The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch From out of the past Sixty years ago The Petersburg Press Thursday, Oct. 15, 1953 Coach Howard Briscoe and 28 PHS footballers went to Bloomington Saturday on High School Day, visiting the campus in the morning and seeing the thrilling football game between Indiana and Marquette in which Indiana won in the last 40 seconds. Wayne Myers, father of Jerry Myers, one of the players, took the team in his school bus. Kroger Grocery: Four cans Avondale peaches, 99 cents; three cans Kroger pork and beans, 99 cents; bananas 2 lbs., 29 cents. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gray and children, Mrs. Myrtle Hancock and daughter, Mary Lee and Lena Wiscaver were Sunday afternoon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Alcorn. Doyle Nelson, who is stationed at Columbus, Ohio, has returned to camp after spending a 10-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nelson. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bass, a son, Larry Paul, Oct. 10; to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Meyers, a daughter, Janice Ann, Oct. 4. Marriage: Flo Shawhan, of near Petersburg, and John C. Phillips, of near Mt. Olympus, Oct. 3. Deaths: Mrs. Fred Grable, of West Petersburg, returned home a week ago from Chamberlain, S.D., where she visited her brother, Fred Knox and family. She attended the funeral of her brother's daughter and the latter's two daughters, who were burned to death when the family home at Minnekahta was burned—Funeral services were Sept. 28; Vincent Adams, 84, of Bicknell, died Oct. 6; Pearl D. Hatt, 67, of West Petersburg, died Oct. 5; Enos West, 87, of Petersburg, died Oct. 12; George Kiefer, 75, of Petersburg, died Oct. 10; Elizabeth Meyer, 80, of Stendal, died Oct. 7; Thomas Taylor, 76, of Petersburg, died Oct. 8. Fifty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch Friday, Oct. 22, 1954 Juanita Wood and Marcia Curtis, of Winslow, were in Indianapolis Friday, where they attended the conference of presidents and secretaries of the American Legion Auxiliaries of the War Memorial Shrine. William O'Dell Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Allen, of Petersburg, has been chosen as one of 20 freshmen to be a member of the Purdue University Marching Band. Allen was chosen from more than 200 other students. He played in the Petersburg High School Band four years. He plays a trombone. Paul Oxendine, of Honey Creek, new state trooper, has been assigned to the State Police of this district and will be moving to Winslow soon. He and his family will move into the Titania Smith property near the Winslow school building now occupied by Dee Hale and family, who are building a new home in Boonville. Oxendine is married and has a son, Donald, twoyears-old and a 12-day-old daughter, Mary Lou. This is his first assignment and he will work under the supervision of State Officer Howard Lytton until the first of the year. Births: To Airman and Mrs. Robert Hedrick, of Randolph Field, Texas, a son, Lesley Robert, Oct. 9; to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Uppencamp, of Velpen, a daughter, Marjorie Gayle, Oct. 8. Deaths: Nellie E. Mead, 57, of Petersburg, died Oct. 16; Lillian Svehia, 66, former resident of Pike County, died Oct. 12 in East St. Louis, Ill.; Ida Snyder, 83, of Knox County, died Oct. 15. Fifty years ago The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Oct. 31, 1963 Catherine Farmer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farmer, of Winslow, is doing her student teaching this term at Oakland City High School. She is teaching music under the supervision of Miss Morris and art under Miss McAllister. She will graduate in June from Oakland City College. WAF Airman Donna F. Jones, whose guardian, Mrs. Flora E. Cummins, of Petersburg, is being reassigned to ENT AFB, Colorado, for training and duty as a flight operations specialist. Airman Jones is a 1963 graduate of Petersburg High School. Mr. and Mrs. Prentice Roy and Cindy were in Greencastle Saturday to attend the wedding of Sally Sutherlin and Ronald Harkness. Ronald is the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Roy. They attended the reception at the Student Union Building. They spent Saturday night and Sunday in Farmersburg with Mr. and Mrs. James Lane and son. Mr. and Mrs. John Grubb, of St. Clair, Mo., spent the weekend with his sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Jones and Tammy in Cato and with Mrs. Grubb's son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Richardson and family in Campbelltown. