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C-4 Wednesday, June 1, 2022 The Press-Dispatch 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.nzhistory.govt.nz Wednesday, June 1 • CNN launches (1980) • Benedict Arnold is court-mar- tialed (1779) Thursday, June 2 • Babe Ruth retires (1935) • McVeigh convicted of Oklaho- ma City bombing (1997) Friday, June 3 • Crackdown at Tiananmen be- gins (1989) • Major Edward H. White be- comes first American to walk in space (1965) Saturday, June 4 • Battle of Midway begins (1942) • Tiananmen Square massacre takes place (1989) Sunday, June 5 • FDR takes United States off gold standard (1933) • Bobby Kennedy is assassinat- ed (1968) Monday, June 6 • D-Day (1944) • First drive-in movie theater opens (1933) Tuesday.June 7 • Ghandi's first act of civil disobe- dience (1893) • First successful ascent of Mt. McKinley (1913) SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, May 30 and June 3, 1947 Two Children Break Pop- py Selling Record: Bill and Jill DeVries during the poppy sale last week broke the record for children's sale of the bud- dy poppies. Until this year the record had been 110 poppies. These two sold 280 poppies. Mrs. Walker has expressed her thanks to all who participated in making this the best poppy sale ever to be held in Petersburg. Two Year Old Has Arm Man- gled: Judy Kay Johnson, 2 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Johnson had her right arm badly mangled when she got it caught in the wringer of the washing machine. The John- son's moved to Marshall, Ill. about two months ago. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Doane, of Alford, a daughter, Vicky Evelyn, Thurs- day, May 29, at their home; To Mr. and Mrs. Denver Young, of Muren, a son, Jacky Rog- ers, Thursday, May 26, at their home; To Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Padgett, Jr., of Jasper, a daugh- ter, Gay, May 22; To Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Chesser, of Peters- burg, a daughter, Darcy Lucille. Marriages: Audrey Johnson and Elza Coleman were mar- ried on May 17, by Rev. W. A. Montgomery, in Glezen; Bet- ty Lou Abel and Sherman Lee Morris were married May 21, by Rev. Verner Preston; Helen M. Schmidt and James L. Corn were married May 29, by Rev. Verner Preston. Deaths: Edwin Thomas, 48, formerly of Petersburg, died May 19, son of Horace C. and Mary Smith Thomas; Martin Minters, 92, of Ayrshire, for- merly of Hopkinsville, Ky., died Monday at his home; Effie M. Johnson, 69, wife of Everett E. Johnson, born near Petersburg, died Thursday, at her Princeton home after a long illness; Mary Ann Whitney Minehart, 69, of Spurgeon, died Thursday morn- ing after a short illness, at Da- viess County hospital; Mathew Macer, 68, of Glezen, died Sun- day, at Deaconess hospital; Mi- chael Heathman, 91, formerly of Pike County, died Saturday, at Evansville, he was a retired teacher, at the time of death he had a button on indicating that he had attended every Sunday School during the year of 1946; Ottis James Willis, 57, of Wash- ington, died Thursday morning from a heart ailment and asth- ma, at Daviess County hospital; Mrs. S. A. Van Camp, former Carrie Meadors, 60, formerly of Pike County, died Saturday, May 31, at her home in Mont- pelier; Dr. S. L. McKinney, 59, of Huntingburg, brother of E. S. McKinney of Petersburg, died Thursday, at Norton Infirmary, he had practiced medicine in Huntingburg for 33 years. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, May 31, 1962 Miss Erlene Teague, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Teague of Spurgeon, is being sponsored by Spurgeon Community club for the Pike County Beauty Con- test for the 1962 Pike County 4- H Fair. Pike County Sheriff to be In- stalled Deputy Marshal: Pike county's sheriff for the past eight years and seven months tendered his resignation to the commissioners of Pike coun- ty May 25. Sheriff Wilmer R. Whitehead resigned this office to accept the appointment of Deputy United States Marshal for the Southern District. He was appointed by United States Marshal Robert O'Neil and was recommended for this appoint- ment by United States Senator Vance Hartke. Jan Barrett Receives Citi- zenship Award: Jan Barrett, of Highland, has been chosen to receive a Citizenship Award for her outstanding achieve- ment in elementary school. Jan is an "A" student with out- standing grades in mathemat- ics and Spanish. She will enter junior high next fall in the ad- vance classes of junior subjects. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Barrett, formerly of Winslow and the granddaugh- ter of Mrs. W. L. Burns and Mrs. Clark Barrett. Marriages: Marilou Smith and George Edwin Mills were married Tuesday, May 22, at the Methodist church in Shawnee- town, Ill.; Janet Myrl McCand- less and Earl Ray Phillips were married Saturday evening, May 19, in Winslow, with Rev. Frank McCandless officiating. Deaths: Virga Arnold, 72, wife of the former Winslow post- master J. Dale Arnold, died sud- denly Friday, from a heart at- tack; Charles B. Miley, 87, a re- tired school teacher and farm- er, died at his Petersburg home, Sunday, May 27, after a long ill- ness; Roscoe Erwin, 76, a re- tired coal miner, died sudden- ly Friday, May 25, of a heart at- tack at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Herschel (Pete) Erwin, with whom he lived; Russell Pitman, 67, formerly of Winslow, died Friday morning in his room at the Grand Hotel in Vincennes; Harriet Hattie Philips, 92, of Union, died Saturday at her home where she lived with her two sons; Joseph M. Davis, 65, of Oakland City, died Thursday, after an illness of six weeks; Miss Esta B. Hobson, 70, of Pe- tersburg, died Saturday, May 26; Ivy R. Brown, 71, of Velpen, died Sunday, at stork hospital;, she was one of the oldest mem- ber of the Velpen General Bap- tist church and was a trustee of the church; Mae Taylor, of Pe- tersburg, died Tuesday, May 22 at the Good Samaritan hospital. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, June 1, 1972 Outstanding Teacher Nomi- nated for Award: Miss Mardeka Willis, formerly of Petersburg, has been nominated by her prin- cipal, Mrs. Catherine Samsel, to appear in the 1972 awards vol- ume Outstanding Elementary Teachers of America. This dis- tinguished volume is published to recognize the achievements of the nation's finest elementa- ry teachers. Miss Willis is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lu- ther Willis who reside in Peters- burg. She is a graduate of Pe- tersburg High School and re- ceived her Bachelor of Science degree from Oakland City Col- lege. She is presently employed as a Learning Disabilities teach- er at Walt Whitman School in Wheeling, Ill. and is working on her Master's degree in Special Education at Northeastern Illi- nois University in Chicago. Donald Jones Buys Songer's Red & White Food Market: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lee Jones have purchased Songer's Red and White grocery in Petersburg from Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Songer. The new owners assumed man- agement of the store Monday, May 22. Mr. Jones was previ- ously self-employed in steel construction. He is a graduate of Monroe City High School and attended Vincennes University. Mrs. Jones is a graduate of Pe- tersburg High School and was employed with Indiana Employ- ment Security Division in Vin- cennes. The couple have two sons, Doug, 10 and Greg, 9. The building at the corner of Sixth and Main Streets in which the grocery is located has housed a food handling establishment for over 50 years. Mr. and Mrs. Songer purchased the store from Otto M. Mueler in 1948. Mr. Mueler had purchased the store from Albert Dosch only three months before selling it to Mr. and Mrs. Songer. This young couple will no doubt en- joy a fine quantity of business and give the same service the public has enjoyed by its previ- ous owners in the past years. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Da- vid Sollman, of Velpen, a son, Mark David, Saturday, May 27; To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Thomas Barrett, of Winslow, a daughter, Amy Dawn, Friday, May 26; To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burns, of Petersburg, a daughter, Julie Di- anne, Saturday, May 27. Marriages: Connie Janiece McCracken and John Preston Klipsch were married on Sat- urday evening, May 20, at the Museum Garden at Audubon Park, in Ky.; Linda Kay Mor- ton and Teddy Paul Miley were married; Clara Bell Sharp and Oswald Anderson were mar- ried; Karen Sue Cato and Dar- rell Jay Coomer were married; Karen Jean Arnold and Patrick Henry Robling were married; Delta Merle Erwin and Thomas Austin Nordhorn were married; Margie Ellen Wimer and Barry Robert Burnett were married; Peggy Darlene Beck and Lan- ny Joe Williams were married; Shirley J. Williams and Sidney T. McCorn, Jr. were married; Rosetta Matthews and David Joe White were married. Deaths: Mildred Emily Hunt, 59, of west Arthur, oper- ated an antique store at Arthur; Frank Goff Bethell, Jr. DDS, 59, of Knoxville, Iowa, native of Pe- tersburg, died Thursday, May 25, worked in his father's den- tist office; Anna Elder, 94, of No- blesville, died May 13, mother of Jack Elder, of Campbelltown; Mary Cox, 37, of Loogootee, na- tive of Washington, died Thurs- day, May 25; Ida Mae Colvin, 92, of Petersburg, died Monday, May 29; Fred L. Tevebaugh, 81, of Monroe City, died Tuesday, May 30 ; Arvis McDowell, 68, of Somerville, father of Lance Brock, of Glezen, died Monday, May 22, owned and operated a garage for 50 years. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 29, 1997 Campground contrasts on Memorial Day at Pike State Forest: Members of the Pike County Saddle Club and other avid horsemen and women have had their hopes raised that the horse trails and horse camp at Pike State Forest will not be closed. In interviews with sever- al horsemen at Pike Stat Forest, the claim was made that even on the busiest holiday weekends the horse camp is full while the family camp is virtually empty. Such proved to be the case this Memorial Day weekend. The horse camp was filled with ve- hicles, horses and horsemen. The family camp which is just down the road from the horse camp, had only three campers. Craig changed plea to 'not guilty': A teen, who recent- ly pleaded guilty to knowing- ly murdering 15 -year-old Shan- non Wentzel in December 1995, has withdrawn his plea. Kelly Craig, 17, of Newburgh withdrew his plea last week of guilty to count I, murder. The plea had been amended by the state from "knowingly" to "in- tentionally" committing mur- der. Craig is one of three people charged in the killing of Went- zel. James Brian Powell, 24, of Newburgh and Leon Jones, 22, of Traverse City have already plead guilty for killing Went- zel. Both, as part of their pleas, agreed to testify against Craig. Jones received a sentence of 95 years, while Powell received a sentence of 75 years. Wentzel's body was found in snow-cov- ered weeds along a remote dirt road near the Five Points area between Stendal and Spurgeon. Mahoney said he wanted to try the case in Pike County because it was a huge inconvenience for everyone involved in the case. But he doesn't think it was pos- sible for his client to get a fair trial in Pike County after plead- ing guilty. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jar- rod Shoultz, of Oakland City, a daughter, Madison Kend- all, Thursday, May 15; To Mr. and Mrs. Chad Montgomery, of Winslow, a son, Logan Rex, Friday, May 23; To Larry and Sheila Reece, of Petersburg, a daughter, Kathryn Allyn, May 9. Marriages: Kim Woodford and John David Fikejs were married Thursday, April 24, at St. Teresa's Catholic Church in Kihea Maui, Hawaii; Amy N. Willis and Anthony H. Lee were married. Deaths: Stella Belle Arnold, 80, of Winslow, died Sunday, May 25, at St. Joseph's Hospital, she was a piano teacher, retired schoolteacher and active in Scouts; Roberta J. Copeland, 70, of Evansville, former resident of Arthur, died at noon, Sunday, May 25, at Welborn Baptist hos- pital; Sharon L. VanMeter, 56, of Petersburg, died Monday, May 26, at Good Samaritan hospital, she was a Clerk-Treasurer of Pe- tersburg for 5 terms; Lorenda Yancey, 104, formerly of Pikev- ille in Pike County, died Sunday, May 25 at Huntingburg Conva- lescent Center; Jon Teague, 49, of White Plains, Md., former- ly of Otwell, died Friday, May 23, suffering from injuries sus- tained in a construction acci- dent at Washington D.C.; Earl Keith Nelson, 53, of Winslow, died Sunday, May 23, at Uni- versity hospital in Ky.; Rob- ert S. McWilliams, 76, of Lyn- nville, brother of June Oxby, of Spurgeon, died Sunday, May 25, at Welborn hospital;, he retired from Old Ben Coal Company, and was a W WII Army veter- an, and awarded an Oak Clus- ter and a Bronze Star for hero- ic achievement in Belgium; Ev- erett Daniel Jones, 75, and his wife, Roberta Sue Jones, 51, of Winslow, died Sunday, May 25, in a fire at their home; William Reneer, 87, died Thursday, May, 22, at Forest Del Health and Re- habilitation Center; George W. Cutteridge, Jr, 83, of Evansville, father of Georgiana Willis, of Petersburg, died Monday, May 26, at Washington Manor, he re- tired from Evansville Courier after 17 years and was a W WII veteran; Owen Lee Bass, Sr., 56, of Louisville, Ky., father of Ow- en Bass, Jr., of Petersburg, died Thursday, May 15, at his home. Spurgeon G.B. Church in 1950s The Spurgeon General Baptist Church photo was taken in the 1950s. It was probably a Sunday School class and was sent in by Don and Annetta Parke, of Newburgh. Included in the photo are in the front row, Ralph, Clyde, Louis Parker and Lester Cabbage. In the middle row are Elsie Parker and Thomas Jack Roy. The back row in- cludes Reova Ox-by, Dello Wilson, Luther Cabbage, Lennis Cabbage, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jelf. net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@ pressdispatch.net