The Press-Dispatch
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Wednesday, Januar y 18, 2023 The Press-Dispatch C-7 HISTORY Submit history photos: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Jan. 16 and 20, 1948 A state-wide survey of physically handicapped per- sons under twenty-one years of age began Jan. 12, Otto F. Walls, administrator of the State Department of Public Welfare, announced Findings of the study will be used to es- tablish a registry of the phys- ically handicapped and will serve as a basis for planning by the Indiana Commission for Physically Handicapped Children as established by the 1947 legislature. Salem P. Hammond of Pe- tersburg, was presented with a gold pin signifying that he had been a member of the Pike Lodge No. 121, F. & A. M. for fifty years. Mr. Ham- mond, who is in his 94th year has been a member for 54 year, since 1894. Pike County high school principals have been notified by William H. Strain, Indiana University admissions officer, that the University for the first time since the war will be able to accept and house all quali- fied unmarried students desir- ing to enroll for the semester. Deaths: Rosa M. Johnson, 88, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lelah Jack- son, of St. Louis, Mo., life long friend of Mrs. Hattie Gullick; Samuel J. Morton 71, native of Winslow, died in Princeton, a Southern Railroad black- smith; Emma Beasley, 80, widowed, was found frozen to death at her home; George Al- len Jenne, eleven months old, died Sunday in Petersburg. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Jan. 17, 1963 Miss Judy Williams, daugh- ter of Rev. and Mrs. Walter Williams has been selected for Who's Who Among Stu- dents in American Universi- ties and Colleges. Judy is a senior in nursing at Evansville College. In making this selec- tion consideration is given to the student's scholarship, participation and leadership in academic and extra cur- ricular activities, citizenship and service to the school, and promise of future usefulness. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. I, a daughter, Bonnie Jean, Sun- day, Jan. 4. Marriages: I and F were married Saturday, Dec. 27, at the home of Rev. Deaths: Anna Butler, 85, of Spurgeon, passed away five weeks after her husband, John W. Butler, on Thursday; Mary E. Woolsey, 77, of Ar- thur, died Monday; Anna Sie- brase, 64, of the Providence community, died Wednesday, Jan. 9, of a heart ailment; Dewey Dunn, 64, of Hazleton, died Monday morning; Betty Reed, of LaPorte, formerly of Winslow and Oakland City, died Wednesday afternoon. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Jan. 18, 1973 Lester Cox of the Holiday Home, Petersburg, received a Christmas card from Presi- dent and Mrs. Nixon. Cox had previously sent a poem to the White House and President Nixon had sent him a letter of recognition of the poem, praising him for his interest in his hobby of writing and his interest in political affairs of today. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Al- bert Selby, of Shelburn, a son, Trent Scott, Sunday Dec. 31; To Staff Sgt. and Mrs. R. A. Kinion, of Chanute Air Force Base, a daughter, Melanie Al- ison; To Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Strickland, of Oakland City, a son, Anthony Earl, Tuesday, Jan. 9. Marriages: Martha Kess- ner Heavener and Marion R. Klipsch were married Satur- day, Jan. 6; Reba Noblin and Odes Julian were married Sat- urday, Nov. 24. Deaths: Ira Doty, 84, of Petersburg, insurance busi- nessman and also associated with his son, George, in the Doty orchard and farm; Mae Hume, 76, of Oakland City, died Monday, Jan. 15; Norman Eisenhut, 69, of Dubois, died Friday Jan. 12, died suddenly of a heart attack while driv- ing his car. The car was going slow and hit a parked car and stopped; Everett Hale, 81, of Evansville, died Monday; Zel- la M. Richardson, 84, of Oak- land City, died Monday, Jan. 15; Lester Carter, 65, of Wolf Creek, Mont., native of Pike County, died Tuesday; Myrtle Taylor, 51, of Otwell, was in- jured in an accident Thursday and died Saturday, Jan. 6; Ray William Taylor, infant son of Richard and Nancy Dent Tay- lor, of Evansville, died Jan. 10; Robert E. L. Dent, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Dent, of Pe- tersburg, died Jan. 15; Bessie Custin, 87, of Petersburg, died Tuesday, Jan. 16. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Jan. 15, 1998 Joe Mama's Pizza celebrat- ed their grand-opening on Friday after opening in Octo- ber. Owner Kevin Malone cut the ribbon while surrounded by Patty Drew, Julie Willis, Donna Cox, Malone, Alicia Church and Kevin Robinson which included workers and members of the Chamber of Commerce and Petersburg Mayor Randy Harris. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Steve Blount of Velpen, son, Quade Michael, Wednesday, Nov. 26; To Mr. and Mrs. Christopher (Heather Head) Divine of Winslow, a son, Ty- ler Trent, Jan. 2; To Tom and Sue Ellen Richardson of War- renton, a son, Noah Carlyle, Dec. 31. Marriages: Wendy Atkin- son and Carl Goeppner were married Dec. 23, in Kentucky; Mary Ann Manges and David R. Bondurant were married Saturday, Dec. 6, at Green- wood Christian Church in Canton, Ohio; Jimmie R. Jones and Heather V. Blaize were married; Harcourt Lee Alton and Jennifer R. Seifrig were married. Deaths: Mearl Pride, 87, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 7; Hallie M. Thomas, 94, of Petersburg, died Saturday, Jan. 10; Jennie B. Teague, 95, of Otwell, died Friday, Jan. 9; Orval W. Ingle, 90, of Oak- land City, died Wednesday, Jan. 7; Wayne E. Eddleman, 77, of Oakland City, died Fri- day, Jan. 9; Von C. Carnahan, 85, of Evansville, brother of Esther Dedman of Winslow, died Saturday, Jan. 10; Mary Louise Ficklin, 72, of Wash- ington, sister of Shirley Henson of Petersburg, died Sunday, Jan. 11; Darrell R. Michel, 60, of Holland, died Friday, Jan. 9; Frederick For- est (Frosty) Howard, 90, of Royal Oak, Mich., formerly of Petersburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 10; Joseph D. Wiggs, 59, of Winslow, died Saturday, Jan. 10; Mary E. Falls, 101, of Fort Branch, formerly of Oatsville, died Tuesday, Jan. 6; Velma L. Hamilton, 90, of Francisco, died Friday, Jan. 9.; Henry Nixon, Jr., 70, of Francisco, died Saturday, Jan. 10, a W WII and Korean War veteran; Roy Edward Sauter, 92, formerly of Holland and Huntingburg, died Friday, Jan. 9; Lewis V. Brown, 70, of Vincennes, died Monday, Jan. 12; Dora Grubb, 86, of Oakland City, died Thursday, Jan. 8. Winslow High School junior class 1938 Wrex Burns and Gladys Cooper were sponsors of the 1938 Junior Class of WHS. Members of the class were, fi rst row: Kathleen Nelson, Alice Hornback, Mary McLain, Margaret Copeland, Jeanne Miller, Edna Earle Evans, Betty Jo DeTar, Mary Helen Bellamy, and Weldon Young; second row: Victor Reed, La- Verne Ashby, Helen Clark, Louiose Faries, Virginia Davis, Marjorie Jean Robling, Marjorie Lee Dyer, Ruth Wheeler, Marjorie McQueen, and Kenneth Richardson; third row: Wrex Burns (sponsor), Seigal Norrington, Virginia Schultz, Flo Craig, Minnie McCaffety, Roberta Buechele, Wilma Kays, and John Edward Wilson; fourth row: Warren Luttrull, Marvin Snyder, Cathryn Coleman, Lawrence Stinson, Jack Hart, Mark Marshall, and Gladys Cooper (sponsor); fi fth row: Hubert Hopkins, James Glassford, Robert Kemp, Beaulis Doughty, and Cecil Gladish; sixth row: Russell Coleman, Robert Phillips, William Woodford, James Price, Jack Woolsey, and Gene Hayden; seventh row: William Greenfi eld, Gene Corn, and Marion Beadles; eighth row: William Morton, John Turnbloom, Wilson Simpson, Kenneth Nelson, Kenneth McQueen, and Carroll Coleman. you can learn a lot from the Newspaper! 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