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B-4 Tuesday, May 3, 2022 South Gibson Star-Times Source: www.history.com • Photo source: www.twitter.com Tuesday, May 3 • Three-year-old Madeleine Mc- Cann goes missing in Portugal (2007) • MADD founder's daughter killed by a drunk driver (1980) Wednesday, May 4 • Rhode Island declares inde- pendence (1776) • Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 debuts (1824) Thursday, May 5 • Alan Shepard, Jr. becomes first American man in space (1961) • "Spider-Man" becomes first movie to top $100 million in opening weekend (2002) Friday, May 6 • Final episode of "Friends" airs on NBC (2004) • Hindenburg explodes in New Jersey (1937) Saturday, May 7 • Edvard Munch's "The Scream" recovered after theft (1994) • Serial killer H.H. Holmes is hanged in Philadelphia (1896) Sunday, May 8 • V-E Day is celebrated in Ameri- ca and Britain (1945) • Betty White becomes old- est "Saturday Night Live" host (2010) Monday, May 9 • Woodrow Wilson proclaims the first Mother's Day holiday (1914) • Buffalo Bill's Wild West show opens (1887) Get your news anytime and anywhere! 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 Owensville school cooks In the last Owensville photo we recognized the janitoral staff. This week we will recognize the ladies who fed all those kids in 1957. From left are Lillie Phillips, Marjorie Armstrong, Ockla Creek, Ethel Beck and Ruth Miley. 50 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Friday, May 5, 1972 Diana McKinney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McK- inney, of Haubstadt, was pre- sented a $100 scholarship by the Delta Kappa Gamma which is presented to prospec- tive enrollees in education. Di- ana is a senior at Haubstadt High School and most active in extra-curricular activities. She is feature twirler with the Marching Band. Her plans af- ter graduation include attend- ing Indiana State University at Terre Haute where she plans to major in Elementary Educa- tion and possibly Special Ed- ucation. The third annual High School Algebra Contest was held on April 29 at Oakland City College. The contest was sponsored by the College's Di- vision of Science and Mathe- matics. Ules Ransford took first place honors and was re- cipient of a $25 cash award. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ransford and a fresh- man student at Fort Branch High School. Dennis Mayer won fifth place and received a $10 award Bruce Holder placed tenth in the contest. As a team, the trio from Fort Branch were judged in second place and each received a book of mathematical tables. There were 16 schools represented and 48 students participated in this year's contest. Abel Dilbeck, Democrat candidate for nomination for Governor of Indiana was principal speaker for a meet- ing sponsored by the Gibson County Young Democrats on Tuesday night at the Demo- cratic headquarters in Princ- eton. An enthusiastic crowd, largely made up of young peo- ple, applauded Dilbeck as he challenged the youth to accept their newly awarded privilege to vote and to take an active and effective role in the polit- ical affairs of their communi- ty, state, and country. In his remarks to the group he chal- lenged them to use their ag- gressiveness, enthusiasm, mind power, and physical en- ergy for the development of their party and their nation as young leaders of the past had done. "Many of the accom- plishments of the early days of our country," Dilbeck em- phasized, "were made by the dreams, dedication, and do- ings of young people. It was young persons with convic- tions and dedication who 200 years ago wrote the consti- tution of these United States and established a free nation. It was young persons with convictions and dedication who 200 years ago wrote the constitution of these United States and established a free nation. It was young people who pushed the frontiers of the new America westward. There is need for your cre- ative thinking and innovative action today in America." Rick McConnell, president of the Gibson County Young Demo- crats, Vicki Woods, vice pres- ident of the group, and Tony Moore met with new members who joined the group Tuesday night and with Dilbeck in a planning session for increased activity by Young Democrats of Gibson County in the com- ing elections. The next sched- uled meeting for the group is May 9 at Democrat headquar- ters. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. James E. Dix, a daughter, Kelly Ann, March 27 at Gib- son General Hospital. Marriages: Diane Fetter and Larry J. Kiesel were wed on April 8 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic. 45 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Friday, May 6, 1977 Marlette's May Day Fes- tival is now in the final stag- es of planning. The event is scheduled for Saturday, May 14. The events for the festi- val include Carnival Booths, a White Elephant Sale, Coun- try Store, Cake Walk, Marlette T-shirts, Refreshments and a Dunking Booth featuring Mr. Harder. The festival will be held in the school yard at Mar- lette, but in case of rain, will be held in the Middle School Gym. The big event planned for the festival is the crown- ing of the May Day King and Queen (3rd through grades) and the Prince and Princess (Kindergarten through 2nd grades). The King and Queen candidates were pictured last week, and the Prince and Prin- cess candidates are shown be- low. The crowning will be at 6 p.m. "Hopefully, everyone will realize that this is an ac- tivity for the betterment of our school and community and will participate accordingly," said Principal Harder. Town Marshall Steve Kl- eeman has completed a two- week course in traffic inves- tigation at the Evansville Po- lice Department. The course, sponsored by Indiana Univer- sity and the Ohio State Patrol was held April 18 through 29. Kleeman was rated third out of the 32 persons in the course. Diplomas were awarded by Vanderburgh County Sheriff Jerry DeGrote, Evansville, Po- lice Chief David Jackson and Police Captain Jim Kleeman. Tim Benson, Karlene Car- penter, Roseann Chamberlain, Larry Neidig, and Kevin Irvin were among the 100 seniors from Gibson, Posey, Warrick and Vanderburgh Counties who were honored Tuesday at the annual "Community Lead- ers of Tomorrow" Honor Ban- quet. The banquet was held at 6:30 p.m. in the Patio Room of the Ramada Inn. Gene E. Brooks, bankruptcy judge for the Southern District of Indi- ana, was the main speaker. His topic was "Youth is for the Young." Prior to the speech the Castle High School Sing- ers chairman for the program. Each student selected for the honor received a citation by the president of the cham- ber of commerce serving the area in which that student's school is located. Invitations to the banquet were extended to the students' parents, mem- bers of the four chambers of commerce, school principals, and superintendents and uni- versity presidents from the ar- ea. The banquet is held annu- ally and the students are se- lected on nomination of the schools. The number of the students from each school is determined on the enroll- ment of the school. This is the 16th year for the banquet. In the past the Metropolitan Evansville Chamber of Com- merce has held the banquet for the students in Vander- burgh County, but this year the four chambers made ar- rangements to have the hon- or dinner at one time. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. James Reid, of Fort Branch, a daughter, Elizabeth Ann, April 16 at St. Mary's Hospital. Marriages: Lucy Ziliak and David Will were wed on Sat- urday, April 30, at St. James Catholic Church. 35 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Thursday, May 7, 1987 Between 300 and 400 at- tended the meeting Tues- day evening, April 28 , of the South Gibson School Corpo- ration. The 6:30 meeting was held at the Fort Branch Com- munity School auditorium to accommodate the crowd. Construction of new schools, grades K-8, in Owensville and Haubstadt was the focus of the public hearing after a lengthy, emotional hearing, the Board voted on whether to apply for a state project number for new schools in Haubstadt and Ow- ensville. The vote was 3-3 with Board member Tom Schmitt abstaining. Voting to build were Sandra Higginbotham, Jack Straw and Bobby Joe Douglas. Voting not to build were Jackie Simpson, Don Williams and Wayne Sharp. On two subsequent motions, one to build a school in Haub- stadt only and another to build a school in Owensville, the vote was the same, 3-3 with Schmitt abstaining. The vote prompted Board Mem- ber Bobby Joe Douglas to ver- bally resign his position. At press time, his written resig- nation has not been received at the office of the Superinten- dent. Before leaving the meet- ing, Douglas cited a violation of Roberts Rules of Order by allowing School Board Presi- dent Don Williams, to vote, ex- cept to break a tie. The mat- ter is being investigated. The tie vote, leaving the question of school construction unde- cided either way, has resulted in the formation of a group of approximately 110 Owensville