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A-6 Wednesday, Januar y 27, 2021 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. guelphlocal.com Wednesday, Jan. 27 • National Geographic Society founded (1888) • Americans bomb Germans for first time (1943) Thursday, Jan. 28 • Challenger explodes (1986) • American recording artists gather to record "We Are the World" (1985) Friday, Jan. 29 • U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elects first members (1936) • "The Raven" is published (1845) Saturday, Jan. 30 • Gandhi assassinated (1948) • "The Lone Ranger" debuts on Detroit radio (1933) Sunday, Jan. 31 • Truman announces U.S. has developed hydrogen bomb (1950) • First McDonald's opens in Soviet Union (1990) Monday, Feb. 1 • Oxford Dictionary debuts (1884) • Harriet Tubman is A frican American woman to appear on a U.S. postage stamp (1978) Tuesday, Feb. 2 • First Groundhog Day (1887) • Actor Philip Seymour Hoff- man dies at age 46 (2014) "Winslow High School faculty in 1947 The faculty at Winslow High School included in the first row, Clarice June Hale, Helen McConnell, Nora Evans, Chester Wallace, Glad- ys Cooper, Lucille Amos, Poole Sellers, and Newton Thompson. In the second row are Lena Melton, Preston Potter, Roy Dayton, Ruth Bot- tom, Mary Curtis, Titania Smith, and Clarence Buechele. The third row includes, Etta Ambrose, Farreline Snyder, Dorphine Poehlein, Wrex Reed, Kenneth Richardson, Bryan Reed, Earl Pipes, and Wrex Burns." SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Jan. 25 and Jan. 29, 1946 Robert Elkins is nursing a cut over his eye and numerous bruises received Monday when his car skidded on the icy pave- ment east of Petersburg and slid against a school bus, which was stopped to discharge pas- sengers. Mr. Elkins was driv- ing slowly and slight damage to the car and bus was reported. Lynn, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Hawkins, picked up a thumb tack while playing at her home in north Petersburg Thursday morning. She tried to swallow it and the tack lodged in her throat. A fter unsuccess- ful attempts were made to ex- tricate the tack, the child was rushed to the Washington hos- pital. Upon examination there, it was deemed necessary to take her to a hospital in India- napolis, and the parents left im- mediately for the city. It devel- oped that the tack was lodged in a very strategic position and was in imminent danger of pass- ing into one of the tubes. It re- quired the combined efforts of three physicians and nurses to effect the removal. The child re- covered rapidly from the shock and the operation, and was able to return to her home Saturday afternoon. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hill, of Petersburg, a daughter, Betty, at their home on Mon- day, January 21; To Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Woods, of Pe- tersburg, a daughter, Sunday, January 27 at their home. Marriages: Estell Mae Jones and Gordon W. Colvin were married Wednesday at the Maysville Church near Wash- ington; Bonnie Ann Faith and Bernard M. Crow were married Friday; Wanda Bennett became the bride of Ralph Baker on Sat- urday afternoon at 4:30 at the home of the bride's parents. Deaths: Samuel Heacock, of Winslow, died Sunday at the home of his son; Rilla M. Wil- liams, 76, of Oakland City, died at her home; Samuel Waller, of Winslow, died January 22 at the home of his son; Daisy Wyatt, of Marion Township, died at 2 a.m. January 18 at Deaconess Hospital. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Jan. 26, 1961 A warrant was filed at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday by Prosecutor George N. Hornbrook for the ar- rest of a Pike County man who allegedly threatened his wife and children early Wednesday morning, causing her to flee from their home with two small daughters, who a few hours lat- er were taken to the Stork Me- morial Hospital in Huntingburg suffering with severe frozen feet. The man, James Aldridge, Jr., 43, was being sought by In- diana State Police and the Pike County sheriff's department im- mediately following the issuing of the warrant. According to police, Mrs. Aldridge said that her husband threatened her and her two children at about 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. She said that she became frightened and took the two girls, one eight years of age and the other ten years of age, out of the house near the junction of highways 61 and 64 and fled across fields to the home of a relative. The girls were barefooted