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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Januar y 6, 2021 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: solarsystem.nasa.gov Wednesday, Jan. 6 • Morse demonstrates tele- graph (1838) • Congress certifies George W. Bush winner of 2000 elec- tions (2001) Thursday, Jan. 7 • First U.S. presidential elec- tion (1789) • Marian Anderson becomes first A frican American to per- form at the Met Opera (1955) Friday, Jan. 8 • The U.S. national debt reach- es $ 0 for the first time (1835) • President George Washing- ton delivers first State of the Union (1790) Saturday, Jan. 9 • Columbus mistakes mana- tees for mermaids (1493) • Steve Jobs debuts the iPhone (2007) Sunday, Jan. 10 • First meeting of the United Nations (1946) • League of Nations instituted (1920) Monday, Jan. 11 • Theodore Roosevelt makes Grand Canyon a national monument (1908) • Reagan gives his farewell ad- dress (1989) Tuesday, Jan. 12 • Original "Amos n Andy" de- buts on Chicago radio (1926) • Massive earthquake strikes Haiti (2010) SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Jan. 4 and Jan. 8, 1946 Mrs. Georgia Gladish, Pike County license branch man- ager, has announced that 1946 license plates and 1946 - 47 driving licenses are now on sale. March 1 is the dead- line for 1945 plates and driv- er's licenses and chauffeurs' licenses, she said, and cau- tioned motorists against wait- ing too long, if they wanted to avoid the last minute rush. She advised motorists to wait for their application blanks which are sent out annually from the secretary of states office. She said motorists should fill in the blanks and have them ready to be notarized when they visit the license bureau office in order to facilitate the handling of license plates. The license plates are the same size as those issued last year, and only one plate goes for each car, to be displayed again on the rear of their car. The plates this year are metal with a black background and gold lettering. The serial num- bers are the same as during the past three years, starting with 252-801. The last ses- sion of the Indiana legislature changed the law regarding the issuance of driver's licenses and also hiked the fee. Hereaf- ter, under the new law, opera- tor's licenses will be issued for a period of two years and the fee has been boosted to $1.25 for the two years. There has been a 25 cent boost on the price of chauffeur's licenses, Gladish said. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bill Walker, a son, William Leonard, Saturday at the Washington Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Herschell Hayes, a son, Michael Allen, at their home in Velpen, Wednesday, December 26; To Mr. and Mrs. Orace Wayne Willis, a daughter, Millicent, Decem- ber 27; To Mr. and Mrs. Oli- ver Swain, a daughter, Janu- ary 2; To Mr. and Mrs. Nel- son Veale, of Dutchtown, a son, Kenneth Alfred, Decem- ber 29; To Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Martin, a daughter, Patricia Ann, at the Washington Hos- pital on Sunday, January 6. Marriages: Patricia Simp- son and James A. Hickman were united in marriage at 12:30 o'clock, December 16 at the home of Rev. Delmer White; Delores Ennis and Ray Cleziak were married at 7 o'clock a.m. Saturday, De- cember 17 at St. Anthony's Church in Evansville; Hel- en Schmidt and Lawrence W. Carlisle were married Satur- day in Henderson, Ky.; Ma- bel Green and Henry Haubry were united in marriage Satur- day in Henderson, Ky. Deaths: John Deffen- dall, 72, of Petersburg, died Monday at his home; Edwin Heacock, 78, of Augusta, died Sunday, December 30 at his home; Rebecca Burns, 91, of Winslow, died Wednesday at the home of her son; Julia Et- ta Blagrave, 78, of Alford, died at her home Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Jan. 5, 1961 A quick thinking Peters- burg policeman was respon- sible fro the capture of three young men who had broken into a Petersburg tavern early Thursday morning. Policeman Doyle Catt captured two of the three young men at about 4 a.m. in Knox county after giv- ing chase and firing six shots at the speeding car, hitting the rear tire of the car and causing it to stop. The third man was captured at about 11 a.m. at his home after he was identi- fied by the other two and hav- ing been recognized by Offi- cer Catt. Officer Catt, who has been on the Petersburg force only a few months, was mak- ing the rounds checking the rear doors of business places in Petersburg when he found that the rear door of the tav- ern had been forced open. He checked the business and found that a coin operated ma- chine had been robbed of its contents. Immediately Catt re- membered that he had seen a car driving around Peters- burg during the night with three men in it. He thought he knew one of the men, so he immediately drove to the home of the one man. When he arrived, the car was sitting near the home, parked on the street. Pulling up behind the car to investigate, the driv- er suddenly took off at high speed. Catt gave chase. A fter a chase on Petersburg streets, the car headed toward Knox County on Highway 61. Catt pursued the car and when they reached a straight stretch in Knox County, Catt opened fire at the rear of the speeding car. One of the shots from his ser- vice pistol fired through he open window of the police car hit the rear tire of the speed- ing car. When the tire blew out, the car swerved to a stop at the side of the road. Offi- cer Catt stopped behind the car and jumped out with his pistol in hand and ordered the men from the car. When they stepped from the car, one of them ran in front of it, jumped into the ditch and ran across the field. White Officer Catt held the other two at gun point, he radioed back to Pe- tersburg for assistance. Indi- ana State Police Trooper Steve Richardson soon arrived and the pair were brought to the Pike County Jail. What the two men, as well as Catt, did not know was that he had fired all six shots from his service pis- tol at the car and he held the two men with an empty gun until other police arrived. It was reported that about $ 95 in merchandise and money was taken from the Petersburg tav- ern. Considerable damage was done to the coin machine and back door of the tavern. One of the men is from Winslow and the other two from Pe- tersburg. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. David Hatfield, of Velpen, a daughter, December 25 in Stork Hospital in Hunt - ingburg; To Mr. and Mrs. George Boost, of Oakland City, a daughter, Susan Mae, January 1 at Stork Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. John Bella- my, of Winslow, a son, John Allen, Friday, December 30 in Good Samaritan Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Lester L. Hil- greman, of Petersburg, a son, Lawrell Ray, born December 21 in Daviess County Hospital. Marriages: Marilou Bald- win and Maurice B. Mann were united in marriage Thursday evening, Decem- ber 29 at the Main St. Presby- terian Church in Petersburg; Sandra McCandless and Wil- liam Rowe were married on Wednesday, December 28 at Shawneetown, Ill. Deaths: Elizabeth Taylor, 81, of Petersburg, died at the family residence at 10 p.m. Saturday; Mary Jane Craig, 84, of Velpen, died at her home Monday; Rosa Ella Livermore, 70, of Oakland City, died 8:45 a.m. December 30 at Dea- coness Hospital; Lora Brew- ster, 79, of Winslow, died Sat- urday, December 31 at Wel- born Memorial Hospital; Cin- dy Shoultz, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ozzie Shoultz, of Winslow, died a few hours after birth on December 27 at Stork Hospital. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Jan. 7, 1971 The Pike County School Corporation announces new free and reduced price policy for school lunches. The school corporation has long recog- nized the need for helping meet the nutritional needs of its students. The charge to stu- dents who can pay is 40 cents in the elementary schools and high schools, based on a week- ly ticket. However, since some families find it difficult to pay this full price, the school will provide these lunches free of charge or at a reduced price to those children determined by school officials to be un- able to pay the full price for their lunches. Families who feel that their children may be eligible for free or reduced price lunches are urged to apply. Copies of the applica- tion form were sent home in a letter to parents earlier this week. Additional copies may be obtained at your principal's office. Decisions for approval will be based on the following income scale: family of one, $1,920 ; family of two, $2,520 ; family of three, $ 3,120 ; family of four, $ 3,720 ; family of five, $4,270 ; family of six, $4,820 ; family of seven, $5,320 ; fam- ily of eight, $5,820. For each additional family member, add $450. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. David Workman, of Peters- burg, Saturday, January 2, a daughter; To Mr. and Mr.s James E. Willis, of Peters- burg, a daughter, Julie Ann, Monday, December 28; To Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Leighty, of Petersburg, Monday, Decem- ber 21 in St. Joseph's Hospital, a daughter, Janet Elaine. Deaths: William Fithian, 92, of Hazleton, died at 11:05 a.m. Monday, January 4 in Gib- son General Hospital; Roscoe Farmer, 88, of Oakland City, died at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at Oakland City Rest Home; Ho- mer Johnson, 88, of Peters- burg, died at 3:30 p.m. Thurs- day, December 31 in the Hill- crest Hospital in Vincennes; Artimecie McGillem, 86, of Petersburg, died at 12:15 a.m Monday, January 4 at the home of her daughter. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Jan. 4, 1996 A third man appeared in Pike Circuit Court early Fri- day morning to hear the charges the state of Indiana has brought against him in connection with the murder of a 15 -year-old Evansville girl. Leon R. Jones, 21, of Ann Ar- bor, Mich., was escorted into a heavily guarded Pike Circuit Court, after he had waived ex- tradition in Michigan just two days earlier. Jones is accused of murdering Shannon Went- zel, 15, of Evansville, on De- cember 9, with two other men from southern Indiana. He was arrested on December 13 in Michigan and held in the Grand Traverse County Jail in northern Michigan until Thursday morning, December 28, when Pike County Sheriff Jeff Clements and State Po- lice Roger cannon and Mike Hildebrand flew to Michigan and brought Jones back to Pike County. Jones had been asked to waive extradition from Michigan to be returned to Pike County, but had not do- ne so until Wednesday. Hildeb- rand said Jones had asked if smoking was allowed in the Pike County Jail. Pike Coun- ty officials faxed a document to Michigan with Pike Coun- ty Jail rules about smoking, which allows smoking in the outdoor recreation area. Hil- drebrand said Grand Traverse County Jail apparently did not allow smoking and Jones indi- cated he would waive extradi- tion to come to Pike County if he could smoke. Marriages: Linda Brown and Devin Neal Bradshaw were united in marriage on Friday, Dec. 1 at 3 p.m. at the Petersburg City Hall. Deaths: Ruth E. Dossett, 85, of Petersburg, died Sun- day, Dec. 31 at 6:50 p.m. at James Square Rehabilitation Center in Syracuse, N.Y.; Ber- nard H. Beck, 77, of Peters- burg, died Sunday, Dec. 31 at 9:50 a.m. at Good Samari- tan Nursing Home in Oakland City; Rev. Ella E. Gordon, 80, of Petersburg, died Sunday, Dec. 31 at the home of her son; Cecil Faye Woods, 97, of Oak- land City, died Monday, Jan. 1 at 6:20 p.m. at Good Samari- tan Nursing Home; Clifton W. Ham, 76, of Glezen, died Sun- day, Dec. 31 at 5:45 a.m. at his residence. Winslow Elementary first grade, 1951 Mrs. Lena Melton's grade one class at Winslow elementary school in 1951 consisted of, in the first row, Wood- row Baker, Robert Robling, Treva Beth Davis, Robert Bolin, Carole Postin, Douglas Martin, LaDonna Corn and Vera McCandless. In the second row are Duane Quinn, Vicky Black, Richard Marshall, Barbara Ann Hedges, Roger Lee, Francis Denton and Gerald Sharpe. In the third row are Martha Luttrull, Carol Jean Elliott, Devara Hughes, J.C. Davis, Sharon Chesser, James Dills and Janet Deen. Want to share your news with others? The Press- Dispatch can help deliver it to Pike and the surrounding counties. NEWS! 812-354-8500