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C-4 Wednesday, August 10, 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 Winslow High School cooks —1974 The Winslow High School cooks in 1974 were at the last year for the high school. That is the year all high schools in Pike county closed, and went the next year to Pike Central. Left to right is: Joy Wilson, Margaret Hagemeyer, Elsie Griffith, June Shoultz and Joan Eisle. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, August 8 and 12, 1947 Bicycle Riders Warned By Mayor: Bicycle riders were warned by Mayor this week to keep off the sidewalks with their bikes. There was a dou- ble reason this week the May- or said because adding to the danger of knocking someone down was the tracking of oil from the freshly oiled streets on to the sidewalk. Large Number of Entries Draws Record Crowd To Lo- cal 4-H Club Fair: Attendance at the Pike county 4-H Club Fair held August 4th and 5th was a record breaker in-spite of intense heat. Deputies in charge of traffic for Tuesday night's program counted somewhere between three and four thousand cars and estimated some nine thou- sand persons to be present. Peel Potatoes: One of the most time-consuming kitch- en job, peeling potatoes, has been reduced to a factory pro- cess in Seattle and Boston. Peeled by steam at 60 pounds of pressure, the potatoes are dipped in a solution which prevents discoloring for as long as five days. They are delivered to the restaurant or institution in the quantities and at the time required; this practice saves both storage space and time. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Atwood Johnson, a daughter, Linda Aline, Friday, August 8. Marriages: Estie Ger- trude Smilser and Elmer Wil- lis were married on August 6, by Rev. R. G. Skidmore; Margaret Ann Bonewits and Robert J. Kensler were mar- ried Sunday morning, August 3, at the home of Rev. Grover C. Krieg; June Falls and Ad- ron A. Dillon were married Thursday, August 7, at the home of Rev. Grover C. Krieg. Deaths: Joseph D. Lane, 86, died Tuesday at his Alford home; Mrs. Luella Howard, mother of C. P. Howard of Petersburg, died Monday, at her home in Somerville; Mrs. Phoebe Ann McAtee, 73, widow of the late Charles McAtee, died Wednesday night; Mrs. Rhoda M. Car- men, sister of Herbert Moore of Petersburg, died Tuesday; Harvey Kammon, 58, gen- eral merchant at Zoar, died August 9, of a heart attack following a week of illness; H. H. Carl Meyers, 87, of Sten- dal, a retired farmer, died Friday, August 8, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. August Satkamp; Victor G. Rumble, son of Mr. and Mrs. Riley of Logan township, died the day after being seriously burned from a boat explosion; Earl Bradfield, 43, of Algiers, a welder at the Enos coal mine was electrocuted Friday night when he came in con- tact with 110 voltage electric wire while putting in a light bulb; Dr. John Basinger, 87, died at his home in Oklahoma City, Sunday. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, August 9, 1962 Fosters Buy Tooley Store At Campbelltown: The Gor- don Fosters are the new owners of the Forest Tooley Grocery store and building in Campbelltown. They took possession Monday and are open for business and have moved into the apartment above the store. They plan to carry a full line of popu- lar brands of canned goods, fresh produce and meats, soft drinks and gasoline. Storm Hits County Early Tuesday; Falling Tree De- molishes Bridge: The largest county maintained bridge in Pike county was demolished during the fierce wind storm which struck the area at 5 a.m. Tuesday. The bridge was completely destroyed when a large sycamore tree was blown across it. Ti was the span across Pride's Creek near the Petersburg water plant, on the road known as "Power Plant" road. There is only one resident living across the bridge but some of Pike county's richest farm ground is located in that part of the White river bottom and this was about the only ac- cess to the area. The bridge was made up of two spans 25 feet long, making it a 125 - foot bridge. It is one of the oldest bridges in the county. One resident said he could remember it being in place 70 years ago. Estimated costs to replacing