residents uniting to form Con- cerned Citizens of Owensville. At their meeting Wednesday, April 29, they elected Larry Mounts chairman and H.E. Bonney, co-chairman, and Margaret Miller will serve as secretary with Jeff McNeely, treasurer. Joe Fillingim, presi- dent of Owensville Merchants, represents the business com- munity on the committee. James L. Yaekel has been appointed head basketball coach at Gibson Southern High School for the coming school year. He received his BS and MS degrees from Illi- nois State University, Normal, Ill. At present, Yaekel is assis- tant basketball coach at West- ern Illinois University in Ma- comb, Ill. Prior to that he was head basketball coach at Wa- bash Valley Junior College in Mt. Carmel, Ill. He has also been a head coach at a Texas junior college and head coach at an Illinois high school. Births: To E4 Don and Peg- gy Georges, of Fort Stewart, Savannah, Georgia, a daugh- ter, Jennifer LeeAnn, April 6. Deaths: Rev. Raymond G. Hoar, 82, passed away Friday, May 1, at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital; Frank Garrett, Sr., 80, of Owens- ville, passed away Tuesday, April 28, at Welborn Hospital; Elizabeth M. Wulf, 77, passed away Monday, May 4, at Dea- coness Hospital. 25 YEARS South Gibson Star-Times Thursday, April 29, 1997 Gibson Southern placed 11th in the state concert band contest over the week- end. They were competing against some of the largest schools in the state. Band Di- rector Dwight Emmert said it is the first time since 1984 a small school has even qual- ified among the top 16 con- cert bands in the state to par- ticipate in the championship contest. Details of Saturday's competition were not avail- able. Emmert said he was no- tified April 27 from Indiana State School of Music Asso- ciation official about Gibson Southern selection as one of 16 Indiana bands to advance to the May 3 state contest at Southport High School in Indi- anapolis. "We are just thrilled to make it (to the state con- test)," Emmert said May 2. "It is just amazing that we are there. We are the first small school since 1984 to quali- fy for state in concert band." The Gibson Southern band qualified for the state contest by the results of its perfor- mance in the ISSMA District High School Concert Band and Choir Contest April 19 at Gibson Southern High School. Emmert praised the efforts of the Titan band. A Haubstadt Catholic school has been recognized as a In- diana Blue Ribbon School. Of- ficials of Sts. Peter and Paul School were notified of the Blue Ribbon achievement through an April 4 letter from state Blue Ribbon Coordina- tor Catherine Danyluk. "We were shocked," school Princi- pal Karen Stewart said in dis- cussing the reaction about the announcement from Indiana Department of Education of- ficials. "we thought it was past time (for the announcement)." "We were thrilled. We feel like we have a good school. But we are always open to the fact that we can get better." Anyone who knows Fort Branch Optometrist Dr. Wil- liam Ahlfeld knows that he is an IU fanatic. In his private office at 800 E. Mulberry St., one can be easily confused try- ing to find where the Indiana University wallpaper ends and the IU window blinds begin. Dr. Ahlfeld worked his way through IU, achieving his op- tometry degree in 1980. Be- fore he was confronted with the Hoosier fanaticism at IU, the Washington High School wrestler and football player Dr. Ahlfeld said he had "never noticed basketball" until then. He had gone to IU with the in- tention of becoming a physi- cian, but he says seeing the movie, "M.A.S.H." during his freshman year sent him look- ing into other medical profes- sions. "I decided I didn't want to be around blood all day," he said. As an optometrist, how- ever, Dr. Ahlfeld does dabble in some "surgery". "Technical- ly, anything you do that manip- ulates tissue is a surgery," he said. "So, I do foreign body removal (extracting objects from the eye) is a surgery, but I don't do anything that pene- trates into the eyeball." Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Buchanan, of Wades- ville, a son, Ethan Paul, Satur- day, April 12, at Welborn Bap- tist Hospital. Deaths: Ernest S. Cal- lis, 81, of Princeton, passed away Friday, April 25, at Gib- son General Hospital; Reva M. Bledsoe, 81, passed away at Forest Del Convalescent Center in Princeton; Benjamin Charles Mossberger, passed away Thursday, May 1, at St. Mary's Medical Center. SUBSCRIBE TODAY! We're not afraid to shed some light on the truth. 812-753-3553 South Gibson