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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, November 4, 2015 C-9 HISTORY Submit history photos: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Files of the past Pike County Historical Society Gleanings From the Pike County Democrat, 1904 Simtown School –1943 Simtown School in Monroe Township was a two room school in Coe. This was room two and grades 5th-8th in 1943. Front row: Hazel Coleman, Joyce Couts, Betty Fowler, Richard Skinner, Doris Toole, Unknown and Ruth Gieselman. Middle row: Carroll McClary, Tuney Mason, Iona Froman, Alvin Sisson, Paul Edring- ton, Jack Corn and John Ragle. Back row: Charles Dempsey, Joe Eaton, Charles Johnson, Betty Cope- land, Paul Burnett, Ralph Gieselman, Bobby Jo Fleener and Frank Spradley, Teacher. Photo contributed by Iona Freeman and Betty (Copeland) Beliles. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, Sept. 22, 1955 Mrs. Verner Loveless has returned home after spend- ing two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. George Smith and family in St. Mary's, W. Va. Mrs. Joe Mosby and daughter spent a week with them. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wol- ven, of Gary, and Denver Wol- ven, of Logansport, spent Sat- urday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wolven. Mr. and Mrs. Joel Evans returned Sept. 14 from Wil- liamsburg, Va., where they spent a week with their son, Pvt. Joe Evans, who is sta- tioned at Ft. Houston, Texas. They returned home by way of Washington, D.C. where they visited several places of interest. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fine, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. Bryan Reel, of Elberfeld, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. George Fluhrer. Mr. and Mrs. John Cart- er hosted a hamburger fry Saturday night at their home in Bowman for their daugh- ter, Cathy's third birthday. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beck, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Frederick, Terry and Tony, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lehr and children, of Princ- eton; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ste- phens, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stephens and family. William O. Wright, son of Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Wright, of Petersburg, left this week for Guelph, Ontario, Canada where he will be a senior at Ontario Veterinary College. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Moore, of Lynnville, a daughter, Rebecca, Sept. 15; to Mr. and Mrs. George Smith in St. Mary's W. Va., a daughter, Bambi Linn, re- cently; to S -Sgt. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Long in Holy- oke, Mass., a son, Jerrell Kev- in, Sept. 14; to Mr. and Mrs. Gene Willis, of Petersburg, a son, Anthony Gene. Marriages: Lucy Robin- son and Richard Keith, both of Petersburg, Sept. 9; Dar- lene Marie Wiles, of Win- slow, and Richard Hill, of Oakland City, Sept. 17. Deaths: Henrietta Smith, 91, of Indianapolis, formerly of Petersburg, died Sept. 14; John H. Grubb, 70, of Union, died Sept. 15 at his home; Lucille J. Valin, 54, of Peters- burg, died Sept. 14 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vin- cennes following an opera- tion. FIFTY-NINE YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Friday, Sept. 28, 1956 Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Oliver and children, of Indianapolis, spent Sunday with Mrs. Iva Drof. Mrs. Drof left Monday with her son, Mr. and Mrs. William Drof, to make their home in Florida. FORMER WINSLOW MAN OPENS KY. SHOP Paul Chumbley has opened a floor covering shop in Ow- ensboro, Ky., in a new de- velopment center where he handles floor coverings of all kind. Before going to Kentucky he was associated with the Quality Hardware Store in Winslow where he did this type of work and has been laying floor coverings for a firm in Owensboro for several years. Attending the opening of his new shop from Winslow during the three day's open- ing Thursday, Friday and Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. John Chumbley, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Soderling, Mr. and Mrs. Eskel Berlin. Mr. and Mrs. Philmore Rice, of Evansville, were Monday afternoon visitors of Mr. and Mrs. James Brust in Winslow. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Mar- tin, of Monroe City, were Sun- day guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Poehlein in Winslow. A fternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Poehlein and Sally Jo, of Oakland City, who were in the process of mov- ing to English to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Burns and Tim, of Francisco, spent Sunday with relatives in Lit- tle community. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford English, Mr. and Mrs. Har- old Barrett traveled to De- catur, Ill., on Tuesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Ishma el Eng- lish. Mrs. English has been in the hospital and will return in two weeks for surgery. The Barretts' are caring for their small son, Barry. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Finis Aust, of Bethel com- munity, a son, Ronald Keith, Sept. 21; to Mr. and Mrs. Artho Cato, of Spurgeon, a daughter, Sept. 5. to Mr. and Mrs. Luther Richardson, of White Oak community, a son, Sept. 24; to Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Whitehead, of Evans- ville, a daughter, Rebecca Lou, Sept. 21; to Staff Sgt. and Mrs. Paul Edrington, of Scott Air Force Base, Ill., a son, Paul Gregory, Sept. 26. Marriage: Roberta Kay Scaper and Don J. Welch, both of Petersburg, Satur- day; Mary Alice Buchta, of Otwell, and Glendel Ashby, of Winslow, Sept. 8. Deaths: Charles E. Howk, 62, brother of James Howk, of Petersburg, died Sept. 19 at Veterans Hospital in In- dianapolis; Orval Hamilton, 69, of Miami, Fla., former- ly of Winslow, died Sept. 24; Susan Carol Edwards, infant daughter of Mrs. Dale Ed- wards, of Oakland City, born Monday and lived two days; Charles E. Hisgen, 44, son of Everett Hisgen, of Peters- burg, died Wednesday at a hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio; Elizabeth Quiggins, 66, of Arthur, died Monday at her home; Jane Kathryn Waddle, 10 -day-old daughter of Atty. and Mrs. Edward Waddle, of Petersburg, died Monday; Lawrence Master, 88, of Vin- cennes, former resident of Petersburg, died Monday. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Oct. 7, 1965 Jim Weathers spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Weath- ers, their home in the Rabbit Leg community. Jim, who was employed for 18 months at Nelson Service Station near Winslow, left last month to enter Midwestern Baptist College in Pontiac, Mich. to become a minister. MRS. H. RUSS IN CAR-TRUCK ACCIDENT Mrs. Herbert Russ was taken to Welborn Memori- al Baptist Hospital Thursday suffering from a crushed bone in her left foot, a broken bone in her left hand, bruis- es about her body and is suf- fering much pain in her left shoulder from injuries suf- fered in a car-truck accident. She had been to take her daughter, Becky, to a doctor in Evansville Thursday of last week and had returned by way of her parents, Mr. and Mrs John Carpenter in Boonville. She and her daughter had started home at 4:30 p.m. and as she came up over a hill between Boon- ville and Lynnville, a car had stopped at the foot of the hill waiting to make a left turn. Mrs. Russ applied her brakes and the car slid on the rain slick pavement into a propane gas truck. Becky suffered a bump on her head from hitting the windshield. The 1964 Mus- tang was a total loss. Mrs. Russ is a fourth grade teach- er in the Winslow schools. She expects to be able to re- turn to her home this week- end. NEW 18 ROOM SCHOOL UNDER CONSTRUCTION Construction of the new Winslow grade school build- ing is now underway. Bonds were sold last week to India- napolis Bond and Share Com- pany. Grading has commenced and an attempt will be made to pour the foundation and have the roof on the building before winter. With the type of construc- tion this particular building is, the roof does not rest on the walls of the building, but on structural steel and the walls are built independent- ly so as not to be affected by mine blasts. The new building will be an 18 class room build- ing with a principal's of- fice, nurse's room, and low- er grade rooms will be self- contained. They will feature their own restrooms, coat closets and book shelves. There will be one central re- stroom for upper grades. The building will be ready for us at the beginning of school next year. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Robling, of Peters- burg, a son, Gregory Lee, Oct. 2; to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Elder, of Petersburg, a daugh- ter, Amy Lynn, Oct. 5; to Mr. and Mrs. Pat McCarty, of New Orleans, La., a son, Samuel Patrick, Sept. 29; to Mr. and Mrs. William F. Bell, of Lenox, Mass., a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, Sept. 29; to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mann, of Otwell, a son, Darin Le- Ray, Oct. 