The Press-Dispatch
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C-6 Wednesday, May 5, 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.denverpost.com Wednesday, May 5 • Alan Shepard, Jr. becomes first American man in space (1961) • Napoleon dies in exile (1821) Thursday, May 6 • English Channel tunnel opens (1994) • Hindenburg explodes in New Jersey (1937) Friday, May 7 • Lusitania sinks (1915) • George Washington attends in- augural ball (1789) Saturday, May 8 • V-E Day is celebrated in Ameri- ca and Britain (1945) • Soviets announce boycott of Olympics (1984) Sunday, May 9 • L. Ron Hubbard publishes Dia- netics (1950) • Buffalo Bill's Wild West show opens (1887) Monday, May 10 • Transcontinental railroad com- pleted (1869) • Thomas J. "Stonewall Jackson dies (1863) Tuesday, May 11 • Dust storm sweeps from Great Plains across Eastern states (1934) • Paratroopers battle for "Ham- burger Hill" (1969) PUZZLED ABOUT WHAT TO READ? ..and you will have your solution. subscribe to 812-354-8500 Roy-Langford gathering at Spurgeon—about 1942 In the front row, (l to r): William Cox, Hester Cox Langford, Roselle Roy Weinzaphel, Nora Langford Roy, Phyllis Holder, Noah Roy (holding Richard Roy Jr.), and Eu- nice Wilson; back row: Leroy Nuhring and Ina Jean Roy Nuhring, Paul and Helen Mann Roy, Richard and Marie Shrode Roy, and Paul and Charlotte Roy Holder. The photo was submitted by Don and Annetta Parke, of Newburgh. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, May 3 and May 7, 1946 For some time, we at the Press office have been strug- gling with obsolete equip- ment and insufficient news- print to handle all of the ad- vertising and news that has been brought to us. This vol- ume of business has reached a point that it cannot be handled in a business-like manner. We are therefore forced to put in- to effect some restrictions un- til our new press is installed in July and we are asking your kind consideration and coop- eration. Under our present plan, we have never known ex- actly what amount of advertis- ing would be offered to us un- til almost the last minute. It has therefore been a proposi- tion of running extra sections crammed with advertising so that there would be space on the other pages for any late ad- vertisers. If the late advertiser did not appear, we were then left with space which was cre- ated through extra work and more news print and which then could be filled with fill- er news only. Our new plan, which will be enforced at least until the new press is in oper- ation will provide four pag- es on the Tuesday issue and eight pages on the Friday is- sue. Regular advertisers will be given a set amount of space, a half page will be set aside for classified advertising and the remaining space will be sold on a basis of first-come, first- served. Country correspon- dents are asked to cooperate in this campaign by limiting themselves to only the best of their news items and by in- forming their friends of this ef- fort. At the present time, we have on hand only sufficient newsprint to last for four is- sues of the paper on the above conditions and have been in- formed by our suppliers that we cannot expect another shipment until the middle of the month. We hope that our readers, advertiser and others will take this in the spirit in which it is written, and coop- erate to the best of their abili- ty. The condition is one, which I am told, existed after the first World War but it now appears that with the installation of our new press and the change over to roll newsprint rather than sheet newsprint, we should be in a position about the last of July to again serve all comers. Miss Freda Donaldson is opening a gift and magazine shop in the front room of the Old Democrat office, now oc- cupied by the Powder Puff Beauty Salon and it will be known as the Towne Shop. She will soon be able to announce the opening date. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Maxwell, of Peters- burg, a son, at Washington Hospital, Tuesday, April 30. Marriages: Delores Spray and Atwood Johnson were married at the bride's home on Saturday at 10 a.m. Deaths: Jean Pouder, 25, of Glezen, died at her home Wednesday afternoon; James Ed. Barnett, 69, of Cato, died at his home Thursday after- noon at 5:30 o'clock. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, May 4, 1961 Members of the Pike Coun- ty School Reorganization Committee have been hold- ing meetings at various plac- es over Pike County during the past several days and will continue to conduct these meetings next week in order to explain to the people of Pike County the plan which has been chosen for the reorgani- zation of schools in Pike Coun- ty, according to the school re- organization act passed by the Indiana legislature in 1959. Per the law governing the re- organization plan, the state requires that each school dis- trict have at least a popula- tion of 1,000 people and that a $5,000 assessed valuation be behind each pupil. Pike Coun- ty has an assessed evaluation of $7,000 behind each pupil at the present time. With 2,700 pupils in Pike County, this means that Pike County may have two school units, but not three. The committee deter- mined one school district would be set for Pike County because assessed wealth of Pike County varies in the dif- ferent parts of the county. Sandra Fay Thomas, 18, of Augusta, is reported to be getting along nicely in the Da- viess County Hospital from in- juries she received Friday in a car-truck accident. In the acci- dent, Miss Thomas received two broken bones at the side of the left knee cap, a small fracture and cut of the nose, lips and tongue lacerations, and her left ankle was badly skinned and her right ankle was bruised. Miss Thomas was driving a 1949 Ford and collided with a county high- way semi-trailer loaded with stone. The car was demol- ished and damage to the coun- ty truck was $1,000. Hector Willis, of Petersburg, was driv- ing the truck. A gust of wind caught Miss Thomas' car and it went into the truck's lane of traffic. Mr. Willis saw it com- ing and pulled to one side of the highway to avoid a colli- sion, but the Ford struck the rear part of the tractor, than glanced off and struck the rear wheels of the trailer. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. James Kleysteuber, a son, Mat- thew Kirk, Saturday, at Good Samaritan Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gray, of Ot- well, a son, Matthew Wayne, at Huntingburg hospital, Sun- day, April 16; To Mr. and Mrs. Pat Davis, of Otwell, a daugh- ter, Susan LeRae, at memorial Hospital, Friday, April 28; To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Phillips, of Oakland City, a daughter, Rob- in Annette, in Stork Memori- al Hospital. Deaths: Lelah Preston, 92, of Alford, died at the home of her sister and niece on Tues- day at 9:30 a.m.; Dr. Russell B. Wood, 54, of Oakland City, died at 4 a.m. Sunday, April 30 in Welborn Baptist Hospital; Anna Drew Inman, 92, died at the Hottel Nursing Home in Francisco, Thursday, April 27 at 10 :30 a.m. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 6, 1971 The sixth grade class of Otwell school were all excit- ed Monday when a gerbil be- came trapped in a typewrit- er. The children had two ger- bils, Jane and Tarzan, out of their cage and were playing with them on a typewrite ta- ble. Jane proceeded in some mysterious manner to get in- side the typewriter. The chil- dren and their teacher, Mrs. Helen Fulcher, tried every way they could think of to get Jane out without results and she's minus part of her tail from their efforts. When school dismissed for the day, Mrs. Fulcher put the typewrit- er in her car with Jane inside and headed for home, where she turned over the job of re- moving Jane from her prison to her husband. He said, "If she got in there, we can get her out." And, he did by twist- ing and turning her. He was fi- nally successful. She seemed no worse for her ordeal except for a shorter and bruised tail. Marsha K. Ashby, 16, of Winslow, narrowly escaped injury Saturday night when she lost control of the pick- up truck she was driving and overturned. Around 10 :30 p.m. Saturday night, Marsha was headed north on High- way 61, just north of the Sug- ar Ridge Road. It was raining at the time and she told State Trooper Steve Richardson that she skidded in the oil on the highway, ran off the road on the right side and overturned, landing back on the highway upside down. The truck, a 1968 Ford, was extensively damaged. Marsha received a cut on her nose. No charges were filed. Marriages: Carol June Corn became the bride of Gary L. Graf Sunday, May 2 at 1:30 p.m. in the First Gen- eral Baptist Church in Oak- land City. Deaths: Denzil Julian, 80, of Spurgeon, died at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 4 in the Welborn Medi-Center; John W. Dyson, 73, of Spurgeon, died at 7:50 p.m. Monday, May 3 in Wel- born Hospital; Infant Jayson Daniel Gray died Friday, May 30 in the Daviess County Hos- pital two hours and three min- utes after birth. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 2, 1996 Pike County motorists faced the daunting task of finding a safe route to work, home or out of the county af- ter between eight and 10 inch- es of rain fell on the area over the weekend. By Sunday eve- ning, rising floodwaters had forced county and state road crews to close several roads in Pike County. More roads were closed Monday and much of Pike County began to re- semble an island surround- ed by the waters of the White and Patoka Rivers, and vari- ous creeks in the area. Pike County Highway Superinten- dent Roger Young said all of the county has been affected by the heavy flooding. He said the areas of Pike County hard- est hit are Lockhart and Mon- roe Townships and the com- munity of Scottsburg. There are several areas where parts of county roads have been washed away by the floodwa- ters. A Winslow woman who had become lost while hunting for mushrooms in the Sun- set Cemetery area was lo- cated just as search parties were preparing to look for her around 9 p.m. Tuesday. Winslow Town Marshal Steve English said Sheriff's Deputy William Walker was contacted by Sandy Purl, who told him she couldn't locate her friend, Angie White, of Winslow. Ac- cording to English, Purl told authorities she and White had gone to the Sunset Ceme- tery area about 10 a.m. Tues- day to search for mushrooms. Purl and White became sep- arated to hunt in different ar- eas and then Purl couldn't find White. English said Purl told Walker she left the area at 1 p.m. because she had to go to work at the Silver Dollar Sa- loon. He said she wasn't wor- ried at the time because she thought White was just hunt- ing and not ready to leave. En- glish added Purl said she left a note for White explaining she had gone to work. Purl told authorities she became concerned for White's safety when a customer at the Silver Dollar Saloon told her White's truck was still at the Sunset Cemetery and the note was still on the truck, according to English. Purl called Walk- er and Walker called for En- glish to check Sunset Cem- etery to see if White's truck was still there. When he found White's truck was still parked at the cemetery, they began to form a search party. But En- glish said about the time they were getting ready to send groups into the woods look- ing for White, she was locat- ed on Cato Road. She told En- glish when it got dark, she saw headlights and began to walk toward them, eventually com- ing out at Cato-Winslow Road. Births: To Danny and Di- ane Hill, of Petersburg, at Welborn Hospital on April 17, twins, Cara Marie and Clay- ton Scott; To Tony and Brooke Traylor, of Winslow, at Memo- rial Hospital in Jasper, April 29, a girl, Kassie Ryan; To Car- rie and Myles Hickey, of Pe- tersburg, a son, Elijah Gray, on April 20 at Memorial Hospital. Deaths: Rev. Ronald L. Brewster, 58, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, April 24 at 5:40 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Boonville; Barba- ra Thomas, 53, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, April 24 at 3:12 p.m. at Deaconess Hos- pital.