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From out of the past Pike County Historical Society Gleanings from the Pike Co. Democrat, 1904 we need history Page Photos! If you have a historical photo that you would like to appear on this page, please bring it to The Press-Dispatch office, located at 820 E. Poplar St., Petersburg. Please include names and dates of the subjects in the photo. By Sandy McBeth 7/29/1904—Will Gatton, of Winslow, spent Tuesday in Peters- burg, the guest of Will and Char- ley Robinson. Mrs. Margaret Eddington, of Monroe Township, died last week, aged about 20 years. Her body was buried at New Lebanon. Frank Arnold, the popular school teacher of Otwell, was in the city Tuesday on business. Pleasant Perdue, a pioneer set- tler of Lockhart Township, died last week, aged 70 years. He was buried at Cup Creek Cemetery. Tom Minks, who left here two years ago and located at Horatio, Ark., arrived here Monday on a three month's visit to his relatives. J. B. Hedricks of this city was granted a pension of $ 6 per month this week. Dan C. Ashby was the attorney representing Mr. Hen- dricks before the department. The county clerk has issued marriage licenses to the following persons since our last report: Ar- thur H. Martin and Mary E. Stork; Ellis Teague and Malissa M. John- son. Monday morning the thermom- eter registered the coldest Ju- ly weather known in Pike county for a great many years. The low- est point reached was 52, which is about the temperature of good well water. The July term of the Pike Circuit Court ended Saturday. The grand jury returned 81 indictments. The Red Men's Lodge of this city has been having lots of fun this summer, besides they have added some 20 members. The or- der is enjoying quite a boom. Earl, the two-year-old son of Jas- per Beck, living near Beckville, died Wednesday of summer com- plaint. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. E. Willis and interment at Walnut Hills Ceme- tery. David Gladish, trustee of Mad- ison Township, received bids last week for the erection of a new school building at Poplar Grove. The bids were as follows: Henry Shoaf, $ 850; George Smith, $ 876. The contract was awarded to the first named. The building is to be completed in time for the begin- ning of school this fall. Henry Randerson, formerly of Jefferson Township and W. E. Taylor, formerly of Marion Town- ship, but late residents of southern Texas, arrived here Saturday on a month's visit with relatives. Alton Heubert, the three-year- old son of County Superintendent Lawrence Ashby and wife, died at their home in Winslow last week. The grief striken parents have the sympathy of their friends in this city. Esther, the one-year-old daugh- ter of W. W. King, of Madison Township, died Monday of chol- era-intantum. The funeral services were at White River Chapel Tues- day, Rev. Potts officiating, with in- terment at the Bowman Cemetery. In the Pike circuit court last week, Mrs. Joseph Vincent was awarded the sum of $1,000 in her suit against the Modern Woods- men of America, on an insurance policy held by her son Joe, de- ceased. Payment was resisted on the ground that the latter commit- ted suicide. A crowd from the Hyatt Hotel went to Littles, Ind., yesterday morning, and are spending the time fishing and picnicking. They will return on the evening train. Those in attendance are Misses Edith Cavanaugh, of Savannah, Ga., Laura and Pearl Horrall, and Messers. H. M. Littles and Ed. Redford.—Washington Gazette. City Marshal Masters made a raid this week on a gambling den. There were quite a number present but were not playing at the time having been alarmed be- fore the marshal arrived. It is said that there was some tall running indulged in. The marshal is go- ing to put a stop to gambling and the gamblers may as well close up shop. Notice: John B. VanNada has sold an interest in his extensive farm insurance business to Wm. A. Radcliff, the well known life insurance man, of Algiers, Ind. This new firm, VanNada & Rad- cliff, will in the future write both life and fire insurance in Pike and adjoining counties. Nothing but first-class companies represented by this firm. Office