The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Feburar y 24, 2021 A-11 HISTORY Submit history photos: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Karan Thacker, AFSP Owner THACKER TAX SERVICE 906 Blackfoot Drive Fort Branch, IN 47648 812-615-0071 (offi ce) 812-789-3852 (cell) kthacker01@gmail.com Source: www.history.com • Photo source: www.biography.com Wednesday, Feb. 24 • President Andrew Johnson im- peached (1868) • Gulf War ground offensive be- gins (1991) Thursday, Feb. 25 • Young Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston for first world title (1964) • A frican American Congress- man Hiram Revels sworn in (1870) Friday, Feb. 26 • World Trade Center is bombed (1993) • Grand Teton National Park is established (1929) Saturday, Feb. 27 • New Orleanians take to streets for first Mardi Gras (1827) • Supreme Court defends wom- en's voting rights (1922) Sunday, Feb. 28 • Watson and Crick discover chemical structure of DNA (1953) • First NATO Military Action (1944) Monday, March 1 • Salem Witch Hunt begins (1692) • President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps (1961) Tuesday, March 2 • Pioneer 10 launched to Jupiter (1972) • Texas declares independence (1836) SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Feb. 22 and Feb. 26, 1946 Roscoe Stidd, livestock buy- er from the Evansville Stock- yards and farmer, was pres- ent at the Petersburg Kiwanis Club Wednesday as the guest of Ira Doty to tell the club of the importance of properly fertilizing the ground before planting farm crops. Citing examples of bad teeth in cer- tain areas where the lack of phosphorous and calcium in the soil was known, Mr. Stidd pointed out that by the addi- tion of these chemicals, the farmer could not only gath- er better crops but could im- prove the health of his fami- ly and neighbors. The impor- tance of good farming meth- ods increased the income of the farmer and thus im- proved the living standards of the farm family, reflecting in- creased income in the towns nearby because th farmer then had more money to spend, ac- cording to Mr. Stidd. The Petersburg Business Association met Wednesday night to discuss plans for urg- ing a factory, now interested in Petersburg, to make the final move and change its present location to this city. The dis- cussion of the needs for this particular factory were dis- cussed with the view finally being taken that regardless of whether or not this indus- try comes to Petersburg, the proper move would be to build a building of at least 20,000 sq. ft. of floor capacity so that the town would be in a position to offer something definite to an industry interested in locating in Petersburg. It was general- ly agreed that the best move would be to retain ownership of the building even though free rent had to be offered for a period of years based on the payroll of the industry, possi- bly forming a non0profit cor- poration or some type of a re- funding corporation which would repay the parties who put up the necessary funds for construction of the building without interest. A commit- tee will be named Saturday to consult with an attorney over the best way to form a corpora- tion and then lay plans for the solicitation of funds in such a manner that every person in Petersburg would have the op- portunity of participating in this forward step for the city. The association will meet on March 13 to discuss the find- ings of the committee and it is hoped that at that time, ev- ery business man or person in- terested int he installation of a factory will be present. With the increase in adver- tising and circulation reaching the point that it has, we have or- dered an automatic newspaper press, which will allow the ex- pansion of the paper when ad- vertising is heavy. It will also increase the size of the paper, adding two columns to each page and about two inches to each of the eight columns. The steel strike has delayed the delivery by this press un- til now. It appears that instal- lation will probably be made during the month of July. Un- til that time, we shall continue to struggle along with limited space along with limited space and we hope that the readers will understand when certain of their news items do not ap- pear in full length or at all. In keeping with this faster press, electrical mailing equipment is being installed to handle the addressing of the paper. This equipment should be in oper- ation by the March 5 issue. At that time, the date of expira- tion will not show on the mail- ing list, but every subscriber will receive a notice 30 days in advance of expiration. Marriages: Wilma Lucille Gladish became the bride of Ray W. Armstrong at the U.B. Parsonage at Bowman on Feb- ruary 13 at 6 o'clock. Deaths: Mattie Basing- er, 73, of Petersburg, died Wednesday at her home; John C. Chaille, 79, of Otwell died Wednesday at Daviess County Hospital; Edward H. Freder- ick, 74, of Union, died Monday at his home; Louis J. Shurig, 73, of Oakland City, died at his home Wednesday; Eliza P. Dawson, 83, of Petersburg, died Saturday morning at her residence; Samuel McClellan, 81, of Algiers, died Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock at his home. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Feb. 23, 1961 Thieves pulled a heavy job early Friday morning when they hauled away the safe form the C.L. Carlisle Station in Petersburg. Police said that apparently four or more per- sons were connected with the stealing as it would take that many or more to load the 900 pound safe. The safe was found early Friday morning when Freddie Frandsen, own- er of the Petersburg taxi com- pany, backed from his drive and backed into the safe. Po- lice said the safe had apparent- ly fallen from the pickup truck used in the robbery. From the looks of the scene of the rob- bery, the thieves must have had a hard time loading the safe. It had been rolled from the office part of the build- ing into the garage and load- ed onto the Carlisle pickup, which was in the garage. Ei- ther a jack or hoist must have been used to raise the safe, police said. There were ciga- rette butts, Coke bottles and candy wrappers on the floor, which indicated the thieves took their time. Early Friday morning, the truck was found about two blocks from the ser- vice station on 12th St. The safe was found two blocks off Main St. on 15th St. The safe contained money and books of the firm, but it had not been opened and nothing was miss- ing, police said. Gray's Grocery and Televi- sion Store in Cato was broken into either