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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, March 23, 2022 C-3 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 23 • "OK" enters national vernacu- lar (1839) • Hollywood icon Elizabeth Tay- lor dies at 79 (2011) Thursday, March 24 • Astronaut Shannon Lucid enters Mir space station (1996) • Elvis Presley is inducted into the U.S. Army (1958) Friday, March 25 • Parliament passes the Boston Port Act (1774) • Martin Luther King, Jr. leads march against the Vietnam War (1967) Saturday, March 26 • Salk announces polio vaccine (1953) • Heaven's Gate cult members found dead (1997) Sunday, March 27 • March Madness' crowns its first men's NCA A Champion (1939) • Marlon Brando declines Best Actor Oscar (1973) Monday, March 28 • President Eisenhower dies (1969) • Baltimore Colts move to Indian- apolis (1984) Tuesday, March 29 • U.S. withdraws from Vietnam (1973) • The "Mad Bomber" strikes in New York (1951) Slick'em School 1936 Ms. Clarise June Bell was teacher of the class. In the first row was Robert Holland, Elsie Pauw, Bob Chamness, Alieen Wheatly, Ken- neth Griffith, Colleen Fair, Lucille Burton, Janice Willis, Joyce Chamness and Carma Chew. In the second row were Eugene Walters (KIA in WWII), Donald Wheatly, Lois Chamness, Vivian Roberson, Betty Chew, ___ Willis, Jean Chamness, Frank Holland and Clarise June Bell (teacher). The third row included Roderick Boger, Betty Roberson, Jean Minnis, Wilma Holland, Imodel Holland, Cecil Boger, Everett Fair and William Holland. Photo provided by Robert Campbell. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Mar. 21 and 25, 1947 W. V. Ammerman, of Peters- burg, has written a book of sev- enty-five original poems. This book is being published by the Cockrum Publishing Company of Oakland City and will come off the press April 8th. Some two hundred book wholesalers in the United States will sell this new book in addition to di- rect sales through national ad- vertising. Citing the high cost of wheat bakeries serving the indepen- dent grocers this week raised the price of bread one cent per loaf of bread. Kroger announced that they were absorbing the in creased cost at the present time. Harold Russell, handless vet- eran who won the Motion Pic- ture Academy award for the best supporting performance by an actor in 1946, plus a spe- cial award, "The Best Years of Our Lives" was the picture that landed the coveted "Oscars." 1940s about Mechanize Ag- riculture: There were over 400 thousand more motor trucks and over 850 thousand more tractors on farms in 1945 than in 1940. Still, one in four had nei- ther tractor, horse nor mule. 1940s about Cheese Mold- You can help prevent mold on your cheese by spreading a coating of butter of vegetable fat over the cut surface. To prevent drying out, wrap cheese tightly in moisture-proof paper. 1940s about Big Capacity Tube: A new type electric tube makes possible 10,000 conver- sations, or 100,000,000 words of telegraph a minute, or sev- eral dozen television shows at one time. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Barrett, a son, Richard Eu- gene, March 12, at their home; To Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lewis, of Detroit, a daughter, Brenda Jo, March 20, at their home. Marriages: Thelma Melvin and Charles Engstrom were married Saturday; Mary Lou Dedrick and Russel Polen were wed on Saturday March 15; Deaths: Blanch Casey Prikle, 61, died Thursday, at Welborn Baptist Memorial hospital; Cephus Earl Brown, 52, died Monday, at Oakland City; Lizzie Snyder, 79, died on Friday; Sallie Blaize Grubb, 70, died Saturday, at her Petersburg home; Alonzo Able, 73, died Sat- urday, at his Glezen home; Jen- nie Cassidy, 82, of Union, died Sunday, at a nursing home; James William Hayes, 92, died Friday, at the Pike County farm. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Mar. 22, 1962 Miss Eleanor Hurst, fresh- man at Indiana State college, Terre Haute, was pledged to Sigma Kappa Sorority last week. Miss Hurst is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hurst of Winslow. She graduated from Winslow high school recently. Miss Linda Beth Ziegler, fresh- man at DePauw university was initiated into Alpha Gamma Delta social sorority Saturday, March 3. Miss Ziegler is a grad- uate of Winslow high school and is a daughter of Rev. and Mrs. L. C. Ziegler of New Salem, for- merly of Winslow. The Esther circle met March 13 at the home of Mrs. Doyle Rumble. Mrs. Harry Risher opened the meeting by reading Psalm 143. Cake and sherbet punch were served by the host- ess to Mrs. Harry Risher, Mrs. Berth Welch, Mrs. I. O. Glad- ish, Mrs. Walter Hindall, Mrs. Binas Dickerson, Mrs. Otis Lut- trull, Mrs. Turner Rumble, Mrs. Jess Rumble and Mrs. Delbert Minnis. Winslow high school March- ing Band will present a novelty concert Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in the gymnasium. Featured al- so on the program will be the Junior Band, Beginning Band, Fife, Jug and Bottle Band and the Combo. Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy an evening of musical entertainment. The theme is "Moon Shot." Pearl Hall, who stays in the home of Mrs. Ola Austin in Vel- pen and cares for her, was bad- ly burned Monday afternoon, March 12, when she went to light the gas stove and it blew up. In some manner the stove had been turned on before hand and when Mrs. Hall struck a match to light the stove the gas ignited and blew up in her face burning her hands, face and neck. She was taken to the Stork hospital in Huntingburg where she was treated for first degree burns. She remained in the hos- pital for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Basil Sumner brought Mrs. Hall to their home in Spurgeon, Sun- day, where she will remain until she is able return to the home of Mrs. Austin. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Terrance Church, of Madison township, a son, Thursday; To Mr. and Mrs. Jon Purvis, of Pe- tersburg, a son, Sunday, March 18; To Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Ev- ans, a daughter, Patty Sue, Sun- day, March 18; To Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. (Larry) Meyer, of Decker Chapel, a son, Brian Keith, Sunday, March 18; To Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Reel, of Wash- ington, a son, Stephen Luther, March 8. Deaths: S. Dale Bottom, 30, of Winslow, died Sunday, at St. Joseph's hospital; C. Lowell Car- lisle, 58, Monday, March 19, at the Good Samaritan hospital; Floyd Tevebaugh, 35, died sud- denly of a blood clot, Sunday, at St. Mary's hospital; Wilmer Huffman, 62, died March 18, at the Daviess County hospital; Grace Fair, 66, died Monday, at the Daviess County hospital; Laura Etta McCord, 95, one of Oakland City's oldest residents, died Sunday, at her home; John Taylor, of Galt, Calif., formerly of Petersburg, died March 15; Roy E. Kerr, 73, of Joplin, Mo., formerly of Winslow, died Sun- day, March 18. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Mar. 23, 1972 A pink and blue shower was given Monday, March 20 for Mrs. Linda Warner at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fettinger, on Jas - per highway. The hostess, Mrs. Fettinger, served cookies, pota- to chips muffins and soft drinks to the honoree and guests. Pres- ent and sending gifts were Rose Ennis, Dot Fettinger, Betty Mc- Cormick and son, Pearl Fetting- er, May Dawson, Dora McFar- land, Chris and Jeff, Pauline Cockerham, Velma Nagle, Opal McCormick, Sue Hill and Eric, Patricia Drew and children, Ber- nice Warner and Lisa, Peggy Bolin and sons, Jane Nagle and Jodi, Connie Warner, Mary Ann Woodall and children, Dorothy Osborne and Mrs. Carl Oren- der. Game prizes were won by Pearl Fettinger, Betty McCor- mick and Dora McFarland. Mrs. Warner received many nice use- ful gifts. Saturday, March 11, a group of Winslow and Petersburg art students and their art teach- ers, Miss Carolyn Hardison and Mrs. Fern Davis, partici- pated in a high school art work- shop at the University of Evans- ville. The students were taken on a tour of the campus. There were workshops in painting and drawing, sculpture, graph- ics, metals and jewelry, textiles and ceramics. Students from Winslow were: Joyce Yager, Nancy Walker, Denise Hume, Ann Weeks, Becky Russell, To- ny McCrary and Danny Clark. Those attending from Peters- burg were: Lida Howard, Pau- la Arnett, Cathy Bannister and Shirley Mitchell. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thorne, a daugh- ter, Tonda Elizabeth, Mar. 20 ; To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Co- chrane, a daughter, Tonda Eliz- abeth, Mar. 20 ; Marriages: Myra Jean Chesser and Jerry Wayne Hack were married Saturday, Feb. 26, in the Gospel Center; Ellen Rae Garland and Ronald Wil- fred Neukam were wed Satur- day, Feb. 12, at the St. John Lu- theran Church. Deaths: Herman Elliott, 59, brother of Ike Elliott, Winslow, died Mar. 21; Minnie Sutton, 81, died Mar. 15; Hannah Wil- liams, 72, died Mar. 18; Ora Up- pencamp, 72, died Mar. 18; Syl- via Eck, 66, died Mar. 17; Ocie Braun, 61, died Mar. 19; Nor- man McClure, 68, died Mar. 15; Frederick O. Wiggs, 63, died Mar. 16; Lawrence Ed Cham- ness, 83, died Tuesday. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Mar. 20, 1997 Nick Adams and Michael Stephens were the top winners from Pike Central at the Dis- trict 10 FFA convention con- ducted March 8 at North Posey High School. Adams received a first place in two proficiency categories, ag mechanics and ag sales and service. Stephens was named the Star Farmer for the district. Both now advance to the state competition with the winners to be named at the State FFA convention scheduled for June at Purdue University. Also receiving awards at the district contest were Kim Fuhr- man, second in public speaking, and Adams and David Jenkins, third in horticulture demonstra- tion. Logan Padgett took the top spot in the Petersburg Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby on Fri- day, March 7. Collin Padgett was second and Zack Fritz took third place. Nick Henson won the Best of Show award. Deaths: Thelda Smith, 79, of Petersburg, died Mar. 5; Fred C. Adler, 77, died Mar. 15; James O. Jackson, 71, formerly of Pike County, died Feb. 23; Francis H. Norrick, 67, former resident of Winslow, died Mar. 15; Joseph R. "Joe" Wright, 32, died Mar. 17; Hannah N. Spencer, 4, died Mar. 12, at her residence; Daph- ne M. Littell, 97, died Mar. 14; Lowell L. Ashby, 91, died Mar. 12; John W. (Bill) Mills, 70, for- merly of Winslow, died Mar. 7.