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robertson, of Peters- burg, a son, Danny Lee, Sept. 29; to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Horton, Jr., of Norman, a son, Daniel Boone Horton III, Oct. 1 at Seymour Hospital. Deaths: Carroll Banta, 63, of Arthur, died Sunday; Shel- by ( Jiggs) Thompson, 62, for- merly of Winslow, died Mon- day at a hospital in Colum- bus, S.C. while visiting his daughter, Mrs. William (Nor- ma Jean) Goildman, suffer- ing from emphysema; Flor- ence Robling, 84, died Sun- day at home in Rumbletown community near Glezen, suf- fering from asthma; Ben Mei- er, 76, of Mackey, died Satur- day; Walter Thomas Powers, 84, former resident of Oak- land City, died Thursday at Evansville Protestant Home; Lester L. Quackenbush, 56, native of Pike County, died in Pontiac, Ill., suffering from a heart attack. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Oct. 4, 1990 RECEIVES CERTIFICATE Pike Central guidance counselor Jack Skinner re- cently presented a certif- icate to Brook Weathers naming her as a commend- ed student in the National Merit Scholarship program. She received the recogni- tion for her outstanding per- formance on the 1989 PSAT- NMSQT which places her in the 590 five percent of the more than one million stu- dents who entered the 1991 Merit Program by taking the test. A senior at Pike Central, Brook is the daughter of Da- vid and Bonnie Weathers, of Petersburg Sunday visitors of Roachie and Mary West in Union were Harold and Kathleen Barrett, Sammy West, Geneva Deen, Lana Sims, and Paul Trusty, of Connersville. Sunday dinner guests of Sarah Lemond and Diana in Velpen were Eddie and Mae Nonnweiler, of Winslow. A f- ternoon guests were Linda Vaughn, of Evansville; Ches- ter and Maryann Vaughn. Evening visitors were Gary and Adrianne Lemond, of Otwell. WINSLOW STUDENT COUNCIL Winslow Elementary stu- dents elected Student Coun- cil members last week includ- ing Cara Burgess, Mackenzie Arnold, Natalie Heldt, Nicole Caldemeyer, Jared Thoms, Jessica McAllister, Amanda Stewart, Jill Deffendoll, Cole Hunt and Matt DeShamp. Last weekend visitors of Earl and Shirley Slunder in Stendal were Edgar Cole- man, of Huntingburg; and Rodney Hall, of Lebanon, Tenn. Other visitors during the week were Daniel Slun- der, son of Earl and grand- daughter, Lori Slunder, of Mesa, Ariz; Jerry Slunder, Jr., of Raleigh, N.C.; Jerry Slun- der, Sr. and Linda Davis, of Decatur, Ill. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Stan Keepes, of Peters- burg, a daughter, Cory Eliz- abeth, Sept. 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Chad D. Holman, of El- berfeld, a daughter, Jennifer Nichole, Sept. 23; to Mr. and Mrs. Terry Wells, of Oakland City, a son, Nathan William, Sept. 23. Marriages: Laurie Love- less, of Petersburg, and Mi- chael Beach, of Henryville, Sept. 15; Beverly Joan Brock, of Oakland City, and Edward Henderson Hall II, of Win- slow, Sept. 14. Deaths: Mike Toms, 37, of Winslow, died Sept. 28 follow- ing a lengthy illness; Debra Kay Stafford, 36, of Velpen, died Sept. 30 at her home; Bertha T. Brock, 72, of Oak- land City, died Sept. 30 ; Carl H. Arnold, 83, of Miami, Fla., formerly of Petersburg, died Sept. 26; Emory E. Boger, 88, of Petersburg, died Sept. 27; Harry Boone died Sept. 24 in Joshua Tree, Calif. – his wife was the former Gladys Shoe- maker, of Pike County. By Sandy McBeth 12/23/1904 – Basil A. Hor- ton, one of Uncle Sam's sol- diers, located at Ft. Lodge, Colo., visited his parents near town this week - Otwell Star. Will Braden transacted business at Mt. Vernon last Friday. Marshal Burress, who has been in St. Louis for the past year, returned home last week. William C. Miller, a former sheriff of Pike county, but now residing near Oakland City, was in the city Tuesday greeting old friends. John Nicely and daughter, Miss Rosa, left Tuesday for Evansville to attend the fu- neral of a relative, the daugh- ter of Andrew Ficklin. Guitars, mandolins, banjos and all other musical instru- ments, at Rickrich's. Notice - My dental office will be closed from Satur- day morning, December 24, 1904, until Tuesday morning, January 3, 1905 - as I will be absent from the city. Frank Luke. Mrs. John Bradfield has been granted a pension of $12 per month, and Mrs. Mary Brobst $ 8. Dan Ashby was attorney in both cases. The divorce case of Aman- da Woods vs. George Woods was partially tried and con- tinued. - Fred E. Chappell was admitted to practice. - Evansville Courier. A small child of George Richardson, living at Win- slow, died Saturday after- noon. The funeral services were held Monday and inter- ment at Oak Hill cemetery. Mary, the eleven-year-old daughter of Hezekiah Col- vin, living east of the city, died last week and was bur- ied Thursday at the Arnold cemetery. Notice-All parties know- ing themselves indebted to me, will please call and set- tle same by cash or note by Jan. 11th, 1905, and save fur- ther expense. Max Blitzer. Misses Bessie Lamb and Jessie Lemmon, who are at- tending college at Decatur, Il- linois, returned home yester- day to visit their parents dur- ing the holidays. Miss Maude Sherrod, the capable and official stenogra- pher of the Pike and Dubois circuit courts, spent Sunday with friends at Jasper. The Petersburg market is very active and good prices are being paid for grain and live stock. Wheat is quoted at $1.06; corn, 36; hogs, $4.25; cattle, $2.50 to $4. "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the best of men." The cantata, Mother Goose's Visit to Santa Claus' Land, is brimming over with bright catchy solos and cho- ruses to say nothing of all the Mother Goose Folks in cos- tume. Hear them at the Pres- byterian church next Mon- day evening, Dec. 26, at 7:30 o'clock. Admission, ten cents. Pecans, filberts, almonds, peanuts and English walnuts, all fresh goods, at my res- taurant, opposite the court- house. Mrs. C. A. Drennon. Aloozo Shanks, the ten- year-old boy who lived near Winslow, and who had been arrested for stealing a horse, was committed to the boys' school at Plainville until of age. Sheriff Peed will take the boy to that institution in a few days. The Odd Fellows at their recent election selected the following officers: Noble grand, Charles J. Gladish; vice grand, Ora Chamness; secretary, J. L. Bowman; fi- nancial secretary, A. W. Sel- by; treasurer, Joseph Carr. Tuesday night the Mason- ic lodge elected the following officers: W. M., J. W. Chap- pell; S. W., F. J. Burger; J. W., Frank Ely; secretary, John Hammond; Tyler E. John- son; trustee, Leslie Lamb. The installation will be held Monday night. A fter a shut down of sever- al weeks the public schools of Huntingburg opened again Monday with a fair en- rollment. The smallpox sit- uation there has greatly im- proved and there are now no cases regarded as serious. It is likely that schools will have no holiday vacation in order to make up the time that has been lost because of the smallpox epidemic. Hornady Chapter, R. A. M., has elected the following of- ficers: H. P., P. H. Heuring; King, S. W. Chappell; scribe, J. H. Risley; C. of H., W. D. Curill; P.S., F. J. Burger; R. A. C., P. H. McNabb; secre- tary, John Hammond; trea- surer, Charles Schaefer. The Modern Woodsmen officers for the coming year will be: Venable counsel, George Tucker; worthy advi- sor, Smith Alexander; bank- er, Jacob E. Schura; camp clerk, W. D. Goad; escort, Pete Stephenson; watchman, Wm. Berridge; sentry, W. F. Chambers; manager, Phil- lip Kiefer. The lodge is on a boom, having about twenty applications for membership. The local order of Red Men will hold their annual installation of officers Jan- uary 4th. The following are the officer-elect: Sachem, S. M. Kreig; senior saga- more, Sam Hornbrook; ju- nior sagamore, Claude Bart- low; prophet, John R. Boger; chief of records, Joe O'Brien; collector of wampum, Albert Shoaf; keeper of wampum, O. D. Harris; trustee, L. Moss- esson. Butler Smiser, a young man of this place, who has been confined in jail for sometime on a charge of at- tempting to kill city marshal Masters, has gave bond for trial at the February term of the circuit court, and was re- leased from jail Monday. Stendal Items; A letter was received by the postmaster from C. D. Jones of Chica- go, inquiring about the con- ditions for putting in a cream- ery at this place. - Died, of old age, Mrs. Siebe, at the age of nearly 83 years. She died at the home of her son O. I. Siebe, who resides two miles south of Stendal. She was bur- ied beside her husband at the Holland cemetery, who died several years ago of heart fail- ure. She leaves six children and a number of grandchil- dren to mourn her loss.