The Press-Dispatch

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Poplar Street, Petersburg Source: www.history.com • Photo source: www.wallup.net Wednesday, July 7 • Building of Hoover Dam begins (1930) • Mary Surratt is first woman to be executed by U.S. federal gov- ernment (1865) Thursday, July 8 • Liberty Bell tolls to announce Declaration of Independence (1776) • Paris celebrates 2000th birth- day (1951) Friday, July 9 • Wimbledon tournament begins (1877) • Florence Blanchfield becomes first female army officer (1947) Saturday, July 10 • Monkey Trial begins (1925) • U.S. Patent issued for three- point seatbelt (1962) Sunday, July 11 • Burr slays Hamilton in duel (1804) • President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Aid Road Act (1916) Monday, July 12 • Medal of Honor created (1862) • Wild Bill Hickok's first gunfight (1861) Tuesday, July 13 • Live Aid concert (1985) • First World Cup (1930) D. C. Ruttkar 5c and 10c Store D. C. Ruttkar ran a 5c and 10c store in Winslow in the 1950s and early '60s. He had a well-stocked store in both Winslow and Huntingburg. He was just 47 years old at the time of his death. At that tim,e the store was purchased by the Lemonds, Sam and Dorothy. The clerks shown at the store were Dorothy Coleman (r) and on the left is not known. The Lemonds ran the store for several years. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, July 5 and July 9, 1946 Mrs. Junior Boger is in the hospital at Washington suf- fering from a fractured jaw and fractured leg received in an auto wreck Monday after- noon. It is said that the Bogers were traveling south on High- way 57 and at the south edge of Petersburg, struck a carnival truck, which was loaded and standing near of the carnival ground. It is understood that Mr. Boger was uninjured. Richard Heuring, S1c, wrote recently from the Mar- shall Islands and said that his ship was being dismantled there and that he expected to proceed to China. He also said it was quite possible that his group would participate in the atomic bomb schedule. Seaman Heuring is the son of editor and Mrs. A.J. Heuring, of the Winslow Dispatch. Friday morning when the owner of the Petersburg Bot- tling Plant went to work, it was discovered that thieves had entered the place and stolen 15 or 16 bags of sugar. The loss was estimated by Mr. Courtney Fowler to be around $100 in value besides the slow- ing-up of production. Mr. Fowl- er said that the thieves had ev- idently come in from the alley through the coal chute and then opened the back door. He said the bags had been dragged across the floor, torn and much sugar spilled upon the floor. Another quantity of sugar stored in another place was overlooked by the thieves. The police are working on the case, but as yet have made no disclosures. Marriages: Marilou Trip- pett became the bride of George Holden Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Methodist Church in Petersburg. Deaths: Terry N. Traylor, 80, died Tuesday at the resi- dence of Jesse Doades, near Otwell; Mary E. Linch, 83, of Velpen, died Tuesday at her home. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, July 6, 1961 Jan Hollis received a sev- ered artery in his left arm when a glass jar full of lem- onade, which he was carry- ing, broke. He was working at a lemonade stand at the big Fourth celebration at Otwell. He was taken to the Jasper Hospital, where several stitch- es were required to close the wound. A Petersburg man was killed instantly at 4:15 p.m. Friday when the truck he was driving left the highway about two miles south of Washing- ton and he was crushed un- der the bed of the truck. Floyd Cox was driving a Wyatt Seed Company truck when the ac- cident occurred. Mr. Cox was returning from Elnora with a load of wheat and was first in line of three Wyatt See Com- pany trucks making the trip. When he went over the small hill just north of the Thomas Bluff Road intersection with Highway 57, skid marks on the pavement indicated that Mr. Cox apparently saw a vehi- cle sitting in the middle of the highway at he intersection. As the Olds slowed down to per- mit oncoming traffic to pass before making the turn, a 1959 Ford driven by Joseph W. Car- ey, Jr. , 18, also slowed, accord- ing to police. It was apparently these two vehicles which Cox saw as he came over the hill. With the brakes failing to stop the heavy truck, police said the one and on-half ton truck kept going toward the two cars at the intersection. Police said the driver of the Ford car saw the truck would be unable to stop and had started to slide to the right. The driver of the Ford swerved his car to the left, but the truck struck the right rear of the car. A fter striking the Ford, police said the truck continued to the right at the country road and when it started to overturn, it hit the Oldsmobile, knock- ing it across the pavement. As the truck started to overturn, Cox was thrown from the cab and dragged along the road. As the truck overturned, its bed rolled over Cox. The 100 bushels of wheat being hauled in the truck were spilled, par- tially covering Cox. Fearing there might be another person in the truck, passersby probed through the spilled wheat to see if anyone was under it and injured. Gasoline spilled from the truck and police issued a no smoking warning to the large crowd which gathered. Shortly after the truck had overturned, Lloyd Cox, a twin brother of the fatally injured man, arrived at the scene of the wreck. He was driving an- other of the Wyatt Seed Com- pany trucks. Neither driver of the other two cars involved in the crash was injured, nor was a passenger in the Oldsmobile. Deaths: Ewald F. Hilsmey- er, 43, of Stendal, died Tues- day, July 4 at 3:30 p.m. in the field at his farm; Ida Mason, 81, of Spurgeon, died Monday at Shady Grove Nursing Home in Francisco; Harry Cummins, 81, of Petersburg, died at the Daviess County Hospital in Washington at 10 :10 a.m. Sun- day; Estel Adline Lyman, 64, of Winslow, died June 29 at her home; Mattie Smith, 68, of Glezen, died at the Oakland City hospital at 3:05 p.m. Mon- day. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, July 8, 1971 An even dozen of Pike Coun- ty's prettiest young ladies will be vying for the title of "Miss Pike County Fair" when the 1971 event officially opens on Tuesday night, July 20. This year's participants in the event (the Fair Board does not like to use the word "contest") rep- resent all areas of Pike Coun- ty. Misses Holly Nalley and Angela Floyd are represent- ing the southern are of the country near Spurgeon and Stendal. Misses Marla Burns and Suzanne Meyer give their addresses as Winslow while Cindy Mosby is repre- senting Otwell. The city ar- ea of Petersburg is represent- ed by Mary Ann Klipsch, Car- la Tevault and Teresa Farmer while the rural area—imme- diately surrounding Peters- burg—is being represented by Lu Ann Stone, Deanna Mat- teson, Becky Dorsey and Lo- reli Craig. Jerry Fears was burned about the face, arms and hands Thursday at 6 p.m. when gas he poured on a trash pile ex- ploded. He received first and second degree burns and was in the Wirth Memorial hospi- tal from Thursday until Sun- day. His left arm was the most seriously burned. Mr. Fears taught school in Otwell the past winter and is attending Indiana State University in Terre Haute this summer. He resumed his studies Wednes- day. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schafer, of Francis- co, a son, Robert Shawn, on Thursday, July 1 at Gibson General Hospital. Marriages: Lynne Ann Le- hker and Steven Glen Gilliland were wed on Saturday, June 26 at Immanuel Evangelical Lu- theran Church; Janet Elaine Huey and Joseph Wayne Hud- leston were wed on June 19 at First Church of the Nazarene; Marsha Lynn Aust and John Richard Eads were wed Satur- day, June 12 at Bethel Gener- al Baptist Church; Cindy Lou Powell and Neal F. Pauw were wed on Friday, June 11 at the Winslow Christian church; Di- ana Erwin and Ronnie Wells were wed on June 18 at the Muren Church of God. Deaths: Edward G. Rich- ardson, 83, of Petersburg, passed away Wednesday, June 30 at his residence; Anna Eliz- abeth McCord, 78, of Winslow, passed away on Wednesday, June 30 at her residence; Ro- salea Ruth Sanders, 35, of Pe- tersburg, passed away on Fri- day, July 2 at Wirth Memorial Hospital in Oakland City; Her- schel Otho Weeks, 74, of Mon- roe, passed away on Friday, Ju- ly 2 at St. Joseph's Hospital; Mark Selbey, 3, passed away on Sunday, July 4 in a car ac- cident; William H. Huey, 80, of Petersburg, passed away Fri- day, July 2 at holiday Home in Petersburg. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, July 4, 1996 Pike County Area Reha- bilitative Center has been around for 20 years working with physically and mental- ly handicapped people. The workshop opened in 1976 on Seventh St., in a blue met- al building and started with four clients. The service they performed was washing cars. Now 20 years later, they still wash cars, but they are in a 16,500 sq. ft. building and have 52 clients taking part in the program, with up to 60 cli- ents at times. There also are 60 employees working for the private, not-for-profit organi- zation. PCARC Director Stan Keepes said the group pro- vides services to the handi- capped that are required to be offered. So instead of a feder- al or state agency being creat- ed, PCARC is one of many sim- ilar private organizations that provides those services in the Pike County area. Pike Coun- ty's ARC expanded in 1978 when it received a vocation- al rehabilitation grant. With this grant, the PCARC bought the 16,500 sq. ft. building on Illinois St. It gave the capac- ity to do many more tasks. Some of the tasks include dis- assembling gas meters, strip- ping compressor covers, mak- ing wood pallets and clean- ing used brake pads. Many of these tasks were simple and required little skill, which was ideal for some of the more handicapped clients. Keepes said one of the factors that has hindered Pike County over the years is a lack of industry in the county. He said often they try to get small tasks from sur- rounding industries, but be- cause of the lack of industries in the area, they are limited. PCARC has had to expand in- to other areas. One is a wood- working shop that is operated by staff and higher function- ing clients. At one time, they made furniture for a national label. They are still producing specialty items. Births: To Justine Howard and Derek Catt, of Velpen, at Daviess County Hospital, a son, Dalton James, Thurs- day, June 20 ; To Mr. and Mrs. Warren Craig, of Petersburg, at Daviess County Hospital, Sunday, June 23, a son, Zeb Wendell. Marriages: Debbie Moore and Kevin McKnight were united in marriage Saturday, June 15 at the American Le- gion Home in Oakland City. Deaths: Price Denver New- ton, 81, of Winslow, died Mon- day, June 24 at 5:30 p.m. at his residence; Clea Beasley, 92, of Francisco, died Wednes- day, June 26 at 4 p.m. at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Oakland City; Jay Bullock, 69, of Princeton, died at 11:25 a.m. Tuesday, June 25 at Gib- son General Hospital in Princ- eton.

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