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Don Myers, of Odon, a son, Oct. 30; to Mr. and Mrs. Yulin Gene Cato, of Velpen, a son, Oct. 28; to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Groves, of Gailup, N.M., a son, Chad Alan, Oct. 16; to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Creasey, of Oakland City, a daughter, Anita Marie, Oct. 20. Deaths: Monroe Selby, 89, of Campbelltown, died Oct. 28 at the home of his son, Elliott Selby in Winslow; Lula Mae Reed, of Winslow, died Oct. 24; Everett Himsel, 56, of Boone Township, died Oct. 27; Louise Radcliff, 82, died Oct. 23 at the Methodist Home in Warren; Pauline Willis, 64, former Petersburg resident, died Oct. 28 in Tampa, Fla.; Esther A. Zai, 70, of Los Angeles, Calif., sister of Dello Robinson, south of Petersburg, died Oct. 27; Herbert C. Wilkey, 64, of Shamrock, Okla., died Oct. 22; Everett Hollon, formerly of Pike County and uncle of Mrs. Harcourt Scales, of Winslow, died Oct. 23 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Twenty-five years ago The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Oct. 20, 1988 Kevin Eigelbach has joined the staff of The Press-Dispatch. He will be serving as the sports editor. He is a 1979 graduate of Seneca High School in Louisville, Ky. He graduated from the University of Louisville, where he majored in political science in 1986. He also attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Before coming to The Press-Dispatch, Eigelbach was employed by the Legislative Research Commission, where he wrote letters for state representatives. Eigelbach and his wife Eileen live in Winslow. Missy Gieselman has been cast in the major role of Ethel Banks, the mother, in Barefoot in the Park, the fall production at Oakland City College. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gieselman, of Winslow. A sophomore at OCC and an elementary education major, she is a member of Encore (the College Choir) as well as the College Theatre. Trea Curtis, of Winslow, vice-regent of Daughters of American Revolution (DAR), Cradle of Liberty Chapter of Pike County, attended and served as a Page at the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution 58th Annual Conference, October 2, 3 and 4 at the Marriott Inn in Indianapolis. She graduated from Pike Central High School in 1979 and is employed at Curtis Funeral Home in Winslow. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Max Elliott, of Winslow, a son, Max Hunter Ike, Oct. 16; to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Greg Poehlein, of Winslow, a son, Levi Taylor, Oct. 6. Marriages: Julie Elizabeth Davidson, of Hazleton, and Robert Mark Bugher, of Princeton, Sept. 24; Pamela Gail Quiggins and Thomas Mark Davic, Sept. 17 at Maui, Hawaii; Vickie Oaks and Paul Fenoglio, Oct. 15. Deaths: Shirley R. "Bud" Kinman, Jr., 69, of Indianapolis, died Oct. 12 suffering from cardiac arrest; Francis Lay, 69, of Vincennes, mother of Coleen Carter, of Monroe City, died Oct. 12 in Bloomfield, Mo.; Adron Childress, of Warren, Mich.—Graveside services at Sunset Cemetery in Winslow, Oct. 15; Mitchell Bowens, 82, of Monroe City, died Oct. 11; Joe M. Armstrong, 83, of Hazleton, died Oct. 15; Edna Teckemeyer, 92, of Indianapolis, died Oct. 15 at Methodist Village Nursing Home in Lawrenceville, Ill.; Gayle Arvin, 84, of Venice, Fla., sister of Otis J. "Pat" Queen, of Petersburg, died Oct. 9. Wednesday, November 27, 2013 C-9 Pike Central 1988 Concert Choir Members of the Concert Choir include front row: Stacy Brandsasse, Jennifer Leighty, Robin Mason, Alisha Earley and Sara Gladish. Back row: Scott Ortiz, Julie Willis, David Brewster, Frank Pancake, Katie Fulk and Kent Newton. Pike County Historical Society Gleanings from the Democrat, 1904 By Sandy McBeth 4/29/1904—Martin Lori, of Huntingburg, was in the city this week being a witness in the trial of Howard Tate, for the murder of John Hodges. Mr. Lori built the county jail in this place several years ago. Thomas Wyatt, of Logan township, was in the city Saturday. He leaves this week for Jasonville, where he will take a position in an electric light plant. Ralph Chappell and Pat Carlisle, of Jefferson township, graduated in the medical college at Indianapolis last week. They have not yet decided where they will locate, but wherever they do the Democrat wishes them success. William Hursey left Monday for Hedrick, Iowa. The stork left a fine girl baby at the home of O. M. Colvin last Sunday. Thomas Wood, living northeast of Algiers, will hold a sale of personal property on Saturday, April 30, consisting of horses, cattle, hogs and farming implements. Twins, a boy and girl, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Mart Sandage, of Centralia, Ill., Saturday morning. The girl lived only about two hours. The remains were brought here Sunday and interred at the Oak Hill cemetery— Winslow Dispatch. Mrs. Everett L. Ashby, a most estimable lady of Winslow, died last Friday night of consumption, aged 32 years. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, Rev. E. M. Hale conducting the same. The interment was at Oak Hill cemetery. Died, Sunday, at her home in Chicago, Mrs. Oscar Stewart, of typhoid fever. Before her marriage, she resided in Princeton, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Burger of that city, and related to the Burger family our town. The remains were taken to Princeton for burial, which took place Wednesday. An old-fashioned pie supper was given Tuesday night at the M. H. Frank building by the Petersburg high school athletic association. A large crowd was present and a good time had. Last Friday morning, John Barbry, who had his left leg and right arm blown off by the recent explosion of powder on the battleship Missouri, near Galveston, Texas, was brought to Daviess county and left with his relatives. He is a half-brother of Albert Blair of this place. The county clerk has issued marriage licenses to the following persons since our last report: Homer Gladish and Ray Eve Scales; Gus Brown and Janie Risley; Lowery S. Coogan and Bertha M. Scales; Walter A. Mason and Delpha A. Minnis; Wm. S. Harvey and Lucinda Barmour; Marion Sandage and Dora B. Kendall; Charles E. Lewis and Lucy E. Hoggatt. Virgil Greene, who is enjoying a lucrative position in the pension department at Washington City, arrived here last Friday night on a visit to relatives at this place and Dubois county. He was looking fine and prosperous and was in the best of health. He spent Sunday in Dubois county, and left here on the early morning train Monday to assume his duties at the national capitol. Howard Tate, who killed John Hodges, is on trial. The trouble occurred at Huntingburg last Christmas Day. The trial of Howard Tate, for the murder of John Hodges at Huntingburg on Christmas day, began in the circuit court in this city Tuesday morning. The forenoon was taken up in the selection of a jury, and by noon the jurors were selected as follows: Carl English, Peyton Burkhart, Emory Loveless, James H. Dorsey, James Williams, Norman Selby, W. D. Rumble, Charles Killlion, George Hillman, A. M. Ingler, Clarence Stewart and John Fettinger. The attorneys for the defense made application for a continuance, which was overruled by Judge Ely, and at near 3 o'clock the first witness was called. The attorneys for the state are prosecutor Leo H. Fisher, of Huntingburg; Jerry Suddarth, of English; H. McKean, of Jasper and deputy prosecutor W. D. Curll, of this city. The attorneys for the defense are R. M. Milburn, of Jasper; R. W. Armstrong, of Huntingburg; Dillon & Ely and D. D. Corn, of this city. The case is being ably conducted on both sides and the court room is crowded during the trial. About 100 witnesses from Dubois county are in attendance. On Friday afternoon last, Mrs. Sarah Harrell had a close call for her life, being almost asphyxiated by the escaping gas in her home. She had laid down on a sofa, not knowing that the gas was escaping, and went to sleep, and when discovered a half hour later by a neighbor lady that had called, she was in an unconscious condition and considerable difficulty was experienced in resuscitating her. W. W. Cooper, a prominent and well-known saw mill and lumber man died suddenly last week while in his buggy and near his home near Otwell. He was 56 years of age and highly respected. His funeral was held Sunday morning and his body interred at Portersville. Mrs. Jane Burge died at her home in this city last Friday of paralysis. She was aged 75 years. The funeral party left here Sunday morning for Ireland, where the services were conducted by Rev. A. R. Brown, pastor of the C. P. church of this city, and interment at Shiloh cemetery, near Jasper. Quite a number of people from here attended the funeral. The oil well on the Woods farm near Arthur, drilled in by the Davis company of Canton, Ohio, has been abandoned and the casing pulled out, which will be used in a different well in another part of the field. At one time, it was estimated this well would produce 20 barrels of oil every 24 hours, but a few days ago salt water was detected in the oil, and soon the well began flowing salt water, causing the well to be abandoned. The Davis company is not discouraged and will sink several more wells—Oakland City Journal. Correction In last week's issue of wrong school and date The Press-Dispatch, on were unintentionally listthe history page, in the ed and should have been cutline for the Office Ed- listed as Pike Central ucation Association, the High School in 1986. OTWELL RURIT AN Winslow rhythm band 1944 It was a tradition that did not last long, but a few years they did have such a band made up of second graders of Winslow Elementary. Front row: Roger Dale Nichols, Mildred Miley, Wilbert Stilwell, Cecil Colvin, Shila G. Barnett (leader), Larry D. Bonenberger, Louise McLain, Dana C. Postin, Joe K. Kinder and Donnetta Beadles. Second row: Larry N. Carter, Dixie A. Northerner, Gail Corn, Harry E. Nelson, Ned Barr, Jay Willis, Rosalie Dawson, Robert Carl Thompson, Clara J. Hall and Jerry L. Finch. Third row: Mrs. Hassee (Director), Myrna Selby, Billy Craig, Emma M. Hedges, Leslie R. Ashby, Michael Doris, Jessie L. Arnold, Janice Wood, Nancy Allen and Alice Corn. Fourth row: Bert Lee Crecelius, George A. Hurst, Isaac Mullen, Gary Thompson, Larry L. Pirkle, Jerry L. Corn, Boyd Woolsey and Donnabel Hamm. Fifth row: Cordelia Uppencamp, Mary Morton, Dennie Brown, Pansy Deen, Richard Lee, James I. Hamm, Louise Summers, Fred Hume and James Meyer. VENDOR/ CRAFT SHOW DEC. 7, 2013 • 10am-3pm (EST) In the Otwell Gym 2301 N. Spring St. • Otwell Still needing vendors Contact: Denise Schnarr (812)617-0333 and/or otwell3@netzero.com Otwell Community Center will be having Breakfast with Santa that same day from 9am-11am