in Carpenter building, opposite court house. Pe- tersburg, Ind. Dr. Earl Burger, who arrived here several days ago from How- ell to visit his mother, Mrs. C. A. Burger, left Friday for Washington to have an operation performed on his eye. He was accompanied by his brother Dr. J. R. Burger. On Thursday, Aug. 4, 1904, the members of the Women's Relief Corps will serve a free dinner to all veterans of the Civil War who may be in Petersburg that day making out their pension vouchers. The dinner will be served at the G. A. R. Hall and all Pike county soldiers are requested to be present. The bank at Winslow last week celebrated its first year's birthday by publishing a report of its busi- ness, which shows an individual deposit of $52,812.17, and a total volume of business of $78,312.17. One of the best features of the re- port is the fact that the overdrafts amount to only $ 64.20, which shows financial ability in its man- agement. sixty years ago The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, July 29, 1954 Mrs. Eli Hendrix and Mrs. Aman- da Bethell, of Franklin, returned home last Thursday after spending two weeks with Dr. and Mrs. Frank B. Bethell and family in Hartford, Conn. Mrs. Hendrix also visited her son, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Hendrix and family in Indianapolis before re- turning home. Marine Cpl. Lesly P. Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lesly Cox, of Peters- burg, participated in the June Tra- Mid "54" operation at Little Creek, Va., with the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marine Regiment. At the conclu- sion of the operation the Marines returned to their headquaraters at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Pamela Willis, six-year-old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willis, of Glezen, won first place Saurday night at the amateur show which closed the annual Pike County Fair. She per- formed an accordion solo to an esti- mated audience of 5,000. The parents have been invited to take Pam to In- dianapolis for an audition with NBC. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Newton, of Winslow; and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Horrell and Larry, of Petersburg, are attending the rodeo in Chey- enne, Wyo. Mrs. Goldie Logan, Patty and Martha, of Petersburg, are spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pipes in Miami, Fla. Birth: To Mr. and Mrs. Simon James, of Hartford, Ky., a daughter, July 22, at Owensboro Hospital. Marriages: Betty Abell, of Camp- belltown, and Robert Stephens, of Otwell, July 21; Patsy Scroggs, of Al- giers, and James K. Griffith, of Pe- tersburg, Sunday. Deaths: Lance Sharp, 80, of near Winslow, died Sunday at Wabash County Hospital in Mt. Carmel, Ill.; Luella Preston, 85, of Otwell, died Sunday at her home; Julia Deffendoll Reed, 95, died July 20 at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs. Beulah Mills in Glezen; Laura Selby, 81, of Peters- burg, died July 23 from heart com- plications. FiFty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch Friday, Aug. 5, 1955 oakLand city 4- h Fair Queen and runners-uP Marlene Goerlitz, college senior and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Goerlitz, of Oakland City, was cho- sen over the other 15 contestants. Ruthie Nixon, of Spurgeon, was chosen second in the contest. Third place went to Leah Rae Hurt, of Win- slow, and fourth place went to Judy Borders, of Mt. Olympus. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Grimes, of near Winslow, have purchased Ebb- ie's Cafe in Oakland City. They took over management Monday. It has been operated by Ebbie Beasley for many years. Mrs. Grimes is the for- mer Lydia Houpt, of Otwell. She has been employed at The Press-Dispatch the past three years. Her husband, Ernest, is a Korean War veteran and worked as a miner in Pike County. Neaville Fettinger was informed Monday of last week that he had passed his physical examination and will be inducted into a branch of the armed services in the near future. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nello Fettinger, north of Winslow. Two charter members attending the first meeting of the Indiana Heart Foundation's Junior Heart Commit- tee in Indianapolis on Friday, Ju- ly 29, were Petie Wyatt, of Peters- burg, and Jack Christie, of Scotts- burg. They were among 55 outstand- ing high school and college students who were brought up to date on the fight against heart disease. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Garretson, of Algiers, a daughter, Donna Rose, July 30; to Mr. and Mrs. Robert McInturf, of Warsaw, a son, Mark Andrew, June 3; to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beaty, of Paoli, a son, James Joe III, July 29; to Mr. and Mrs. Truman Denton, a daughter, Debra Anne, Ju- ly 25; to Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Bruce, of Oakland City, a daughter, Sharla Raye, July 27; to Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Dalton, of Jasper, a son, James Ervin, Saturday; to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ro- bling, of Winslow, a daughter, Debra Kaye, July 23; to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Houchin, of Stendal, a son, July 15; to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Russell, of Vel- pen, a son, July 13. Marriage: Marilyn Cole, of Vin- cennes, and Lowell Gladish, of Pe- tersburg. Deaths: Elery Lett, 79, of Peters- burg, died July 27; John Singleton, 70, of Greenfield, Mo., formerly of Augusta, died Friday; John Tolbert, 67, of Muren, died Wednesday. FiFty years ago The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Aug. 13, 1964 disPatch instaLLs new Phone system Midwest Telephone Company has just completed installation of a new phone system at The Pike County Dispatch. Until Thursday, Aug. 7, on- ly one private line with an extension phone was in use. The line was be- coming so over-used that at times the operator would call saying that per- sons were attempting to call and they received the busy signal so often they thought the phone was out-of-order. The problem was discussed some- time ago with Lloyd Thorne, man- ager of Midwest Telephone Com- pany. A plan for two telephone lines with three telephones and an inter- com system, and either line answer- able at any one of three phones was Thorne's answer to the problem. Mr. and Mrs. Larry McKinney and Kevin have moved to Owensville, where Larry has accepted a position in the schools there as a music teach- er. The McKinneys have been living in Illinois this summer, after resign- ing last spring as music instructor of the Winslow schools. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Henning, of Indianapolis, a daugh- ter, Christine Jo, June 22; to Mr. and Mrs. Carol Wayne Davis, of Oswego, Ill., a daughter, April Aileen, July 16. Marriage: Jane Tyring and Mi- chael R. Vire, both of Oakland City, July 10. Deaths: Lawrence W. Evans, 44, of Oakland City, Winslow grade school principal, died Aug. 9, suffer- ing from pneumonia; James C. El- lis, 77, of Campbelltown, died Aug. 9; Henry A. Evans, 88, of Winslow, died Tuesday at Ward's Nursing Home in Petersburg; Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Nolting, of Elizabethtown, were killed in a car-crash accident, Monday; Nellie Pence, of Columbus City, mother of Leslie Pence, princi- pal of Otwell High School, died Mon- day; Omar Luttrull, 57, of Oakland City, died Friday, suffering from a series of light strokes and diabetes; Maggie West, 58, of Hicksville, Ohio, died July 28, suffering from cancer of the stomach; Dezzie M. Jones, died Sunday at Ward's Nursing Home in Petersburg, following a heart at- tack; Martha (Mattie) DeMotte, 81, of Petersburg, died Thursday; Del- la Gramelspacher, former resident of Winslow, died Tuesday at a nurs- ing home in Ft. Wayne; funeral ser- vices for John C. Horton, 74, of Pe- tersburg, were Aug. 10 at Harris Fu- neral Home with burial in Lemmons Church Cemetery, Boone Township, Dubois County. twenty-FiVe years ago The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Sept. 10, 1989 LincoLn theater torn down For Parking Lot Petersburg's Lincoln Theater, which first opened its doors in 1922, may soon become a parking lot. Cit- izens State Bank bought the dilap- idated property on Seventh Street, June 29, said Realtor