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The Press-Dispatch C-3 Wednesday, Januar y 11, 2023 HISTORY Submit history photos: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Spurgeon High School Sophomore class—1946-47 Spurgeon High School sophomore class in 1946-47 is shown above. In row one are Betty Crooks, Le-von (Lance) Luff, Robert Woodward, Doris Dougan, William Hendrey, Marcell (Coleman) Riley, Wil-liam Jack Hurst, Gerand Heacock, Max Parke; row two: Marjery Wheeler, Darryl Riddle, Carol Fowl-er, Ida (Conner) Mc- Carthy, Marian Evans, Ruth (Theiring) Pollard, Lillie Atkins, Stanley Gray, Wilma (Tatum) Fraker; row three: Georgia Durham, Marilee (Hook) Yeager, Thomas Owens, Harold Roy, Ger-ald Holder, Doris (Willis) Stigall, Alice (Feaster) France, Louis Logston; row four: Jack Miley, Edward Channell, Darwin Barrett, Paul Gene Da- vis, John MacGregor, Victor Thomas, Betty Lance, Violet (Gie-selman) Floyd, Byron Brammer. SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Jan. 9 and 13, 1948 american defense med- als and World War II Victory Medals may be obtained at the meeting of the american Legion at the Hall tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock, Com- mander John K. Chappell, of Conrad Post no. 179 of this city, announced yesterday. The room foreman at Kings Mine, south of Princeton, was killed and another man seri- ously injured shortly after noon on Monday. The two men were struck by a fall of slate while on cleanup op- erations in the mine. Benja- min T. Messing, 55, was pro- nounced dead upon arrival at the Gibson County Hospital, of a broken neck and internal injuries. Gaile Kammerer, 27, of somerville, received a dis- located right hip and pelvic in- juries. The men were remov- ing rock in the mine so that the hoisting of coal could be resumed after fire and explo- sions closed the mine nov. 10. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Ira Helsley, a son, stanley ray, Jan. 1, first baby of Pe- tersburg for '48, won the first baby contest; To Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow stearman, a daugh- ter, Bonnie Jean, sunday, Jan. 4. Marriages: Iris Mae ar- nold and Fred Coleman were married; Mrs. dorothy rich- ardson Craig and albert scott were married saturday, dec. 27, at the home of rev. rous- ch in Indianapolis. Deaths: Harley Houch- in, 53, former miner, passed away last Friday in Bicknell; Blythe alexander, 53, native of Petersburg, son of Mor- ton alexander, died sunday at stockton Calif, a W WI and W WII; Jack Pierson, 26, of Chicago, formerly of Peters- burg, died of carbon mon- oxide gas, the garage door was frozen shut, grandson of sheriff James Kinman of Pike County; Lillie Miller rut- ledge, 72, widow of Clarence rutledge, passed away Jan. 9; John J. Parker, 64, former- ly of Petersburg, died Tues- day morning at his home in Paragon, he operated a poul- try house about 40 years ago on Poplar street. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Jan. 10, 1963 devara C. Hughes, Grand representative to nevada, International Order of the rainbow for Girls and Vick- ie young, Worthy advisor of Winslow assembly no. 72 attended the reception hon- oring Wanda Jean Graves, Grand Choir director, Inter- national Order of the rain- bow for Girls on saturday at shoals. This reception was given by the White river as- sembly no. 123, shoals. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. alfred stewart, of evans- ville, a daughter, Gayle re- nae, dec. 24, mother is the former nancy Jenkins of Oakland City; To Mr. and Mrs. William T. Osgatharp, of Otwell, a daughter, Janey Lea, Jan. 1; To Mr. and Mrs. sidney (dude) McCand- less, of Winslow, a son, Ger- ald Wayne, Jan. 5; To Mr. and Mrs. earl nelson, of Lafay- ette, a son, Brian scott, dec. 25; To Mr. and Mrs. Gene Mc- Candless, of near elberfeld, a daughter, Carla Jean, nov. 25, To Mr. and Mrs. Gary McK- inney, of Columbus, a daugh- ter, Treca Lynn, dec. 24, Mr. and Mrs. ralph sorrell of er- langer, Ky., a daughter rhon- da anne, Jan. 3; To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Meier, of Indi- anapolis, a daughter, by adop- tion born dec. 14; To Mr. and Mrs. robert Fowler, of Pe- tersburg, a son, Larry Kent, Jan. 3. Marriages: Mrs. rachael Barrett Henning and Walter Johnson were married new year's eve, at the north Hav- en General Baptist church in evansville; ruth ann Thew- es and Bruce s. scraper were married dec. 29, at st. Joseph's church, by Father albertus Luterbach; elmer L. Miller and delores Corn were married; Joseph Mor- ton Logestan and nancy Lee sloan were married; david Hendry and erma Laverne allen were married; Charles ray rogers and Jean etta Meadors were married; Clif- ford e. Martin and Lelia For- est smith were married; Clay- burn Lee Jones, Jr. and Kar- en sue Luker were married; John W. Hill and ruthlean no- lan were married. Deaths: John a. Fella, 44, of the Claybank Community, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, a W WII veteran; della M. Kime, 84, of near union, died Tuesday; Charles H. Burbank, sr., na- tive of Oakland City, died Monday in syracuse, n.y.; James Whitehead, 72, died sunday; Greathel Cato, 55, died Monday, Glenna spill- man Turnham, 75, formerly of Petersburg, died Friday, Jan. 5, at her home in Fuller- ton, Calif.; Thurman King, 77, of Bicknell, native of Peters- burg, died saturday morning; Myrla Perry, 80, of spurgeon, died Thursday. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Jan. 11, 1973 Kim risley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. robert risley, Pe- tersburg, was crowned PHs Homecoming Queen, Jan. 5. attendants were rita stidd, Vicki Britton, Cassie Christ- mas, and anita Hedrick. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mcdonald, of Tell City, a son, Brian Keith, Wednesday, dec. 20; To Mr. and Mrs. donald Blount, of Velpen, a son, danny al- an, Wednesday, Jan. 3; To Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peden, of Washington, a daughter, ra- chel Jane, Monday, Jan. 8; To Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lecocq, of eureka, Mo., formerly of Oakland City, a daughter, Peggy Jo, Friday; To Mr. and Mrs. ron LaGrange, of Oak- land City, a daughter, Mi- chelle Lynn, Tuesday, Jan. 2; To Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as rowe, of Oakland City, a daughter, amy elizabeth, Wednesday, dec. 27; To Mr. and Mrs. don Falls, of Oak- land City, a daughter, Wen- dy Jean, Wednesday, dec. 30; To Mr. and Mrs. Freder- ick eugene McClellan, of Pe- tersburg, a son, Frederick eu- gene McClellan, Jr., Monday, Jan. 8; To Mr. and Mrs. Bob- by e. deffendall, of Jasper, a daughter, Tricia dawn, satur- day, Jan. 6. Deaths: elsie M. McClure, 78, of Winslow, died Tuesday, Jan. 2; Charles d. Vaughn, 87, of Velpen, died Wednesday, Jan. 3; Helen Ballard, 62, of Princeton, a former teacher in Winslow schools for 20 years, died sunday, dec. 31; Ottis Truitt, 78, of Oakland City, died sunday, dec. 31; Lucin- da Mae Hobson rhodes, 68, of Petersburg, died Thurs- day, Jan. 4; Conrad "Coon" neukam, 76, of Velpen, died saturday, Jan. 6, a W WI vet- eran; Henry e. Fitch, 77, of Oakland City, died satur- day, a W WI veteran; Clar- ence L. Clayton, 82, of Oak- land City, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, a well known horticulturist and owned and operated the college farm for a number of years and was a former school teacher; sara Maxey, 90, of Oakland City, died Monday, Jan. 8; allen Moler, 78, of st. Joseph, Mich., formerly of Pe- tersburg, died nov. 29; Floyd Churchill, 86, of Washington, died Thursday, Jan. 4; anna Williamson, 93, of Oakland City, died saturday, dec. 30; dora e. alcorn, 56, of Fran- cisco, died Monday, dec. 25; nina Collins, 71, of Pike County, died Friday, dec. 29; Goldie Bell sullivan, 76, of Washington, died Wednes- day, Jan. 3; Laura O. dant, 83, of Oakland City, died Mon- day, Jan. 8; John Kieser, 75, of Winslow, died Thursday, a W WI veteran; Burtis M. Bur- ton, 85, of Mackey, died sat- urday, died saturday, dec. 30; ellsworth esarey, 63, of Mackey, died Wednesday, Jan. 3; simon "Pete" doern- er, 92, of Oakland City, died sunday, dec. 31. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Jan. 8, 1998 Warrick County police are still trying to figure out what triggered a violent pick- up crash that killed two Pike Central seniors early new year's morning. Jeremy Bry- ant, 17, of spurgeon and Co- ry Clem, 18, of Hunting- burg were both killed when the pick-up truck Bryant was driving ran off the road for 187 feet before hitting a driveway culvert and going airborne for about 50 feet be- fore landing upside down, ac- cording to Warrick County sheriff Bruce Hargrave. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. donald O'neill, of Cannel- burg, a son, Charles richard, dec. 18; To Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hughes, Jr., of Winslow, a son, austin david, dec. 4; To Mr. and Mrs. dennis Brooks, of spurgeon, a daughter, eliza- beth Paige, dec. 31; To scott and anne Chamness, of In- dianapolis, a son, alexander scott, Jan. 1; To Mike and Pam Britton, of Killeen, Tex- as, a daughter, denetra ni- cole, Jan. 5; To Tasha Har- vey and Kevin sharp, of Oak- land City, a daughter, Karis- sa Lynn sharp, dec. 29; To Mr. and Mrs. Mick Heman, of new smyrna Beach, Fla., a son, Joseph robert, nov. 16, the mother is the former Lisa Pancake; To stephen and Kris (Gerkin) Pride, of Brown- stown, a daughter, Kayla ann, dec. 26. Marriages: rene dawn Goupil and randall scott Kat- ter were married on septem- ber 20, at First southern Bap- tist Church, in evansville; Mi- chael Phillip Weitkamp and Manda sue Luker were mar- ried; stephen Matthew sulli- van and Teresa ann Barrow were married. Deaths: Joyce Beck, 70, for- merly of Petersburg, died Fri- day, Jan. 2; Virgina Kinman, 81, of Petersburg, died Mon- day, Jan. 5; Herschel J. ault, 65, of sullivan, died saturday, dec. 27; ermil M. Quick, 83, of Winslow, died sunday, Jan. 4; elmer e. Wellman, 92, for- merly of Winslow for 35 years, died saturday, Jan. 3; James G. White, 73, of Petersburg, died Friday, Jan. 2; Jeremy W. Bryant, 17, of spurgeon, died Thursday, Jan. 1, suffer- ing from injuries suffered in a traffic accident in Warrick County, a senior at Pike Cen- tral; Cory Keith Clem, 18, of Huntingburg, died Thurs- day, Jan. 1, suffering from in- juries suffered in a traffic ac- cident in Warrick County, a senior at Pike Central; Inez Blaize, 95, of Petersburg, died Monday, Jan. 5; James elmer Thomas, 90, of Oakland City, died Monday, Jan. 5; Jacque- lyn L. scott, 71, of san Bani- to, Texas, died Wednesday, dec. 31; Jackie Lee shafer, 65, of Oakland City, died sat- urday, Jan. 3; Frankie L. My- ers, 79, of Oakland City, died Monday, Jan. 5; Lewis V. Mat- tingly, 87, of Mount Vernon, father of Mrs. roy (debra) Biggerstaff of Winslow, died Wednesday, dec. 31, owner of Mattingly Oil equipment; Mary G. stone Kingan, 94, of Vincennes, mother of Jim stone of Monroe City, died sunday, Jan. 4; delores V. spaw, 80, of Petersburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 6.