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South Gibson Star-Times D-9 Tuesday, October 5, 2022 HISTORY Submit history photos: Call: 812-753-3553 Email: news@ sgstartimes.com MARKETS Continued from page 8 50 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Friday, Oct. 4, 1972 Jerry Jones of Flint, Mich., is vis- iting his grand mother, Mrs. Verile Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Don Williams and Michelle visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. David Douglas and daugh- ter. Mrs. Florence Lampton of Boon- ville and Mrs. Beatrice Williams spent Sunday night with their sister, Mrs. Nellie McCool at Vincennes. Mark Cleveland was a Sunday afternoon visitor of Donna and Lori Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Callis and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kreig and sons were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Greg Burton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weir and children from Oakland City were Saturday dinner guests of Rev. and Mrs. Alfred Weir. Mr. and Mrs. Revis Callis visited Mr. and Mrs. Ron Loudermilk and Kelly Leigh Sunday afternoon. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arval Brown and Rella Mae Were Mr. and Mrs. David Brown and Julie of Vincennes and Miss Kim Mounts. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wallace and family hosted a birthday sup- per for Mrs. Darwin Williams at their home Saturday evening. Other guests present were Darwin Wil- liams, and Michelle, Mrs. J. T. Wil- liams, Jennie, Sam and Nancy and Steve Miller. Mrs. Jessie Weir and Floral Em- erson were among those who went on a tour through Bardstown visit- ing "My Old Kentucky Home," in Shakertown, Ky., Thursday. The tour was sponsored by the Gibson County Extension Homemakers. There were 78 women who enjoyed this historical and educational trip. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallace and Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Tison had dinner at Two Tonys Sunday. Kim Mounts spent the weekend with Rella Mae Brown. Trend and Jeff Kreig were recent overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Callis. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Schmitt wer surprised with a basket dinner at their home on Sunday, Oct. 1, by over 50 relatives as a courtesy for their 25th wedding anniversary. The event was hosted by their sons and families. On Friday, September 29, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Clemens Elpers hosted a family dinner at the Old Mill honoring their father's re- tirement. Mr. and Mrs. Elpers wee presented lovely gifts of a Father's Pride tie tack and a mother's ring. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kiesel en- tertained a group of girls at their home on Friday evening as a cour- tesy for their daughter, Ileasa Ann, who was celebrating her 11th birth- day. Games were played with priz- es awarded to Regina McConell, Patience Odom and Tina Bradshaw. Snack refreshments were enjoyed all during the evening. Mrs. Kiesel was assisted by her daughter Steph- anie. The girls remained overnight for a slumber party. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bil- ly Wayne Myers, of Evansville, a daughter, Jami Renee on Sept. 28. Marriages: Marlene Ann Bae- hl and Gary Lee Fetter were wed on Saturday, September 30, at St. James Church in Haubstadt. Deaths: Dr. Malcolm R. Jollie, 83, of Fort Branch, passed away Septem- ber 27 at Gibson General Hospital; Henry J. Greubel, 86, of Haubstadt, passed away Friday, Sept. 29 at Dea- coness Hospital; Rex Gillespie, 53, of Haubstadt, passed away Friday. 45 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Friday, Oct. 7, 1977 Paul K. Wright is among the 83 men and one woman from across the country making up a select group of people who have been Chevrolet dealers 50 years or more. Wright signed on as a Chevrolet dealer on Aug. 1, 1927. The roster of 84 veteran automobile dealers, who had received Chevrolet 50 -Year Dealer awards and were still active in dealership operations as of the end of August this year, was cited by R. E. Cook, Chevrolet's general sales manager. Cook paid a special tribute to the 84 senior members of Chevrolet's 6,000 dealers in the United States. He said the Chevrolet sales organization records cover 66 years of operations. Wright invites the public to his dealership, Wright Motors in Fort Branch, to see all the new line of 1978 Chevrolet cars and trucks now on display. Carl D. Wallace of Fort Branch, an active member of the Three Riv- ers Bass Club, caught this large- mouth bass at Lynnville Park on Friday, Sept. 30. The