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C-8 Wednesday, December 9, 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.thoughtco.com Wednesday, Dec. 9 • Patriots gain control of Vir- ginia (1775) • Separation of Charles and Di- ana announced (1992) Thursday, Dec. 10 • First Nobel Prizes awarded (1901) • Emily Dickinson is born (1830) Friday, Dec. 11 • Buffalo Bill Cody makes his first stage appearance (1872) • UNICEF founded (1946) Saturday, Dec. 12 • Da Vinci notebook sells for over 5 million (1980) • First radio transmission sent across the Atlantic Ocean (1901) Sunday, Dec. 13 • Saddam Hussein captured (2003) • Woodrow Wilson arrives in France for peace talks (1918) Monday, Dec. 14 • Roald Admundsen becomes first explorer to reach the South Pole (1911) • Indy "Brickyard" is complet- ed (1909) Tuesday, Dec. 15 • U.S. House of Representa- tives recommends impeach- ing Clinton (1998) • The Bill of Rights becomes law (1791) SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Aug. 3 and Aug. 7, 1945 Corp. Bob Hodges, sta- tioned in Belgium, had the honor of being one of the guards for President Truman when he toured the city of Antwerp after the presiden- tial party landed in that city July 16. Corp. Hodges is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hodges, of Petersburg. He is a member of the anti-aircraft division and has been over- seas for more than a year. His brother, Corp. Bud Hodges, is on Okinawa. Mr. McClellan Stoops re- ceived a letter this week from W.J. Burtacher, noted author of Santa Monica, Calif. Mr. Burtacher is the author of a new book, "The Romance Behind Walking Canes" and he enclosed several advance sheets form the book, which will be off the press of Dor- ance and Company in Octo- ber. This unusual book will contain stories and illustra- tions of prominent people car- rying historic canes, many of which had been presented to their owners "by Marmaduke McClellan Stoops, sprightly octogenarian, of Petersburg, Indiana." These stories are true and describe many of the canes which Mr. Stoops had presented to his friends. These were made from White Oak timber removed from the old Wabash-Erie Canal and made into canes and gavels by the manual training class- es of the Petersburg schools. This California author says that in his collection of stores about canes, there is more about canes in Indiana than any other state. Marriages: Martha Jean Toole and Victor Eugene Reed were married at 10 o'clock Sunday night at Morganfield, Ky., in the Methodist church; Miss Arlena Bailey and Pfc. Roy H. DeMotte exchanged vows at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Ju- ly 29 in the Washington Ave- nue Presbyterian Church in Evansville; Ralph Beard and Pauline Anderson were mar- ried by Rev. Skidmore at the First Methodist Church par- sonage at 10 o'clock Monday morning. Deaths: W.T. Beadles, 77, of Stendal, died Tuesday at his home; Margaret E. Young, 91, of Velpen, died Tuesday at her home; Anna Myer, 81, of Stendal, died Thursday after- noon at her home; Stella Tred- way, 53, of Algiers, died at her home on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Nov. 3, 1960 The mobile X-ray unit, which is sponsored by the Pike County TB Society, will be in Pike County Monday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week to make X-rays of school children and the gen- eral public. Between 40 and 50 X-rays an hour can be made, so the society is urging every- one to take advantage of the unit while it is in Pike Coun- ty. A fee of $1.50 per person will be charged for the public. However, if anyone desiring an X-ray is not financially able to pay the $1.50, the X-ray will be made free of charge. These X- rays are paid for by the soci- ety by money raised through the sale of Christmas seals. An X-ray next week may save your life. Gene Shandy, owner of the Shandy Grocery on Highway 57, north of Petersburg, was embarrassed Monday night when he discovered that he had called the Petersburg Fire Dept and there was no fire. Mr. Shandy received a call at about 10 :30 telling him that the store, which is located close to his home, was on fire. The first thing he did was call the fire department. He then ran to the store and found it was not on fire, but it was too late to in- form the fire department. The fire department was quickly on the way and when it arrived, Mr. Shandy met it at the door and said he could find no fire. Fire chief Ray Fields said that Mr. Shandy did exactly what anyone would have done, call the department and then in- vestigate. It was better to have the fire department and no fire than to have a fire and no fire department. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Hil- bert Lottes, of Otwell, a son, born Saturday, October 29 at Memorial Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. John Norrick, of Winslow, a daughter, Tuesday, Novem- ber 1 in Welborn Memorial Baptist Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heuring, a son, An- drew Guy, Thursday, October 27 in Good Samaritan Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Howard Park- er, of Oakland City, a daughter, Jane Ellen, Tuesday in the St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville. Deaths: Charles Beck, 69, of Petersburg, died at the Da- viess County Hospital in Wash- ington at 10 :45 a.m. Saturday; Wallace A. Rosenbury, 63, of Petersburg, died at 11:55 p.m. Friday at the Ward's Nursing Home in Petersburg; William H. Bullard, 86, of Clay Town- ship, died at the home of his daughter at 10 p.m. Saturday. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Nov. 19, 1970 John and Alvira Harrell re- ceived the following letter from Prent Stafford's adopted son, Doan, written by Prent as an introduction to his son. Prent is a civilian mortician in Vietnam, working for the U.S.A. "Hi, my name is Doan Thiel Stafford and the guy sit- ting next to me is my new dad- dy. My real mommy an daddy were killed in the war when I was about two months old. Some Marines found me cry- ing and hungry and took me to the China Beach Orphanage of the Sacred Heart. I sure was glad to see those Marines be- cause I was scared half to death and needed some food real bad. Not long after I arrived at the orphanage, this funny looking guy came around to see me. He seemed to like me and I thought maybe he would make a good daddy and since competition was so great there at the orphanage, I thought I had better turn on the charm and fast. So, I flashed my dim- ples and did a few of my favor- ite tricks that grownups like, and believe it or no, he fell for it. Well, to make a long story short, we finally adopted each other after several trips to the Vietnamese courts. My daddy has told me that we have a lot of friends and relatives in the USA that would like to see us and know more about me. I am a happy fellow now because I got me a new daddy and lots of good food, and I am going to the USA one of these days. I hope you like me because I sure need a lot of loving. Love, Doan." Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Hickey, of Petersburg, Monday, October 26, a son, Myles Lee; To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Pancake, of Campbell- town, Tuesday, November 17 in Daviess County, a son. Deaths: Lena Melton, 78, of Winslow, died at 12:30 p.m. Friday, November 13 in Gib- son General Hospital; Ber- tha B. Selby, 52, of Peters- burg, died Thursday, Novem- ber 12 at 12:30 p.m. in the Da- viess County Hospital; Viola Duke, 90, of Glezen, died at 4 p.m. Thursday, November 12 in Gibson General Hospital; Ve- ra Fisher, 79, of Winslow, died Thursday, November 12 at 2 p.m. in Daviess County Hos- pital. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Nov. 2, 1995 A septic tank truck over- turned in Pikeville, spilling approximately 250 gallons of waste material Tuesday morning. Pike County Sher- iff Jeff Clements was called to the scene and discovered the wreck was a "smelly detail" in- deed. Clements said Thomas L. Gehlhausen, 44, of Jasper, was driving a truck south on State Highway 257 when he lost control on a curve at the junction of CR 900 E., attempt- ed to go straight on 900 E., and overturned when the load shifted. The 1979 Ford truck is owned by Tom's Drain and Sep- tic Service. The name "Wizard of Ooze" is painted above the company name. The sheriff said an environmental clean- up crew from Evansville will be cleaning up the mess and that the cleanup has been turned over to the Pike Coun- ty Health Dept. Petersburg firefighters re- sponded to the scene of a fire at the Robert Falls residence on Doane Lane, approximate- ly a quarter mile from the in- tersection of Forty Dollar Road at 12:30 a.m. Saturday morn- ing. Petersburg Fire Chief Phil Taylor said a neighbor called in the report and the mobile home was fully engulfed in flames upon the firefighters' arrival on the scene. The home was a total loss. Marriages: Karen Marie Eck and Joseph Lee Werner were united in marriage on Sept. 23 in a double ring cer- emony at St. John's Luther- an Church in Otwell; Carol J. Smith and Tom G. Dehner, Sr., of Winslow, were united in marriage on Sept. 30 at Ayr- shire Valley General Baptist Church. Deaths: Perry Goff, 37, of Oakland City, died at 11:09 a.m. Friday, Oct. 27 at Wirth Regional Hospital; Charlotte H. Brackin, 93, of Hazleton, died at 11:08 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at Good Samaritan Hospital; Clarence L. Risley, 85, of Pe- tersburg, died Sunday, Oct. 29 at 3:58 p.m. at Daviess County Hospital in Washington. Winslow second grade 1941 The Winslow second grade in 1941 was under teacher Mary Curtis. It included, in row one, Carolyn Mae No- land, Ruth Ann Beadles, Thelma Ann Maxey, Betty Jo Bush, Donna June Bechtel, Nina Ruth Fiscus, Vera Pot- ter, Cordelia Howard, Dymple Burns, and Shannon Fork. In row two, Maurice Allen Thompson, Grayson Rich- ardson, Richard Tisdale, Floyd Norrick, Joe Woods, Martha Jane Mercker, Lennis Mayfield, Cleon Morton, and Betty Lou Foutch. In row three are Jack Benjamin, Marlene Davis, Alice Ruth Brust, Enita Bryant, Phyl- lis Thompson, Deloris Lyden, Etolia Bolin, Olive Mae Biggs, Lenore Vinyard, and Mary Curtis (teacher). In row four, Dick Kinder, Donald Richardson, William Morton, James Deen, Dee Ann Hurt, Jackie Lee Meyer, Clarice Luff, Viola Quick, Leon Dierdorf, and Dale Northerner. Pregnant... or think you are? 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