the bridge are near 100,000. The county has no bridge funds available. A representative of the county highway department stated that the only hope of replac- ing the bridge was through the civil defense funds. This was the fifth severe storm to hit this area during the spring and summer. Stranger Attempts to Run Over Petersburg Child: Someone as yet unknown, at- tempted two different times Monday to run over Cindy Newman, 10 -year-old daugh- ter of To Mr. and Mrs. Bill Newman of Petersburg. Cin- dy's mother had sent her on an errand to Blake Boger's grocery store. As she came out of an alley leading to 15th street an unknown man at- tempted to run over her, forc- ing her to run up into Earl Hornbrook's yard. As she returned from the store the man was parked across the street from the Boger store in the General Baptist church parking lot. Once again he made an attempt to run over her and this time she ran up into Wendell Kinman's yard. Cindy gave a good descrip- tion of the truck and the man and Judge Lester Nixon along with Cindy and one of the Pe- tersburg policemen spent the evening looking for the per- son to no avail. She described him as past 60, with no teeth, driving a gray truck with had trash in the back of it and hav- ing red license plates, which would be last year's plates. The truck was an old one. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Roy Haycraft, of Glezen, a son, Wednesday, August 1; To Mr. and Mrs. David Jack- son, a daughter, Sherry Lynn, Thursday, August 2; To Mr. and Mrs. Gary H. Thompson, of Gary, a son, William Sher - man, July 30 ; To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hammond, of Hunt- ingburg, a daughter, Michele Renee, Tuesday, July 31; To Mr. and Mrs. George Robling, of Owensboro, Ky., a daugh - ter, Cheryl Ann, Sunday, August 5; To Mr. and Mrs. Danny Jones, of Winslow, a daughter, Becky Jo, Sunday, August 5; To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hume, a son, Kim Tra - cy, Thursday, August 2. Deaths: Roscoe Johnson, 70, of Oakland City, native of Pike County, died Thursday, after a long illness, a retired miner; Hurley J. Richardson, 68, of Augusta, died Tuesday, John Cooper, 79, of Monroe township, died Saturday, a Monroe township school teacher for 19 years and re- tired farmer; William J. Con- rad, 78, of Petersburg, died August 3. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 10, 1972 Carla Lynn Tevault was notified that she had been selected Miss American Teenager of Indiana and will compete for the national title of Miss American Teenager. Tevault left for New York City, Sunday. The pageant will end on Wednesday, August 16, when the winner will be an- nounced. She is sponsored by the Petersburg Jaycees. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bobby J. Cox, of Petersburg, a daughter, Melanie Beth; To Mr. and Mrs. David Mullen, of Stendal, a daughter, Nata- sha Rae, Friday, August 4. Prides Creek Park was ded- icated Sunday with approxi- mately 150 attending. Judge S. Hugh Dillin was master of ceremonies. Several feder- al, state, and local agencies were represented. Dr. John Kidd received a flag in behalf of Senator Vance Hartke and another flag was presented by congressman Roger Zion. A small camper and its con- tents belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Poole, Petersburg, was destroyed by fire Tues- day. By the time the Poole's were able to notify the fire dept., the fire had made such headway that the camper could not be saved. Marriages: Sherry Lynn Burkhart and Spec. four Da- vid D. Oxley were married on July 15; Freddie Lynette Crooks and Calvin James Da- vis were married Saturday, July 1; Madison Bruce Dye and Sylvia Ann Smith were married; Timothy D. Selby and Peggy Sue Query were married. Deaths: Ruth Marie Autin, 75, of winslow, died Sunday; Herman Wilson, 63, of Mon- roe City, died Sunday; Dor- othy G. Collins, 43, of Con- cord, Ark., died Saturday, August 5; Morris Andrew Blair, 74, of Marion township, died Friday; Artie Drew, 76, of Evansville, native of Pike County, died Friday, July 28, he had hearing loss and during W WI he kept in touch with the boys from his com- munity by writing letters to them. He often sat and wrote a pad of paper up at a time; Gordon Townsley, 64, of Oak- land City, died Sunday; Pearl Halbert, of Petersburg, died Friday, July 28. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 7, 1997 Crews Begin Tearing Down Winslow Bridge: A run- around to route traffic around a bridge south of Winslow was opened Wednesday. Crews began tearing down the bridge on Monday. The Project to build a new bridge at the site will take 120 work- ing days according to Peters- burg State Highway Subdis- trict Manager Ed Warner. IDEM Inspector Visits Open Dumping and Tire Fire Site: An illegal trash dumping site in Glezen and the site of a tire fire in Ayr- shire drew the attention of an Indiana Department of Environmental Manage- ment inspector on Monday morning. Kaye Driskill, an inspector with IDEM's Solid Waste Compliance Section, had been asked to inspect the Glezen site earlier last week by Pike County Solid Waste Enforcement Officer Dyal Shoultz. Shoultz said the il- legal dumping site is located just off of Center St. on Coun- ty Road 125 W in Glezen. As Shoultz and DNR Officer Mike Collier walked along a path leading into a wooded area they discovered a mam- moth amount of trash and debris spread about 100 feet wide and one-eight of a mile in length. Strewn amongst the debris were old refriger- ators, tires, furniture, broken children's toys and bags and bags of trash. "I can't believe people would do this to their own community just to save 50 cents," Pike County Solid Waste Management Director Susan Haislip commented as she viewed the dump site. "What's sad about this site is there is a lot of stuff here that is recyclable and most of it could have been taken to one of the Pike County manned collection for free," Haislip said. Less than 24-hours after Shoultz and Haislip re- turned from the illegal dump site the area mysteriously caught fire. Saturday after- noon, the North Patoka Fire Department was dispatched to what was described as a brush fire in a wooded area. "I think what we will have to do is cite the owners of the property because they are ultimately responsible for the property and I have one re- sponsible party who has been identified," Driskill said. "We usually give 30 days for the site to be cleaned up but we work with them," Driskill said. A fter inspecting the Glezen dumping site, Drisk- ill shifted her attention to a site in Ayrshire about one- eighth mile from State Road 61 where a tire fire occurred on Wednesday, July 30 about 7 p.m. Driskill saw that the site was "old Quick Brothers Auto Salvage yard" and the new property owner was Jack D. Onyett. Pike county Sher- iff's Deputy John Palmer said there was a pile of between 30 and 40 tires on fire when he arrived on site. Driskill found an estimate of 1,500 to 2,000 tires on the Ayrshire site. "There was evidence of burning tires and it looked like tires had been used to start the brush fire," Driskill said. "The burning of tires is totally against state statutes. I've had people tell me they thought it was legal to burn three tires a day and that's just not true. It's illegal to burn any tires," Driskill said anyone who has more than 500 tires on a piece of prop- erty has to be registered with the state of Indiana for tire storage. "And the tires have to be stored in an enclosed area. These tires are all out- side in an open area. You ar- en't allowed to have outside storage of tires," she said. Driskill said she would con- fer with Onyett and explain the waste tire rules. Births: To Stacy Russell, of Winslow, a daughter, Kail- ee Jo, Friday, August 1. Marriages: Michelle Mc- Cann and Ron Wilson were married, June 27, in Gatlin- burg, Tenn.; Cassandra Sue Blake and Jonathan William Craig were married; Marie Ann McCormick and William Joe Brenton were married. Deaths: August D. Mey- er, 86, of Winslow, died Sun- day, August 3, a retired coal miner; Howard Hall, 78, of Oakland City, died Satur- day, August 2; Lois Sunder- land, 59, of Buckskin, died Wednesday, July 30 ; Winifred (Chesser) Racheff, of Smyr- na, Ga., niece of Thelda ( Jen- nings) Willis, of Winslow, died Friday, August 1; Billie J. Phelps, 58, Lynnville, died Wednesday, July 30. Pregnant... or think you are? 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