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The Press-Dispatch From out of the past Sixty years ago The Petersburg Press Nov. 26, 1953 Hubert Youngs, who left for Australia October 3, 1952, where he spent a year, arrived home a week ago Wednesday, with stopovers in the Fiji, Canton and Hawaiian Island. While in Australia, Youngs was production advisor in strip mining for the Clutha Development Company at singleton, New South Wales. His trip home by plane was a two-day flight. He landed in San Francisco, Calif., and then flew by way of Chicago, Ill., where his wife and son Krieg met him. Robert Paul Steward, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Steward, of Petersburg, will have the male lead in the operetta "Sunday Excursion" to be presented Jan. 14-15 by the music and speech department at Indiana State Teachers College. It will be given in the Student Union Building theater at Terre Haute. Deaths: Robert Marion Nelson, 63, of Winslow, died Nov. 21; Rev. Edward G. Grimes, 81, of near Plainville, former pastor of Petersburg Free Methodist and Otwell Methodist, died Nov. 23; Perry Isaac, 66, of Plainville, died Wednesday, suffering from a heart attack; Connie Lee Ward, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Ward, of Winslow, died following a cerebral hemorrhage; Ida Ross, 71, of Stendal, died Nov. 24. Fifty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch Friday, Dec. 3, 1954 Marie Weisheit left Sunday for Chicago where she will cover the National 4-H Congress for the Successful Farmer magazine. Weisheit is an editor of the magazine. Lt. William Doty, who is stationed at Ogden, Utah, with the Army, has returned from a routine trip to some of the Islands in the South Pacific, such as Guam, Wake and Honolulu, as well as Toyko, Japan. Those attending Sunday school and morning services at Winslow Church of the Nazarene Sunday were Mrs. Eva Brown, Gertrude Minters, Lillie Tett, Bessie Wells, Dee Taylor and Rev. Herschel Swearingen They reported they enjoyed the lesson on tithing and are thankful to get new and good ideas on how to conduct Sunday school. Rev. Fields took the group to the service. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Evans Russell, of Indianapolis, spent the weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burns and Mr. and Mrs. William Slavens. Other Sunday guests in the Burns' home were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jones and Nedra, of Boonville, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Burns, Janet and Marla Faye, of Arthur. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. John Kenneth Stradtner, of Iva, a son, Ricky William, Nov. 16; to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gaines, a daughter, Beth Ann, Nov. 22; to Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Traylor, of Otwell, a son, Richard Vance, Nov. 19; to Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Catt, of Union, a daughter, Susan Kimberly, Nov. 20; to Mr. and Mrs. George Tevault, of Petersburg, a daughter, Carla Lynn, Dec. 1. Marriages: Rosemary Ann Givens and Loran Zane Harbaugh, both of Kentucky, Nov. 25; Helen Elaine Rose, of Sequoia, Calif., daughter of Robert Rose, formerly of Otwell, and Max Edward Cooley, of Moab, Utah, Nov. 2; Phyllis Thompson, of Winslow, and Wallace Walker, of near Union, Nov. 27; Sharon Rose Boger, of Petersburg, and Garry Franklin Sutton, of near Bowman, Nov. 24; Norma Jean Dowden, formerly of Petersburg, and Dr. Joseph Helock, of Indianapolis, Nov. 27; Charlene May, of Winslow, and Thomas Engleman, of Algiers, Nov. 25; Robert Weisheit, of Petersburg, and Norma Gross, Nov. 27; June Gray and Oneal Jones, both of Otwell, Nov. 27. Death: Finis L. Thompson, native of Pike County, died Nov. 30 in Evansville. Fifty years ago The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Dec. 12, 1963 Marcia Klipsch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Klipsch, of Petersburg, was crowned queen of the Basketball Homecoming, Saturday night. Kelly Powell entertained with a birthday party at her home Nov. 22 for her fourth birthday. Games were played. Cake and ice cream were served to Bridget Bottom, Maria Corn, Mike and Julia Burkhart, Stuart Curtis, Sherry Lutz, Mike and Chris Norrington, Sandra and Debbie Norrington, Cindy Powell, Keila and Kendria Radcliff. Phyllis Lemond was recently crowned Oakland City College Homecoming Queen. A graduate of Otwell High School, she is a senior at OCC, majoring in art. Jane Tyring, of Petersburg, was one of the queen's seven attendants. Sharon Hedges, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Buthyl Hedges, has been elected 1963 basketball queen for Oakland City High School. Vicky Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dayne Young, of Arthur, was crowned senior Basketball Queen on Dec. 6 of Winslow High School by Robert Nordhorn, Eskimo captain. Sheila Roy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Roy, of Spurgeon, was recently crowned Basketball Queen of Spurgeon High School, and crowned by Joel Wilhite, captain of the Spurgeon basketball team. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Adams, of Berea, Ky., a son, John Lawrence, Nov. 4; to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hriso, of Evansville, Dec. 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Roger F. Davis, of Otwell, a daughter, Connie Renee, Dec. 9; to SSgt. and Mrs. C. L. Lehm- kuhler, of Lincoln, Neb., a son, Mark Joseph, Dec. 3; to Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Edrington, a son, Thomas J., Dec. 9; to Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Cochren, of Oakland City, a daughter, Lisa Diana, Dec. 3; to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Arbuthnot, of Oakland City, a daughter, Debra Ann, Dec. 4. Marriages: Sharon Lou Teague and David Butler, both of Spurgeon, Dec. 7; Deaths: Rose Marie Jackson, 22, of Petersburg, died Dec. 10; Ross Traylor, formerly of Iva, brother of Edna Johnson, of Iva, died in Portland, Ore. Twenty-five years ago The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Dec. 1, 1988 Rachelle Johns lead the Charger fast break in the first half of Pike Central's blow-out of Vincennes-Lincoln in the first game of the Loogootee tournament Saturday. Pike Central won the championship game against North Knox the same night. The Chargers extended their record to a 4-0 with a victory at Tecumseh Monday night. Winslow Elementary School chose Sara Mendel and Cameron Shoultz as King and Queen of the Fall Festival. Their court consisted of April Cummins, A. J. Loveless, Amanda Tisdale, Jeff Sharp, Deen Rogers, Amy Schamp, Kayla Potter and Jedidiah Bechtal. After 22 years of working in Pike County's libraries, Marjorie Campbell is retiring. She first began when the library was on the first floor of the courthouse. It was there until the Barrett Memorial Trust Fund was established and the Barrett Memorial Library was constructed in 1966. Mrs. Campbell quit working at the library in 1952 after a three year stint, but then in 1966 was rehired. She worked there full time until 1976 when she and Harold Campbell were married. Shortly after their marriage she worked only part-time. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Skinner, of Oakland City, a son, Jeffery Scott, Nov. 27; to Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Powell, of Otwell, a son, Jacob Scott, Nov. 20; to Mr. and Mrs. David W. Mize, of Petersburg, a daughter, Leslie Ann; to Mr. and Mrs. Duane Jones, of Stendal, a daughter, Jessica Leann, Nov. 25; to Mr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Bahr, of St. Louis, Mo., a son, David Brenton, Nov. 19. Deaths: Ruth Howard, 84, of Velpen, died Nov. 22; Elsie Chew, 95, of Petersburg, died Nov. 22; Charles A. Johnson, 56, of Oakland City, died Nov. 24; Jessie Fettinger, 74, of Washington, formerly of Petersburg, died Nov. 22; Marilyn Green, 52, of Columbus, died Nov. 10; Charles Hochstetler, 80, of Buckskin, died Nov. 26; Melvin Houchins, 79, of Buckskin, died Nov. 20; Ella Rawlins, 85, of Evansville, mother of Nevelyn Teague, of Spurgeon, died Nov. 21. Wednesday, January 8, 2014 C-7 Grubb sisters—spring of 1922 Left to right: Kate (Grubb) Dossett, Nora (Grubb) Rumer, Nell (Grubb) O'Neal and Hattie (Grubb) Phillips. Pike County Historical Society Gleanings from the Democrat, 1904 By Sandy McBeth 5/06/1904—Mrs. Levi Royalty of Lockhart township, died last week aged 29 years. Interment was made at the Barrett cemetery. John Clark and Byron Godwin will carry the mail from Otwell to Petersburg in the future—Otwell Star. Mrs. Ellen Ficklin, of this place died Saturday night at the home of John Nicey, aged 73 years. Death was due from heart trouble and the deceased had been in ill health for quite a while. The funeral was held on Monday, interment being made at the Morrison graveyard, near Alford. Tom Lyden, from Petersburg, was here this week prospecting for a location for a coal mine. He will be back sometime in the near future and look further into the matter—Hazleton Herald. Some one drove nails into the ends of logs in the yard of A. Usery & Co., a few nights ago and in sawing the logs up, of course, the saw was torn up and the work delayed until repairs could be made. We could never see why any person should have a desire to destroy another person's property, no matter how much grievance they have against the party—Winslow Dispatch. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of people, have this week witnessed the process of manufacturing glassware for the first time in the history of Petersburg. The bottle factory has been crowded with visitors almost continually each day from early morning till late at night. J. M. Edwards of Wilkinson, moved here last week and opened up a hotel in the Ed King property on Main street. R. C. Hammond, the insurance agent, has moved his office from the Kime jewelry store to the Fleming hotel annex on Eighth street, where he has fitted up a neat office and is now ready for his friends to call and see him. Poplar Grove Items—The patrons of rural route No. 2 are well pleased with the services rendered them by carrier Heuring. The roads in this district are badly washed, which will require a large amount of time and work to repair them. There is some talk of a new school house being erected at Poplar Grove, which if built, will greatly increase the enrollment of pupils next term. Last Thursday night the Poplar Grove string band was invited to the home of M. F. Snyder, where they rendered excellent music for a social gathering. A good time was had by all in attendance. All our Jackson corsets and corset waists will be closed out regardless of prices; we are going out of the corset business—Max Blitzer. Deputy Sheriff Scales of Warrick county, was in town Tuesday, having in charge Benton Bates, who was arrested at the Jackson coal mines ten miles south of here on charges of assault and battery. Died, Sunday night at her home in Petersburg, Mrs. Mary White, aged 70 years. The funeral was held at the M. E. church Tuesday. The remains were interred at Walnut Hills cemetery. Last week Logan Richardson, who resides in Vincennes Avenue, sold his property to R. C. Hammond, the price being $1,200. The purchaser will occupy it as a residence, and Mr. Richardson and wife will locate at Mount Carmel, Ill. The new tipple at No. 3 mine at Ayrshire, which burned last winter, is almost ready for operation again. It is expected work will be resumed again about the first of the month—Winslow Dispatch. One of the midsummer features of the Indiana building at the World's Fair at St. Louis is to be the free watermelon and cantaloupe feasts for all Hoosiers and their friends. During the melon season melons from the Gibson, Knox and Posey county fields will be shipped at the rate of two or three car loads a day to the Indiana building. There will also be big displays of these prize melons in the horticultural building. Another feature of the Indiana building is to be its large, cool lunch room. It is a latticed cellar. There are to be tables for more than 100 people at a time. They can come with their lunches and get coffee or tea and sandwiches to complete their meals. Geo. A. Cross, of Huntington, will have charge of that room. The E. & I. railroad ran an excursion train from Evansville to Camp Manning in Daviess county, last Sunday and the excursionists spent the day on the banks of the White river fishing and having a merry time. The butterfly reception given by the ladies of the Thursday club to the Rocking Chair club last Thursday was a charming social event. The beautiful home of Mrs. J. H. Risley was artistically decorated with butterflies of many shades and brides' maids roses. The rose contest brought forth the summer into the May and memories forgotten blossomed again as the roses were given their proper location on the lists. Mrs. Tracey won first honors, receiving a box of bonbons. The drawing contest was entered into with enthusiasm and resulted in a tie between Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Stoops. Straws decided, and Mrs. Stoops was declared the victor, receiving a lovely water color of butterflies and apple blossoms, the work of Mrs. Davenport. Later the guests retired to the spacious dining-room, where a delicate three-course luncheon was served buffet style. With wishing the Thursday club many years of social and intellectual success, the guests retired to their several homes. M Z netedition yeah, it' that fast! s The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. Otwell Millers JV team 1956-57 Front row (l to r): Denzil Pride, Bill Whitehead, Gary Lemond, Charlie Williams and Ronnie Boger. Back row (l to r): Scott St. Clair (Assistant Coach), Denzil Walters, Ronnie Braun, Gerald Morganett and Maurice Sakel (Head Coach). www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe We need your historical photos! Give us a call–354-8500 or email news@pressdispatch.net