late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morn- ing. Lowell Gray, owner of the store, found the store fairly well cleaned of various items Wednesday morning when he opened. Mr. Gray told the Dispatch that his television tool box, tubes and equipment valued at over $400 were tak- en, as well as two televisions, three radios, 30 cartons of cigarettes, a whole rack of 22 shells and all of the meat which was cut and in the meat case. The thieves broke a window on the east side of the store to enter. When they left, they opened a side door on the ease side to haul out the loot. Mr. Gray said that the side door, which is right on the street, is the only door in the build- ing which is not wired with an alarm system. The Grays live on the west side of the store building. Mr. Gray said that items taken will probably run well over $700. When he re- ported the robbery to the Dis- patch Wednesday, he said that he had not had time to inven- tory just what had been taken. He was checking with the Dis- patch on the number of checks printed for him recently. One of the checkbooks was where it could have been tampered with and police said that in recent break-ins, checks had been pulled from checkbooks and later forged. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johns, of Oakland City, a daughter, Tamara Renee, born Sunday, February 12 at Gibson General Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spaw, a daugh- ter, Susanne Carol, Thurs- day, February 16 in the Oak- land City Hospital. Deaths: Mary Louvi- na Bass, 90, of Arthur, died Friday, February 17 at 6:40 p.m. in the state hospital in Evansville; Roy Young, 58, of Winslow, died Monday, Febru- ary 20 at Daviess County Hos- pital; Alonzo McClure, 90, of Winslow, died Tuesday, Feb- ruary 21 at 4:15 a.m. at Stork Hospital; Frank Webb, 83, of Petersburg, died at the fami- ly residence at 3 a.m. Sunday. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Feb. 25, 1971 Paul Thompson has been named manager of the com- mercial printing department of The Pike County Publish- ing Co. of Petersburg and Winslow. Thompson has worked for the newspaper and printing plant for over six years. He has just completed a two-year hitch in the Unit- ed States Army. The com- mercial printing department of the business has been run in conjunction with the news- paper since its beginning. In the past, the commercial job department was a supplemen- tal part of the business, with the newspaper getting the most attention from manage- ment. Both the newspaper and printing plant have grown to the proportion that full-time management must be devot- ed to both departments. Offic- es in Winslow and Petersburg will remain the same, serving both newspaper and commer- cial departments alike. Most of the commercial printing will be done in the Winslow plant on the equipment for- merly used by both the news- paper and commercial print- ing department. Production of the newspaper is done on the all new computerized offset equipment in the Petersburg plant. Small or large business firms, organizations and indi- viduals in need of commercial printing have easy access to a modern, well-equipped print- ing plant staffed by experi- enced and capable craftsmen, qualified to assist customers with any printing problem. Buyers are asked to try the services and quality of work provided by The Pike County Publishing Company the next time they are in the market for commercial printing work. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Da- vid Leighty, Saturday, Febru- ary 20, in Daviess County Hos- pital, a daughter, Jennifer De- nise; To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mason, a son, Michael Patrick Monday, February 15 at Gib- son General Hospital. Deaths: James Robert San- dage, 76, of Petersburg, died at 2:02 a.m. Saturday at Hol- iday Home in Petersburg; L. Edgar Bell, 84, of Winslow, died Friday, February 19 at 7:50 a.m. in the Good Samari- tan Hospital in Vincennes; Ab- bie Smith, 90, of Velpen, died at Memorial Hospital on Mon- day, February 22 at 5 p.m.; Mi- ma Orange, 81, of Oakland City, died Thursday at Wirth Hospital; Martha Bennett, 85, of Winslow, died at 11:30 at Wirth Hospital; Ivery Ded- rick, 72, of Petersburg, died at 6 p.m. Monday, February 22 in Holiday Home. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Feb. 22, 1996 A father's insistence that his daughter and her family stay overnight at his house may have saved the lives of Dan and Kim Willett and their three children Friday night. Kim Willett said the family had been spending the nights at her parents' house because of electrical problems the Wil- letts were having at their Ca- to residence. "My dad (Kermit Underhill) thought it might be safer if we spent the nights at his house until we could get an electrician to see what was wrong," Willett said. It turned out to be a wise decision. Fri- day night, the Willett's dou- ble-wide house trailer and most of their belongings were destroyed by fire. Jef- ferson Township firefighters were dispatched to the Wil- lett residence on State Road 56, near Cato-Algiers Road, at 11:30 p.m. Assistant Fire Chief Faron McLaughlin said the back and front sections of the house were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene. He said the smoke was so heavy, it was impossi- ble to get firefighters onto the roof because they couldn't see what they were doing and it was an unsafe situation. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bugher, of Hazleton, a daughter, Jaleigh Christine, Monday, February 5 at St. Mary's Medical Center; To Diana and Donald E. Bolin II, of Winslow, at Daviess Coun- ty Hospital, February 13, a son, Austin Eugene; To Son- ya Daugherty, of Winslow, and Steve Cummins, of Pe- tersburg, a daughter, Brian- na Lynn, on Thursday, Febru- ary 8 at Memorial Hospital; To Shalon Burch and Jason Hul- fachor, of Winslow, at St. Jo- seph's Hospital, February 11, a son, Steven Michael. Deaths: Lida Shafer, 85, of Petersburg, died at 2:10 a.m. Sunday, February 18 at Amber Manor Care Center; Lelah A. Morton, 86, of Oakland City, died Friday, Feb. 16 at 9:15 p.m. at Welborn Hospital in Evansville. Winslow Eighth Grade Agriculture —1922 The eighth grade agriculture class in 1922 consisted of several boys, including, first row, Lloyd Fettinger, Nathaniel Corn, William Evans, Fred Brown, Dorrel Conder and George Nichols. Second row: Etho Hume, Basil Miner, Delmas Horstmeyer, Haskell Keeton, Adrian Leighty, Rufus Hill and Russell Mills. Third row: Kermit Woolsey, George Minnis and Iris Tisdale.