The South Gibson Star-Times serves the towns of Haubstadt, Owensville and Fort Branch.
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any number of other things which have descended upon us since the Industrial Revolution. What are we supposed to do about all those things? Just ignore them, tr y to avoid dealing with them?" That depends upon what we think "say anything about" means. I would argue that nothing has come into the world since the gift on Sinai that doesn't, somehow, fit into the already-giv- en moral categories. So rather than just sitting about, attempt- ing to think up new ruffles and frills to apply, let us seek to understand how all the things that we are presently being called upon to deal with do fit with what, for instance, we learn through Isaiah and Jesus about God's will for us to do justice, and extend mercy, correct oppression, and provide defense to those in need of it. God never invited us to edit. His word to us is, "Listen." ousness of his sins. He was tr ying to get out of Dodge before the stor y blew up. He was not expecting his victim to show up and confront him and dis- pute his version of events. Her version begins years earlier. Her family were church members and close friends with the pastor and his family. She was an innocent 16-year-old girl exploited by her pastor 20 years her senior. Are you "oh good grief" yet? King David found himself in a similar situation. He had an af fair with Bathshe- ba while her husband was away at war. She became pregnant. David called her husband back from the front, hoping to cover it up. It didn't go as planned. So, his last act of desperation was to send her husband, a tr usted loyal "valiant man" back to the front with sealed or- ders to his commander to put him in the thick of battle and allow him to be killed. He died and David took Bathshe- ba to wife. No one was any wiser, right? God had other plans. Nathan the prophet knew what Da- vid had done. He confronted David with a stor y of a poor man who was treated unjustly by a rich man. Da- vid became enraged by the stor y and swore the man would pay for his sin. "Nathan said to David, You [are] the man! 2Sa 12:7". David's response was, "I have sinned against the LORD" 2Sa 12:13. There was no smoke and mir- rors. No spin or political grandstand- ing. David confessed to his dastardly deeds. From his repentance came Psalms 51. It recounts the cr ushing guilt and shame that David felt after he sinned. There was no escaping the emptiness he felt. Only God could re- store him. This psalm is a blueprint for confession, repentance, and resto- ration. You may have heard it said you can be humble and repent or remain mute and let God publicize your sin and suf- fer humiliation. The choice is yours. "But if you don't do what you say, you will be sinning against GOD; you can be sure that your sin will track you down" Num. 32:23. Sin is an orphan, always looking for its father. God cleans house in his time. "For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it be- gins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?" 1Pe 4:17. God knows what you are doing. Re- pent while there is still time. Don't al- low your conduct to become someone's "good grief!" been. Too often we look back at things we have done wrong and fail to see the things we have done right. This is not constructive to our becoming more like Christ. Does this mean that we should never look back and consider past failures and missed opportunities? The an- swer is no. The continual message of Moses to the new nation of Israel was "Remember". He said, "And thou shalt re- member all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these for ty years in the wil- derness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine hear t, whether thou wouldest keep his com- mandments, or no." (Deuter- onomy 8:2) The nation of Israel was to remember the things they had done right and the things they had done wrong. This would allow them to repeat the good and lear n from their failures. And so it is with us. We can dupli- cate our past successes and grow in godliness. We can lear n from our past mis- takes or we can let them defeat us. God never intends for His children to be defeated be- cause of their previous be- havior. Once our past sins and failures are confessed to Him, our looking back is to be a positive focus that we learn and grow from. Make certain that an incor- rect view of your past is not hindering all that you can be- come as a child of God. HISTORY 50 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Friday, June 23, 1972 Several members of the local AARP Chapter No. 674 met at the home of Mrs. B.G. Weaver on Saturday morning to remove a tree from her yard which has been creating a traffic hazard. Mrs. Weaver was kind enough to give per- mission to have the pine tree removed. After removing the tree, the spot was leveled off. The tree was cut into small pieces and disposed of in the Gibson Co. land fill contain- ers. This was one of the civic improvement projects being undertaken by the local AARP Chapter to make the town of Fort Branch a better place to live and raise children. Pic- tures taken before and after the tree was removed show the increased visibility for mo- torists at the corner of Locust and Church Streets. Members participating included Paul E. Lewis, president of