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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, Feburar y 23, 2022 B-7 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.bbc.com Wednesday, Feb. 23 • U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima (1945) • Children receive first polio vac- cine (1954) Thursday, Feb. 24 • President Andrew Johnson im- peached (1868) • Gulf War ground offensive be- gins (1991) Friday, Feb. 25 • Young Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston for first world title (1964) • A frican American Congress- man Hiram Revels sworn in (1870) Saturday, Feb. 26 • World Trade Center is bombed (1993) • Grand Teton National Park is es- tablished (1929) Sunday, Feb. 27 • New Orleanians take to streets for first Mardi Gras (1827) • Supreme Court defends wom- en's voting rights (1922) Monday, Feb. 28 • Watson and Crick discov- er chemical structure of DNA (1953) • First NATO Military Action (1944) Tuesday, March 1 • Salem Witch Hunt begins (1692) • President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps (1961) 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, Feb. 21 and 25, 1947 The Gross Super Market will install a new sea food cabinet on Friday of this week. The cabinet will permit the storage of both fresh and frozen sea foods and provide a more complete line of such foods. James Markham, program chairman of the day for the Pe- tersburg Kiwanis Club present- ed three reels of sports films to the club Wednesday showing various kinds of dogs and the kinds of hunting that they are used for along with a film on fishing. Guest of the club for the day were: Red Donaldson and Gerald Billings of Washington. Woodie Welton, grandson of Mrs. Ethel Fowler, is a stu- dent of Ray's Vogue Art Insti- tute in Chicago, and has en- tered for the four year course. Mr. Welton graduated from Pe- tersburg High School where he will be remembered as a bud- ding charcoal artist. He was recently discharged from ser- vice after serving almost three years overseas. The first year of the Art Institute course is con- cerned with pastel colors and working with models, and pro- gresses through fashions and designing. It is quite probable with his aptitude for art and this comprehensive training, that Mr. Welton will go far toward the objective he has chosen, a career as a commercial artist. A quarter horsepower elec- tric motor fell into a sump at the Bradfield Coal mine Sunday night but ran all night without stopping. When removed from the water and checked the next day it was found to be in good condition and was immediately put back into operation. Straws will be colorful this year, says 1947 presentations of the New York millinery indus- try, and here are three to prove it. Arline Heattor models a pix- ie-crowned creation of rough natural straw laced with black velvet and tipped with feather flowers. At left she holds a yel- low basket weave straw banded with black and white checked ribbon, and at right an open- crowned bonnet trimmed with black and white stripped taffeta. Advertisement: Gross,' "The home of home killed meats," lo- cated on the corner of Ninth and Main, Phones 51 and 104. Free delivery. Specials: fresh Ohio River catfish steak at 49¢ per pound; fresh Green River small cat fiddler, 49¢ per pound; jum- bo size fresh shrimp, and we mean jumbo, 99¢ per pound; full cream American cheese, 47¢ per pound; baby foods, 3 cans for 24¢; beef roast 37¢ per pound; and fancy breakfast sliced bacon, 59¢ per pound. Marriages: Mary Haller and Cledeth J. Hopper were mar- ried Saturday, Feb. 17; Mildred Walls and Vernie Conrad were married Tuesday, Feb. 20 ; Na- dine White and George Albert Blaize were issued a marriage license on Thursday, Feb. 15; Sara Elizabeth Loveless and Henry Scales were married Thursday, Feb. 15; Vera M. Eck- ert and William Marshall were married Thursday, Feb. 15; No- ra Willis and Frank Evans were married Saturday evening. Deaths: Nellie Ferguson, 52, of Oakland City, died Friday, at her home. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Feb. 22, 1962 Senator Vance Hartke an- nounced today that the Lin- coln Park Bill was signed by the President at 10 a.m. Mon- day, February 19, at the White House. The Lincoln Park Bill es- tablishes Indian's first National Park, the Lincoln Boyhood Me- morial Park at Lincoln City, In- diana. Present at the signing was Senator Hartke and Con- gressman Winfield Denton. "The signing of this bill," Sen- ator Hartke said, "makes real dream of many years. So ma- ny people have worked so hard on this magnificent project. We are confident now that people from all over Indiana and from all over Indiana and from the whole country will come to this place where Abraham Lincoln spent his boyhood." Mr. and Mrs. Pruitt's name was drawn for the $11.95 steam iron to be purchased for $ 3.97 at the Ruttkar 5c and 10 Store, Winslow. Freda Bolin's name Hollon's Garage in Campbelltown Hollon's Garage in Campbelltown, whose owner lived next door to the garage. The photo was taken in the 1930s, and the mechanics were Edison Johnson on the left, and Herschel Dawson on the right. The building is still standing in Campbelltown. The photo was submitted by Ar- butus Reed, Johnson's daughter. was drawn for the child's up- holstered rocker, regular $ 9.95 value, for $2.47. Walter Catt and Robert A. Fuhrman, of Fuhrman & Sons, Massey-Ferguson dealer in Ot- well, attended a one-week ad- vance technical course at the M-F Service Training Center in Detroit, Michigan recently. