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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, June 8, 2022 B-5 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.freepressjournal.in Wednesday, June 8 • Martin Luther King, Jr. assassi- nation suspect arrested (1968) • First Porsche completed (1948) Thursday, June 9 • Secretariat wins Triple Crown (1973) • Cartier discovers St Lawrence River (1534) Friday, June 10 • First Salem witch hanging (1692) • Alcoholics Anonymous found- ed (1935) Saturday, June 11 • John Wayne dies (1979) • Congress appoints Committee of Five to draft Declaration of Independence (1776) Sunday, June 12 • Reagan challenges Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall (1987) • Anne Frank receives a diary (1942) Monday, June 13 • The Miranda rights are estab- lished (1966) • Alexander the Great dies (323 B.C.) Tuesday, June 14 • Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes (1777) • Harding becomes first president to be heard on the radio (1922) net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@pressdispatch.net William Whitman Butler and horse William Whitman Butler is shown with his horse standing next to his father's barn in Spurgeon. The photo was taken in 1904. It was sent in by Donald R. Parke, of Newburgh. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, June 6 and 10, 1947 Seriously Injured Big Four Fireman: Lowell Goodrid was taken to Daviess County hos- pital in the Harris ambulance Monday afternoon where he is suffering from injuries re- ceived when he either jumped or fell from the engine cab. Mr. Goodrid, fireman, was leaning from the cab window when the brakes were applied and it is not known whether he jumped or was thrown. His head and shoulders struck the ground and were badly crushed and bruised. He has received three blood transfusions. X-ray re- vealed several broken vertebrae and a broken jaw bone and pos- sible skull fracture. His neck is seriously injured but it has hot been determined whether or not it is broken. The accident occurred near Enos mine. Lowell Goodrid Slightly Stronger: Latest report from Da- viess county hospital indicate that Lowell Goodrid is slight- ly stronger after receiving a 4th blood transfusion Satur- day. It will be remembered that Mr. Goodrid, railroad fireman was gravely injured in an acci- dent a week ago. He has been too ill to have his numerous bro- ken bones placed in casts. Al- though many x-rays have been taken, the full extent of his inju- ries is still undetermined. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Her- bert Miller, a son, Friday, June 6, at the Washington hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. David Work- man, a son, June 2, in the Linton hospital, the mother is a former resident of Petersburg. Marriages: Martha Brown and Pfc. Robert W. Burkhart (a W WII vet) were married on May 24, by Rev. J. S. Burch, at Pheonix City, Ga.; Pauline Ar- nold and Howard Brandyberry were married Wednesday eve- ning, by Rev. Charles Lee Har- ringer, at the North Method- ist church, Indianapolis; Dor- thy Day and Toney Robling were married Thursday; Opal L. Fletcher and George A. Fis- cus were married Thursday evening, May 29, by Bro. Justis Hesson, at the Arthur Church of Christ. Deaths: Floyd Russell Sap- penfield, 49, formerly of Peters- burg, died May 20, at his home, he was the son of Mrs. Florence Sappenfield, of Boise City, Ok- la.; Opal Perry, died Wednes- day night, at her home near Winslow, wife of Cloyd Perry; Dora Campbell, 79, widow of the late Homer (Peck) Camp- bell, died Tuesday, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elsie Carl- isle, near Winslow; Willard Win- get, 72, died Wednesday after- noon, at his home near Stendal; William A. Carter, died Satur- day, at his Winslow home; Ida E. (Ashby) Montgomery, 83, died Tuesday, at her home in Winslow after a long illness. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, June 7, 1962 Studer Home Burns; Struck by Lightning: The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Studer on the Scottsburg road just off high- way 64, burned to the ground at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning, June 6. Lightning struck where the T V antenna was mounted and set the roof on fire during the electrical storm at 10 :30 Tuesday night. Almost all the contents were destroyed. 