The Press-Dispatch
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C-4 Wednesday, March 16, 2022 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.bbc.com Wednesday, March 16 • First liquid-fueled rocket (1926) • "The Scarlet Letter" is pub- lished (1850) Thursday, March 17 • Saint Patrick dies (461) • Clark pleads guilty in Yale grad student slaying (2011) Friday, March 18 • The Tri-State Tornado (1925) • Natural gas esplosion kills near- ly 300 at Texas school (1937) Saturday, March 19 • War in Iraq begins (2003) • Elvis Presley puts a down pay- ment on Graceland (1957) Sunday, March 20 • Black Death is created, alleged- ly (1345) • Lyndon B. Johnson sends feder- al troops to Alabama to protect a civil rights march (1965) Monday, March 21 • The Moondog Coronation Ball History's first rock concert (1952) • Martin Luther King, Jr. begins the march from Selma to Mont- gomery (1965) Tuesday, March 22 • Naval hero killed in duel (1820) • Mudslide in Washington state kills more than 40 people (2014) CCC Camp at Winslow The CCC Camp at Winslow in the 1930's was located just north of the Southern railroad, where ADM Growmark Inc. is located. It was manned by several local men, as well as, others from away. The photo was taken in 1934 and the camp lasted until the country was involved in World War II, or about the time the war started on December 7, 1942. Harold W. Jones was in the camp, but he is not identified. The pho- to was submitted by Shannon Hart, daughter of Jones, but she did not recognize any of the men in the photo, including her father. Hart's ad- dress is 114 Koldin Lane, Fort Worth, TX 76114. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Mar. 14 and 18, 1947 The Petersburg Post office has installed a new section of lock boxes for local patrons. The section are of the combination type requiring no key to open. They are set in the wall beside the old set. K. G. Fettinger, Petersburg, led producers from this area marketing eggs through the Ralston Purina Company Egg Marketing Service in Anderson during the week ending March 8th. Fettinger averaged 39.8¢ a dozen. According to the Dougan Hatchery, which receives the eggs from local poultry for ship- ment to the Egg Marketing Ser- vice there were 20 poultry rais- ers who averaged from 39.8¢ to 40 ¢ dozen for their eggs during the past week. Soon the Sternwheeler will be the fastest, biggest, and fin- est boat on the Mississippi. She's the Delta Queen, for 20 years a "seamark" in San Fran- cisco Bay and the Sacramento River. Sold to the Greene Lines of Cincinnati, Ohio, by the Mar- itime Commission for around $50,000, she'll make her first deep water voyage down the Pa- cific Coast, through the Panama Canal to her new home. UMW President John L. Lew- is, who lost his Supreme Court fight to invalidate a government injunction against a coal strike and is under a $10,000 fine along with the union's $700,000 fine for violating the injunction, is protesting to the Senate Labor Committee that government "intrusion" hampers collective bargaining in the coal industry. 1940s clothing tip: Stored clothes should be examined, brushed and sunned during the summer. Soap and water will remove mildew from wash- able material if used while the mildew is fresh. Mild bleaches may be used on white fabrics. But if clothes are left to mildew too long, nothing can repair the damage. 1940s dried Yeast tip: Dried yeast has been found to be an acceptable and generally palat- able food for human subjects, both children and adults. Tak- en in small amounts, one-eighth to one-half ounce daily, it pro- vides a valuable addition to the B vitamins contained in an or- dinary diet. Advertisements: The Peters- burg Ice Co.- Immediate Deliv- ery, new refrigerators, 75 pound capacity for $ 65. Also now in stock: calcium chloride for dry- ing damp basements, laying dust and many other farm and home uses. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Da- vid Wilson, a daughter, Jane Ann, at the Gibson County hos- pital; To Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Deffendall, of Detroit, a son, James Edward, the father is the son of Mrs. George Deffendall of Petersburg. Marriages: Evelyn Fay Scraper, of Otwell, and Flavi- us Peter Rhodes Jr., of Ohio, were married Friday evening in the home of Rev. C. W. Parks; Joan Hayes and Dallas Willis, both , of Winslow, were mar- ried March 10, in Shelbyville; Dorthy Jenne and Dallas Wil- lis, both of Pike county, were issued a license March 14; Jean Hale and Joe Kolb, were issued a license March 14. Deaths: Zola Call, 50, died Wednesday, at the home of her brother, near Stendal; Mar- tha Ann Harder, 81, died at her home in Spurgeon; Mierva Crow Hillyard, 68, died Tues- day, at her home in Oakland City; Dello "Pete" Thurman, 57, of Winslow, died Tuesday, at the Daviess County hospital; Ernest Weisheit, of Otwell, died Wednesday, at the Veteran's hospital; Myrtle Perry, of Spur- geon, died Thursday afternoon, at her home; Rhoda Williams, 74, died Sunday morning at her Glezen home; Allen "Buddy" W. Corn, 73, died suddenly on Saturday morning, at his home in Winslow; Hannah Kaufman Hirsch, of Long Beach, Calif., formerly of Petersburg, died suddenly at her home; John James Hornback, 91, died at his home in Oakland City; Rich- ard B. Dorsey, 73, died Satur- day evening, at the home of his daughter; Essie Robling, 78, of Union, died Friday morning, at Fay's Convalescent Home; Ter- ry Michael, four month old son of V. Bernard and Billie Geral- dine Stewart Willis, died at the Daviess County hospital. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Mar. 15, 1962 The body of Stephen E. Bolin was brought to the Blackfoot cemetery north of Spurgeon Sunday afternoon for burial. Stanley Eugene Bolin, a Fran- cisco first grader, who was ob- serving his seventh birthday, was instantly killed at 3:50 p.m. Thursday when he was struck by a car driven by a high school senior, Stephen McDivitt, 17, of Route 2, Princeton, a start- ing forward on Francisco's bas- ketball team. The victim was attempting to cross State High- way 64 in front of his home af- ter he and four or five children had gotten off a school bus in the parking lot of Hall's Cafe. A state police officer stated that the school bus was in no way responsible for the mishap. The bus had left on it's route. Dar- rell Corn and Steve Fulk of Oak- land City, who witnessed the ac- cident, told police the boy dart- ed into the path of McDivitt's car. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Bolin; two brothers, William Dewayne, 9, and David Allen, 1, at home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bolin and Mrs. Ethel Ma- son of Oakland City. Funer- al services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Nazarene church in Francisco with the Rev. D. M. Howe officiating. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Ru- fus Blair, of Crawfordsville, a son, Charles Morris; To Mr. and Mrs. William Rowe, of Winslow, a daughter, Regina Ruth, at Daviess County hos - pital; To Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Walker, of Francisco, a son, Da- vid Wallace, Thursday, March 8, at Oakland City hospital; To S.-Sgt. and Mrs. Alvin O. Cox, a son, Dennis Odell, Sat- urday, March 10, At Travis Air Force Base hospital, Calif.; To Mr. and Mrs. Jay Fettinger, of Stendal, a son, James Marian, March 10, at Stork Memorial hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. John Wood, of Oakland City, a daugh- ter, Jodie Ann, Monday, March 12, at Gibson General hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Buch- ta, of West Lafayette, a baby, at the Washington hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Myron L. Wallace, of Oakland City, a daughter, Tere- sa Ann, Friday, March 2, at Dea- coness hospital. Marriages: Mary Helen Thomas and Gary Lynn McK- inney were married Saturday, March 3, in the Winslow Gen- eral Baptist church. Deaths: C. Elden McCain, 51, of Campbelltown, died sud- denly on Tuesday, at the Good Samaritan hospital from a heart attack; Gus Morton, 71,of Winslow, died early Saturday, at his home; Bessie Wilson, 78, died Thursday, March 8, at Good Samaritan hospital; Wil- liam F. McClure, 86, of Algiers, died Friday, at the home of his daughter; William Henry Fred- erick, 88, of Bowman, died Fri- day March 9, at the Ideal Nurs- ing Home; John E. Roberts, 81, of Petersburg, died Monday, at the Good Samaritan hospi- tal; Mary Eloise Eagon, 70, of Winslow, died Tuesday, March 13, at the Masonic Home in Franklin; Ella Gertrude Leach, of Dale, funeral services were at the Pemberton Funeral Home on Saturday; Louia Ferguson, formerly of Pike county, died March 4, in his sleep, in Payette, Idaho; Stephen E. Bolin, 7, died Thursday, after he was struck by a car; Loretta Collins, 70, of Oakland City, died Saturday, in the Stork hospital; Earl J. McK- inney, of California, former res- ident of Winslow, died Monday afternoon, in Van Nuys, Calif. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Mar. 16, 1972 Delegates to girls state in- clude Rhonda Auten, Winslow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Auten; Teresa Jean Bris- co, Petersburg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Briscoe. Alternates are Jana Young, Winslow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young and Jean Readle, Petersburg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Readle. Girl's state will be at Blooming- ton in June. Petersburg seniors Bill Buec- hele, Allan Houchins, Owen Blue, Dave West, Andy Que- ry and Kip Omstead received awards at the PHS basketball banquet recently. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Rus- sell Reeves, of Velpen, a daugh- ter; To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sanborn, of Bath, Maine, a son, Robert Blake, Saturday, Jan. 29; To Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mewhin- ney, of Fountain Valley, Calif., mother formerly of Petersburg, a son, by adoption, Daniel Beck, March 4; To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gaines, of Otwell, a son, Steven Dean, Thursday, March 9; To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Reidford, of Ogden, Utah, mother formerly of Velpen, a son, Dennis Scott, Feb. 24; To Mr. and Mrs. Rich- ard Ferguson, of Oakland City, a daughter, Stacey Renee, Sun- day, March 5; To Mr. and Mrs. Max McCandless, of Winslow, a son, Warren DeRoy, Wednes- day, March 8. Deaths: Lewis Hochmeister, 58, of Huntingburg, brother of Lucy Peach, Velpen, died Fri- day, March 10, a W WII veteran; Angela Whitehead, two months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Whitehead, died Sun- day, March 12; Beatrice Fet- tinger, 77, of Winslow, Monday, March 13; Walter Montgomery, 74, of Evansville, formerly of Lit- tles, died March 14. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Mar. 13, 1997 Chargers win first region- al sweet sixteen. The Char- ger bench rushed out to cele- brate with their teammates as the buzzer sounded signaling a regional championship for the Chargers. A massive crowd of fans rushed out to be with the team as the players react with emotion and fire. The Chargers huddled together and chanted "one more" after defeating the Mitchell Bluejackets in the opening game of the Southridge Regional. Pike Central varsity cheerleaders: Shauna Parsons, Gretchen Kinney, Abby France, Mandy Howard, Abigail Benja- min, Emily Klipsch and Skii Robling; Matthew Fears, Cory Wahl, Pike Central Principal Rick Fears, Asst. Coach Gene Hall, Jon Query, B. J. Murphy, Josh Flint, Eric Gladish, Jared Thomas, Pike Central Athlet- ic Director Gary Lemond, man- ager Ryan Wilhite, Asst. Coach Dave Chestnut, Kenny Pauw, Josh Lee, Craig Weisman, Adam Seitz, Mark Wells, Chris Davis, Chris McCandless, Asst. Coach Terry Wornica and Coach Bri- an Wahl. More than 1,500 fans were on hand at Pike Central Middle-High School to welcome home the victorious Chargers after the team won the South- ridge Boys Basketball Regional Championship Saturday night. A Newburgh teen will appar- ently face murder charges in Pike Circuit Court on June 23 that could send him to prison for life without parole. Kelly Craig, 17, of South St., was at Pike Cir- cuit Court last Thursday at a pretrial conference and he told his attorney Russ Mahoney, he wanted to go to trial instead of pleading guilty to the murder of Shannon Wentzel. Wentzel was raped and murdered in south- ern Pike County on December 9, 1995. Two men, Leon Jones of Ann Arbor, Michigan and James Brian Powell of Chandler, have plead guilty to raping and beating Wentzel. Powell was sentenced to 75 years in pris- on, while Jones received a sen- tence of 95 years. Part of both Jones and Powell's plea agree- ments was that they would tes- tify against Craig. Deaths: John Bement, 61, of Petersburg, died at 3:58 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 5, at St. Mary's Medical Center; Roger L. Dimmett, 42, of Lynnville, died at 9:29 a.m. Sunday, Mar. 9, at St. Mary's Medical Center; Jack V. Corn, 68, a native of Pike County, died at 4 a.m. Monday, Mar. 10, at his home in Tucson, Ariz.; Ralph Gene English, 69, of Newburgh, formerly of Pike County, died at 2 a.m. Monday, Mar. 10, at his home; Grester E. "Jack" Stevens, 70, of Evans- ville, a native of Pike County, died at 9:35 a.m. Monday, Mar. 10, at Holiday Health Care; Fred E. Peavler, 68, of Oakland City, died at 1:39 p.m. Tuesday, Mar. 4, at Deaconess Hospital; John Kinsey, infant, graveside ser- vices will be conducted Satur- day, Mar. 15 at 1 p.m. at Pleas- ant Ridge Cemetery, Cmpbell- town. Curtis Funeral Home in Winslow will be in charge of ar- rangements.