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D-6 Wednesday, November 10, 2021 The Press-Dispatch 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.britannica.com Wednesday, Nov. 10 • Sesame Street debuts (1969) • Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps (1775) Thursday, Nov. 11 • World War I ends (1918) • Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknowns (1921) Friday, Nov. 12 • Ellis Island closes (1954) • First meteor shower on record (1799) Saturday, Nov. 13 • Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated (1982) • Indiana Textbook Commission member charges that "Robin Hood" is communistic (1953) Sunday, Nov. 14 • "Moby-Dick published (1851) • English newspaper announces Benjamin Franklin has joined rebellion in America (1776) Monday, Nov. 15 • First stock ticker debuts (1867) • Nikita Khrushchev challeng- es United States to a missile "shooting match" (1957) Tuesday, Nov. 16 • First Harry Potter film opens (2001) • Oklahoma enters the Union (1907) Winslow 1947 third grade The third grade class of Winslow grade school was taught by Titania Smith. In the first row are Jackie Lee Morton, Michael Williams, Alvin Hume, Shelby Postin, Tom- my Erwin, Billy Mack Rollens, and Junior Thompson; Second row: David Tisdale, Larry Russell, Larry Gillespie, Marcella Fettinger, Janna Hayes, Lyndal Nelson, Mary Lou Robling, Linda Sue Parker, Darlene Robling, and Mildred Norrick; Third row: Jerry Lee Fettinger, Richard Fettinger, Janet Rae Herbst, Darlene Wiles, Beth Sher- ry Kemp, Peggy Jean Nolan, Dewayne Thurman, Howard Esmeier, and Mrs. Titania Smith (teacher); Fourth row: George Robling, James McDonald, Gordon Henning, Jimmie Sue Johnson, Darlene Ann Howe, Donnabelle Vaughn, Eulah Fern Hedges, and Leah Rae Hurt; Fifth row: Gerald Simmons, Ronald Terhune, Joel Evans, Gary Richardson, Danny Norrick, Ivan Robling, Alice Faye Green, Jerry Wayne Phillips, and Jerry Lee. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Nov. 8 and 12, 1946 Denver Earl, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wol- ven, residing near Alford, met with a painful accident Satur- day afternoon while he was riding horse-back. Unexpect- ed to the child, the horse start- ed up at a rapid gait and he fell to the ground, throwing the left shoulder out of place and fracturing the bone just be- low the shoulder. He was tak- en to Riley Hospital Indianap- olis at once by his parents. He was placed in a cast and after a week or ten days, he will be brought home. The thoughtless hunter who uses powerline insulators for target practice may cause hun- dreds of dollars worth of dam- age with a single well-aimed shot, Morris J. Westfall, Proj- ect Manager of the REMC, said today in appealing for public cooperation to end this dangerous and damaging pas- time. According to Mr. West- fall, many hunters have been in the habit of practicing their markmanship by shooting at the glass or porcelain insu- lators on rural power lines. Because some of these hunt- ers are schoolboys, the co-op manager has written to all the superintendents of schools in this area, asking that the se- rious consequences of insu- lator shooting be called to the attention of town and ru- ral school pupils. In this let- ter, Mr. Westfall pointed out that damage to an insulator can result in a dangerous con- dition for the general public by causing a live power line to fall to the ground or creating a power leakage that is haz- ardous in wet weather. Even more important, Mr. West- fall told the educators, is the fact that service to rural con- sumers is often cut off as a re- sult of broken insulators and farmers who depend on elec- tricity to power their farm pro- duction equipment suffer se- rious losses. The availability of dependable eclectic power is of vital importance to farm- ers during the fall and win- ter months, he explained, be- cause of the extensive use of electrical equipment in poul- try and dairy production. Lack of power for even a few hours may cost a farmer a brood of chicks or a day's production of milk. During the last hunt- ing season, the cooperative re- placed more than 100 broken or cracked insulators. Main- tenance men spent 342 hours and drove 2,931 miles in re- placing these damaged insu- lators, according to the co- op president, and consumers were without electric service for hours on numerous occa- sions. Marriages: Shila Rae Ash- by became the bride of Forest Preston, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the General Bap- tist Church in Petersburg; Delores Theresa Wendel and Robbie Joe Taylor were united in marriage on Saturday after- noon, October 26 at 3 o'clock in the Sacred Heart Rectory. Deaths: Laura Ellis Gears Helsley, 63, of Oakland City, died at her home Monday; Fred J. Southwood, 56, of Winslow, died Thursday at his home. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Nov. 9, 1961 A Pike County man died in the Baptist Memorial Hospi- tal in Evansville at 3:15 a.m. Tuesday following a one-car wreck in Spurgeon late Mon- day night. Receiving fatal inju- ries in the crash was Harold C. Gieselman, 48, who lived near the Blackfoot Church in the south part of Pike County. He was traveling alone at the time of the crash. According to In- diana State Police, Gieselman was traveling south and enter- ing Spurgeon when he appar- ently lost control of his car and crashed into a utility pole. He went off the west side of the road, directly across the road from the Laura Burdett home. The wreck occurred at about 10 :30 p.m. He was rushed to the hospital in Evansville, where he died about five hours later from multiple fractures. State police reported they were not notified of the acci- dent until Tuesday morning when Vanderburgh County Deputy Coroner Verner Ston- estreet reported Mr. Giesel- man's death. An autopsy was held Tuesday morning to de- termine the cause of his death. Following the announce- ment in last week's Dispatch that the Ohio Theatre in Oak- land City would reopen, much interest has been shown by people of that community, ac- cording to Paul, Beulah and Mike Love, new owners of the theatre. Plans call for the re- opening to be Friday, Novem- ber 17. The theatre has been redecorated and the seats have been reupholstered. Since the theatre has been purchased, Mr. Love has been call on merchants of Oakland City, explaining a "Trade at Home" campaign, which the theatre will conduct. The merchants are also going to present a series of seven free shows during which a message will be shown on the screen stat- ing the advantages of patron- izing home merchants. A movie plus a cartoon or com- edy will be shown for seven Wednesday evenings begin- ning November 22. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. and the show will begin at 6:30 p.m. on these nights. There will be no admission charge to these shows, but no one will be ad- mitted without a ticket, which may be obtained for the asking from those merchants or busi- ness firms which are sponsor- ing the series of free shows. Mr. Love said the theatre will operate every night except Tuesday and Thursday, and holidays. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Carl Burns, a son, Bruce Kent, born Friday, November 3 at the Princeton Hospital. Marriages: Jack B. Evans and Betty Lou Smith were married Sunday, October 15 in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Owensville; Helen Marie Herschell and Jerry A. Sollman were united in mar- riage on October 20 at 8 p.m. at the Ayrshire Valley Gener- al Baptist Church; Twp cou- ples, Norma Jean Parks and Richard Chesser, and Caro- lyn Chesser and Gary Bene- fiel, were united in a double wedding ceremony on Sat- urday at 8 p.m. at the Muren Church of God. Deaths: Bertha Adams, 64, of Petersburg, died suddenly at her home at 3 a.m. Monday; Delores Perry Leonard, 27, of Washington, died at the Da- viess County Hospital at 6 p.m. Tuesday; Avanell Williams, 51, died unexpectedly Tues- day afternoon while at work in the Ohio Theater in Oak- land City. Donald Heacock, 62, died at 7:15 p.m. Saturday in St. Mary's Hospital. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Nov. 11, 1971 Weather in southern Indi- ana is holding true to form by being extremely unsea- sonable this fall. Following record highs and one of the most pleasant falls in many years, record lows hit Sunday morning after a heavy snow storm on Saturday. Earlier in the week, temperatures were reported in the 80's and Sun- day morning, the tempera- ture was reported to be 19. This year seemed to be sum- mer until winter arrived with a 60 -degree variation in the temperature in a short time. Some autos had about three inches of snow on them. How- ever, when the snow fell on the warm ground, it melted until there was only about an inch. Many remarked that it was the first time they had seen snow on green leaves int he fall of the year. The leaves caused a heavy accumulation of snow on the trees and many limbs were broken off trees. The annual Christmas pa- rade in Petersburg will be Saturday, December 4 as an- nounced by parade marshal Dr. J.W. Elbert. Prizes will be awarded for the three best floats in the parade. Anyone in Pike County who wishes to enter a unit in the parade may do so by contacting Dr. Elbert. Clubs, churches, so - rorities, associations, individ- uals, business and profession- al people are urged to join in and help make this year's pa- rade the best ever. Bands from the three high schools of the county will be marching in the parade as well as twirlers and other interesting and en- tertaining groups. Santa will be here again this year to ride in the large sleigh. Jaycees will sack hundreds of sacks of candy to have ready for San- ta's elves to give to the little boys and girls on the parade route. The parade will begin at 2 p.m. at Main Street Pres- byterian Church and proceed down main Street. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Jones, of Oakland City, in the St. Joseph Hospital, Sat- urday, October 30, a daughter, Christine Kelly. Marriages: Yvonne Jerrell and Jerry Wayne Hamilton were united in marriage at 7 p.m. Friday, September 17 at the Anderson Chapel Gener- al Baptist Church. Deaths: Herman Vaughan, 80, of Campbelltown, died at 3:30 a.m. Monday, November 8 at his home; Earl D. Kim, 76, of Union, died at 11 a.m. Sat- urday, November 6 at his res- idence; Claude M. Blaize, 78, of Petersburg, died at 3 a.m. November 5 in Daviess Coun- ty Hospital; Olive H. Edwards passed away at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday, November 3 at Gibson General Hospital. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Nov. 7, 1996 Two area men plead guilty to felony charges in Pike Cir- cuit Court recently in separate cases. Jeffrey Jones, of Peters- burg, plead guilty to disposi- tion of stolen property, a class D felony, and Ronald Brew- ster, also of Petersburg, plead guilty to dealing in a sched- ule II controlled substance, a class B felony. Jones plead guilty to taking a toolbox and several tools out of a pickup truck, owned by Don Gray, on May 2, 1996, according to Pike County Prosecutor Jeff Bies- terveld. Biesterveld said Jones was sentenced to 18 months in jail, which was suspended ex- cept for six months. Jones has already served three months. He was also sentenced to one year's probation. Gray's tools were recovered and returned to him. Brewster plead guilty to selling .44 grams of meth- amphetamine to an agent of the police behind the Pike County school Corporation building on Walnut St. in Pe- tersburg late last summer. According to the plea agree- ment, Brewster, 24, of Eighth St., will receive a six-year sen- tence on a class B felony with five years suspended, serving one year in jail and one year of home detention. He also will have to testify against Nick McQueen, who was later ar- rested on similar charges. It was reduced from a class A felony due to Brewster's co- operation in testifying in Mc- Queen's trial. Brewster is scheduled for a December 16 sentencing hearing. Pike Cir- cuit Court Judge Marvin Strat- ton has to approve of the sen- tencing agreement between Brewster and the state. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Beach, of Mackey, a daughter, Michaela Marie, on Thursday, October 10 at Dea- coness Hospital. Marriages: Amy Beth Western and Brooks Edward Young were united in mar- riage on Saturday, October 12 at the First Christian Church at 4 p.m.; Lori Ann Smoot and Gregory Todd Meadors were united in marriage on Satur- day, Sept. 28 at Bethany Chris- tian Church in Montgomery. Deaths: William T. Whit- ney, 69, of Otwell, died at 5:03 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 at memorial Hospital in Jas- per; Marse Lee Taylor, 75, of Oakland City, died at 9:05 a.m. Wednesday, October 30 at Gib- son General Hospital; Forrest L. Boger, 66, of Petersburg, died at 4 a.m. Wednesday, Oc- tober 30 at Petersburg Health- care Center.