4-H Fair Beauty Contestants: Miss Annelle Kinder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherl Kinder of Winslow is a contestant in the Miss Pike County Beauty con- test to be held the first night of the Pike County 4-H Fair on Tuesday, July 17. Miss Kinder is being sponsored by Winslow marching Band. Another con- test is Miss Linda Loehr, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Loehr, of Lynnville. Miss Loehr is being sponsored by The Sur- geon Band. Mrs. Frances Minnis and June King, of Petersburg, are currently leading in the Wom- en's Doubles Event of the Sixth Annual Evansville Press Ten- Pin Classic with a high series of 1280, with handicap. Only one more weekend of compe- tition remains in the tourna- ment which has been in prog- ress since March. Bowlers from approximately 15 states are competing in the tournament. Pat Hayes, also of Petersburg, placed on the board with a 628 series, including handicap, in the singles event. –BOOM!!! – The booming noise and jar, as of a terrific ex- plosion Tuesday afternoon sent people running outside their business places and expecting to find something awful had occurred. The loud noise was caused by a super-sonic B-58 Hustler traveling faster than sound. According to a state - ment issued by the Air Force oc- casional sonic booms can be ex- pected the rest of this week un- til Friday, from noon until 8 p.m. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Lar- ry Willis, of Union, a daughter, Lisa Ann, May 29; To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Craig, of Otwell, a son, Mark Lawrence, Monday, May 28. Marriages: Mary Ann Craig and Donald K. Wilder were mar- ried Friday evening, on June 1, by Rev. Walter Williams of First Methodist church. Deaths: Mary H. Fields, 54, of Petersburg, died Wednes- day, May 30, she was a teach- er before she became ill; Letia Ferguson, 63, of Oakland City, born in Pikeville, died May 29, in a two car accident; Margaret Sims Mangle, 36,of Holland, born in Augusta, died Tuesday, May 29 from a cerebral hemor- rhage enroute home from Seat- tle, Wash.; Ethel Brewster Fox, 60, of Indianapolis, born in the Bethel community, Pike coun- ty, died Sunday, May 27, from a heart attack; James M. Graham, 76, of Hot Springs, Ark., former- ly of the Velpen area, died May 28; George Henke, 79, of Sten- dal, died Wednesday, May 30, at his home after a long illness of cancer, he was a retired grade teacher and rural mail carrier of that township; George Washing- ton Morton, 88, of Winslow, died Tuesday, May 29, we was a farm- er and country coal mine oper- ator; Ola Belle Cherry, of Oak- land City, 82, died Sunday en- route home from a visit to Mont- gomery cemetery, she had been ill for nearly a year; Charles E. Miley, 87, died May 27, he was a retired school teacher of 41 1/2 years. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, June 8, 1972 Staff Sgt. Roger G. Boger was awarded the First Oak Leaf Cluster by distinguishing himself by meritorious service as Electrical Power Production Specialist. Boger was part of the Aircraft arresting barrier main- tenance section 824, civil engi- neering squadron, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa from June 23, 1970 to December 20, 1971. Laverne Tisdale, Winslow, was seriously injured Tuesday when he hit a bridge abutment near Petersburg on Highway 61. Tisdale was taken to the Da- viess County hospital. The 1965 Chrysler was a total loss. Paul Utterback, president of the First National Bank of Winslow, was elected President of the Kiwanis Club of Winslow at the annual election of offi- cers, Tuesday, May 23. Don Schmett was elected first vice president and Don Mann, sec- ond vice president. Arthur Cox was elected as sec. treasurer for the 10th year. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Akles, of Oakland City, a son, Anthony Joseph, Monday, May 22; To Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Traylor, of Otwell, a daughter, Christi Michelle, Monday, June 5; To Mr. and Mrs. Allen Steven Potter, of Maryville, a daugh- ter, Amy Dawn, Tuesday, May 30 ; To Mr. and Mrs. Alex Ciar- aveno, of Shepherd AFB, Texas, a son, David Ira, Sunday, June 4; To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Taylor, of Winslow, a son, Jeffrey Lee, Friday, June 2; To Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Robling, of Indianapo- lis, a son, James Bradley, Satur- day, May 27; To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilson, of Indianapolis, a daughter, Trista Marie, Satur- day, June 3. Marriages: Loreli Gladys Craig and Jerry William were married; Audrey Elaine Head and Phillip John Moeller were wed; Lillie Mae Kitchen and Donald E. Robling were mar- ried Tuesday, May 23; Dorothy Payne and Paul Whitney were married Tuesday, May 30. Deaths: Daisy J. Tegmeyer, 71, of Winslow, died Wednes- day; Hazel Frieda Willis, 65, of Petersburg, died Friday; Ol- iver Weitkamp, 79, of Stendal, died Saturday, June 3, he was Zoar correspondent for The Press-Dispatch, Jasper Harald, and served in the Army during W WII; Hester O. Sumner, 79, of Hazleton, died Saturday, June 3; Joe G. Dedrick, 35, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, May 31; Helen Alley Fred, 63, of Petersburg, died Saturday, June 3; Gertrude Schalz, 72, of Buckskin, died Saturday; Margie Robling, 80, of Peters- burg, died Friday, June 9; Naomi Tibbs, 86, of Oakland City, died Monday, May 29; Percy Herbert Donham, 80, of Bicknell, died Thursday, June 1; Harry H. Risher, 90, of Petersburg, died Sunday, June 4; Cheryl Lee Co- burn, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ken A. Coburn, of Prince- ton, died Tuesday. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, June 5, 1997 Stewart receives science award: Pike Central junior Amanda Stewart is the 1997 recipient of the Bausch and Lomb Science Award. Chemis- try teacher David Weathers said Stewart was selected for the award because of her "outstand- ing work in high school chem- istry. She was the top chemis- try II student," he added. Weath- ers presented Stewart with her award on Wednesday. Child care center proposed for PCHS, More than 20 PCHS students either pregnant or have had babies: Thursday evening the Pike County School Board was asked to consider institut- ing a child care center at Pike Central Middle-High School to be used mainly for children of teenage students and to be- gin an "early childhood theo- ry class and lab." Bridgett Mur- ray, of the Pike County Caring for Children Council and Nan- cy Clem, of the Family and Con- sumer Science Department at Pike Central, presented the pro- posal for the facility to the board members. Murray said the council she represents is pre- paring to submit a proposal for funding for the child-care cen- ter in July. "We have an oppor- tunity to get a $25,000, one-time grant from the Indiana Sympo- sium on Child Care Financing and we have $10,000 of our own to put toward the project," Mur- ray said. Both Clem and Murray said the child care center would be beneficial in getting teenage mothers to stay in school. The school board did not act on the proposal. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jef- fery Knight, of Evansville, a son, Braden Levi, Thursday, May 20, at St. Mary's Medical Center, the mother is the former Mar- cie Lynn Owens. Marriages: Marilyn Kay Tooley and Woodrow W. Baker were married; Nancy Lu Henry and Royal Nash Pitchers were married. Deaths: Rev. John Hand, 83, of Otwell, died Friday, May 30, at Memorial hospital, he was a member and pastor of Ot- well Contenders of Faith Mis- sion; Gertie B. Stroud Ber- ry, 80, of Vincennes, died Wednesday, May 28, at Peters- burg Healthcare Center; Mary Frances Coonrod, 76, of Mon- roe City, died Wednesday, May 28, at Good Samaritan hospi- tal; Stan Cardinal, 69, of Mon- roe City, died Friday, May 30, at his home; Velma J. Leslie, 75, of Lynnville, native of Vel- pen, died Tuesday, May 27, at Welborn Baptist hospital; Ruth L. Parker, 85, of Patoka, died Thursday, May 29, at the home of her son west of Princeton; Kelly Hudson, 37, of Buckskin, died Wednesday, May 28, at St. Mary's Medical Center; Jarett R. Loveless, 13, of Loogootee, died Friday, May 30, suffering from injuries sustained in an automobile accident at Cannel- burg; Helen L. Kamman, 78, of Holland, died Saturday, May 31, at Huntingburg Convales- cent Center.