George Tevault. The theater will be torn down some- time in the next two to three weeks and levelled. The bank's purchase saves the city the expense of tearing down the theater, which hasn't been open for some time. The building has deterio- rated to the point of becoming a dan- ger to the community. martin unhurt in PLane crash A Petersburg man was uninjured when the plane he was piloting flipped while landing at a Vincennes Airport over the weekend. Chester Martin, 76, rode out the plane crash that left him and his Cessna 172 up- side down at the end of the runway at Vincennes-O'Neal Airport at about 10 :10 a.m. Saturday. He said he was nearing the end of the grass runway when his nose wheel struck the ridge causing it to break off and the plane to flip upside down. He said he flies almost every week. He said it was the most seri- ous accident he had been involved in, but several years ago an engine went out while he was flying and he was forced to land it in a corn field. Nothing was damaged on the plane. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Edrington and Iris Mae Coleman, of Winslow, were past Wednesday through Sat- urday houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Foster in Fairfield, Ohio. John Culberston, of Indianapo- lis, spent a few days with his broth- er, Mr. and Mrs. Delmas Culbertson near Petersburg. While here he at- tended his 40th year class reunion of Winslow High School Class of 1949, Saturday night in Jasper. attends u.s. sPace camP Bryan Bolin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Bolin, of Winslow, recently at- tended U.S. Space Camp in Hunts- ville, Ala. While there he was in- volved in many of the aspects of space aeronautics and was also in- volved in a space shuttle flight simu- lation in which he was given the job of mission scientist. On graduate day the ceremonies were attend by his parents and fam- ily, Jeff, Nancy, Christopher and An- drew Bolin, Dave, Kathy and Aman- da Cochren, and his grandparents, Bud and Frieda Bolin, all of Win- slow; Barry and Renee Pirkle, of Pe- tersburg. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Scott Stone, of Houston, Texas, a daughter, Hannah Caroline, July 31; to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kirkman, of Evans- ville, a son, Parker Charles, Aug. 3; to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dillon, a daughter, Heather Michelle, Aug. 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Fowler, of Norris City, Ill., a son, Jordan Dan- iel, July 24; to Donna Evans, of Win- slow, a son, Joel Paul, July 26; to Mr. and Mrs. John Bohn, of Blooming- ton, a daughter, Kimberlee Michelle, Aug. 7. Winslow high School Junior Class—1940 Front row: Hoyt Willis, George Kinman, George Barnett, Clifton McCandless, Arthur John- son, Fred Hannan, Raymond Griesemer, Ford Reed, J. C. Howard, Leon Jerrell, Roy Edring- ton and Jack Smallwood. Second row: Donna Belle Hornback, Ruth Fritz, Anna Mae Weeks, Vivian Nichols, Vera Rutter, Estelyn Hume, Dorothy Montgomery, Pansy Knight, Margaret Jean Hale, Mildred Buechele, Flora Belle Brewster, William Auten and William Thompson. Third row: Mona Lee Durkee, Marie Woolsey, Gloria Dent, Donna Belle Akridge, Laura Mae Davis, Winifred Dorsey, Mary Miley, Juanita Hayden, Arbutus Carr, Mary Belle Beadles, Vir- ginia Corn, Wanda Lee Clark, Mary Kathryn Woolsey and Newton Thompson (Teacher). Fourth row: Juanita Tisdale, Virginia McConnell (Teacher), Constance Church, Marie Jones, Farlin McQueen, Kenneth Dorsey, Ora Fettinger, Lewis Nalley, Joe Powers, Ancil Kays, Law- rence McClure, Kermit Coleman and Paul Turnbloom. Fifth row: Louise Abbott, Nadine Da- vis, Harold McCord, Elmer Simpson, Warren Knochenmus, Leon Ehrlich, Cecil Nelson, Ray- mond Nance, Harry Mullins, Paul Jones, Richard Phillips, Harold Coleman and Jack Mc- Candless. pChS girls' Volleyball Team—1990 Front row: Stacey Ferguson, Kristi Knight, Brandi Luff, Jody Benjamin and Tricia Deffen- doll. Back row: Assistant Coach Kristi Schulz, Tara McAllister, Roberta Claridge, Jamie Wil- hite, Jenny Boyd, Tracey Seitz, Angie Osgatharp and Coach Toni Sollman. 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