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dan Aikman, of Petersburg, a daughter, Darla Jo, Feb. 15, at the Daviess County hospital. Deaths: William Orris El- kins, 70, of Otwell, died Satur- day, Feb. 17, at his home; Ber- nice Wilhite, 61, of the Bren- ton Chapel neighborhood, died Thursday, at her home; George Edward Jones, 72, of Velpen, Thursday, at his home; Maude Knight, of Oakland City, died Tuesday, at Gibson General hos- pital, in Princeton; Grace Vio- la Wallace, 71, of Oakland City, died Saturday, at Gibson Gener- al hospital. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Feb. 24, 1972 Kathy Vaughn, junior; Judy Garrison, senior; Rick Fears, se- nior; and Ronald Hayes, junior, students of Otwell High School have been selected as Outstand- ing Teenagers of America for 1972, according to Howard D. Anderson, principal. Selection automatically qualifies these students for further state, re- gional and national honors and scholarships totaling $7,000. SFC Robert Eugene Shoo- bridge, 32, of the Third U.S. Ar- my ROTC University of Tennes- see, Knoxville, Feb. 11, received the award of the First Oak Leaf Cluster to the Army Commen- dation Medal. Shoobridge, af- ter spending two tours of duty in Vietnam, received the citation for meritorious achievement in connection with military oper- ations against a hostile force. He is the son of Charles Shoo- bridge, Winslow, and his wife and four children live in Knox- ville. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Davis, of Rockport, a daughter, Feb. 23; To Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hall, of Winslow, a son, Tracy Dewayne, Friday, Feb. 18; To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Freder- ick, of Petersburg,twins, a son, Dean, and a daughter, Jeanine, Saturday, Feb. 19; To Mr. and Mrs. Chester King, of Peters- burg, by adoption, a son, Kevin Ray, Nov. 20, 1971; To Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kress, of Jasper, a daughter, Andrea Lynn, Thurs- day, Feb. 17. Marriages: Susan D. Griese- mer and Stephen A. Sullivan were married Dec. 19; Peggy Ellen Hunt and Keith Brenton were married Saturday, Feb. 12; Mary Katherine Earley and Danny Lee Jones; Janet Halene Smith and David Lee Leighty; and Melissa Jane Chesser and Ronald Dennis Wilhite. Deaths: Winifred Sue Corn, 20, of Arthur, died Friday, Feb. 18; Emma Grojean,86, of Evansville, formerly of Peters- burg, died Sunday, Feb. 20 ; Hal- lie Harper, 61, of Oakland City, died Tuesday, Feb. 22. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Feb. 20, 1997 Pike Central music students won 15 medals in the Indi- ana State School Music Asso- ciation District music compe- tition at Evansville Harrison High School on Saturday, Feb. 8. The students received nine first place medals and six sec- ond place medals. In the piano competition, Derick Tormohlen won a first place medal in Divi- sion II. Brooke Jerrell and Na- talie Ridao both received first place in Division I piano which qualifies them to advance to the stat finals contest in Indianap- olis on March 1. In vocal so- lo competition, Chanel Uppen- camp received a second place medal in Division V. Rusty Bow- man, Leah Cummings and Ad- am McGill received second place awards in Division I. Brooke Jerrell, Megan Walton, Joshua DeLapp, Matthew Fish- er and Joshua Harvey took first place honors in Division I and will advance to the state finals. Three Pike Central barbershop quartets also preformed at the contest. Two boys quartets re- ceived second place medals in Division I. The members of the first quartet were Josh DeLapp, Joshua Harvey, Rusty Bowman and Adron Scott. The members of the second quartet were Mat- thew Fisher, Ashley Blaize, Ry- an Bowman and Jason Barr. A girls quartet comprised of mem- bers Brooke Jerrell, Winter Aust, Megan Walton and Car- rah Luff received first place in Division I and will advance to the state competition. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Walters, of Petersburg, a son, Waylon James, on Tues- day, Feb. 4, at St. Joseph's Hos- pital; To Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Perry, of Spurgeon, a son, Johnnie Ray, Jan. 30, at St. Joseph's Hospital. Deaths: Archie Lenighan, 76, of Velpen, died at 2:05 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, at Memori- al Hospital; Julia Esta Goodpas- ture, 86, of Washington, died at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Hillside Manor Nursing Home; Lewis R. Hale, 57, of Petersburg, died at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, at St. Joseph's Hospital; Betty J. Ramsey, 72, of Petersburg, died at 4:45 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Hospi- tal; Froman E. McCrary, 64, of Petersburg, died at 10 :35 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at his home; Cleo E. (Hays) Whitesel, 94, of Petersburg, died at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Petersburg Healthcare Center.