The South Gibson Star-Times serves the towns of Haubstadt, Owensville and Fort Branch.
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A-11 Tuesday, November 2, 2021 South Gibson Star-Times Source: www.history.com • Photo source: www.thoughtco.com Tuesday, Nov. 2 • Spruce Goose flies (1947) • John Paul Jones sets sail (1777) Wednesday, Nov. 3 • Soviet Union launches a dog in- to space (1957) • One World Trade Center offi- cially opens in New York City, on the site of the Twin Towers (2014) Thursday, Nov. 4 • Entrance to King Tut's tomb discovered (1922) • Barack Obama elected as Amer- ica's first black president (2008) Friday, Nov. 5 • George Foreman becomes old- est heavyweight champ (1994) • FDR re-elected for a third term (1940) Saturday, Nov. 6 • Abraham Lincoln elected presi- dent (1860) • John Carroll named first Catho- lic bishop in U.S. (1789) Sunday, Nov. 7 • Magic Johnson announces he is HIV-positive (1991) • FDR wins unprecedented fourth term (1944) Monday, Nov. 8 • German scientist discovers X- rays (1895) • John F. Kennedy elected presi- dent (1960) Marlette School 1959-1960 Helen Marie Malone was the teacher for these fourth grade students at Marlette Elementary School. The names of the students in the photo are (in no particular or- der): Karen Wells, Larry Stunkel, David Ransford, Bobbie Sue White, Nancy Barrett, Marla Stunkel, Isa Lutrell, Pamela Henning, Fred Eaton, Denny Barrett, Stanley Michel, Mickey Stone, Jerry York, Brenda Morris, Diana Lashbrook, Pat Malone, David Stevens, Brenda Hacker, Roderick Douglas, Charlotte Gwaltney and Barbara At- teberry. There is one more child in photo than there are names. Photo submitted by Roberta Stunkel Cates 50 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Friday, Nov. 5, 1971 Friday, Oct. 29, is a date which will be long remembered by football fans of Fort Branch High School. The Twigs fin- ished their season with an en- viable 8 and 1 record as they shut out the Huntingburg Hunt- ers 21– 0. Shortly after the final gun was sounded and the jubi- lant Twigs received congrat- ulations from their backers, word was received that South Spencer had defeated Dale 14– 0 ; thus clinching the P.A.C. Championship for the Fort Branch crew and Coach Jack Jewell. The "hungry" Twigs had worked hard for this PAC crown as their last champion- ship was in 1965, 3 years be- fore Fort Branch switched to 11-man football in 1968. It was also the first PAC win for Coach Jewell who has been the Head Coach at Fort Branch since 1968 coming here from Tell City. The Twigs only loss this season was to a tough North Posey crew which Coach Jewell ascertained was the toughest game of the year. As a special treat honor the PAC Champs, the football players, Coaches and thier wives were guests for a fried chicken dinner with all the trimmings at Gemeca Inn on greet you naming the members of th victorious PAC champs. Football is definite- ly "King" at Fort Branch High School and the Champs, who are still up on cloud 9, are real- ly living it up along with Princi- pal James L. Williams, who just happens to be president of the P.A.C. this year. Over 10 million: That's how many inoculations were count- ed in the Vietnam last year in a campaign to check outbreaks among the civilian population of such diseases as plague, malar- ia, and cholera. Vietnam's pub- lic health program is supported by major assistance from U.S. Agency for International Devel- opment (AID). Amy Garbers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garbers, has received word that her en- try in the Girl Scout Poster Con- test on the on the Brownie lev- el has received a first place in the Raintree Council which is composed of 13 surrounding counties. She and her mother will be guests at the Presidents' Tea on Nov. 6 at the Civic Cen- ter in Evansville. The Raintree Council selected 4 posters in first place including Amy's for the Brownie level and one each for the Junior Scouts. These 4 posters will be judged Satur- day for the "Best of the Con- test" and the girl with the win- ning entry will be presented a trophy. All 4 will receive a rib- bon awards at the Tea. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Mowery, of Evansville, a daughter, Janna Lynn, Fri- day, Oct. 29; To Mr. and Mrs. Dale Conrad, of Terre Haute, a daughter, Kristie Dawn, Oct. 14. Marriages: Cynthia J. Croce and Darryl C. Bent were wed on Saturday, Oct. 23 at Neu Chap- el on the campus of the Univer- sity of Evansville. 