The South Gibson Star-Times serves the towns of Haubstadt, Owensville and Fort Branch.
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B-6 Tuesday, March 29, 2022 South Gibson Star-Times Source: www.history.com • Photo source: www.theguardian.com Tuesday, March 29 • U.S. withdraws from Vietnam (1973) • The "Mad Bomber" strikes in New York (1951) Wednesday, March 30 • President Reagan shot (1981) • 15th Amendemnt adopted (1870) Thursday, March 31 • "The Matrix" released in theaters (1999) • Eiffel Tower opens (1889) Friday, April 1 • April Fools tradition popular- ized (1700) • Marvin Gaye is shot and killed by his own father (1984) Saturday, April 2 • Pope John Paul II dies (2005) • Ponce de Leon discovers Flori- da (1513) Sunday, April 3 • Pony Express debuts (1860) • Unabomber arrested (1996) Monday, April 4 • Dr. King is assassinated (1968) • Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home run record (1974) FBHS Boys Glee Club 1925 Members of the Boys Glee Club from left are Tate Murdock, Gilbert Thompson, Harry Symonds, Earl Epperson, Richard Brumfield, Jesse Purcell, James William DeLong, Miss Williams, director, Marvin Hendricks, Arvel Mattingly, Horace Luttrell, Clarence Weeks, Joe Floyd Sides and Paul Lewis. Photo taken from ''The Fiat Yearbook 1925.'' 50 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Friday, March 31, 1972 Diana Mourer will be crowned queen of the 1972 Lilac Festival at Fort Branch High School on Friday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the gym. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mourer. Serving as her maid of honor will be Becky Kinney, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kin- ney. The senior attendant will be Connie Hickrod, daughter of Mrs. Ray Beard and Max Hickrod. Queen-elect Diana has chosen Shannon Scott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Scott, and Linda Mar- tin, daughter of Mr. Mrs. Ger- ald Martin, for her flower girls and Stephen Emge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Emge, as the crownbearer. Randy Oing will serve as escort for Queen- elect Diana at the 36th annu- al Lilac Festival sponsored by the Sunshine Society. Tom Sollman was judged the first place winner of the Optimist Oratorical Contest which was held on Friday eve- ning at the First United Meth- odist Church. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Sollman. Taking second place honors was Bruce Holder, son of Dr. and Mrs. J.L. Holder, and the third place winner was Mark Schaeffer, son of Mrs. Marie Schaeffer of Haubstadt. Hand- some trophies were present- ed to all three boys following their selection by the judges, Mrs. Lucille Head of Oakland City, Mrs. Darwin Zehner, Owensville, and Phillip Buy- her of Oakland City. Lynn Hal- big, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Gene Halbig of Haub- stadt, won first place honors in the Girls Contest which was held for the first time this year. Second place winner Belinda Sides, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sides. The third place winner was Cathy Eaton , daughter of Mrs. Anna Ea- ton of Haubstadt. They were also recipients of trophies fol- lowing the announcement by their judges who includ- ed Steve Cook, Fort Branch, Loren McGregor, Princeton, and Kermit Johnson, Owens- ville. Paul Burns served as the time keeper for both contests. First place winners, Tom and Lynn, are legible to partici- pate in the Zone Contest on Saturday, April 8, at the Santa Claus Country Club represent- ing the Fort Branch Club. The official subject for this year's contest was "Our Challenge Involvement" and the event, as in years past, was conducted by the Boys Work Committee. Zone winners will advance to the District Finals at Indianap- olis on May 6 and 7. Deaths: Cornelia E. Greu- lich, 56, of Fort Branch passed away Friday, March 24. 45 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Friday, April 1, 1976 Indiana Boys State will be held this year on the campus of Indiana State University from June 11 through 18. Del- egates selected to represent Gibson Southern High School are David Johnson, Niel Arm- strong, and Jeff Kamman. Da- vid is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson of Owensville; Niel is the son of Mrs. Phyl- lis Armstrong of Fort Branch; Jeff's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kamman of Haub- stadt. Alternates selected are Jay Atkinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Atkinson of Owensville; Albert Spindler, son of the Edward Spindlers of Haubstadt; and Richard Dewig, son of the Ray Dewigs of Haubstadt. Representa- tives are selected on the ba- sis of scholarship, leadership, citizenship, and an interest in government. The week at Boys State is devoted to learn- ing about government through experience. VFW Post 2714 was honored on Thursday night, March 24, with a visit from the National Commander, R.D. "Bulldog" Smith here from Washington, D.C. The local Post was one of three in the 7th District and other Plosts attended the buf- fet supper served at the Post. Commander Bob Houchins is pictured with Smith. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. David Ransford, of Princeton, a son, Ryan David, Friday, March 25. Marriages: Jonelle Marie Maier and Frederick Arthur Tenbarge were wed on Satur- day, March 26 at Sts. Peter & Paul Church. Deaths: Kenneth P. Dodds, 49, of Fort Branch, passed away Monday, March 28 at Gibson General Hospital; Au- gust (Pete) Gehl, 72, passed away Tuesday, March 29 at Good Samaritan Hospital; An- na V. Musgrave, 76, of Evans- ville, passed away Wednesday, March 23 at Welborn Hospital; Mary E. Memmer, 90, passed away Sunday, March 27 at Gib- son General Hospital. 35 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Thursday, April 2, 1987 The Fort Branch Commu- nity Twigs No. 2 from Fort Branch placed 1st in the Semi- State and State Special Olym- pics Men's Basketball Tour- nament held March 28 -29. Thirty-nine teams competed at the Indiana State Universi- ty Area and the Terre Haute Boys Club. The Indiana Spe- cial Olympics Basketball Tour- nament is the largest Special Olympics team tournament in the world. Over 160 teams from across Indiana compet- ed in the single elimination event. Teams could be co-ed if the organization did not have enough women to form a sepa- rate team. Eight Sectional and four Regional tournaments preceded the Semi-State and State finals. Teams were divid- ed into three age groupings: junior, 15 and younger; senior, 16 -21; and masters, 16 and old- er. Each age grouping was further broken into divisions based on the tested skill lev- els and pre-tournament game scores. The Twigs No. 2 were in the junior age group and di- vision. The Twigs No. 2 team is coached by Tim Montgom- ery and Tim Smith. Members of the team are Kevin Dossett, Jerauld Faulkner, April Peach, Jesse Straw, Adam Stolz, Anne Wheeler and Mark Wilkerson. A CSX train hit a stalled car at the Strain Street cross- ing Monday morning at 7:20. Killed instantly was Tracy El- len Cash, 19, of Terre Haute. A companion, Brent Russell Yarolem had been visiting in the White home for about two weeks while looking for jobs. American Real Estate, Inc. is pleased to announce the ad- dition of Randy Ripple to their sales staff. Randy has been a lifetime resident of the South Gibson area and has been ac- tive in real estate the past nine years as a listing and sales agent. He is a graduate of the Missouri Auction School and is active in the auctioneering service and will serve the Gib- son, Vanderburgh and Posey County areas as a real estate agent as well as an auctioneer. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Huelsman, of Ra- leigh, N.C., a son, Charles J., March 17 Durham County General Hospital in Durham, N.C.; To Mr. and Mrs. Keith Mulvaney, of Poseyville, a daughter, Alexa Nicole, Satur- day, March 28 at Gibson Gen- eral Hospital. Marriages: Laura Ellen Garbers and Richard Ray Rit- ter were wed on Saturday, March 7 at St. Lucas United Church of Christ. Deaths: Nell Barrett, 81, passed away Friday, March 27. 25 YEARS South Gibson Star-Times Thursday, April 3, 1997 Gibson County offers its residents family values, a high work ethic, a safe place to live, an abundance of churches, ed- ucational opportunities, vari- ous medical services, central location to several large cities and agricultural resources, ac- cording to a list compiled by individuals participating in a March 27 seminar evaluating the county's needs. Between 110 -120 people attended the first of three scheduled Take Charge Sessions. Group par- ticipants compiled lists of the county's strengths and weak- nesses and opportunities and threats during the meeting addressing "Where Are We Now? " Janet Ayres, a member of the Purdue University agri- culture and economic depart- ment, is serving a moderator for the take charge sessions being conducted at the Gibson County 4-H Fair Grounds in Princeton. The session's sec- ond meeting slated for Thurs- day, April 3 is entitled, "Where Do We Want To Be? " The take charge sessions will conclude with the last meeting Thurs- day, April 10 entitled, "How Do We Get There? " Some of the county's weaknesses list- ed during the first session con- sisted of waste disposal, sewer systems, railroad crossings, vocational training and county roads. Other weaknesses cit- ed by the take charge group involved a lack of: • Youth centers. • Ambulance in South Gib- son area. • "Good" housing. • "Proper drainage" on county roads. • Recreation facilities • Unity with communities • An economic develop- ment plan. • A land use plan. Some of the fears mentioned by the group consisted of un- certain job opportunities, loss of farm land and unplanned growth. Fort Branch Police are still investigating two theft in- cidents that happened four blocks apart in the town sometime between March 23 and the morning of March 24, according to authorities. Carl Wilkerson, Fort Branch deputy marshal, said police are uncertain whether both theft incidents are connect- ed. "It is a possibility they are related," Wilkerson said. "They happened the same evening." One of the theft in- cidents took place at the ga- rage of the John E. Neidig Sr., residence at 205 N. Main St., Fort Branch. Wilkerson said Neidig told police he locked the garage. However, the ga- rage entry door was ajar in the morning of March 24 and sev- eral items were stolen from in- side the garage. Owensville resident Orion Tarrell Thompson is serving as interim pastor of the Unit- ed Methodist Church in Fort Branch from February until June. He retired from full- time ministry in 1992 from St. James East United Meth- odist Church in Evansville. He is also driver and manager of God's Night Crawler Ministry. The bus ministry was founded to assist Methodist-affiliated organizations in taking trips. The buses are equipped with bunks for extended stays. The Night Crawler's mission is al- so disaster relief. Thompson has organized teams to Flori- da and Louisiana in response to Hurricane Andrew; and to Panama City in response to Hurricane Opal. He has re- sponded to tornadoes in Tex- as and Arkansas. Thompson's need to help others began while he was in the Army as a result of seeing the World War II post atom-bomb destruction at Yokohama, Japan. Thomp- son decided to pursue min- istry, instead of the farming. The young man preached his first sermon in November of 1947. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald James Roy, of Princ- eton, a daughter, Hailey Ni- cole, Monday, March 17 at Gibson General Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Mark Naas, of Haubstadt, a son, Mark Ad- am, Thursday, March 20 at St. Mary's Medical Center. Marriages: Karen Ann Gilles and Dean Alan Dewig were wed on Saturday, Jan. 18 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catho- lic Church.