The Press-Dispatch
Issue link: https://www.ifoldsflip.com/i/599049
The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, November 11, 2015 C-7 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 Denver Barrett – Army Air Force 1946-1947 Denver Barrett, of Littles community, was in the U.S. Army Air Force dur- ing 1946 and 1947. He was awarded the World War II Victory Medal. While he was stationed in Hiroshima, Japan, his military occupational specialty was serving as an airplane and engine mechanic. Barrett, 87, of Muren, passed away March 10, 2015. Contributed by Georgia Barrett. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Thursday, Sept. 29, 1955 OC COLLEGE ENROLLMENT INCLUDES MANY PIKEITES Enrollment at Oakland City College for the fall term has topped the 300 mark. Enrolled from Win- slow are: Jerry Alley, John Alex- ander, Sally Sue Brown, Charles Casson, Kenneth Curtis, George Fettinger, Robert Hunt, Warren Hunt, Stanley May, Robert Mead, Jack Meyer, Edith Mc- Clure, Mary Nichols, Don- na Nordhorn, Doyal Rus- sell, Earl Russell, Jerry Ste- phens, Ray Stilwell, Ken- neth Todd, Hilbert Tooley and Donald Willingham. Mrs. Naomi Smith, of Los Alamos, N.M., spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Byard Chappell and Mr. and Mrs. Denzil Scrap- er in Petersburg. Mr. and Mrs. Delmas Stidd, Stevie, Roy, Greg and Dianne, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reed and Gordon Hadlock were Sunday sup- per guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Stidd and family in Madison Township. Mr. and Mrs. George Shawhan and Mike, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Phillips, of Princeton, were Satur- day supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shawhan and family in Lynnville. Recent dinner guests of Mrs. Mary Nelson in Mon- roe City were Mr. and Mrs. George Nelson, of South Carolina; Mrs. and Mrs. Ray Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Elder and family. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Evans, of Chandler; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer DeMotte and Donna Jean, of Velpen; Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Zeigler, of Petersburg; and Mrs. Helen McCain, of Algiers, were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harrison in Bridgeport, Ill. It had been several years since these brothers and sisters had visited together. Marriages: Imalou Willis, of Petersburg, and Wayne Schwoob, of Lew- iston, Idaho, Saturday; Or- lando Siple, of Petersburg, and Mrs. Lucile P. Dovy, of Newton, N.C., Aug. 21. Deaths: Sam P. Howard, 89, of Velpen, died Sept. 27; Mrs. Francis Lucre- tia Bright, 81, of Washing- ton, mother of Rev. Ralph B. Bright, pastor of Free Methodist Church in Pe- tersburg, died Sept. 22; Robert S. Willis, 81, was burned to death Wednes- day when the engine of his plane failed shortly af- ter take off back of the old Smith school house on Hwy. 57 south of Peters- burg; Floyd Jones, 46, of Petersburg, died Sept. 26 following a heart attack; Laura Willis, 80, of New Castle, formerly of Peters- burg, died Sept. 22; Luther Jacobs, 59, of Petersburg, died Tuesday at his home. FIFTY-NINE YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Friday, Oct. 5, 1956 Dr. and Mrs. James Mc - Neil and Mary Kathryn, of Kansas City, were weekend guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Sutton, Suzanne and Nor- ma Jean in Petersburg. Mrs. Nettie McConnell is leaving Friday for a two weeks visit with friends and relatives in Greens- burg, Ky. She will spend the week with her son, Mr. and Mrs. Gene McConnell in McCutchanville. On her return trip she will come by way of Salem to spend a few days visiting another son, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert McConnell and John. CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS Mrs. Cynthia Hughes and John Henry Loveless, possibly the oldest twins in Indiana, celebrated their 87th birthdays Sun- day, Sept. 30, with a picnic and family dinner in their honor. NEW GREENHOUSE BUILT FOR ARTHUR FLORIST Mr. and Mrs. Adron Leighty, florists at Arthur, finished a new green house last week on their proper- ty. The structure is 100 feet and four inches long by 28 feet wide. The frame work and glass portion was made by Murphy, of Pa- na, Ill., glazier and green- house erector. Leighty expects to con- struct the benches for the inside of the greenhouse and fill them with the nec- essary soil for the begin- ning of the early spring crop of flowers and plants. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pear- son and Elliott Selby, of Winslow, were Saturday night visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Arlund Bjorkland in Evansville. The group at- tended a ballgame in St. Louis, Mo. on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hale, of Hammond, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sim- mons, of Muren, attend- ed the Grand Ole Opry at Nashville, Tenn. Saturday night. Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Enos McK- inney in Spurgeon were Mr. and Mrs. Dale Smith, Dale Jr. and Dayne, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mason, Ronald and Ruth Ann and Dottie Henning. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. William Merris, of Otwell, a son, Friday; to Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Dedman, of Oakland City, a daugh- ter, Faye Ella, Sept. 28; to Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Mc- Clellan, a daughter, Car- ol Ann, Sept. 29; to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Veale, of Winslow, a son, Michael Lee, Sept. 30 ; to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hawkins, of Glezen, a daughter, Kay, Sept. 28; to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Mounts, of Patoka, a daughter, Vicki Lynn, Sept. 25; to Mr. and Mrs. James G. White, of Petersburg, a daughter, Teresa Diane, Sept. 26; to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Franklin, of Washing- ton, a son, William Britt, Sept. 23; to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Oxby, of Tremont, Ill., a daughter, Nancy Kay, Sept. 20. Marriages: Hilda Dyer, of Petersburg, and Frank Britton, of Winslow, Sept. 27; Mary Louise Wood, of Winslow, and Alfred Schwinghammer, of St. Henry, Saturday. Deaths: Dr. J. E. Ford, 45, of Petersburg, died Monday; Myrtle Flint, 64, of Pike County, died Thurs- day following an operation at Daviess County Hospi- tal; Eliza J. Johnson, of Ot- well, 80, died Sept. 28 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Estel Popp in Otwell; Charles W. Harbison, five years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Harbin- son, of Petersburg, died Sunday; Ralph Phillipy, of Memphis, Tenn., was killed Wednesday when his plane crashed somewhere in Missouri. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, Oct. 14, 1965 Mrs. Ione Banta, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aydelott, Gary and Vicki were in West Point over the weekend at- tending a family get togeth- er honoring Mrs. Banta's brother, Howard Acheson, who came from Fresno, Ca- lif. to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, Carroll Banta. Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Phillips and son, of Con- nersville, spent the week- end with Mrs. Ruth Poud- er. Mrs. Jessie Whaley, of Otwell, Mrs. Minnie Mor- ton and Helen Schnarr vis- ited Velma Garland and Naomi Leeper in Vincent community, Tuesday af- ternoon. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reller, of Stendal, a son, Kirk, last week; to Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Mose, of Winslow, a daughter, Oct. 6; to Mr. and Mrs. John Bement, of Petersburg, a son, Oct. 10 ; to Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Hudson, of Ft. Knox, Ky., a daugh- ter, Sherry Jeannine, Sept. 27; to Mr. and Mrs. James S. Osgatharp, of Winter Park, Fla., a daughter, Nancy Lynn, Oct. 9; to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Russell, of Shelbyville, a daugh- ter, Libby Ann, Sept. 27; to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Thompson, Jr., of Colum- bus, a daughter, Katrina Jo, Sept. 30 ; to Mr. and Mrs. David Stroud, of Pe- tersburg, a daughter, Wan- da Sue, Oct. 7; to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Green, of Oakland City, a daughter, Malissa Ann, Oct. 8; to Mr. and Mrs. James Richard Johns, of Winslow, a son, Richard, Oct. 7; to Mr. and Mrs. Kent Soderling, of Stewartsville, a daughter, Tracy Ann, Oct. 11. Deaths: Alonzo (Lon- nie) Jones, 78, of Winslow, died Oct. 10 suffering from uremic poisoning and ane- mia; Lola Marie Bell, 67, of Winslow, died Oct. 8; Earl Conrad, 76, of Bick- nell, formerly of Winslow, died Sunday; Gladys (Da- vis) Luttrull, 52, of Fran- cisco, died Friday at her home following a heart at- tack; Lora Frances Beatty, 87, of near Mackey, died Monday, suffering from an acute heart attack; Edd Davis, 64, of Ayrshire, died Monday following a heart attack; Sam W. Lane, 84, of Oakland City, died Tues- day of last week; Cal Whit- man, 64, of Oakland City, died Oct. 9 in a hospital in South Bend; Ethel M. Barker, of Shelby, 86, died Oct. 6 in a hospital follow- ing a heart attack; Ernest Spencer Stafford, 82, of Pe- tersburg, died Sunday at his home; Opal Ford, 66, of Patoka, died Oct. 4. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Oct. 11, 1990 Kent Weathers spent Fri- day night through Tuesday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Weathers near Otwell. Kent is a student at Purdue University in West Lafayette. Dusty Weath- ers, of Washington spent the weekend in the Weath- ers home. Dorothy Willis, of near Petersburg, spent last Thursday and Friday with her son, Mr. and Mrs. Ken- ny Gray in Martinsville. Susie McCain, of Camp- belltown, was a Saturday luncheon guest in the Wil- lis home. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lemond, of Arthur, re- cently vacationed in Bran- son, Mo. Michelle Mason recent- ly received congratulations from Pike Central Princi- pal Bart McCandless, for her first place finish in the Pocket Athletic Confer- ence Girls Cross County meet. Heather Blaize fin- ished seventh and along with Mason received a PAC All-Conference Award. Saturday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Mason and Ivan, Jr. in Coe were Mr. and Mrs. Allan Crecelius, of Newburgh; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weit- kamp and Kelli Young, of Lynnville; Mr. and Mrs. Heath Crecelius and Matt Young, of Evansville. They celebrated the birthday of Ivan Mason, Jr. Brunch guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Arthur in Pe- tersburg last Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brower, of Brookville, Fla.; Col. and Mrs. Doug Brower, of Col- orado Springs, Colo.; Ron DeMotte, of Winslow; Gary DeMotte, of Oakland City; Cleo Radcliffe and Doris Allison, of Washington. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Tooley, of Oakland City, a daughter, Kendall Janelle, October 7; to Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Barrett, of Winslow, a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, October 4. Deaths: Glenna Doty, 95, of Petersburg, died Oct. 2; Temple Marie Ear- les, 78, of Elnora, native of Pike County, died Oct. 8; Clarence E. Wylie, 77, of Bloomington, stepfa- ther of Patricia Gardner and Diane Knight, of Win- slow, died Oct. 4 at his res- idence; Eunice Hulfachor, 49, of Winslow, died Oct. 1; Guy Clarence Dorsey, 85, of Petersburg, died Oct. 3; Roy A. Rodarmel, 83, of Washington, father of Cora Fuhrman, of Otwell, died Oct. 7; Brian Cox, 16, of Oakland City, Oct. 6 – he was burned in an accident several years ago; Dale Blaize, 85, of Oakland City, died Oct. 3; Dr. George A. Peters, 63, of St. Clair, Mo., brother of Dr. Hen- ry Peters, of Oakland City, died Sept. 15 at St. Louis University Hospital where he was a practitioner in St. Clair for 21 years; Charles Clifford Huggman, 73, of Washington, born at Hart- well near Augusta, brother of Mildred Whitney, of Pe- tersburg, died Oct. 8; Ru- by E. Knight, 81, of Prince- ton, mother of Carl Knight, of Union, died Oct. 6; Ines Zella Woods, 79, of Princ- eton, stepmother of Mrs. Freeman (Daisy) Freder- ick, of Hazleton, died Oct. 4; Mrs. Gordon (Doris) Dawson, 77, of Vincennes, formerly of Campbelltown, died Oct. 2. By Sandy McBeth 12/23/1904: Rumble- town Items—Flora, the lit- tle daughter of Sam Cox, is very ill with scarlet fever. Te- na Loveless of Tattletown, who has been seriously ill for some time, is convalescing. J. Gladish, who met with a se- vere accident while at work in a coal mine a few days ago, is able to be up. There will be a Christmas tree and pie supper entertainment on Christmas eve at Knight's chapel. All are invited. Perlie Butram of Pea Ridge, is now stepping high on the account of the arrival of a big boy at his home. There will be a Christmas tree en- tertainment held at the Ol- ive Branch church, two miles west of here, on Christmas eve; no admission charged; everybody come and have a good time. G. M. Loveless is going to give a big Christmas dinner in honor of Aunt An- na Loveless's seventy-sixth birthday. Only the sons, sons- in-law, daughters, daughters- in-law and grandchildren will be invited. Ed Wiseman and wife entertained a num- ber of their young friends Saturday evening, in hon- or of Claud and Miss Maud Loveless's fourteenth birth- day. A large crowd was pres- ent and a splendid time had. Those who have failed to har- vest their corn crop may now have to do so between spells of bad weather. With near- ly two months of continued fine fall weather to do the work, the Pike county farm- ers have no room to complain of the weather. We are sorry to say that Lawrence S. Rum- ble and family have moved to Oakland City, where they will make that place their future home, he having accepted a position in Thompson's mill in that city. Our people now realize they have lost a good citizens and neighbors and all wish them happiness and prosperity in their new home. Rumbletown News—Rum- ble will soon be connected with the telephone system. Fred Stewart was the first person to come here with a sleigh during the recent snow. He was accompanied by sev- eral persons. Algiers Items—Mrs. Mol- lie Wolvin is still seriously ill, and is almost blind. George Myers of Chicago, was the guest of his parents, W. F. My- ers and wife, last week. John Gray, trustee elect of Wash- ington township, is building a fine barn on his farm. The Modern Woodmen will give a big oyster supper at Engle- man's hall Saturday night. All should attend. Prosecuting attorney Lee Fisher returned Friday to his home at Huntingburg, having been here nearly all of last week engaged in the prosecution of constable Wil- liam France of Monroe town- ship, who was tried and ac- quitted in the circuit court on the charge of killing Thurlow W. Grim on the 6th of August last, while the latter was try- ing to escape arrest on a pa- ternity charge. The prosecu- tion of France was the last of- ficial act of Mr. Fisher as pros- ecutor of the 57th judicial circuit, as prosecutor elect Bomar Traylor took charge of that office the first of this week. Mr. Fisher was an of- ficial of ability and made ma- ny friends among the people of Petersburg and the county. Spurgeon Items—W. H. Perry, who moved to Prince- ton last summer, moved back Tuesday to his farm near here. Harrison English died at the home of his brother, Richard English, near Coe, last Sat- urday, of consumption. Dris- col McKinney and Ethel Am- brose were married last Sun- day at the home of the groom, Elder J. T. Oliphant officiat- ing. Persimmon Grove Items - Emory Loveless and family visited Hosmer friends Fri- day. Spuire Black held court at the Simpson school house Saturday. G. N. Loveless is running a delivery wagon for Ed. Blake of Rumble. Dr. J. J. Gladish has recovered from the effects of a recent fall into the pit at the Bunker Hill coal mine. Emory Loveless, the owner of the great southwest poultry farm, is now owner of the Bunker Hill coal mine. Velpen Items says: Sunday last Millard Collins, living near Pikeville, the 14 year- old son of Nicholas Collins, met with a peculiar accident that came near proving fa- tal, while returning a butch- er knife which had been bor- rowed and used in butchering the day before. The boy had placed the knife in his outside coat pocket, handle down. On his way to the neighbor from whom the knife had been borrowed, he stopped to play ball with some friends, and in stooping to pick up the ball the knife handle struck his knee, driving the blade about four inches into the flesh un- der his right arm, running up- ward to the shoulder and mak- ing a bad wound. Dr. Taylor was called and the boy is get- ting along nicely. There was a shooting scrape took place here Sat- urday night. John, son of Aar- on Miller, fired three shots at Homer, son of Thomas McLaughlin, although only one shot took effect - in the heel - tearing a large hole in his shoe and grazing the hide of the other foot. The shooting took place in front of Cook's drug store. McLaughlin was standing near the wall where- in the other two shots lodged near him. It is hoped that Mill- er will pay the full penalty of the law if captured, but he has fled and his whereabouts are unknown. The heaviest snow of the season fell Friday - covering the ground to a depth of about three inches.