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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, September 1, 2021 B-11 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.autoweek.com Wednesday, September 1 • Atlanta fall to Union forces (1864) • Germans invade Poland (1939) Thursday, September 2 • First ATM opens for business (1969) • Congress founds U.S. treasury (1789) Friday, September 3 • Treaty of Paris signed (1783) • The Stars and Stripes flies (1777) Saturday, September 4 • Geronimo surrenders (1886) • Edsel arrives in showrooms at last (1957) Sunday, September 5 • Sam Houston elected as presi- dent of Texas (1836) • First session of Continental Congress convenes (1774) Monday, September 6 • First tank produced (1915) • Magellan's expedition circum- navigates the globe (1522) Tuesday, September 7 • United States nicknamed Uncle Sam (1813) • World's first submarine attack (1776) PUZZLED ABOUT WHAT TO READ? ..and you will have your solution. subscribe to 812-354-8500 net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@ pressdispatch.net PHS County Champs—1941 The 1941 county basketball champions were the Petersburg Indians. Gil Hodges was one of the players. They are, sitting in front: Hubert Hawkins and Jim Brenton; sec- ond row: John Fowler, Jack Sanders, Manson (Jr.) Hale and Gil Hodges; back row: Frank Conrad (coach), Bob Hodges, Bert Bell, ? Willis and C.D. Manhart (principal). SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Aug. 30 and Sept. 3, 1946 Thirty-five candidates for the 1946 six-man football team have been working out twice daily since August 20. Let- termen from last year's PAC champions to report to coach Fisher and assistant coach Weathers are Bob Cox, Mau- rice Dyson and Donnie Ault. Other men who have had game experience include Joe Manhart, Jack Hawkins, Bill Arnold and Albert Stephen- son. Among the newer men reporting who show promise are Malcomb Erwin, Randall Grable, Russell Corn, John Steer, Jack Engleman, Darrel McClellan, Doyle Meade, Da- vid Cardinal, Orace Rumble, Jim Coleman, Roscoe Miley and Karl Weisheit. Albert Dxobel called Sher- iff Kinman Friday evening and asked him to come and help quiet his son, Otto, who was drinking and had become abu- sive and destructive at their home in the White Oak Com- munity. Deputy Sheriff Elijah Hale answered the call and when he started toward the house, he was fired upon with a shotgun in the hands of Otto. It was quite dark and the shot missed its mark by a wide mar- gin, but struck the car and nar- rowly missed the driver, Gil- vis Kinman. The father re- strained his son from further shooting and after a rather vi- olent argument, the younger Dzobel was brought to Peters- burg and lodged in jail, and charged with assault and bat- tery, and attempt to kill. The man is 37 years old and a dis- charged veteran. Heavy damage was done to the rear of the Dosch Cafe a few minutes before noon Sat- urday when fire was discov- ered in the rear of the build- ing in a storage room. The fire was confined to this part of the building, but the dam- age by heavy smoke and wa- ter will amount to several hun- dred dollars. The buildings on either side of the cafe, one oc- cupied by Carl Gray as a law office and the Hadlock Jewel- ry Store suffered form smoke damage. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Dorsey, of Petersburg, a boy, Paul David on Saturday at their home; To Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Thomas, a daughter, at Washington hospital, Au- gust 30 ; To Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Dunn, a daughter, Donna Fay at Good Samaritan Hospital August 28. Marriages: Virginia Black- burn and William Terrill Mar- tin were united in marriage on Sunday, August 25 at 4:30 p.m. in their new home on Spruce St. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Aug. 31, 1961 Paul Grabbe, manager of the new Pike Automotive Sup- ply Corp. in Petersburg, has announced that the firm will be open for business on Fri- day, Sept. 1. When the doors open tomorrow, there will al- so be one other employee, Richard Schroder. The new business in Petersburg is a branch of the Wabash Parts Corp. of Vincennes. Accord- ing to Mr. Grabbe, Pike Auto- motive Supply Corp. will carry a complete line of NAPA parts and supplies. It will be a whole- sale business only, supplying garages and independent ser- vice stations. The firm leased the old Double Cola Bottling Company building at Sixth and Walnut streets in Peters- burg the first of August. The building has been remodeled during the past four weeks in order to make it suitable for the new business. The ma- ny thousands of parts arrived Monday and a large crew has worked day and night to prop- erly index and shelve them so that the business may begin operation tomorrow. Mr. Grab- be said that a grand opening is planned for the public and will be held either the last of Sep- tember or the first of October. The business is owned by Carl H. Grabbe and his wife, Cath- ryn, and Paul Grabbe. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Finch, of Winslow, a daughter, Cathy Michelle, August 18 at Good Samari- tan Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. David Heuring, of Winslow, a son, William Benton, Tuesday, in Daviess County Hospital. Marriages: Dianne Eliza- beth Cloin became the bride of Donald Tate at 2:30 p.m. Sun- day, August 20 in First Gen- eral Baptist Church in Oak- land City. Deaths: Nolan Reese, 47, of Oakland City, died Friday at 3 p.m. in the office of the rail- road at Ashby Yards near Pe- tersburg; Florence E. Adker- son, 79, of Petersburg, died at 7 a.m. Tuesday at the Colvin Nursing Home in Washington. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Sept. 2, 1971 Two youths are dead and two are seriously injured from a head-on crash in the very early hours Wednesday morn- ing. Killed in the 1:40 a.m. col- lision one mile east of Arthur Junction on Highway 64 were Peggy A. Hix, 19, of Prince- ton, from a severe skull frac- ture, and John R. McCrary, 21, of Winslow, from a skull frac- ture. Injured were Cheryl Ut- ley, 18, of Princeton. She re- ceived fractures to both legs, severe spine injury and a punc- ture wound on her left shoul- der. Mark S. Sweeney, 19, of Oakland City, received a com- pound fracture of his right knee, a fractured left leg and internal injuries. Miss Utley and Sweeney are reported to be in critical condition. There were no skid marks and looked as if both cars were in the cen- ter of the highway traveling at a high rate of speed, according to reports. Miss Hix, who lost her life in the accident, was driving and was headed east. In her car were Miss Utley and Sweeney. McCrary was travel- ing west in a Chevrolet Cama- ro and was alone on his way home from his work on second shift at Whirlpool. State police officers Norman Webber and Mike Burkdoll are continuing their investigation to deter- mine the cause of the accident. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. James Weisman, of Otwell, in St. Joseph Hospital, Wednes- day, August 25, a daughter, Ju- lie Lynn; To Mr. and Mrs. Ron- nie Williams, of Oakland City, a son, Daniel Lee, at Gibson General Hospital, Wednesday, August 25; To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Alexander, of Winslow, in St. Joseph Hospital, Friday, August 27, a daughter, Amy Lynn. Marriages: Jacqueline Ad- kins and Donald Furman were united in marriage on June 26 at 7 p.m. at the White River Chapel. Deaths: Arvil Dearing, 75, of Velpen, died Tuesday, Au- gust 17 at St. Joseph Hospital; Albert Scott, 83, of Otwell, died at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Au- gust 27 on the streets of Pe- tersburg; Gale Edwin Evans, 53, of Otwell, died in Daviess County Hospital in Owens- boro, Ky., at 12:30 p.m. Tues- day; Esther Beck, 68, of Oak- land City, died at Gibson Gen- eral Hospital on Friday; Dona Chestnut, 78, of Otwell, died Sunday, August 29 at 4:30 p.m. at Jasper Memorial Hospital. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Aug. 29, 1996 Pike County School Cor- poration's student enrollment is the highest it's been in 10 years. Although official counts will be taken Sept. 13, the cur- rent total is 2,202 students. Not since the 1986 -87 school year has the corporation had numbers totaling more than 2,200. The addition of pre-kin- dergarten classes at all three elementary schools is a factor however. Pre-school enroll- ment totals 60 this year, com- pared to just 25 last year. How- ever, the total number of stu- dents is up 112 students from last year's 2,090. This total has slowly been climbing as it has increased somewhat in the last few years. Prior to that, how- ever, student enrollment has dropped from more than 3,000 in 1976 -77. A Ferdinand man was se- riously injured Sunday after- noon in a motorcycle accident when he hit a fawn near Sten- dal. Christopher Voegerl, 27, remains in the intensive care unit of Welborn Hospital from injuries suffered when he crashed at about 3:45 p.m. on Highway 257 at the north edge of Stendal, according to Indiana State Trooper Frank Coleman. A Welborn Hospital spokesman said Voegerl was in critical condition. Cole- man said Voegerl was riding about 40 mph when he saw two fawns standing at the side of the road and he pointed to his wife and a friend, who were riding on separate motorcy- cles behind him. Coleman said the two fawns then ran in front of Voegerl, who missed the first one but hit the second. Voegerl was thrown from the bike, which flipped over and landed on him. Coleman said Voegerl's head hit the pave- ment at least twice and he was not wearing a helmet. He said Voegerl had massive head in- juries as well as other less se- rious injuries. Voegerl's wife, Adrienne, and the other rider were able to get stopped. "A helmet would have prevented most of his head injuries," said Coleman. Births: To Ronica Pannett and Greg Jarboe, a son, War- ren Garrett, on July 17 at St. Mary's Medical Center; To Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Hopf, of Otwell, at Memorial Hospi- tal, Friday, Aug. 16, a daugh- ter, Sarah Rose; To Troy and Kelli Gordon, of Petersburg, on Sunday, Aug. 18, at Memo- rial Hospital, a daughter, Shel- by Marie; To Mr. and Mrs. Ja- son Caldwell, of Petersburg, at St. Joseph's Hospital, August 14, a daughter, Keristen Sue. Deaths: Ralph L. Garland, 72, of Winslow, died Wednes- day, Aug. 21 at 9:10 a.m. at his residence.