45 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Friday, Nov. 5, 1976 "We'll put Sausage on your plate" proclaim the signs held by Tena, Anita, Pam and Carl, children of Mr. and Mrs. John Wilkerson of Fort Branch. The aforementioned whole-hog sausage is to be available at St. Stephen's Church, Warrenton, from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 13. Adult tickets will be $ 3.00 and children $1.25. A Country Store is also to be in operation. A Revival will be held at the Fort Branch Baptist Church from Nov. 7 through the 14. The Evangelist for the Revival will be Jerry Dace of Jackson- ville, Fla. Randolph Posey from Pascagouia, Miss., will be the Music Evangelist. The services will begin each evening at 7:30 p.m. Rev. Ronnie Black, Pastor, invites everyone to attend. More than 25 area chemis- try teachers attended a recent workshop on the campus of Vincennes University hosted by the Science and Mathemat- ics Division, with Curt Dhonau, chairman. The workshop was directed by Jay Bardole, Chair- man of the Chemistry Depart- ment and assisted by Leroy Breimeier, Bettie Bryant, Kar- en Buescher, Kurt Keyes, Mi- chael and Virginia Miller and Phil Sivert, all of VU Chemis- try Department. The meeting opened with a dinner and con- tinued throughout the evening in the chemistry laboratory where the teachers participated in tests, experiments and dis- cussions. Jay Bardole presented a chemistry magic show. Each teacher was given a compre- hensive kit to take back to his classroom. Teachers from Gib- son Southern attending were Mike Bertram, Terry Tichenor and Charles Mills. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Jones, of R.R. 1, Pa- toka, a son, Mitchell Thomas, Monday at Deaconess Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Cary Fetcher, of Grayville, Ill., a daughter, Tara ReNay, Oct. 25 at Deacon- ess Hospital. Deaths: Fred Strohm, 73, of Fort Branch, passed away Sun- day, Oct. 31 at Deaconess Hos- pital. 35 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Thursday, Nov. 6, 1986 Vaudville '86 is coming next week! This exciting show is made up of 34 acts ranging from Jazz to Pop Music, Dancing to Vocal Music to Comic Skits. No matter what your preference in entertainment, Titan Vaude- ville '86 has something for you., so plan to get the whole family together to enjoy this fine, fun- filled show. This year, there will be three performances of Titan Vaudeville, including those at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Satur- day, Nov. 14 and 15, as well as a 2:30 p.m. matinée on Sunday, Nov. 16. Bob Garbers and his son, Chris, recently returned from a five-day elk hunt in the moun- tains of White River National Forest near Craig, Co. Chris was lucky hunter and bagged a 1000 -pound bull elk with ant- lers having six points on each side. Mayflower Gift Shop of Haub- stadt has recently been accept- ed as a member of Florists' Transworld Delivery Associ- ation (F TD), the worldwide flowers-by-wire delivery of fresh flowers, plants, and other gifts to almost anywhere in the world, often within hours. More than 20,000 independent, pro- fessional retail florists are F TD members, serving customers in over 22,000 cities and towns in the United States and Canada. Through F TD international de- livery network, Interflora, May- flower Gift Shop can also pro- vide deliveries to an additional 80,000 communities through- out the world. The owners of the new F TD florist shop, lo- cated at 101 Gibson Street in Haubstadt are Lisa Foster and Kenneth May. Founded in 1910, F TD is the world's oldest and largest professional, inter-city, flowers-by-wire delivery orga- nization. On Saturday, Oct. 18, the Kykushinaki School of Martial Arts in Fort Branch compet- ed in the Second Annual Audo- bon Classic Taekwondo Tourna- ment in Henderson, Ky. Jason Wade took third place in Free Sparring in Advanced Belt Ju- nior Division. Jamin Kidd took 1st place honors in the Yellow Belt Free Sparring Junior Di- vision, with Brandon Sullivan taking the third place award in the same division. Greg Katha- ry took second place in Forms competition in the Yellow Belt Junior Division. Shannon Ful- ton placed third in Sparring and second in Forms competi- tion in the Girls Junior Yellow and Green Belt Division. In the Women's Yellow and Green Belt Division, Erin Harper took sec- ond place honors in Sparring and Donna Weedman ranked third in the Forms competition. In the 6 -10 Year Old Division, Michael Henson placed second in Forms competition, with Bri- an Fetcher coming in second in Free Sparring and Jeremy Alm- on scoring a 1st place in Forms. In the Men's Yellow and Green Belt Division one of the Kyo- kushnaki School's Yellow Belts took second place in Sparring. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Ste- ven Michel, of Fort Branch, a son, Stuart Stephen, Saturday, Nov. 1 at Welborn Hospital. Deaths: Clemmer E. Bilder- back, 76, of Fort Branch, passed away Saturday, Nov. 1 at Gib- son General Hospital; Olivia R. Schmit, 88, of Fort Branch., passed away Monday, Nov. 3 at Welborn Hospital. 25 YEARS South Gibson Star-Times Thursday, Nov. 5, 1996 Fort Branch resident Ste- phen Mark Kleeman is one of several U.S. Army reserve members serving in Bosnia since earlier this summer. Kl- eeman recently provided infor- mation about his military trip. Kleeman was initially located at the U.S. Army reserve home station in Terre Haute for sev- eral days until July 6. He later moved to Fort Dix, N.J. for pro- cessing. Then Kleeman moved to Germany for several weeks of training. The son of Steve Klee- man of Fort Branch and Shirley Schaefer of Oakland City, Ste- phen earlier said he joined the U.S. Army reserves in 1991 to become a military police offi- cer. He said his career objec- tive is to become an Evansville Police officer. He is engaged to be married to Debra Hotz. Charlie TenBarge was wounded twice during his U.S. military service in World War II. TenBarge is one of the many veterans residing in the South Gibson-area. Veterans' Day will be Monday, Nov. 11. The 77-year-old TenBarge served with the 8second Airborne Di- vision 325th Glider Regiment U.S. Army special troops. Ten- Barge was drafted March 25, 1942, into the service. That was the same day the 8second Airborne was reactivated. The 8second Airborne had been deactivated after World War I. TenBarge attended basic train- ing at Camp Claiborne, Louisi- ana. A fter six months at Clai- borne. he attended airborne training at Fort Bragg, N.C. A fter participating in airborne training for six months, Ten- Barge went to Camp Edwards, Mass. Later TenBarge left the US and went to Casablanca, North A frica. While in A frica he went from French Morocco to Spanish Morocco to Tunisia and through Algeria. From A f- rica, TenBarge's unit went back to Tunis and Tunisia and across the Mediterranean by glider for the Invasion of Sicily, the group used personal carriers to ar- rive at the Battle of Salerno It- aly. Later they traveled from It- aly to Mount St. Angelo. A fter recovering from a glider crash, TenBarge went to Neimegon, Holland for the Holland Inva- sion. From there TenBarge re- turned to France. Tenbarge's group was transported by trail- ers 150 miles up into Belgium and then they went into Ger- many. He was wounded for the second time during his military service. That wound consisted of a shot lodged in his spine and back. From there Tenbarge was eventually shipped back to En- gland for a general hospital operation and a convalescent hospitals to recuperate. Short- ly thereafter World War II was declared over in Europe. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hedge, a daughter, Courtney Deann, Monday, Oct. 28 at Deaconess Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hill, a son, Christian David, Saturday, Oct. 12 at St. Mary's Medical Center. Marriages: Jody Lynn Wil- liams and Clinton Wayne (C.W.) Heuring were wed on Saturday, Aug. 24 at First United Method- ist Church. Deaths: Josephine Gwalt- ney, 76, of Owensville, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Forest Del Health and Reha- bilitation Center; Nancy B. Da- vis, 78, of Fort Branch, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 26 at Gibson General Hospital; Jack Swinney, 84, of Sun City, CA., formerly of Fort Branch, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 29; Jerry V. Sampson, 61, of Fort Branch, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 27 at Good Sa- maritan Hospital; Willena "Willie" Davolt, 88, of Evans- ville, formerly of Fort Branch, passed away on Monday, Oct. 28 at St. Mary's Medical Cen- ter; Norma J. Stewart, 62, passed away on Friday, Oct. 25 at Gibson General Hospital; Mary I. Smith, 85, of Owens- ville, passed away on Wednes- day, Oct. 30 at Owensville Convalescent Center; Lorena M. Reed, 87, of Fort Branch, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 31 at Forest Del Nursing Home.