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Wednesday, Februar y 8, 2023 The Press-Dispatch C-5 HISTORY Submit history photos: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net 1940 WHS basketball team The 1940 basketball team was made up of men who were draft age and most of them were in the service a short time after their graduation. The United States entered the war on December 7, 1941 but the selective ser-vice was underway in 1940 or shortly before then. In the fi rst row Bryan Reed was coach of the team. Others in the fi rst row included Paul Jones, Paul Roe, Doyle Arnold, Paul Morton, and Melvin Dierdorff; second row: Junior Single- ton, Brice Rumble, Dale Selby, Elden Poehlein, and Paul Gene Julian; third row: Farlin McQueen, Kermit Cole- man, Richard Bechtel, Lewis Nalley, Leo Heidorn, and Clayton Curtis; fourth row: Kenneth Nelson, Blythe Wil- lis, Paul Jones, William Henry, Cecil Nelson, and Richard Sharp; fi fth row: Thomas Inman, Robert Arnold, Leon Ehrlich, and Raymond Griesemer, stu-dent manager. WWW.ENGLERTSHOMECOMFORTCENTER.COM Corner of 231 & Division, Jasper 812-482-2246 HOME COMFORT CENTER SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday and Tuesday, Feb. 6 and 10, 1948 The remodeled showroom of Downtown Motor Sales on Main Street, a 1948 Hudson is on exhibit inside the room, which has knotty pine walls and a tile floor. Colored lights are focused from the corners of the room. Dallas Frederick and Mr. Harry ( Wimpy) Sim- onecht are the owners. Charles Fulcher, 16, of near Petersburg, was acci- dentally shot in the arm last Wednesday morning while climbing a fence carrying a shotgun. The flesh on the forearm was torn away but the bone was uninjured. He was first taken to the office of local physician and then to Washington hospital for treatment. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leinenbach, a son, Sunday. Marriages: Marguerite Garcia and Cpl. Marion A. Biggs, U. S. Marine Corps were married Jan. 10, at the home of the bride, in San Francisco, Calif.; Edith Hol- lenbeck and Kenneth (Boots) Robling were married, Jan. 10, in Detroit. Deaths: Nannie Liibs, widow of the late William Liibs, 73, of Petersburg, died Tuesday afternoon; Sarah E. Johnson, 80, of Winslow, died Saturday; Mahala Ad- kerson, 90, of Petersburg, died Friday; Mary Elizabeth Carithers, 72, wife of Joseph Carithers, died Wednesday; Louise Ann, stillborn daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Wehr, died Sunday after- noon; Dr. Homer Wineinger, 73, native of Dubois County, died Tuesday, Jan. 27; John W. McClellan, 78, died yes- terday, at his Glezen home. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Feb. 7, 1963 Miss Judy Kinman, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kinman of near Petersburg, was recently named to the Dean's List at Oakland City College. Miss Kinman is a Freshman and is seeking a degree in Mathematics. She is a graduate of Petersburg High School. Harry McKinney, of Oak- land City, drove his car into the path of a west bound Southern Railway train, Mon- day morning. The train was behind schedule. He didn't see the train and the train caught the left edge of the car, which bounced around into a bank. When the train was brought to a halt the crew rushed back, but could not find the driver of the car. McKinney had man- aged to make it to a nearby house, which was no one was home. He was able to call for an ambulance. He suffered fractured ribs, lacerated and bruised knee, sprained and mashed left arm and other cuts and bruises. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Werner, of Peters- burg, a daughter, Angela Jan, Jan. 31; To Mr. and Mrs. James Cannon, of Peters- burg, a daughter, Pamela Lynn, Feb. 4; To Mr. and Mrs. Don Stephens, of Evansville, a son, Douglas Warren, Jan. 31; To Pfc. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith, of Otwell, a daughter, Feb. 4. Deaths: Edith McCain, of Petersburg, died Friday, Feb. 1; Everett E. Fleming, barber for 57 years in Peters- burg, died Thursday, Jan. 31; Billy Lee Brittain, 35, died Saturday; Russell Ingersoll, of Bicknell, native of Peters- burg, died Thursday morn- ing; Oscar "Doc" Hayes, 82, formerly of Petersburg, died Monday, Feb. 4; Ethel Cur- tis, a grade teacher in the Winslow schools, died Feb. 2. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Feb. 8, 1973 A corporation known as "Seven Lakes Corp." pur- chased Seven Lakes proper- ty owned by Richard Gladish in Campbelltown. The sale was completed Jan. 31. Sev- en Lakes Corp. is headed by Bob Smith of Winslow and Jim Mehringer of Indianapo- lis, formerly of Velpen. Other investors are from Indianapo- lis and Atlanta, Georgia. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Gary Snow of Winslow, a son, Gary Lee, Sunday, Jan. 28; To Mr. and Mrs. Clifford McCary of Winslow, a daugh- ter, Sabrina Jo, Monday, Jan. 29; To Mr. and Mrs. Roger Sams of Rose City, a daugh- ter, Marcia Gayle, Wednes- day, Jan. 31; To Mr. and Mrs. David B. Smallwood, of Santa Ysabel, Calif., a son, David B. Jr., Saturday, Jan. 27; To Mr. and Mrs. James Miller of Pe- tersburg, a son, Steven Jody, Saturday, Feb. 3; To D.P. 2 and Mrs. Gary Wayne Wood- all of Norfolk, Va., a daughter, Angela Lorraine, Wednesday, Jan. 3. Marriages: Heidi Russell and Tony Allen Wilson were married; Everett Grubb and Gladys Henson Wilson were married; Stephen Yurina and Elizabeth Leona Norris were married; Alben McFarland and Sherry Darlene Orange Phillips were married; Robert Earl Johnson Jr. and Cheryl Lynn Hill were married. Deaths: Mary E. Martin, 87, of Petersburg, died Satur- day, Feb. 3; Cecil Nelson, 80, of Winslow, died Tuesday; J. Alfred Killion, 67, of Wiscon- sin, formerly of Petersburg, died Friday, Feb. 6; Anna Burns 75, of Winslow, died Wednesday; Luella Camp- bell, 87, of Petersburg, died Wednesday; Ona Bryant, 74, of Winslow, died Friday; Beulah J. Showalter, 73, of Petersburg, died Tuesday; Leeila Arnold, 93, a Pike Co. resident, died Sunday, Feb. 4. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Feb. 5, 1998 Vera Nelson, Director of Pike Communities United, Inc. accepted a Corporate Match check from Tony Sims, Torch Bearer of the 1997 Petersburg Generating Station United Way Cam- paign. Designated monies from the IPL employees plus the Corporate Match totaled 38,594. Of this total $17,999.60 was designated to Pike County Agencies. A student from each of the three fifth-grade classes which graduated from the DARE program at Peters- burg Elementary recently were named the top students of the program. Each fifth grader in the DARE program also wrote a DARE essay and one was chosen as the top es- say. The top students and the essay winner are Suzanne Kirk of Jim Loveless' class; Brett Stephens, of Joanna Anderson's class; Craig Ar- nold, of Keith Schmett's class and top essay winner Paige Edrington. Births: To James Randall and Laura Elizabeth Webster, of Bloomington, a daughter, Emily Elizabeth, Jan. 23; To Steven and Jami Newton, of Spring Arbor, Mich., a daugh- ter, Kara Lyn, Tuesday, Jan. 27. Marriages: Nicole Davis and Joshua Scott were mar- ried Dec. 13, at St. Mary's Catholic Church; Kathy S. Tredway and Sean H. Hill were married Jan. 3, at the Little Log Wedding Chapel, in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Deaths: Elzadie Nance, 97, of Petersburg, died Tuesday, Feb. 3; Glennis M. Burns, 84, of Petersburg, died Friday, Jan. 30; Imogene Riddle, 85, of Oakland City, died Tues- day, Feb. 3; Rita Ann Carr, 44, of Evansville, formerly of Pike County, died Wednes- day, Jan. 28, at her home in a house fire; Richard T. Alford, 79, of Washington, brother of Cleo Brochin of Stendal, died Thursday, Jan. 29; Dor- cas E. Volz, 81, of Evansville, died Friday, Jan. 30; Glen A. Chumbley, 77, of Evansville, died Monday, Feb. 2. 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