AARP; Dr. Harr y Seevers, vice president; Carl Westerman Sr., Clarence Weaver, Herman Williams, members of the Board of Di- rectors; Mrs. Paul E. Lewis and Mrs. Cleo English. Monday, June 12, Haubstadt FHA officers traveled to the State Convention at Ball State University in Muncie. Enroute they stopped in Indianapolis for a tour arranged by their sponsor, Miss Hilda Black- burn, which included a stop at the State Capitol building where the girls met Governor Edgar Whitcomb and his wife. Gov. Whitcomb toured them through his inner office and invited them to stay for a press conference. The tour also in- cluded a stop at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, the In- dianapolis Airport, and a shop- ping spree on the circle. The officers making the trip were Cathy Dilbeck, president; Cin- dy Hipp, vice president; Jackie Weber, secretar y; and Judy Dewig, treasurer. They are pictured with Gov. Whitcomb. Adults accompanying the girls were Miss Blackburn, spon- sor; and Mrs. Helen Weber. The District VI workshop will be held at the Shelter House No. 1 in the Fort Branch Park on Tuesday, July 11. Campers, officers and sponsors of District VI are urged to attend. The group will register from 10 to 11 a.m. A social hour will be held from 11 - noon. At noon a pic- nic lunch will be ser ved. After lunch, materials for next year will be given to each school and plans for the District VI convention at Haubstadt on Oct. 7 will be discussed. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Randall Herberg, of Glencoe, Mo., a son, Carl Barrett, June 15. Deaths: Hilda Marie Michel, 63, of Fort Branch, passed away Friday; Isabelle Woods, 95, passed away Wednesday, June 21, at Gibson General Hospital. 45 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Friday, June 24, 1977 Established by Bob Sey- more, bor n again is a brand new, exciting outreach of the Open Door Youth Center. The BORN AGAIN Ministr y consists of music, drama, and multi-media, per formed by a group of talented, ded- icated young people whose purpose is to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ in an exciting and ef fective man- ner. Now in its first year, BORN AGAIN, has plans to be traveling throughout the Midwest with their program of music, comedy and dra- ma. BORN AGAIN director, Bob Seymore, is the former director of the NEW IM- AGE, which traveled in 1973 and 1974. Bob built upon the teachings of Jesus Christ. The purpose is to share with teenagers the abundant life available in Jesus Christ. BORN AGAIN will appear at the Ft. Branch General Bap- tist Church Sunday, June 26, 7:30 p.m. The public is invited by Pastor Ron Black and the congregation also presently directs the total youth music program at the Open Door Youth Center, a student outreach of Bethel Temple, Evansville. Meritorious ser vice at Sey- mour Johnson AFB, N.C., has earned the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal for Captain Stephen J. Kifer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otis W. Kifer of Fort Branch. Captain Kifer, an assistant operations officer with the aeronautical rating of senior pilot, was presented the medal at Torrejon AB, Spain, where he now ser ves with a unit of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe. A 1961 graduate of Fort Branch High School, the captain received his B.S. de- gree in electrical engineering in 1996 from Purdue Univer- sity and was commissioned through the Reser ve Officers Training Corps program. Little Jared Aver y Kiesel, held by his mother, Sherri (Mrs. David Kiesel), is the youngest of the five gener- ations of his family pictured here. Standing directly behind home is his grandmother, Mrs. Elmo (Pat) Titzer. Next to her is his great-grandmother, Mrs. Arthur (Lois) Aver y, and seat- ed beside home on the swing is his great, great-grandfather, Carl Broshears. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Verley, of Fort Branch, a daughter, Alisha Alyn, Wednesday, June 15 at St. Mar y's Hospital. Marriages: Jean L. Laughlin and Richard P. Chaille were wed on June 4 at St. Mar y's Catholic Church; Debra Lee Lewis and Bradley Georges Kiesel were wed on May 14 at Noble Street Methodist Church. Deaths: Marjorie Larson, 62, of Francisco, passed away Wednesday, June 15, in Dea- coness Hospital; Otto A. Lutz, 82, passed away Wednesday, June 13, at Valleyview Nursing Home. 35 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Thursday, June 25, 1987 Amber Elaine Sandlin is one of three contestants selected from Indiana to participate in the national competition "Little Stars of America." She was selected from 300 entries. National competition held July 17-19 at the Mariott Inn in Nashville, Tenn. Amber will compete in the 2-3 year old di- vision. The home office of "Lit- tle Stars of America" is Nor- man, Okla., and the contest is nationally advertised in TV Guide. Rose and Earl Sandlin of Cynthiana, formerly of Fort Branch and Haubstadt, are Amber's parents. They thank her sponsors and friends for their support and best wishes. A surprise par ty honored Herb Reed, who was cele- brating his 50th bir thday on June 12 at the home of Dar- rell and Tammy Spindler. The theme was "The Fifties" and guests arrived dressed as they had in the fifties. Mu- sic was furnished by Kenny Pfeif fer. Attending were Lee Reed, Vaughn Adams, Jr., Joyce and Joann Lindy, Kev- in and Tim Spindler, Ken- ny Pfeif fer, Minnie Craig, Wayne Biel, Bonnie and Herb Kramer, Jo and Ron Heichelbech, Gregg and Jen- ny Romershausen, Max and Bonnie Racine, Ruth Knight and Donnie, Janetta Mar tin, Don King, Tom and Carol Guf fy, Mike and Vickie Hol- comb, Peggy Massey, Larr y and Rose Weiss, Darrell and Tammy Spindler, Dave Ham- by, Harold and Midge Ham- by, Katie and Abby Hamby, Mike Woodall, Don and Don- na Gries, Bob and Francis Emge, Ben and Marilyn Mi- chel, Jerr y Hamby, Annette and Nathan Reed, Carl and Janet Michel, Fuzzy and Bett Bar ton, Marc Robinson, Jill Papineau and Donna Reed. Sisters of St. Benedict in- vite the public to their 120th Anniversar y Summer Social, a homecoming celebration for families, friends and stu- dents. The event will be held on Sunday, June 28, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Convent Immaculate Conception, Fer- dinand. Home cooked food will be ser ved from 11 a.m. to 6p.m. Featured will be games of chance and skill, cash, and merchandise prizes, arts, crafts, quilts and gift booths, kiddie events, refreshment stands and turtle soup. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Danny Brewer, a son, Justin Lee, Friday, June 19 at St. Mar y's Medical Center. Marriages: Angela Jo Karaff and Shawn Morgan McGrew were wed on Saturday, June 20 at First General Baptist Church. Deaths: Virgil Charles Ben- ton, 70, of Evansville, passed away Saturday, June 20, at Deaconess Hospital; Kather- ine M. Petitjean, 75, of Haub- stadt, passed away Tuesday, June 16, at Welborn Hospital; Avis J. Miley, 71, of Princeton, passed away Sunday, June 21, at Gibson General Hospital; Rosetta Besing Schwiersch, 90, passed away Sunday, June 21, at Braum Nursing Home; Staff Sgt. James F. Chandler, 31, passed away Sunday, June 21, at Hardin County Memori- al Hospital. 25 YEARS South Gibson Star-Times Thursday, June 24, 1997 The Princeton Area Cham- ber of Commerce's revised proposal to handle the coun- ty's economic development ser vices for a total of $150,000 for the next two years was not approved by the Gibson Coun- ty Commissioners last week. The county commissioners voted 2-1 during their June 16 meeting to not approve the revised proposal. County commissioners Allen Perkins and Roger Myers voted to re- ject the contract proposal and county commissioner John Kissel voted in support of the contract. Kissel estimated 40 individuals attended the meet- ing. He said some of those people opposed the revised economic development pro- posal and some supported it. Kissel estimated that half the people attending the meeting were in support of the pro- posal and half was against it. "It was rejected on the basis of not enough representation; and too much money," Kissel said. "I guess the sentiment is that smaller communities have elected to do their eco- nomic development on their own. What happens now with PACC's proposals to do eco- nomic development through- out the county? How will economic development for Gibson County be handled in the future? "I guess it's a dead issue at this point," Kissel said. "I guess each community will go back to what they did be- fore – economic development on their own. No alternatives were suggested." South Gibson School Corporation Board mem- bers were told during their June 17 meeting that Gib- son Souther n High School's graduation rate has reached an all-time high level. Cor- poration Superintendent Mike Green provided the school board statistics in- volving the high school's 1997 graduating rate. Specif- ically, Green said this year's Gibson Souther n gradua- tion rate was 98.4 percent. He mentioned that the high school's graduation rate in 1996 was 93.2 percent. "That is the best it has ever been," Green said in refer ring to the high school's graduation rate this year. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Moorman, of Evans- ville, a daughter, Olivia Rose, Sunday, June 8 at Welborn Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Br yan Pillum, of Fort Branch, a daughter, Tabitha Faye, Thursday, June 22 at Deacon- ess Hospital. Deaths: Henr y A. "Hank" Labhart Jr.,75, of Boonville, passed away Wednesday, June 18, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Hospital; Clarence E. Brown, 78, passed away Wednesday, June 18, at Gibson General Hospital; Joe Wilkerson, 86, of Fort Branch, passed away Thursday, June 19, at Deacon- ess Hospital. HISTORY South Gibson Star-Times Tuesday, June 21, 2022 B-5 CHURCH (ELCA) U.S. 41 and State Rd. 64 Princeton Sunday worship 9 a.m.; Sunday school 10:30 a.m. Princeton Christian Church 219 N. Gibson St., Princeton Gary Fair, Evangelist Sunday worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. SALVATION ARMY CHURCH (non-denominational) 201 S. Gibson St. Princeton Capt. Chris Marques Phone 812-386-6577 Sunday morning break- fast 9 a.m.; Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10:45 a.m.; evening ser vice 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study 6 p.m.; Men's Club and Home League at 7 p.m. Ask about boys' and girls' clubs. WARRENTON ST. STEPHENS COMMUNITY CHURCH 12152 S. 200 E., Warrenton Pastor Brian Pullum Sunday Worship 9 a.m.; Sunday School 10 a.m.; Bible Study at 7 p.m. on Thursday evenings. CHURCH Continued from page 4 INSIGHT Continued from page 4 POINTS Continued from page 4 REFLECTIONS Continued from page 4