Kennedy elected president (1960) Monday, Nov. 9 • East Germany opens the Berlin Wall (1989) • The Great Northeast Blackout (1965) Tuesday, Nov. 10 • Sesame Street debuts (1969) • Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps (1775) SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, June 29 and July 3, 1945 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schmidt received a letter Monday from Mrs. Ival Cooper informing them that Tech-Sgt. Cooper had been killed in Germany. He had been int he army for five years. It will be remember that T/Sgt. Cooper was reared in the home of Mr. Schmidt. Mrs. Cooper lives in Kinder, La. T/Sgt. Floyd J. Ficklin has received an honorable dis- charge from the U.S. Army from Fort Custer, Mich. He was in service three years and seven months, of which he was overseas. He was wounded in Normandy July 6, 1944. He has received the combat infantry man's medal, good conduct ribbon, the pur- ple heart, the middle eastern and European theater ribbon and a bronze battle star. He and his wife have returned to battle Creek, Mich., to make their home after a visit here with relatives. According to reports from war bond headquarters last week, the Ayrshire-Patoka Colleries Company, who oper- ate stripe mines in the south- ern part of this county, mad the largest purchase of bonds to date when they purchased $400,000 worth of bonds to be credited on Pike County's quota. The Ayrshire-Patoka Colleries is one of the largest and most moder mining con- cerns of the nation and their purchase of so large a block was highly pleasing to those in charge of bond sales in this county. Births: To Jack McMurtrey MM 1-c and Mrs. McMurtrey, a daughter, Jane Ann, born at Washington hospital on June 29. Marriages: Miss Mary Laverne Jacobs became the bride of Willard R. Fair on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Alford Methodist Church; Margaret Ellen Pruitt and Rex Sutton were quietly married at the bride's home on Wednes- day, July 4; Colleen Engleman and Corp. Robert B. Burton exchanged vows on Sunday, July 1 in Washington at the home of Rev. James McCord. Deaths: Arthur Cole- man, 62, died at 2 o'clock Fri- day morning, June 29, at the home of his son, Lorel Cole- man; Alice Fower, 81, of Pe- tersburg, passed away at her home on Thursday evening at 9 o'clock; Flora B. Martin, 63, died at the Washington hospital Wednesday; Mary E. Price, 77, of Glezen, died at her home Monday after - noon; Mary Ann Hunt, 74, of Winslow, died Monday at Washington hospital; War- ner W. Horrell, 58, of Alford, died Monday afternoon at his home; Mrs. Oscar Dyer, died Tuesday morning at 2 a.m. at her home in Spurgeon; Char - ley P. Horrell, 56, of Alford, died at his home at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, September 29, 1960 Saturday will be a big day in Winslow. The circus is coming to town. The Winslow Kiwan- is Club will sponsor the Pen- ny Bros. Circus at the Miller American Legion Field. Two shows will be held. The first will be at 2:30 p.m. and the second will begin at 8 p.m. The circus performances last more than 90 minutes, with 30 feature acts in three rings. Everything connected with a genuine old-fashioned cir- cus is present, with jugglers, tumblers, clowns, wire walk- ers, animal acts and bare-back cavorting for the pleasure of old and young alike. McCord Auto Sales, Inc. came near having a disastrous fire Monday night at 9 o'clock. Had it not been for four men in the body shop north of the garage proper, the fire could have easily been out of control before being noticed. The fire started from a short in a union box in a large room upstairs over the front office. Bob Schmidt, garage mechanic, Frank Evans, car salesman, Jim Tevault, tractor mechanic and Jim's brother, Hardy, had come back to the body shop to work on Jim's car. They saw the reflection of the fire in the windows of the American Legion building and thought someone was burning trash. One of them happened to look toward the garage service room and saw the blaze com- ing out the door at the top of the stairs and called the fire department. The volunteer fire department promptly re- sponded and soon had the fire under control and extin- guished. The door to the up- stairs room is usually kept closed. Had it been closed Monday night, the men work- ing in the shop would not have discovered the fire until it had burned through the roof and possibly the office and show- room ceiling. Little water damage was done to the office below, for which the manage- ment is thankful, as the show- ing of the new 1961 Ford and Falcon is scheduled for today, Thursday. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Satterfield, of Ot- well, a son, born Sunday in Daviess County Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wentt, of Littles, a son; To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Richard Lee, of Oakland City, a son, Jeffery Kent, born Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Gib- son General Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Arville Rainey, of Winslow, a daughter, Rebec- ca Kaye, September 21 in the Daviess County Hospital. Deaths: George Roscoe Cox, 73, of Petersburg, died at 9:30 a.m. Thursday; Carolyn Belle Russ, died at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday at the home of her daughter in Winslow; Dale Eversoll, 73, died Wednesday at 10 :30 p.m. in Daviess Coun- ty Hospital. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, October 15, 1970 Tentative figures on a new school building program were released at the regular month- ly meeting Monday night. The figures indicated a complete- ly modern educational plant for the entire county could be built with a tax increase of less than $1.50. County Superintendent Carl Swift, speaking on behalf of board members, said that exact fig- ures were not available at this time but that they would be in about three weeks. He ex- plained what had been done up to this point and released the tentative figures. The new system would include a high school at the poor farm site, a grade school at Otwell and work on some of the ex- isting grade facilities. A dele- gation of parents from Peters- burg were at the meeting and urged the board to start im- mediately, pointing out that their children int he fifth and sixth grades were being hand- icapped by being forced to at- tend school in inadequate fa- cilities. Marriages: Donna Kay Walters became the bride of DCFA Roger Dale Uppen- camp in a private ceremony on Thursday, September 3 at 7 o'clock at the United Meth- odist Church in Algiers. Deaths: Cassie Pearson, 78, of Oakland City, died Mon- day in Wirth Osteopathic Hos- pital. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 28, 1995 A husband and wife were found shot to death in their Petersburg home early Mon- day morning, according to po- lice. Police said it is being in- vestigated as a murder-sui- cide and the preliminary au- topsy results indicate it was just that. James Lewis, 50, and Jerri Lewis, 47, both of 1006 Spruce St., were found by Mrs. Lewis' son, Roger White- head, after he had been noti- fied by her employer, Amber Manor Nursing Home, that she had not come to work, ac- cording to State Trooper Mike Hildebrand. Hildebrand said Whitehead found the bodies at about 5:35 a.m. and called police. According to prelim- inary autopsy results, Jerri Lewis died of a gunshot would to the head and James Lewis died of a self-inflicted gunshot would to the head. Both were Petersburg High School football team—1941-42 This team won seven and lost one. They beat Lab School of Terre Haute for the mythical State Title. This was the first year for a lighted field. Previous games were played Saturday afternoons. Members of the team, in row one, Andy Anderson, Harry Adkerson, Bill Stevens, (?) Adkerson, Burris Walker and Jack Graham, manager. In row two were Bill O'Neil, Pete Walters, Keith Gladish, Bill Harbinson, Doyle Gordon and J. L. Elkins, man- ager. In row three were Rod Boger, Norman Pearson, Arthur Beck, Gene Miley, Doyle Willis and David Tharp. Row four consisted of Lorel Coleman (coach), Bob Walker, Bill Tislow, Jim Brenton, James Harbinson and Jack Potts. found in their bed and the 12 ga. shotgun was found with James. Hildebrand said no sign of a struggle was found in the house and that the autop- sy showed no signs of abuse. Petersburg Police Chief Wil- liam Scales said James Lewis worked at Indianapolis Power and Light in the maintenance department. Scales said a note was found at the scene on Monday, but he did not reveal its contents. The cou- ple had celebrated their first wedding anniversary in the last few days. A new federal study re- leased Monday concludes the I-69 highway will bring $1.39 in travel benefits for every $1 invested, according to Eight District Congressman John Hostettler, who was the key- note speaker at the meeting where the study was released in Memphis, Tenn. The re- port also estimates the cost of completing I-60 from Indi- anapolis to Evansville at $ 800 million to $1 billion. The es- timate varies for a variety of reasons, from environmental considerations to the selec- tion of the final route and es- tablishing right-of-way. Pike County Economic Develop- ment and Growth Council di- rector Steve Smith said I-69 would be a tremendous boost to the local economy. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Howes, of Peters- burg, at Welborn Hospital on September 8, a daughter, Emily Ann; To Mark and Pat- ty Tegmeyer, at Welborn Bap- tist Hospital on September 21, a son, Owen Jacob. Marriages: Holly Michele Horrall and Jason Keith McK- inney were united in mar- riage August 19 at 5:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Petersburg; Kim- berly Ann Lamb and Shane Alan Rogers were united in marriage August 12 at the Washington Free Methodist Church. Deaths: Ruby Jane Weed- man, 85, of Glezen, died Sat- urday, Sept. 23 at 8:30 p.m. at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; Hope Beadles, 94, of Winslow, died Thursday, September 21 at 3:35 p.m. at Memorial Hos- pital; Gerald L. Wright, 52, of Otwell, died at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19 at Memo- rial Hospital; Edgar L. Car- ey, 81, of Petersburg, died at his residence at 3:30 p.m. Monday, September 25; Una Frances Russell, 75, of Otwell, died Sunday, Sept. 24 at 7:10 a.m. at Heritage House Nurs- ing Home in Jasper; Imogene Carlisle, 80, of Winslow, died at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Huntingburg; Millie Joles, 83, of Oakland City, died Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 5:56 p.m. at Wirth Regional Hospital; Marlin D. Meier, 83, of Mackey, died Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 11:10 a.m. at Gibson General Hos- pital. SUBSCRIBE TODAY! 812-354-8500 We're not afraid MINUTES Continued from page 3 of the grace of God" (Acts 20 :24), the wonderful news that because Christ suffered, the Just for the unjust, at Cal- vary, any sinner may be saved by grace through faith, apart from religious or other works. "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eter- nal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom. 6:23). And therefore: "To him that wor- keth not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteous- ness" (Rom. 4:5). Judgment will come, but thank God, He has in grace delayed it until now. "Behold, now is the accept- ed time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (II Cor. 6:2).