bass weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. and measured 24 inches in length. This bass will become a "permanent fixture" at the Wallace residence. The Titans crowned Karla Brack- ett Football Queen Friday night, Sept. 30, at ceremonies at the Gib- son Southern High School Stadi- um, Richard Harpenau was her es- cort. Queen Karla, a senior, is the daughter of Mrs. Shirley Brackett. The senor attendants were Avonne Grigsby, escorted by Bob Bender, and Melinda Richards whose escort was Mike Wilson. Junior attendant Gloria France was escorted by Greg Marshall and Lois Swader's escort was Mark Adams. Sophomore at- tendants Jan Dewig and Lori Rex- ing were escorted by Rand Beck and Jim Goedde. Danny Knapp es- corted freshman Becky Mossberg- er and George Robinson was Becky Sensmeier's escort. All escorts are members of the Letterman Club. The Coronation was sponsored by the Student Council. The architectural firm of Knepp, Given and Condict, Evansville, was hired by the South Gibson School Corporation to draw plans and help select the site for the new Fort Branch Elementary School. The new school will house grades Kin- dergarten through 8th grade. Bethlehem Church celebrated its 110th anniversary with a Homecom- ing on Sunday, Sept. 25. During the morning worship hour, the church roll was called by the clerk, Marga- ret Callis. The 19 living members for 50 years and more were recog- nized. Norma Stevens is the first mem- ber of the United Way $100 Club that Fort Branch has ever had. Norm owns and operates Norman's Finer Foods. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as A. Hart, of Evansville, a daughter, Andrea Sue on Sept. 5; To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lutz, of Fort Branch, a daughter, Keesha Lynae on Sept. 29. Deaths: Clarence H. Smith, 53, of Fort Branch, passed away Sept. 30, in Gibson County General Hos- pital; Paul T. Stunkel, 93, of Haub- stadt, passed away Monday; Mary S. Market, 89, of Haubstadt, passed away Oct. 2, at Gibson County Gen- eral Hospital. 35 YEARS AGO Fort Branch Times Thursday, Oct. 8, 1987 Marine Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Dillon, son of Kenneth A. Dillon of Owensville, recently participated in combined Arms Exercise 10 -87 with 2nd Marine Division, camp Le- jeune, NC. The four-week exercise, conducted at Twenty-nine, Palms, CA, was established to practice fire support coordination for the various support elements. A 1975 graduate of Gibson Southern High School, he joined the Marine Corps in August, 1975. Gibson Southern crowned Tam- my Schultheis 1987 Football Queen, Friday at Titan Stadium. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schul- theis of Haubstadt. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Reed an- nounce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Annette, to Jerry Hamby. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hamby of Evansville. The wedding will take place on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Emmanuel Lu- theran Church, Evansville. A recep- tion will follow the ceremony at St. James. Mrs. Marie Oexmann has re- turned home after spending sever- al days with her sister, Mrs. Leona Oexmann of Vincennes. Mrs. Polly Jones has returned to her home after spending several days in Columbus where she was the house guest of her daughter, Mrs. James Wallace and family. She also visited with her granddaugh- ter, Mrs. bob Toth and family. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Arbuthnot and Nancy Kramer were at New- burgh on Thursday evening to at- tend the Honor Night for Marilyn Leavelle, Grand Electa of Indiana Grand Chapter OES. The Don Robinsons hosted a fish fry at Robinsons' Retreat on the White River on Saturday for 40 rela- tives and friends. The 7th grade volleyball team has now won three in a row. They defeat- ed Oakland City in three games, all of which went into overtime. The scores were 17-15, 17-19, 17-15. The 8th grade match went three games with FBCS winning the firs 15 -11, but losing the last two 4-15, 12-15. Births: To Mark and Ursula Hoffman of Indianapolis, a son, tay- lor Warren, on Sept. 8. Marriages: Julie Ann Huff and Ronald Joe Goedde wed on Oct. 3 at Holy Cross Church in Fort Branch. 