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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, June 2, 2021 B-3 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.thedrive.com Wednesday, June 2 • Babe Ruth retires (1935) • McVeigh convicted of Oklaho- ma City bombing (1997) Thursday, June 3 • Crackdown at Tiananmen be- gins (1989) • Major Edward H. White be- comes first American to walk in space (1965) Friday, June 4 • Battle of Midway begins (1942) • Tiananmen Square massacre takes place (1989) Saturday, June 5 • FDR takes United States off gold standard (1933) • Bobby Kennedy is assassinat- ed (1968) Sunday, June 6 • D-Day (1944) • First drive-in movie theater opens (1933) Monday, June 7 • Ghandi's first act of civil disobe- dience (1893) • First successful ascent of Mt. McKinley (1913) Tuesday, June 8 • Martin Luther King, Jr. assassi- nation suspect arrested (1968) • First Porsche completed (1948) net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@pressdispatch.net Scraper Sales Special Emmett (Tater) Traylor was a driver of the Scraper Sales Co. Special, which was built in Otwell at Scraper Sales Co. It was built about 1922 and would run 65 miles per hour. The family had no records of where Traylor ran or records of win or lose. Traylor ran a service station in Otwell at the time he was a driver of the race car. He and Posey Scraper built the car. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, May 31 and June 4, 1946 A six team softball league is contemplated for this sum- mer. All boys seventeen and up and men living in Peters- burg or local communities in- terested in playing in a soft- ball league are urged to turn in their names immediately to one of the following: Roger Smith, Lloyd Hawbaker, Don Montgomery or E. E. Fish- er. Also any business man or merchant interested in spon- soring a team, see one of the above men at once. As soon as there are enough sponsors for teams and a sufficient num- ber of players enrolled or six teams, league play will begin. W. E. Pigg of Linton, Indiana was released from Woodmere hospital Sunday to his brother Oscar Pigg of the same town. While being taken home in an ambulance owned by Welcha and Cornett Funeral Home of Linton Mr. Pigg was stricken and died just as the ambulance entered Petersburg. Being unable to contact the Coun- ty Coroner Opal Brenton, be- cause the telephone line was out of order, the driver took the body to Winslow, where Mrs. Brenton made out a cer- tificate of death. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Mertice Stephens, a son, Don Allen, on Friday, May 24 at the Oakland City Maternity Hos- pital; To Mr. and Mrs. William Doyle Workman, a daughter, Judith Annette, on Saturday, June 1; To Mr. and Mrs. John Frederick Frandson, a son, Denzil Eugene, on Monday, June 3. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, June 1, 1961 David Kemp will move up to head coach of the Winslow Eskimos this fall and Carroll Edrington has been select- ed to take Mr. Kemp's place as assistant coach, according to an announcement made by Trustee B. M. Resenbeck Wednesday morning. Trustee Resenbeck also announced that Larry McKinney will fill the vacancy made by Thomas Fender, who resigned as mu- sic teacher to give full time to the ministry. Robert E. Stout, 39, of Terre Haute, son of Charley Stout of Winlow, was a traffic victim Thursday. Stout, who lived at 808 A zalia Drive with his wife and three young sons, was killed early Thursday when he lost control of his car on a highway in Wayne coun- try near Richmond. The car smashed into a bridge. Au- thorities said Stout was driv- ing at a high speed when the accident happened. The Little League season opens for the fourth year in Winslow, June 1. Several boys are playing their fourth year and a very interesting season is expected. The league con- sists of three teams. Two are from Winslow and one from Otwell. Games will be played on Thursday evenings at 5:30 and Saturday at 1 p.m. at the school ground. Deaths: Robert E. Stout, 39, of Terre Haute, passed away Thursday, June 1; Oliv- ia Corrick, 79, of Spurgeon, passed away on Saturday, May 26 at the home of her daugh- ter; Myrtha Alexander, 73, of Petersburg, passed away Wednesday, May 31 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vin- cennes. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, June 3, 1971 Dr. Max Sheehey of Wash- ington has notified Larry Da- vis (route 2, Petersburg) of a positive Rabies infection of a skunk that was killed by Mr. Davis' dog last Monday, May 24. According to the story that Mr. Davis told the Daviess County veterinarian, during the rainstorm of last week, Mr. Davis heard his dogs making a noise and went out investigate. He found the two dogs fight- ing with a skunk and, while he watched, the skunk bit one of the dogs, who dropped it. The wild animal made no effort to get away when he was free, and the dog then picked up the animal and killed it. A stolen 1965 Ford station wagon with Evansville license plates was found late Friday, May 28, by two fishermen, Rex Nuhring and another man, off the haulage road under some pine trees in the spoil banks. The abandoned car was in a very remote place near a pit. Mr. Nuhring called authorities in Evansville from his work at Holsclaw Brothers, Inc. Satur- day morning to find out if the car had been stolen. Indiana State policeman Max Welton, of Otwell, was notified. He and Sheriff Ray Haggard went af- ter the car Saturday morning. Sheriff Haggard reported that they had a hard time getting back to the car with a wreck- er. The car apparently was not damaged. It had been stolen from Evansville May 16. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Charley G. Krieg, of Winslow, in Gibson General Hospital, Tuesday, May 25, a daugh- ter, Carmen Gayle; To Mr. and Mrs. Dale Beadles, of Winslow, in St. Joseph's Hos- pital, a daughter, Angela Dawn, Tuesday, May 25; To Mr. and Mrs. James Wool- sey, of Winslow, in the St. Jo- seph's Hospital, Sunday, May 30, a daughter, Tamara Dawn. Marriages: Elizabeth Schmitt and Thomas Bur- khart were united in marriage at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mt. Carmel on Saturday, April 24. Deaths: John Herbert Batchelor, 77, of Winslow, died in Holiday Home in Pe- tersburg, Saturday, May 29 at 10 :45 a.m.; Enos France, of Oakland City, died Tues- day, May 25 at Good Samari- tan Home; Mrs. Hallie Keith, 65, of Oakland City, died at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 29 at her home; Mrs. Jewell Mae White, 63, of Petersburg, died at her home Monday, May 31 at 6 p.m.; Mrs. Beulah Vaughn, 78, of Velpen, passed away Tues- day, June 1 at 2:30. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 30, 1996 Pike County residents will get a chance to state their opinion on I-69 from Indianap- olis to Evansville and its tract through Pike County. A public hearing is set for 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Pike Central High School auditorium on Tues- day, June 4. There will be a presentation of information and findings of an extensive Environmental Impact State- ment for the Southwest Indi- ana Highway Corridor. Engi- neers and the Indiana Depart- ment of Transportation will go over the EIS and explain the findings in it. Along with hear- ing the engineers talk there will be time for those in atten- dance to comment on the high- way. Petersburg Mayor Ran- dy Harris said it is important for Pike county residents to attend and show strong sup- port for the highway. He said Petersburg and Pike County residents need to express a desire for a second and third exchange for Pike County be- cause currently there is on- ly one in the plans for Peters- burg. It is planned to be locat- ed on Highway 61, between the Brenton Chapel Church and Prides Creek Road. Four area teens were ar- rested last week in connec- tion with a number of thefts from cars parked at Pike Cen- tral High School during the spring snow storm, accord- ing to police. John A. War- ner, 18, of Winslow, Jeremy G. Boyd, 18, of Winslow, Ken- neth G. Weyer, 18, of Otwell, and Craig Anderson, 18, of Jasper, were all arrested and charged with theft, a class D felony, and two counts of crim- inal mischief, a class A misde- meanor. State Trooper Paul Bastin said the youths broke out a window and stole a Pi- oneer brand car stereo and about 50 compact discs from Kim Aydelott's car and cut open the convertible top of a Mazda Miata owned by Jay and Jackie Lee, of Campbell- town. The cars were strand- ed on the Pike Central park- ing lot when about 15 inches of snow hit southern Indiana on March 20. Bastin said he in- vestigated the incident at the time and then in May, Winslow Town Marshal Steve English made a traffic stop and was given information about thefts from a car, which he passed on to Bastin. Births: To Russell Green and Bobbi Powell, of Peters- burg, at Memorial Hospital in Jasper, May 17, a daugh- ter, Tailer Christine; To Scott and Piper Hill, of Winslow, at Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evansville, May 18, a son, Ja- cob Timothy. Marriages: Cathy Henson and Noble P. Dearing were united in marriage on April 13 at the House of Mercy Church in Winslow. Deaths: Edward A. Fork, 85, of Winslow, died Saturday, May 25 at 7:35 a.m. at Wirth Regional Hospital in Oakland City; Lorene Willis, 82, of Pe- tersburg, died at 12:30 a.m. Friday, May 24 at Petersburg Healthcare Center; Morris Burton Wilhite, 74, of Oakland City, died Monday, May 27 at 2:02 a.m. at his home; Shirley A. Mason, 44, of Patoka, died Tuesday afternoon at her res- idence.