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SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Oct. 3 and 7, 1947 Skeet Shoot In Washington: Sports loving persons of this community will be offered an unusual attraction next Sun- day, Oct. 5, when the Wash- ington Conservation club presents an all day skeet shoot at the club's spacious grounds south of Washington. First Place 4-H Winners Add To Pike Prestige: Two championships won at the Tri-State Steer Show at Evans- ville, Saturday, September 27th, added prestige to the record of Pike county's 4-H Calf Club members. Thirteen local boys and girls showed thirty-nine calves in compe- tition with 508 animals en- tered from Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois. The local entries comprised the largest group of calves exhibited by any In- diana county. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Shafer, of Princeton, a son, last Friday; To Mr. and Mrs. Amos Leinenbach, a son, Saturday, Sept. 27. Marriages: Landis Ste- phens and Wilma Coomer were married; Sammy James Nelson and Imogene Bottoms. Deaths: John Eads, 25, of Pikeville, died Saturday eve- ning when a truck in which he was riding overturned on the highway, tow mile north of Stendal; Haller Monroe Harden, of Oakland City, na- tive to Pike county, died Mon- day afternoon, after a long ill- ness; Ulyssus Grant Hartely, 83, of Petersburg, died Thurs- day afternoon; Mrs. Minerva Coe, sister of Lee Simpson, of Petersburg, died at the home of her brother-in-law, Elmer Powers, in Stendal. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Oct. 4, 1962 The Guy Mohlers Mark Anniversary: Mr. and Mrs. Guy Mohler quietly celebrat- ed their fifty-fourth wedding anniversary at their home in Oakland City, Wednesday, September 26. Mrs. Mohler is the former Minnie Spicer. Training Course Given By Historical Society: A one-day training course in Genealogy will be given in Petersburg on October 13 at the Youth Cen- ter of the Methodist church. It will be the fourth in a se- ries conducted by the Indi- ana Historical Society in dif- ferent parts of the state for the in instruction of beginners and others in methods of col- lecting and organizing mate- rial for compiling family his- tories. The course has been designed by the Society's ge- nealogy division to meet a growing need for this type of instruction. Births: To Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Haley, of Princeton, a son, Gregory Alan, Tuesday of last week, mother is the for- mer Shila Barnett; To Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Gieselman, of Evansville, a daughter, Shawn Elaine, Sept. 25, mother is the former Pauline Feiler; To Mr. and Mrs. Grayson Richard- son, of Winslow, a daughter, Sally Ann, Tuesday, October 2, mother is the former Betty Haskins; To Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam O. Callaway, Jr., of Aus- tin, Texas, a son, Neal Sprad- ley, Sept. 11; To Mr. and Mrs. Howard Creasey, of Oakland City, a son, Errol Bryan, Tues- day, Sept. 25; To Mr. and Mrs. James Dean, of Bedford, a son, William James, Thurs- day, Sept. 27, mother is the former Judy Bryan, Oakland City. Marriages: Mary Elaine Hurst and Charles Gilbert Seitz were married on Au- gust 26, at the Hartford Meth- odist church, by Rev. R. V. Ad- ams, Donna Gayle Arnold and Douglas Rademacher were married Saturday. Deaths: Myrtle Shandy, 57, of Petersburg, died Monday, Oct. 1; Dr. Horace Sprague, 80, former pastor of Oakland City Methodist church, died Saturday; Turner L. Corn, 74, of Winslow, died Tuesday morning, a farmer and a very fine bricklayer; Virgil Dors- ey, 69, of Winslow, died Tues- day, Oct. 2; Cora Ester Black- burn, 67, of Petersburg, died Sunday; Velma Nicholson, 53, of Otwell, died Thursday; Lee T. Davis, 59, of Brown- stown, formerly of Winslow, died Tuesday, Sept. 25; Mae O. Schenck, 80, of Wauchula, Fla., formerly of Oakland City, died Thursday; Charles Mun- kel, 78, of Portersville, died Friday; Hazel Confer, mother of Rev. L. C. Ziegler, died Tues- day night; Virgil Smith, 46, of Petersburg, died Monday, Oc- tober 1, a W WII veteran. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Oct. 5, 1972 Fish for stocking farm ponds were distributed in Winslow Wednesday, Sept. 27. National Fish Hatcher- ies from Indian Gap, Ky., and Pike Soil and Water Conserva- tion District provided fish for 20 farm ponds from this load of fish. Ponds were construct- ed last year. Individual own- ers received 27,000 fish which were distributed among the pond owners with the num- ber depended on the size of their pond. Bass, redear, blue- gill and channel catfish were available. Rose Pauw, Otwell High School senior, received sec- ond place award for her post- er in the "Hire The Veteran" contest. A $50 savings bond was presented to her by eight district Representative Rog- er Zion in a brief ceremony Sept. 29, in the congressman's Evansville office. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnson, of Peters- burg, a daughter, Richelle Ann, Thursday, Sept. 28; To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Joe Phil- lips, of Indianapolis, a son, Raymond Douglas, Tuesday, Sept. 26.; To Mr. and Mrs. Carl Heldt, Oakland City, a son, Farley Duane, Wednes- day, Sept. 27. Marriages: Vickie Wilkey and Don Stephens were mar- ried on Sept. 22; Darlene Pancake and Willis J. Conrad were married Monday, Sept. 25; Robert D. Denton and Cheryl Lynn Stewart were married; Robin Lee Williams and LaDonna Kay Brewster were married; Wilborn Ross and Hazel J. Beadles were married; Ginger Martin and Richard Wilson were married Sunday, Oct. 1. Deaths: Homer O. Kays, 83, of Petersburg, died Oct. 3, retired NYC railroad em- ployee; Howard Grover Carr, 78, of Glezen, died Sunday, Oct. 1, was Glezen postmas- ter for 39 years; Ruby Enlow, 80, of Oakland City, died Tues- day, Sept. 26; George E. Enos, 56, of Cleveland, Ohio, chair- man of the executive commit- tee of Interlake Steel Corp. was killed in a two-car crash in Beachwood; Herschel My- ers, 70, Monroe City, Wednes- day, Sept. 27, was a blacksmith most of his life and worked at this trade for the State High- way Commission for 10 years, retiring five years ago; Mar- jorie Hare, 73, of Berwyn, na- tive of Augusta, died Saturday. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Oct. 2, 1997 Zoar School Celebrating 100 years: The Zoar Unit- ed Methodist Church will be celebrating the 100th anniver- sary of the Zoar schoolhouse on Sunday, Oct. 12. The one- room school house was built in 1897 and sits just inside the Dubois County line. The schoolhouse still has some of the original school desks, blackboards and teacher's desk which were used by teachers when the school opened in 1897. Four Teens Escape Injury In Crash: Four teens escaped injury Thursday night when the car they were riding in spun backwards and hit a util- ity pole about two miles south of Petersburg on Highway 61. Brandon Brumbield, 16, of Pe- tersburg, was driving north in his red 1990 Pontiac Grand Am at the bottom of "Half- Mile Hill" when the back end broke loose and spun back- ward hitting the pole on the inside of the turn and bounc- ing back into the road. Justin Brumfield, Brady Miley and Curt Porter were his passen- gers and they all escaped inju- ry in the 7 p.m. accident. Bull Mauls Zoar Area Farm- er: A Zoar man is facing three months in a cast after a bull mauled him last Friday. Fred Hemmer, 70, was butted from behind by a bull he was look- ing for Friday morning. His wife Louella said Fred had gone to feed the cattle on his deceased mother's farm that morning. She said when he fed them he could not find the bull. So he went looking for it. Despite his sever injuries, which include a broken back and sever enough injuries on his left arm and hand to re- quire surgery he still found humor in the situation saying, "The bull found me instead." The bull hit him from behind, knocking him down, then it dragged him around the pas- ture. He managed to get up, but the bull charged again, knocking him down. He tried playing dead, but after a while, the bull charged and trampled him. Hemmer was eventually able to inch his way under the electric fence. The bull was afraid of it and would not cross. He then had to walk a quarter of a mile to his Jeep and drive two miles back to his residence. Mrs. Hemmer, who is in a wheel chair, no- ticed he had been gone for a long time, and about that time she saw him drive up and get out of his Jeep. "He was blood from head to toe," said Mrs. Hemmer. He tried sitting on a lawn chair, but passed out shortly after. The Veterinar- ian Dr. Charles Johnson of Huntingburg had appoint- ment with them at 10 a.m. and he was on time and was able to help treat him. Mrs. Hem- mer said it is only through the Lord's intervention that her husband is still alive. "He said when he was down on the ground he was praying and praying loud enough for the bull to hear him." She said if things go well after he gets his cast they think he will be able to sit up. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jeff McFarland, of Peters- burg, a daughter, Nicah Bri- anne, Saturday, Sept. 20. Marriages: Teresa E. Kern and Adam D. Booker were married; Olivia Jean Selby and Paul David Hulfachor were married. Deaths: Clyde E. 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