25 YEARS AGO South Gibson Star-Times Tuesday, Oct. 7, 1997 Rural Fort Branch resident Les Conner began working as a Shell gas station when he was 14-years- old. Today he owns the business. Les and his wife, Janet have been the co-owners of Conner Shell since Jan. 1995 when they bought the es- tablishment located in Fort Branch along U.S. 41. They purchased the business from Ray Martin, who had owned it for nearly 25 years. Seven- teen years ago Les started work- ing at Martin Shell when he was a sophomore at Gibson Southern High School. Pumping gasoline and providing tire repairs and cleanup were Les' primary job responsibil- ities back in 1980. Now, he carries the responsibilities of a business owner. He said what he enjoys about his job is working on cars, meeting different people every day, getting new customers every day and satis- fying people. Some of the services provided at Conner Shell are tire service, alignments, brake jobs, tune-ups, air conditioning work, transmission service, and the wash- ing and waxing of vehicles. Most of the business' service work involves oil changes, tire sales and service, and brake jobs. Mr. and Mrs. Franz Tomlinson of Terre Haute have been here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Montgom- ery have returned from a visit in the state of Washington. Mrs. Florence Creek was an Ow- ensville visitor recently. She's still going strong for a 97 year old. Mrs. Lois Lowry spent the week- end at Greencastle with her family the Sandra and Jerry Williams. The other night while watch Dateline, they mentioned the Roll- ing Stones rock band was still going strong after 35 years. Do you know I get that magazine in my beauty shop name? Now wouldn't my ladies be interested in that. Evelyn M. Bush will be return- ing home soon after spending a few weeks at the Owensville Convales- cent Center. I got a nice card from Norma Clark. She's a busy gal and a fan of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team, having attended 51 home games. The Haubstadt Community School cross country teams took on Mater Dei in dual meets at home on Tuesday, September 16 and came away with two out of three wins. The Elite seventh and eight grade boys won by the score of 19 -36 with the Lady Elites capturing the girls race by default. The Haubstadt fifth and sixth graders were narrowly de- feated by the Wildcats 24-32. Births: To Angie and Jeff Day of Evansville, a daughter, Lauren Marie, on Sept. 20 ; To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Casey Reed of Princeton, a daughter, Karinne Michele, on Sept. 10 ; To Jerry and Joella Hipp of Haubstadt, a son, Jacob Edwin on Sept. 9; to Anthony L. and Angel R. Yockey of For Branch, a daughter, Madisyn Nicole on Aug. 31. Deaths: Jason L. Dyer, 17, of Poseyville, passed away Sept. 28 at Deaconess Hospital; Mary E. Rah- man, 69, of Indianapolis, passed away Sept. 30 ; John E. Robinson, 74, formerly of Cynthiana, passed away Sept. 26; Bertha L. Pierce, 85, of Francisco, passed away Oct. 2; John A. Dages, 68, of Evansville, passed away Oct. 1.. CHOICE Continued from page 8 That's "cherry-picking the evidence," says DeAngelis. Most studies found test score gains. Additionally, "Public schools actually upped their game in response to competi- tion." That was an unexpect- ed benefit. A fter school choice was allowed in Washington, D.C., both charter and public schools improved. That's a win for kids and taxpayers. "Government-run schools spend more than $ 30,000 per year (per student) in D.C. The voucher's only about a third of that," says DeAnge- lis. There aren't many reforms that bring results like that. "For a long time...the only special interest group was the teachers' unions," says DeAngelis. "Now there's a new special interest group in town: parents." John Stossel posts a new video about the battle between government and freedom every Tuesday on JohnStossel.com. COMMIT Continued from page 8 Democrats want Ameri- cans to buy that government power is the answer. But the data, and human history, strongly suggest otherwise. Star Parker is president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education and host of the weekly television show "Cure America with Star Parker." ated in the United States over the past four decades. The CF TC apparently be- lieves political betting mar- kets are some kind of threat to democracy. But this kind of betting has long been al- lowed in Europe. The only impact of shutting down PredictIt and others here is to move the betting action overseas or underground — with less oversight and regu- lation. This will likely shrink the volume of betting, which only makes these markets less efficient — to everyone's detriment. Federal regulators should let people wager on politics and instead concentrate on rooting out real investor fraud. Stephen Moore is a senior fellow at the Heritage Foun- dation and an economist with FreedomWorks. OHS coaches 1962 Basketball coach, Kenneth Lee Sharp and football coach, Marvin Hargrove Adams, as they were in 1962. Photo taken from the last Kickapoo Yearbook 1974.