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O N L I N E • S M A RT P H O N E • TA B L E T 812-753-3553 • 203 S. McCreary St. Fort Branch, IN • ads@sgstartimes.com sgstartimes.com/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Janitors at Owensville School 1957 These are the ones who kept the school clean for all the students and teachers at Owensville during the mid-fifties. Let's all hope they were appreciated. From left are: Merton Jordan, Perry Garrett, John Garrett and Mrs. Choates. 50 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Friday, April 26, 1972 Mrs. Doris Thompson, wife of Warren Thompson of Owensville, was installed as Grand Organist of the In - diana Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, at the Murat Temple in Indianapo- lis on Wednesday afternoon, April 26. She is the daugh- ter of the late Myrtle and J. O. Smith of Cynthiana and is a Past Matron of Cynthiana Chapter No. 455, O.E.S., lat- er transferring her member- ship to Owensville Chapter No. 256. Heading the Indiana Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, for the coming year are Vivian L. McIntosh of Beech Grove Chapter as Wor- thy Grand Matron and Ira M. Smyrle Jr., of LaPorte Chap- ter, Worthy Grand Patron. Al- so serving the Grand Chapter this year as District Deputy of District No. 1 will be Mrs. Ju- dith ( Judy) Englehardt, of El- berfeld, a member of the Lynn- ville Chapter No. 542 and wife of Charles Englehardt. The Gibson County Spell- ing Bee was held on Friday at Baldwin Height School and winner of th event was Becky Balbach, seventh grade stu- dent at Haubstadt School. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Balbach. Judy Overton, eighth grade student at Fort Branch High School, was runner-up. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Overton. Pronouncer was Mrs. Edith Pierce of Fort Branch. Judges were Mrs. Bea Kemp and Mrs. Jenne Hary, Princeton, and P. L. Overton, Owensville. Becky is now el- igible to compete in the Tri- State Spelling Bee on May 6. Miss Debbie Grimm, the 1969 Miss Majorette of Indi- ana, is a member of the teach- ing staff of Mid-America Ma- jorette Association, Inc. The majorette association will be conducting a week long clinic for high school major- ettes, drill teams, pompom girls and drum majors at Tre- ble Acres Band Camp, Haub- stadt, during the week of July 23-28. The latest routines, nov- elties and etc. will be taught during the clinic by some of the nations most outstanding instructors in the fields of ba- ton, dance, drill, drum major- ing and pom-pom. The 38th annual Lilac Fes- tival was held on Friday eve- ning at the Fort Branch High School gymnasium. Plan- ning the event were the Sun- shine Society president, Con- nie Johnson and Donna Grap- er, Barbara Oing, Jan Holder, Susan Poole, Mrs. Iola Grego- ry and Mrs. Mary C. Brown, sponsor. Diana Mourer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ger- ald Mourer, was crowned Lilac Queen in a ceremony before a capacity crowd of students, relatives and friends. Her im- provised throne of orchid taf- feta, lilacs and glitter rested on a carpet of grass in front of a purple petal backdrops. The east end of the gym was en- circled with baskets of lilacs arranged by Doris Reeves, Karen Pohl, Cindy Mayer and Shelly Stone. Marriages: Anna Lou- ise White and Thomas Ray Mounts were wed on Saturday, April 15, at First Presbyterian Church; Kay Ellen Durham and Kenneth R. Schmitt were wed on Saturday, April 15, at Holy Cross; Carolyn S. Allm- on and Roy H. Callis III were wed on April 1, at St. Stephen's United Church of Christ. Deaths: Joseph F. Meirose, 73, of Omaha, Neb., passed away Friday, April 21; Mrs. Pearl Dyson, 78, of Oakland City, passed away Monday, April 17, at Welborn Baptist Hospital; Homer Helfrey Jr., 58, of Princeton, passed away Friday, April 21, at Deaconess Hospital. 