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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, April 6, 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 net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@pressdispatch.net Source: www.history.com • Photo source: www.theguardian.com Wednesday April 6 • The United States officially en- ters World War I (1917) • First modern Olympic Games (1896) Thursday, April 7 • Auto pioneer Hendy Ford dies (1947) • Lewis and Clark depart Fort Mandan (1805) Friday, April 8 • Hank Aaron sets new home run record (1974) • Astronaut Ellen Ochoa becomes the first Hispanic woman in space (1993) Saturday, April 9 • Robert E. Lee surrenders (1865) • NASA introduces America's first astronauts (1959) Sunday, April 10 • ASPCA is founded (1866) • Paul McCartney announces the breakup of the Beatles (1970) Monday, April 11 • Cher wins Best Actress Oscar for "Moonstruck" (1988) • Truman relieves MacArthur of duties in Korea (1951) Tuesday, April 12 • The Civil War begins (1861) • President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies (1945) SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, April 4 and 8, 1947 National telephone strike goes into effect yesterday, but will not effect calls placed in In- diana. Spare ration stamp number 11 was validated Tuesday for another 10 pounds of sugar for each household consumer. OPA officials reported the stamp will be good through Sept. 30. Jack Copeland and Billy Auten, both of Winslow, were taken to a hospital in Hender- son, K Y, following a three-car smash up near the interstate bridge Friday night. Auten re- ceived a broken arm and was re- leased Sunday. Howard Kellams has joined the Jimmie Sales staff to han- dle the Firestone sales agency. Kellams took over Monday. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hollis, a son, Dennis Wayne, March 31. Marriages: Buenita Smith and Eugene Wilson were mar- ried April 2, at the home of Rev. Don Cawood; Lois Ruth Jerrell and Roy W. Peterson were mar- ried Saturday evening, March 29. Deaths: Louis Weitkamp, 74, of Stendal, died Wednesday at his home; Maggie Shaw, 58, of Otwell, died Sunday after- noon, at Daviess county hospi- tal; Judge Winfield Scott Hunt- er, 98, died at his home in Jas- per, he was the only surviving veteran of the Civil War living in Dubois County; Sophia Sakel Harmeyer, 91, of Pike County, died Saturday, April 5, at her home, her parents came over from Germany in their youth; Ethel Frances Harris Hen - dricks, 50, died Saturday eve- ning, at the home of her son, near Stendal; Lillie Jones, wid- ow of John Lewis Jones who died Wednesday of last week, died Sunday, at the home of her daughter in Winslow; Julia Hahn, 70, of Winslow, died Sun- day, at a nursing home in Wash- ington. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Apr. 5, 1962 Mr. and Mrs. Prentice Martin of Vincennes Avenue, will cele- brate their golden wedding an- niversary at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Martin, on April 8. Mrs. Martin was the for- mer Stella Cooper. Both Mr. and Mrs. Martin are natives of Knox county where they were mem- bers of the Walnut Grove com- munity and church. Mr. Mar- tin engaged in farming in Knox county and at one time owned and operated the Stork ferry between Knox and Pike coun- ty. They purchased the Peter Brenton farm south of Peters- burg and for many years op- erated a dairy from that vicin- ity. Since retiring from farm- ing, Mr. Martin has been ac- tive in politics. He has served as County Commissioner and is now County Councilman. The Martins have one son, Chester Martin, one granddaughter, Mrs. Frank Wilson of Monroe City, and four great grandchil- dren, Susan Jan, Chad Martin, Amy Lynn and Sara Beth. Monday morning when the First National Bank of Spur- geon opened its doors, a new cashier greeted its patrons. David Eilert, one of the most widely known men of the coun- ty, has accepted the position as its cashier. Mr. Eilert is a na- tive of Stendal and is Pike coun- ty Democrat chairman. He has been employed for the last eight years as assistant cashier of the Holland First National Bank. He resigned this office at the Hol- land bank to come to the Spur- geon bank. His years of expe- rience well qualify him for the position he has assumed. The directors of the Spurgeon bank are to be commended in secur- ing Mr. Eilert as its cashier. He will add strength and confi- dence to this already fine finan- cial institution. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Tom Craig, of Rockford, Ill., former- ly of Winslow, a son, Peter Al- an, March 27; To Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wiggs, of Oakland City, a son, Monday, April 2; To Mr. and Mrs.David Camp, of Vel- pen, a daughter, Tracy Michele, March 14. Marriages: Lanora Sue Mc- Candeless and Eddie D. Tisdale were married Tuesday evening, March 27. Deaths: Randall H. Willis, 50, native of Madison township, died suddenly in a class room at a medical school in DeMoines, Iowa, Tuesday afternoon; Law- rence Blythe, 74, of Glezen, died Saturday, in the Daviess County hospital; David R. Hartley, 84, of Glezen, died Sunday, in the Stork hospital. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Apr. 6, 1972 Gil Hodges, baseball all time great, is dead and the nation mourns the passing of this soft spoken, friendly, all round no- ble character. It was "Gil" to the sports world but he was af- fectionately called "Bud" by his parents, Petersburg friends and school chums. Gil who was born in Princeton but grew to man- hood in Petersburg, died Easter Sunday, April 2 at 5:45 p.m., 45 minutes after suffering a com- plete heart arrest. He was born April 4, 1924 and would have been 48 had he lived until Tues- day. His parents moved from Princeton to Petersburg when he was 10 years old where his mother, Mrs. Irene Horstmey- er Hodges still lives at 1410 East Main Street. Gil and his broth- er, Bob, served as altar boys at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church during their grade and high school days. Gil graduated in 1942 from Petersburg High School, he received the Out- standing Sportsmanship award while there. Gil and his brother, Bob, played semi-pro baseball around Southern Indiana and played at St. Joseph's College in Rensselear. During his soph- omore year, a scout invited him to Orlean, New York a Brook- lyn Dodger tryout camp. Gil served two years in the Marine Corps, of which 18 months were in the Pacific including Okina- wa where they fought 80 days to take the island. A fter ser- vice, he returned to the Brook- lyn team where he began his 15 year career as the Dodger's all time hero. He drove in more than 100 runs seven straight seasons. He ended his playing career with a .273 average, hit 370 homers, including 14 with the bases loaded, played sev- en world series and was on six All Star teams. December 26, 1948 he married Joan Lombar- di. They had one son and three daughters. He had suffered a mild heart attack after assum- ing the management of the New York Mets. He mad a complete recovery and returned to man- age the Mets in 1969 to capture the world series champion- ship. The Mets won 73 games during Hodges' first year. Ex- actly one year after his hear at- tack, to the day. One writer said "Hodges was the only ballplay- er who never once was booed by Ebbet's Field faithful. They even cheered him when he went hitless in the 1952 World Series and that has to be the ultimate in adulation. Gil has so much decency that he commands re- spect." Brenda Summitt, Otwell, and Connie McCoy, Monroe City, were among the 10 semi-final- ist named to compete in the an- nual Miss Vincennes Universi- ty Pageant. The event was the week end of May 5 -7. John L. Lewis Day was cele- brated Saturday, April 1. Lewis is credited with the miners an eight hour working day. Johnny Voyles celebrated his 36th year as a local grocer this week. Voyles stared his first J- V store in 1936. The store be- came Voyles IGA Supermarket in 1950. Personnel of the store includes Mike Alley, Ula Har- vey, Gary Sloan, Vonnie Hol- land, Marada Willis, Virginia Willis, Jessie Beck, Paul Jerrell Scott Broshears, John and Vir- ginia Voyles, Mike and Peggy Voyles and Roger Smith, chief butcher, who took over and man- aged the store while Johnny was in the armed forces from 1942 to 1945. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feldmeier, of Lynnville, a son, Robert Scott, April 1; To Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Tool- ey, Winslow, a son by adoption, Gary Don, Thrusday, March 30 ; To Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lee, Oakland City, a son, Scott Al- lan, Wednesday, March 29; To Mr. and Mrs. Bob Risley, of Pe- tersburg, a daughter, Emily Ni- cole, Sunday, March 26; To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Smith, In- dianapolis, a daughter, Julia Ma- rie, Sunday, March 26. Marriages: Carolyn Jane Bone and John Craig McFar- land II were married Saturday afternoon. Deaths: Berenice South- wood, 73, of Winslow, died Sun- day, April 2; Carl F. Wilder, 74, of Oakland City, died March 29, he was a retired postal clerk in Oakland City post office after 24 years and a W WI veteran; Luther Ricketts, 69, of Lewis, died Thursday afternoon; Alan Zatman, 38, of Plantation, Fla., died Wednesday, April 5; Rob- ert C. Gregg, 71, of Indianapo- lis, died Friday, March 31; Ray- mond Anderson, 63, of Monroe City, died Thursday, March 30 ; Hosea A. Usery, 79, of Prince- ton, formerly of Winslow, died Thursday, March 30, a retired farmer and city of Princeton em- ployee; Gill Hodges, 47, Brook- lyn, N.Y., former resident of Pe- tersburg, died Easter Sunday, April 2, a baseball all time great. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Apr. 3, 1997 Andy Froehle has been named a winner in the 34th annual High School Art Show which opened at the Evansville Museum on March 19. Froeh- le, a senior art student at Pike Central High School, received best of three dimensional first place award of $100. He also won a Tri Kappa Merit award of $50. His entry was titled "Sub- urban Trademarked Lifestyle." Six other Pike Central art stu- dents had projects accepted for the show. They included Haley Drew and Jacy Fox in painting, Josh Kinman, Gina Lackner and Jennifer Singer in drawing, and Philip Burns in commercial de- sign. The students are taught by Carolyn McGehee and Mid- dy Burns. The show was juried by Scott Knauer, acting director of the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art. There were over 700 entries submitted from High school art students in Pike, Posey, Gibson, Warrick and Vanderburgh counties. Ap- proximately 100 projects were chosen for the exhibition. The high school art show is open to the public through April 20 at the Evansville Museum on Riv- erside Drive. Property tax rates for most Pike Countians have increased about 10 cents this year. How- ever, depending on which town- ship you live in the rate could have gone down eight cents or up as much as 26 cents. Blackfoot RFD landfill lo- cated near Augusta in south- ern Pike County has been sold to American Disposal of Burr Ridge, Illinois. American Dis- posal announced Tuesday after- noon that they had purchased the Evansville operations of Waste Management effective April 1. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Kev- in Willis, of Midland, Mich., a daughter, Alisha Ann, Tues- day, March 25; To Kody Snow and Angie Rowe, of Ayrshire, a daughter, Bonny Jean, Mar. 26; To Mr. and Mrs. David Fos- ter, of Petersburg, a daughter, Abbigayle Paige, Mar. 21; To Mr. and Mrs. Darin and Patri- cia Dulworth, of Petersburg, a daughter, Arin Daniell, Mar. 26. Deaths: Wilma Corn, 85, of Winslow, died Thursday, Mar. 27; Oma Decker, 91 of Peters- burg, died Saturday, Mar. 29; Charles A. Strunk, 77, of Princ- eton, formerly of Spurgeon, died Friday, Mar. 28; Wendell P. Wiggs, 93, of Oakland City, died Monday, Mar. 31; Hazel H. Ropp, 99, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, Mar. 26; Gary Thompson, 61, of Momence, Ill., died Friday, Mar. 28; Dorothy DeJarnett, 78, of Oakland City, died Thursday, Mar. 27; Infant Christopher M. Daltry, 24 days, died Mar. 29, at his residence in Norwood, Pa., his grandmother is Diana Daltry, of Oakland City; Mary Aileen Howard, 80, of Peo- ria Ariz., formerly of Campbell- town, died Mar. 13. Petersburg football squad in 1914 The 1914 Football Team squad was coached by Walter Treanor. Members of the team were, front row, Charles Nicely, Herman Helfenbein, Floyd Burch, Birgil Crowe and Carl Gray. In the back row, standing, are Coach Walter Treanor, Byron Heuring, Lloyd Burch, Arthur Chandler, Cloyd France, Franklin Alman, Charles Naney, Ed- die Harris, Brooks Finnick and J. W. Foreman (superintendent).