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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, August 4, 2021 D-5 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.perurail.com Wednesday, August 4 • Anne Frank captures (1944) • Lizzie Borden's parents found dead (1892) Thursday, August 5 • First electric traffic signal in- stalled (1914) • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed (1963) Friday, August 6 • American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima (1945) • First execution by electric chair (1890) Saturday, August 7 • Washington creates the Purple Heart (1782) • Teddy Roosevelt nominated as Bull Moose candidate (1912) Sunday, August 8 • Nixon resigns (1974) • Truman signs United Nations Charter (1945) Monday, August 9 • Manson cult kills five people (1969) • Jesse Owens wins 4th gold med- al (1936) Tuesday, August 10 • Smithsonian Institution creat- ed (1846) • Truman signs National Security Bill (1949 net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@pressdispatch.net SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Aug. 2 and Aug. 6, 1946 Nine-year-old Gwendoline Myers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Myers, near Al- giers, was fatally injured Tues- day evening when she was crushed between a school bus and a pickup truck. The acci- dent occurred in the church yard of the Cumberland Pres- byterian Church at Algiers im- mediately after prayer meet- ing. The father is the driver of a school bus and he had tak- en Gwendoline and her broth- er, Dwayne, and their mother to the service in the bus. A fter the meeting, the children went to the bus and the boy got in and started the motor while his sister was in front of it. The bus was in gear and lunged forward, pinning the little girl against a pickup. The child was rushed to the office of a Petersburg physician and then to the Good Samaritan Hospi- tal in Vincennes. It was found that no bones were broken and hopes for recovery were enter- tained. However, internal in- juries claimed her life early Wednesday morning. Lt. Harold Doidge, who re- turned home from Italy July 18, returned to New York a week ago to meet his wife, who ar- rived there last Saturday. They arrived in Petersburg Tuesday, after stopping in Washington to cable Mrs. Doidge's parents that she had arrived safely. She was one of 600 war brides who came to America aboard the SS Thomas L. Berry to join their husbands. Lt. Doidge spent 26 months in Italy, and while there, mutual friends intro- duced him to Piss Pisa Tarta- glione. Miss Tartaglione was an instructor in elementary educa- tion in the schools of Naples. She is also an accomplished lin- guist. She and Lt. Doidge were married in February. They will remain with Mr. and Mrs. Leo Doidge until suitable living quarters are available. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. James N. Dearing, of Peters- burg, a son, at the Washington hospital on July 26; To Mr. and Mrs. Fenton Taylor, Jr., a son, Friday, July 26 at Deaconess Hospital. Marriages: Aileen Wheat- ley became the bride of Jack H. Wade at the Brethren Church at Champaign, Ill. on August 1; Gladys Bell and Maurice Dys- on were married at the Presby- terian Manse Saturday, July 27. Deaths: Leona Klipsch, 44, died at the Daviess County Hospital late Thursday; Ray- mond Beck, 50, died Saturday night. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, August 4, 1961 An Evansville man, who was well known to many Pike County people, drowned Mon- day evening in a strip pit near Spurgeon when he tried to res- cue his 9 -year-old son. Both the father and son went down be- fore they could be rescued. Al- though the boy was pulled from the water in a matter of min- utes, he could not be revived after more than two hours of attempting by a Lynnville doc- tor and Red Cross instructor. Bodies of Elbert Mullen and his son, Steven, were recov- ered shortly after 6 p.m. Cor- oner Robert Harris ruled the deaths as accidental drown- ings. According to witnesses, Mr. Mullan and his son and two friends were at the pit fishing. The youth decided to swim in the pit. A fter being in the wa- ter a short time, the youth ap- parently got into trouble and the boy's father jumped into the water to rescue him. But they both went down. When Ray Meinert, of the compan - ions, saw that both father and son had gone down, he jumped into the water, found the boy and pulled him to the bank. Meinert had to be rushed to St. Mary's Hospital in Evans - ville where rescue workers ar- rived on the scene because he is a diabetic and was suffering from exhaustion. The hospi- tal has him listed as being in a fair condition. As soon as the call went out for help at the pit, Alexander and Martha Soloman LeMond Alexander and Martha Soloman LeMond were married on July 4, 1887. Alexander was 19 and Martha was 18 on their wedding day. They made their home in Duff. They are the grandparents of Delores LeMond Weis- man and Rufus E. LeMond. The had 12 children, with the first four dying in infancy. They had many grandchil- dren, including great-great-great-great-grandchildren. Larry Weisman (deceased), Tina Booker, Twyla Goep- pner, Cody and Cory Booker, and Laryn Burke are among the many descendants of theirs. There are many liv- ing descendants of theirs in this area. Photo submitted by Lana Weisman Warrick County Red Cross in- structor Grant Strahle and Dr. Daniel Sherrick, of Lynnville, arrived and attempted to revive the boy over two hours and 45 minutes. The doctor would not pronounce him dead until af- ter all attempts to revive him had failed. As soon as the body of the father was found by Bill Froman, of Lynnville, attempts were made to revive the father. But these attempts failed and he was pronounced dead at 8:45 p.m. Several teenagers kept diving for the body of the father during the recovery op- eration. The body was found in seven feet of water near where he had gone down. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Baker, of Winslow, a son, Tony Lee, born Friday, July 28 in Daviess County Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Rid- dle, of Oakland City, a son, Da- vid Robert, born Monday, July 24 at Welborn Baptist Hospital. Marriages: Janet Andrews and Fred V. Sanders were mar- ried Friday, July 28 at 4 p.m. in the Petersburg Methodist Church. Deaths: W.B. McCord, 84, died at 1:30 a.m. Friday at his home in Oakland City; Dr. Wal- ter J. Wilson, 75, of Petersburg, died at his home at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 5, 1971 A garage belonging to Bob Drew, who lives near Arthur, was broken into Thursday night, July 22. A Tape player and speakers, along with tool- boxes, were taken. The same night, an electric trolling motor belonging to Kermit Auten was taken form the garage of Rich- ard Gladish in Campbelltown. According to Marshall O.D. Erwin, all the stolen goods ex- cept the tape player were recov- ered. All involved in the theft were juveniles who appeared in Pike Circuit Court Monday morning. On Monday, August 23, subscription rates for The Press-Dispatch will increase. For Pike and surrounding counties, the rate will be $4 per year. The rest of Indiana will be $5 and outside Indiana, the rate will be $ 6 per year. Present rates are $ 3.50, #4.50 and $5.50. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Steven Black, of Oakland City, a daughter, Shannon Kaye, Wednesday, July 28 at Gib- son General; To Mr. and Mrs. James Hensley, Jr., of Peters- burg, in Good Samaritan Hospi- tal, Thursday, July 29, a daugh- ter, Dorothy Pauline; To Mr. and Mrs. Sonny R. Houchins, of Petersburg, Saturday, July 31 at Wirth Memorial Hospital, a son, Brian Ray; To Mr. and Mrs. James Minnis, of Peters- burg, in Good Samaritan Hospi- tal, Thursday, July 29, a daugh- ter, Spicy Marinda. Deaths: Iris A. Chappell, 60, of Petersburg, died Tuesday morning, August 3 in Indianap- olis; Charles Nass, 81, of Sten- dal, died at St. Joseph's Hospi- tal on Sunday, August 1; Jason Hudson, one day old, of Hunt- ingburg, died Friday at Wel- born Baptist Hospital; Charles A. Tretter, 84, of Petersburg, passed away Tuesday, at 9:30 a.m. at his home; Loren Hill, 87, of Petersburg, died at 2:45 p.m. Sunday at his home; Del- la Tucker, 83, of Oakland City, died Friday at Gibson General Hospital. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 1, 1996 A Velpen couple was awak- ened early Sunday morning when their son-in-law ran off the road, struck their van and crashed into their garage. Dave and Judy Camp were startled out of a sound sleep about 3 a.m. by what Judy said, "sounded like an explosion." When she went outside, she discovered the sound she had heard was a car crashing into her van and garage. The driver of the vehicle was her son-in- law, Michael R. Smith. Smith, 36, of Velpen, was driving a 1988 Eagle Premiere south on SR 257 when he missed the curve in front of Camp's house and ran off the road, according to Indiana State Police Officer Stu Sanders. Smith's vehicle slid 290 feet in the wet grass and slid sideways, striking a GTE telephone pole with the left rear quarter panel. The impact tore off the trunk lid and the rear bumper. Con- tinuing sliding for anoth- er 160 feet, Smith struck a 1984 Ford Van parked in the Camp's driveway, driving in- to the metal garage door. The crash pushed the garage door into a 1995 Lincoln Continen- tal, which was parked in the garage. Smith's vehicle then spun around and slammed in- to the garage, coming to rest up against the edge of the ga- rage door, according to Sand- ers. Sanders said when he ar- rived on the scene, he noticed open alcohol containers in the car and a strong odor of alco- hol on Smith. Smith tested .27 for blood alcohol content. He was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, open container violation and speed too fast to avoid a col- lision. Smith's vehicle was to- taled. More than $10,000 dam- age was done to the van, tele- phone box and utility pole. Marriages: Tonda Eliza- beth Thorne and Barry Allen Welch were united in mar- riage on Saturday, June 29 at 4:30 p.m. at Winslow Gen- eral Baptist Church; Paula J. Leighty became the bride of Paul E. Ennis in Gatlinburg, Tenn., on Sunday, July 14. Deaths: Anna O'Rourke, 70, of Petersburg, died at 6 a.m. Tuesday, July 30 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vin- cennes; Veva M. Weeks, 77, of Petersburg, died at 10 :25 p.m. Monday, July 29 at Petersburg Healthcare Center; Mamie A. Loveless, 105, of Petersburg, died at 9:10 p.m. Tuesday, Ju- ly 23 at Petersburg Healthcare Center; Austin M. Carter, 63, of Monroe City, died at 3:29 p.m. Monday, July 22 at Good Samaritan Hospital.