when they fled. The other children of the family, ranging in age from one year to 17 years, were left in the house with the father. There are seven children in the fam- ily. According to police, Mrs. Aldridge stated that after some time the 17-year-old boy came to the home where she had fled with the two younger children, saying he had been sent by his father. He then walked about one-quarter of a mile and called police. When police arrived, Al- dridge was at the home and had built a big fire in a stove, trying to warm the house and care for the two girls. Police asked Mrs. Aldridge if she wanted to file charges against her husband, but she refused. The two small children were taken by police to the office of a Winslow doc- tor who immediately sent them on to the hospital in Hunting- burg. Police said that the toes of the feet of the girls had turned black and felt like "little ice cubes." They said that the legs and feet of the girls were swol- len and scratched and covered with blood. Since Mrs. Aldridge refused to file charges against her husband, the officers could not legally arrest him. Charges of child neglect were filed by At- torney Hornbrook against the man in order to cause his arrest. Aldridge was just released from jail the first part of the week af- ter having been charged with assault and battery against his father after he allegedly beat him very badly several days before. Aldridge was released when witnesses would not tes- tify against him in court. When the warrant was filed Wednes- day afternoon, Judge Lester Nixon set bond at $5,000 for Al- dridge. At 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Dispatch called the doctor in Huntingburg who is attend- ing the two girls. When asked the condition of the girls, the doctor said it is "very serious." He said that one foot of the old- er girl became very serious and it was likely the foot would have to be amputated. Two business buildings and the Eagle Lodge in Winslow were destroyed late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning by a fire which kept firemen on the scene until af - ter 4 a.m. and in zero degree weather. When the fire was dis- covered, the entire inside of the Nelson grocery was ablaze. It quickly spread to the adjoin- ing business building, which is used by Kent Furniture and Ap- pliance Store for storage of used furniture and appliances. The loss has been set at $50,000, however, it is expected that the amount will run much higher. The fire was discovered at 11 p.m. by Kenneth Marshall, Ar- ville Black and Clarence Rich- ardson, who were in the Eagle lodge. The lodge rooms are on a lower level than the business buildings and are located at the rear of the two buildings. Mr. Black said that fire was noticed above a stove in the lodge room and the wall board ceiling was pulled off and water was thrown on the flames. The flames were quickly put out and the men thought that was the end of the fire. However, a few moments later, one of the men noticed a reflection of a fire through the window and on the house of John Dedman, which is locat- ed only 15 feet from the Nelson store. At about the same time, fire again dropped through the ceiling of the lodge room. The men ran out of the building and called the Winslow Fire De- partment. By then, the entire Nelson store was in flames. It is thought the fire started near a large refrigerator in the Nel- son store. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. M.H. McVey, a daughter, Glen- na Carol, born January 16 in the Walter Reed Hospital in Wash- ington, D.C. Marriages: Peggy Robert- son became the bride of Edward North Friday evening, January 20 at 8 p.m. in the First Method- ist Church in Petersburg. Deaths: Carl A. Schmidt, 83, of Glezen, died Tuesday at his home at 9:45 a.m.; Claud Smith, of Winslow, died Sunday, Janu- ary 22 at 8:35 p.m. in the Good Samaritan Hospital; Gilbert McCord, of Petersburg, died Wednesday morning at 6:55 in his home; Ruth Ellen Jones, 90, died at the home of her nephew in Ayrshire on Friday, January 20 at 11:45 p.m.; Opha White, 78, of Union, died January 17 at the Daviess County Hospital at 8 p.m. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Jan. 28, 1971 Charged with the slaying of Susan Doty is Larry Ronald Da- vis, 27, of Conyers, Ga. He was arrested Wednesday, January 30 in San Antonio, Texas, by the FBI on a fugitive warrant. He was ordered held in lieu of a $50,000 bond. The body of Miss Doty, 25, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Doty, of Peters- burg, was found December 15 in a wooded area near Marietta, Ga. Davis was turned in by his woman companion, Betty Jean Smith, 22, of Smyrna, Ga., who said she had just learned he was wanted for murder. Willis Grocery Store on Vin- cennes Avenue, Highway 61, in Petersburg, was entered by thieves sometime Wednesday night of last week. Over 150 cartons of cigarettes and ciga- rettes in a rack were taken. Can- dy bars were missing. What was not taken was dumped on the floor. Around $75 worth of sil- ver money, two radios and some miscellaneous items were also stolen. The thieves broke out a pane of glass in the front door of the store, reached through and unlocked the night lock to gain entrance. When Mr. and Mrs. Willis arrived at their store Thursday morning, they found a grocery cart just inside the front door and boxes from under the cash register counter dumped out on the floor, and a few packs of cigarettes the thieves failed to pick up. City Policemen Bly- the Mallot and Bernar Willis in- vestigated the robbery and are making further investigation. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Dale Hayes, of Winslow, a son, Todd, Alan, Thursday, January 21; To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gene Catt, of Petersburg, a daughter, An- gela Jean, January 23; To Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Maikranz, of Oakland City, a son, Dean Lynn, January 18 at Deaconess Hospital. Marriages: Francis Foron- da and Letty Lagasca were mar- ried on January 2 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Pe- tersburg. Deaths: Gertrude Alice Tol- er, 68, of Petersburg, died at 8 p.m. Friday, January 22 at Da- viess County Hospital; Jessie F. Reid, 84, of Petersburg, died Thursday, January 21. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Jan. 25, 1996 Bradley Fiscus, 27, of Oak- land City, was seriously injured in a head-on crash at about 2 a.m. Tuesday. Fiscus was a pas- senger in a Ford Escort being driven by Kevin Douglas, 29, of Boonville, that went left of cen- ter and hit a pickup truck head- on. The truck was driven by Robert Spaulding, of Washing- ton. Douglas suffered arm in- juries and Spaulding only mi- nor injuries. The accident was near Oatsville Road intersection with Highway 57, south of Pe- tersburg. Members of the Res- cue Squad 51 of Jefferson Town- ship worked for nearly 20 min- utes to free Fiscus from the tan- gled wreck. The search for a Winslow man not seen since Tuesday, November 21 continues now tow months later. Indiana State Trooper W.W. George, who is in- vestigating the disappearance of Pat King, 33, said they have no new leads. They are, howev- er, still waiting on DNA results to see if blood found on King's truck matches hair samples tak- en from King's house trailer. King's truck was found parked on a rural dirt road on the Gib- son County side of the Pato- ka River near Miller Bridge. King's truck was seen by a hunt- er late in the night on Tuesday, November 21. Then the next morning, the same hunter no- ticed it again, this time it did not have a license plate. The hunter called police because he feared a deer hunter had been injured or was lost. George said police searched the area with trained dogs, but were unable to find any signs of King. They also had an aerial search of the ar- ea the same day. Later, on De- cember 11, police searched the Patoka River with dogs trained in finding cadavers. George said they searched a five-mile stretch of the river int he ar- ea of Miller Bridge. King was seen on Tuesday by his broth- er, who dropped him off at his residence on Highway 64 as the two rode home from work in Huntingburg together. Then later that night, an unidentified friend of Kings' told police King had been at his residence and they went to King's residence at about 8 p.m. The friend said a silver car with two men in it drove up to his trailer and King went outside to talk with them while he stayed inside. He told police King came back inside and said he had to go some- where but didn't say where. The friend told police he was getting ready to leave anyway, so he did. Marriages: Samantha Sue Ennis and Nathan A. Roberts were united in marriage on Saturday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. at he First Church of God in Pe- tersburg. Deaths: Christy Ann Weis- ling, 3-week-ol daughter of Debra Richardson and Ken- neth Weisling, Jr., of Oakland City, died at 6:55 a.m. Tues- day, Jan. 23 at their home; Beu- lah E. 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