The Press-Dispatch
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D-4 Wednesday, September 7, 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 1954-55 Petersburg basketball team The 1954-55, Petersburg Indians basketball team won nine games and lost 13. They include front row: Don Welch, Howard Lytton, Dennis Scraper, John Henry Har- rison, Marvin Gross, and Jon Welch. In the back row, Jim Ellis (manager), Larry Catt, P. M. Sanders, Ted Carson, Bruce Kifer, David Cawood, Jack Goodpasture and Clifford Murray (coach). SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, September 5 and 9, 1947 Liibs Installing New Snack Bar: Liibs Bakery is in the process of in- stalling a new sandwich and short order counter. The counter will re- place the ice cream cabinet which formerly set beside the fountain. It will match the new fountain. New News Editor At Press Of- fice: Starting Monday morning Don L. Hyslop, of Francisco, will assume charge of all news for The Petersburg Press. Mr. Hyslop is a graduate of Butler University and managed the College paper while there doing some work on the College year book also. His is the son of the superintendent of schools at Francisco. In addition to the news and proofreading Mr. Hyslop will handle the general bookkeeping of the office. Loveless Country Home Badly Burned: The home of Sylvester Loveless, of Petersburg, was bad- ly burned last week when a spark from the chimney ignited the roof. In a brave effort to stop the fire Warner Loveless climbed to the room and was badly burned on his hands in the effort. Elderly Winslow Couple Mar- ried: Mr. Mahleon Brown, 94, and Mrs. Sarah Burns, 83, of Winslow were united in marriage at Hender- son, Ky., Thursday. Both were con- cerned at the time of marriage as to objections from the children, but they went ahead with the ceremony and are now residing at Winslow. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Ken- neth Coomer, a son, Lesley Con- way, Saturday, August 31; To Mr. and Mrs. John Capehart, of Cato, a daughter, Sharon Ruth, August 20 ; To Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Head, of Glendale, Ariz., August 25, the mother is the former Miss Bernice Jacobs; To Atty. and Mrs. John K. Chappell, a son, John Stephen, Sep- tember 5. Marriages: Opal Phillips and Edward English were married on Monday morning, September 1; Eleanor Gray Moran and Clifford L. June were married Sunday, Au- gust 31; Phyllis Johnson and Walter Junior Beck were married August 24, by Rev. Buford Blair; Capitola Spade and Charles W. Wolven were married in a quiet ceremony in the parsonage of Rev. Reno Tacoma, of the First Baptist church; Joyce Jones and Leonard Jackson Camp- bell were married August 27; Wan- da Mae Fettinger and John O. John- son were married; June McKinney and Harold L. Bass were married; Sarah Burns and Mahleon Brown were married Thursday; Claudia Nelson and Bill Elder were married August 24. Deaths: George W. Burns, 58, brother of Mrs. John Hill, of Peters- burg, died at his Francisco home Thursday night; Permelia Texas Willis, 84, died Saturday morning, she was the widow of Rev. W. E. Willis; Rosetta Thomas, 76, died Saturday, at her home near Oak- land City; Arch Gray, 80, of Hunt- ingburg, died Saturday morning; Sarah Conrad Willis, 63, of Los An- geles, Calif., native to Pike County, died August 28, of cancer. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Sept. 6, 1962 Four Pike School's Enrollment Listed: Pike county schools that have listed their enrollment of pu- pils for the first eight days of school at the office of the county superin- tendent of schools, Clarence Buec- hele, are: Winslow, grades one to six, 373; grades seven to eight, 107; high school, 194, a total of 674. Ot- well: grades one to eight, 261, and high school, grades nine to twelve, 160, total of 421. Spurgeon: grades one to eight 119, high school, grades nine to twelve, 61, total of 180. Stendal: grades one to eight, 124, high school, 46, total of 170. Truck Falls Through Bridge Maintained By County: Another county maintained bridge was de- stroyed Saturday when a truck fell through it. The bridge was on the Pike-Dubois county line in Marion township. Charles Killion, county highway clerk said as luck would have it, the truck went through on the Pike county maintained bridge. He also stated that another bridge in Clay township is about to go out. About one month ago the largest county maintained span in the county was knocked out when a tree was blown into it during a storm. As yet no definite plans have been made to replace the structure. The county has no bridge funds. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. George Montgomery, of Oakland City, a son, Rodney Wayne, Sunday, Au- gust 26; To Mr. and Mrs. William D. Whitehead, of Otwell, a daughter, Julie Ann, August 30 ; To Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Gray, of Indianapolis, a daughter, Nichole Lea, August 30. mother is the former Kay Traylor of Otwell; To Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Perry, of Enos Eorner, a son, Jef- fery Alan; To Pvt. and Mrs. Larry Doane, of Otwell, a son, Kevin Ray, September 2; To Mr. and Mrs. Bob Corn, of Denver Colo., a daughter, Teresa Ann, August 9, mother is the former Carol Barrett formerly of Pike county. Marriages: Juanita Mehne and David W. Kennett were married on August 5; Rosalie Ann Sorgius and Charles Sims were married Satur- day,, Sept. 1; Glenda Sue Davis and Donald Eisenhut were married Sat- urday, August 25, by Rev. Harold E. Gray; Sandra Bement and Merlin Brittain were married Saturday afternoon, at the home of Rev. Ho- mer Leighty; Clarice Ann Feaster and Robert J. Wall were married August 18. Deaths: Vida Whitehead, 76, was found dead Tuesday noon at her home in Campbelltown, thought to have passed on Sunday night; Leonard Pirkle, 63, died Sat- urday, a retired miner; Clare Bry- an, 66, died Wednesday in Chicago; Fred R. Willis, 80, died Friday, Au- gust 31, a retired coal miner; Justin Bradbury, native of Oakland City, now of Artesia, New Mexico, was accidentally killed by his own shot- gun Saturday, he was a former band director of the Oakland City high school; William Thomas Fleener, 85, of Oakland City, died Thursday. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Sept. 7, 1972 Otwell High School music dept. had two, first place winners in the amateur show at the Boonville La- bor Day celebration, Sept. 2. Mat- thew Gray, sixth grader say "Ole Shep" in the Junior division. Second place were Angie Anderson, fifth grade , and Cindy Stephens, sixth grade doing a twirling routine. Lin- da St. Onge, OHS senior took first place honors in the senior division with a dramatic reading entitle "I am a Flag waver." Placing second in the senior division were the ma- jorettes of Otwell performing to the song "Hawaii Five-O." The OHS band marched in the parade and their theme was "This Land is Your Land." Activities for the Fourth Annual Catfish Festival includes, parade, little miss catfish pageant, Carla Tevault Day, catfish dinners, games for everyone, and a flea market. A series of accidents occurred over the Labor Day weekend which was caused by the rain. Leo Wil- liams and his grandsons Scott and Tracy were treated and released from the Wirth hospital when their truck went off the road and struck a pole. Bonnie Keith, Jasper, pulled into the path of Terry Wagner, Jas- per, no one was injured. An Ireland youth, Alan F. Wehr, in the U.S. Marines, escaped death in a high speed crash near Cato. Wehr was traveling at 100 mph and lost con- trol of his vehicle. He was wear- ing his seatbelt at the time of the wreck. He was charged with speed- ing; Ralph G. Coomer, Chicago was charged with operating left of cen- ter when his auto collided with Sha- ron R. Krieg, Petersburg. Coomer braked as he approached slower traffic, lost control of his vehicle and skidded into Krieg; Charles Hurst, Winslow, was injured in an accident on the Winslow hill south of Winslow. Hurst and David Corn, Winslow, hit head on. Corn was passing in a no passing zone. He was not injured. Hurst was treated and released at Wirth hospital. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Grider, of Oakland City, a daugh- ter,Monday, Sept. 4; To Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bolling, of Winslow, a son, Sunday, Sept. 3; To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilhite, of Petersbug, a daughter, Jamie Lynn, Tuesday, Aug. 29; To Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hayes, of Velpen, a daughter, Kelly Renae, Sunday, Sept. 3; To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brashears, of West- ern Springs, Ill., a son, Brandon John, Friday, Sept. 1 by adoption, born July 7. Marriages: William L. Meyer- holtz and Evelyn Marlene Barrett were married on Saturday, July 22; Leana Sue Loveless and James Mi- chael Lewis were married. Deaths: Clarence V. "Shorty" Culver, 70, of Washington, former Petersburg resident, died Sunday, Sept. 3, a custodian at the Horna- day Park for eight years; Max Terry Dilley, 30, of Evansville, formerly of Petersburg, died Saturday, Sept. 2; James Cousert, 82, resident of Providence Church community, died Friday, Sept. 1, a retired sheep sheerer; Raymond Bawel, 69, resi- dent of the Buckskin community, died Friday, Sept. 1; Audie Chew, 85, of Grensburg, former Pike County resident, died Tuesday, Sept. 5; Stella Couts, 70, of Enos Corners, south of Winslow, died Wednesday, Sept. 6. TWENTY-FIVE 0YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Sept. 4, 1997 Chappell Gets Life Member Award: John K. Chappell, of Peters- burg, was presented with a Kiwanis International Life Member Status award in a ceremony at Petersburg Healthcare on Wednesday, August 27. Chappell has been a member of the Petersburg Kiwanis for more than 50 years. Last year he was giv- en an award for 50 years of perfect attendance at Kiwanis. $2.1 Million Remodeling Job on Court House Well Underway: The construction phase of a $2 million remodeling project at the Pike County Courthouse is well under- way. A completely new electrical system is being installed in the courthouse. The improvements include many new recepticals, cen- tral heating and air conditioning is being installed replacing the steam radiators. The ceiling is also being lowered and new more efficient lighting is being installed. Hornady Park Lake Named In Honor of Silas Ashley: Petersburg Mayor Randy Harris and the City Council unanimously agreed Tues- day evening to name the lake in Hornady Park after a member of the Hornady Park Board. Harris read a proclamation naming the unnamed Hornady Park lake after Silas Ashley, "Silas Walker Ashley has unselfishly dedicated him- self to the betterment of Hornady Park." Ashley seemed taken aback by the proclamation and simply said "I think everybody should give something back to their communi- ty. I thank you." New Teachers At Pike Central Middle-High School: Several new personnel have joined the staff at Pike central Middle-High School for the 1997-98 school year. Cheryl Hurst, Christine Adams, Brad Ded - man and Chris Satterfield. Spill Creates Stench in Peters- burg: A spill from a truck hauling waste from a packing house cause a stench in downtown Petersburg at about 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. Apparently as a truck from Griffin Industries pulled from the stop light at Seventh Street material commonly called "sludge" spilled out about four or five inches deep in a six to eight foot area. The smell was strong enough to gag people in the area. A spokesman from Griffin Industries of Newberry said it was a "packaging house by-product ma- terial" that they take and recycle. "We dispatched a clean-up crew im- mediately." He said they have been hauling the material on trucks for a long time and this is the first prob- lem they have had. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Freder- ick Wayne Crooks, of Petersburg, a son, Dalton Williams Stephen, Au- gust 30 ; To Shalon Burch and Scott Blair, a son, Randal Benjamin, Au- gust 21; To Mr. and Mrs. Chad Wil- lis, of Winslow, a son, Danton Lee, August 19; To Michelle and Allen Yager, of Winslow, a son, Jacob Al- len, August 19. Marriages: Denise L. Stuckey and Jeffrey L. Padgett were mar- ried; Tina Renee Russell and John Thomas Vinnedge were married; Cassandra Sue Blake and Jonathan William Craig were married on Au- gust 9. Deaths: Irene (Spradley) Pride, 86, of Knightstown, formerly of Petersburg, died Monday, Sept. 1; Betty Gene Bottom, 72, of Evans- ville, formerly of Oakland City, died Saturday, August 30 ; Raymond Gene Powers, 72, of South Bend, formerly of Pike County, died Sat- urday, August 30.