The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch From out of the past Sixty years ago Tuesday, Feb. 19, 1952 Friday, Feb. 22, 1952 Gloria Hempfling, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Hempfling of Petersburg, received her Bachelor of Science degree at St. Lou- is College of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences, Thursday evening. Betty Arnold, daughter of Glen Arnold of Otwell and Margaret Braun, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Braun, also of Otwell, were graduat- ed last week from Welborn School of Nursing in Evans- ville. They have joined the staff at Daviess County Hos- pital in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Marsee are opening a milli- nery and ready to wear shop the first of the month. It will be located in the Lincoln Hotel Building. It is being remodeled and redecorat- ed. The Marsees' formerly owned the Vogue Shop, now Hadlock Jewelry Store. Marriage: Velma Curry and Hilbert Corn, both of Winslow, Feb. 17. Deaths: Otto Tyring, 71, of Spurgeon, died Feb. 16; Lee Howard, 92, died Feb. 16 at the home of his son, John Howard in Petersburg; Cora H. Griffith, 67, of near Petersburg, died Feb. 14; Wayne Conley, 46, of Win- slow, died Feb. 16; Luther Burch, 45, of Winslow, died Feb. 20. Fifty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch Friday, Feb. 20, 1953 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wy- ant of Washington were Sun- day guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Noble French, north of Winslow. Mr. and Mrs. Preston Potter, Junie and Donna and Mrs. Prentice (Helen) Smith and family spent the weekend in Huntington with Mr. and Mrs. James Klipsch and son. Junie Potter plans to live with her sister, Kay in Huntington where she will take care of her neph- ew, John Preston while Kay resumes teaching after be- ing out since Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jones entertained with din- ner Sunday in honor of the birthday of their son, Ron- ald. Guests were Nancy Brenton, Sarah Hurst, Sue Jones, Sandra Inman, Lin- da Sims, Elaine Thompson, Robert Tucker, Charles Cur- tis and Nedra Jones. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Marion Shoultz of Glezen, a daughter, Feb. 14; to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Key of Evans- ville, a son, Robert Wayne, Feb. 12; to Mr. and Mrs. Eu- gene Burger of Petersburg, a son, Gary Kent, Feb. 13; to Capt. and Mrs. Kenneth Coleman of England, a son, Ronald Kenneth, Feb. 10; to Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hil- debrand of Stendal, a son, Mark Allen, Feb. 12; to Mr. and Mrs. