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D-4 Wednesday, September 28, 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 SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Sept. 26 and 30, 1947 Local Woman to Operate Ex- change: Mrs. Frank Holland, last week took over the operation of the Freelandville switch board for the Midwest Telephone Company. The Hollands plan on moving to Free- landville on Saturday of the week. Governor Of State Urging Fuel Saving: With the first chill winds of fall arriving somewhat ahead of schedule, Governor Ralph F. Gates today issued a state-wide appeal to all citizens of Indiana, asking that they join in helping to conserve fuel during the coming winter season. Truman Calls Aides For Food Discussion, Summons Leaders of Both Parties: Effort Being Made to Send only Foods that Can be Called Surplus- Situation Critical. President Truman laid the world's food shortage dilemma before his cabinet at an extraordinary meeting Wednesday. He also called in food and economic advisers, and asked leaders of congress to confer with him on the problem Monday. Pulliam Tells G.O.P. Editors En- gland Must Revise Tax Structure to Defeat Crises: Persons making over $26 per week, pay over 80 % in tax- es and at $50 per week the rate is 90 % . There is no incentive to work. In the afternoon the editors met in a closed session to hear Eugene Pulliam speak on his trip through Europe. He gave the editors many facts that to date have not been re- vealed to the general public. He told of seeing case after case American made food relabeled with stickers pasted on every can which stated "made in Russia and given to the starving people of Europe by your friends the Russians." Mr. Pulliam stated that he felt relief should con- tinue but only with American com- missions following each allotment to see that it was properly distribut- ed and not made subject to the re- ceivers voting for the communistic party in that land. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Leo Carter, of Memphis, Tenn., a son, Dougas Jackson, the mother is the former Bettye Joyce Riley; To Mr. and Mrs. Grester Arnold, a daugh- ter, on Friday; To Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam DeJarnett, of Glezen, a son, Friday; To T/S and Mrs. Eugene A. Richardson, of Denver, Colo., a daughter, Janice Marie, Sept. 17, the mother is the former Esther Grace Osgatharp. Marriages: Leona Marie Black- burn and Robert E. Fidler were married on Sept. 25, by Rev. Eugene Chaney, at his home; Evaline With- erspoon and James Hubert Adams were married Wednesday, Sept. 17, at the home of the bride's parents; Geraldine Howard and Howard Fos- ter were married Saturday, Sept. 27, in the home of Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Montgomery; Milly Beureth Myrick and Aaron K. Hyneman were married Tuesday evening, Sept. 16, in the parsonage of the Mt. Olive Church at Plainville. Deaths: Nancy Ellen Gladish, 73, died Saturday afternoon; Anderson Bolin, 63, died Friday, Sept. 26, at his Winslow home, after several weeks of illness; Matthew Burton, 78, died Tuesday, after an illness of several weeks caused by heart trou- ble; Infant son of Edward Waddles, born prematurely, died Wednesday after living for only three hours; Ernest E. Woods, 20, of Campbell- town, died Wednesday night, fol- lowing the accidental discharge of a 410 shotgun in his hotel room at Mc- Minnville, Tenn., he was believed to have been cleaning the gun at the time of the accident, a veteran, hav- ing been discharged from the Navy not so long ago. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Sept. 27, 1962 Miss Vicki Young New Worthy Advisor: Miss Vicki Young, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dayne Young, was installed Worthy Advisor of Winslow Assembly No. 72, Order of Rainbow for Girls, Saturday, Sep- tember 22, at the Masonic Temple. Young Man Killed in Tragic Ac- cident Monday A fternoon: Services will be held today, Thursday after- noon for Dennis Lee Traylor, avid Christian, sports enthusiast and ambitious youth, who was fatally injured Monday evening when the semi-trailer truck he was riding in with his brother crashed. Dennis Lee, 15, and his brother Charles Harold, 19, had cleaned out the stock bedding in the forty foot cat- tle trailer and had started from their home in Iva to Buchta's in Otwell to put a clean bedding of sand in the trailer, a chore they had done many times before. The accident occurred four-tenths of a mile west of Otwell on highway 257 at 6:30 p.m. The trailer went out of control when it his a slippery spot as they rounded a sharp curve, the truck hit a concrete culvert then into the yard of Cecil Meadors. The cab turned upside down and the trailer jack-knifed into a tree. Dennis Lee was out of the cab when the neigh- bors arrived on the scene. Charles was pinned in the cab for 30 minutes before hep was able to release him. They were both admitted to the Da- viess County hospital. Dennis Lee, who incurred a concussion, bro- ken arm and internal injuries died at 8:35 p.m. His brother received treatment for gasoline burns and lacerations. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Traylor, of Otwell. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Billy Culbertson, of Glezen, a daughter, September 20 ; To Mr. and Mrs. James Meyer, of Oakland City, a son, James Robert, Jr., Friday, Sep- tember 21; To Mr. and Mrs. Bob Deffendall, of Petersburg, a son, Mark Lindy, Friday, September 14. Deaths: Arthur "Kitch" William Southwood, 61, of Pike County, died Saturday; Clara E. Kellams, 50, of Odon, formerly of Winslow, died Tuesday, September 18; Charles Lee Bush, 90, formerly of Oakland City, died Monday; Clarence Ashby, son of Lawrence Ashby, a former Winslow resident, now of Dalhart, died recently. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Sept. 28, 1972 Two Petersburg business es- tablishments were victimized last week. William's Pharmacy III was broken into Thursday night and Klipsch Equipment Co garage was entered sometime Saturday night or Sunday night. Thieves entered the stairway in the alley at the rear of William's Pharmacy III. Several feet up the stairway they came through the plywood wall and climbed into the store over a refrigerator in the office. They ransacked drawers and took around $190 in cash includ- ing coffee money employees were saving for a Christmas party. They were probably scared off. Klipsch Equipment Co. was the hardest hit. It was estimated that 40 to 50 tires were taken. Three employees uni- forms were also missing and it was thought possible the thieves wore the uniforms while loading the tires. Warren Katter was injured at his work at the mine Friday morning. He was taken to St. Mary's hospital with a dislocated hip and other in- juries. Cassie Christmas, senior at PHS, was selected to represent Indiana in the national three day meeting of the FHA in Chicago last week. Nan- cy Clem, adviser, accompanied her. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brown, of Winslow, a daughter, LeAnn Michelle, Tuesday, Sept. 19; To Mr. and Mrs. Brian Burch, of Evansville, a daughter, Suzan Lynn, Sept. 16; To Mr. and Mrs. Howard West, of Union, a son, Allen Brent, Friday, Sept. 22; To Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Weeks, of Petersburg, a daughter, Amber Leigh, Monday, Sept. 25. Marriages: Leslie jean Thom- as and Larry Edward Beard were married; Ethel Janelle Whitelock Mack and Robert Paul Hendry were married; Pauline F. Caldemeyer and Ted E. Wright were married; Patri- cia Ann Howard and Walter D. Ha- zelton were married; Sherry Lynn Abell and Michael Ken Gray were married, Sept. 16. Deaths: Robert H. Burden, 58, of Oakland City, died Sunday, a W WII veteran; Fannie Lichtenbarger, of South Bend, native of Petersburg, died Sept. 21; Frank Hibbitt Wood- ford, 62, of Ayrshire, died Sunday, Sept. 24; William Bill Bentley, 46, of Miami, Fla., formerly of Winslow, died Sunday; Randolph Catt, 59, of Petersburg, died Friday, Sept. 22; Troy Burns, 77, of Scottsburg com- munity south of Winslow, died Sun- day, Sept. 24. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Sept. 25, 1997 Dr. Fenol to Travel to Brazil for Catholic World Family Conference: On Sept. 28, representatives from around the world will arrive in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil for a week-long Catholic world conference on fam- ilies. One of those representatives will be Dr. Honesto Fenol, of Pe- tersburg. Dr. Fenol, his wife Rose and daughters Mary Rose and Jo Ann will leave for South America on Sept. 28 for the conference which is entitled the "Second World Meeting of the Holy Father with Families." Fenol said he was first approached by Bishop Gerald Gettlefinger, of the Evansville Diocese, and asked if he would represent the diocese at the world conference. He con- ferred with his wife and family and reflected on the matter and decided he would represent the Evansville Diocese at the world conference for three important reasons. "First, I think this is a very important and timely matter for the church," Fe- nol explained. "The second reason is I have never met the Pope," Fenol said. "I would like to see the Pope and will get to celebrate mass with him." Fenol said his third reason is he has never been to South America and is looking forward to traveling to a different country and experi- encing a different culture and peo- ple. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Rich- ard Recob, of Winslow, a daughter, Kaitlyn Leanne, Tuesday, Sept. 16; To Tammy Roberts and Jason Hol- man, a son, Jayton Ryan, Sept. 8; To Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Knight, of North Vernon, a daughter, Maranda Lee, Sept. 15. Deaths: Lorene M. Weitkamp, 82, of Stendal, died Saturday, Sept. 20, she was a reporter for many years for The Press Dispatch and the Dubois County Herald writing the Zoar News column; Florence I. Nelson, 80, of Winslow, died Sun- day, Sept. 21; Benjamin B. Bean, 84, of Oakland City, died Sunday, Sept. 21, owned and operated Bean's Ser- vice Station for 30 years; Dwight "Droop" Young, 82, of Winslow, died Sunday, Sept. 21; Sandra A. Stallings, 25, of Evansville, died Wednesday, Sept. 17; J. Raymond Ingrum, 88, of Mackey, died Friday, Sept. 19; Ruthabelle Graves, 55, of Vincennes, died Tuesday, Sept. 16; Florence D. Brown, 81, of Odon, for- merly of Otwell, died Monday, Sept. 22; Clarita H. Messmer, 83, of Sten- dal, died Tuesday, Sept. 16; Joan Ault, 53, of Bicknell, died Thursday, Sept. 18. Winslow High School history club—1947 The Winslow High School basketball team was coached by Bryan Reed. They won ten games out of 18. Members of the team were, front row, Paul Roe, Dale Selby, Clay- ton Curtis, Paul Morton, Doyle Arnold, Cooper Miller and Carrel Wood. In row two were Wilson Simpson (assistant student manager), Charles McLain, Kenneth Nelson, Kermit Coleman, Junior Singleton, Kenneth Corn, Leon Jerrell, Gene Hayden (student manager) and Bryan Reed (coach). The third row consists of Leo Heidorn, Rich- ard Bechtel, Paul Jones, Jack McCandless and Lewis Nalley. In the fourth row are William Henry, Leon Ehrlich, Cecil Nelson, Kenneth Nelson, Robert Arnold, Blythe Willis and Weldon Young. net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@pressdispatch.net