45 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Friday, April 1, 1977 The Board of the School Trustees of the South Gibson School Corporation announce the appointment of Donald A. Padgett of Hagerstown as successor to Superintendent Ralph T. Kifer. Kifer will retire as Superintendent on June 30, 1977, having served the South Gibson School Corporation for 13 years. Padgett is presently Superintendent of the Nettle Creek School Corporation at Hagerstown. He has served in that capacity for the past seven years. Prior to that he was Su- perintendent of the Metropol- itan School District of Shaka- mak at Jasonville for nine years. Padgett is a 1950 grad- uate of Marco High School in Greene County. In 1953, he re- ceived his B.S. degree from In- diana State Teachers College at Terre Haute. His M.S. de- gree in School Administration was awarded by Indiana Uni- versity in 1958. Marlette School will have its first annual May Day Festival on Saturday, May 14, at the school from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. The events planned fro the festival will include Carnival Booths for all ages, a White El- ephant Sale, a County Store, Cake Walk, Marlette T-shirts, refreshments and a dunking booth featuring the principal, Mr. Harder. The big event for the day will be the crowning of the May Day King and Queen. The candidates are pictured by grade. The Hoosierette Chapter of Sweet Adelines, Inc., is an international group of wom- en who sing four-part har- mony. The chapter is locat- ed in Evansville and meets each Tuesday evening at the Grace Baptist Church. Some of the activities of the Sweet Adelines, who sing Barber- shop harmony, include: sing- ing at Nursing Homes in the area, singing and participat- ing in civic functions, putting on an annual show for the pub- lic, and competing each year against all the other chapters in the singing region. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Swader, of Evansville, a daughter, Jacqueline Lynn, Wednesday, April 20, at St. Mary's Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alan Mounts, of Fort Branch, a daughter, Tra- ci Lynn, Wednesday, April 20, at St. Mary's Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. William E. Rohl, of Fort Branch, a son, Aaron Wil- liam, Wednesday, April 20, at St. Mary's Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Rock Hurt, of Fort Branch, a daughter, Jamie Lynn, Thursday, April 21. Deaths: Leo (Lee) Ansling- er, 50, passed away Wednes- day, April 20, in Louisville, Ky.; Ermal W. Reed, 67, of Fort Branch, passed away Mon- day, April 25, at Gibson Gen- eral Hospital; Phillip J. Rein- hart, 78, passed away Wednes- day, April 27, at Gibson Gener- al Hospital. 35 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Thursday, April 30, 1987 Students of Gibson South- ern High School have been selected as delegates to Hoo- sier Boys State which is held on the Indiana State Universi- ty campus at Terre Haute in June. Two delegates are spon- sored by the Haubstadt Amer- ican Legion, Post 194, and the Fort Branch Kiwanis. They are Eric McMillen, son of William and Frances McMil- len of Fort Branch, and Mark Glaser, son of Paul and Judith Glaser of Haubstadt. Alter- nates are Mark Schmitt, son of Thomas and Tanya Schmitt of Haubstadt, and Mark Mill- er, son of Jack Miller and Bar- bara Arnold of Haubstadt. The Owensville American Legion sponsors one delegate to Hoo- sier Boys State. They have an- nounced their delegate to be Tige Turner, son of Cleon and Sally Turner of Owens- ville, with James Trowbridge, son of David and Kathy Trow- bridge of Owensville, as the alternate. The American Le- gion Department of Indiana's Hoosier Boys State Program is a week long learning expe- rience in the theory, organiza- tion and practical application of the process of our demo- cratic form of government, which provides to the youth of Indiana a first hand insight into the rights and responsibil- ities of a citizen under our gov- ernment. Young men who at- tend Hoosier Boys State are af- forded the opportunity to in- crease their knowledge and skills by attending special- ized schools of Journalism, Speech, Law Enforcement, and Legislature. Lions clubs of the area are planning a Lion's Awareness Days on Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3, at the Court House square in Princeton. The entire program is aimed at making people aware of what Lionism stands for, the type of individual who is a member of a Lions Club, and what Li- ons are doing in the commu- nity. The events on Saturday, May 2, are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., with the events on Sunday, May 3, scheduled from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 2, is the big day at the Fort Branch Com- munity School. It's the May Day Festival. The festival will be held from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. There will be many games for all ages to play. Tickets for games will be 25 cents each or 5 for $1. A Country Store with crafts and baked goods will be featured. Hot dogs, Cokes, and popcorn will be available. There will be many attendance prizes given away during the afternoon. You must be present when your name is called to claim your prize. You may win a pizza, a hat, a cushion, a Kentucky Fried Chicken dinner, a Pon- derosa dinner, batting cage to- kens and lots more. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Alan Welch, of Indianapolis, a daughter, Colleen Marie, April 4, at University Hospital. Deaths: Alice M. Wade, 84, of Haubstadt, passed away Fri- day, April 24, at Holiday Care Center; Earl E. Taylor, 60, of Morganfield,Ky., passed away; Professor Lucy Jen Haung Hickrod, 61, Normal, Ill., passed away Sunday, April 26. 25 YEARS South Gibson Star-Times Thursday, April 29, 1997 A planning and zoning study committee formed to consider whether Gibson County should pursue coun- ty-wide planning and zoning voted April 22 against recom- mending any type of zoning ordinance to the Gibson Coun- ty Commissioners. The com- mittee voted 7-6 against rec- ommending adoption of any type of zoning ordinance for the county. Specifically, the committed voted 7-6 on paper ballots against a motion stat- ing: "That the Gibson Coun- ty P and Z Study Commit- tee support the adoption of a strong comprehensive plan composed from citizen in- put for the adoption of mini- mal zoning ordinances to pro- mote the health, safety, conve- nience and welfare of all com- munities and rural areas for future development." Only 13 of the 18 appointed study com- mittee members attended the April 22 meeting at the Court- house Annex. The committee consisted of a cross section of individuals throughout the county from various occupa- tions. The county commis- sioners appointed the com- mittee members. "What that vote really tells us is that plan- ning and zoning is still a divid- ed issue in this county," Ter- ry Keeneth, chairman of the planning and zoning commit- tee said. "My frustration is what happens in the future to protect our property values, safety and our welfare." Seventeen-year-old ex- change student Marta Janows- ka is from Purszkow, Poland, a town of about 100,000 people located five minutes outside of Warsaw. Her lifestyle is ur- ban-Warsaw is one of the larg- est cities of Poland. Because of public transportation (train), there are few places in War- saw that Janowska says she can't go on her own. "Nobody drives cars in Poland," she said. When she came to live in the small town of Haubstadt, the country way of living took some getting used to. Her host family is Kevin and Cindie Tenbarge, and their two chil- dren Scott and Angela. Scott is graduating from Gibson Southern this spring. Angela graduated from Gibson South- ern last year and attends Tri- state beauty college. Janows- ka said it didn't take her a long time to fit in. "She's made a lot of friends here," said San- dy Mellis, Janowska's guid- ance counselor. "She's really tried to become a part of the school." Janowska was a mem- ber of the Gibson Southern 1996 -97 women's basketball team which advanced to the championship game of the sec- tional tournament. The pace at Gibson Southern High School was an interesting switch for Janowska. Dennis Joseph Radnovich II has been honored as the Gibson Southern Student of the Month Award winner for March. A junior, Radnovich said advanced art is his favor- ite class at Gibson Southern and Karen Stanberry is his favorite teacher. Radnovich is on the college-bound aca- demic track. "Gibson South- ern allows us as students, to get a lot of individual attention from our teachers," Radnovich said. "It's student population is friendly and helpful toward others." Radnovich is a mem- ber of the Gibson Southern varsity wrestling teams. Rad- novich has been selected to be a member of the Team Indiana Cultural Exchange Program. His team will travel to Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, to participate against wrestlers from all over the world. "Most of my time right now is spent trying to raise the funds to participate on this team," Rad- novich said. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Reinbrecht, of Haub- stadt, a son, Collin John, Tues- day, April 1, at St. Mary's Med- ical Center; To Mr. and Mrs. Tory Miley, a son, Heath Mi- chael, Thursday, March 20, at St. Mary's Medical Center. Deaths: Alice Faye Polk, 100, passed away Sunday, April 20, at Good Samaritan Home; Ernest W. Jett, 76, of Evansville, passed away at Welborn Baptist Hospital.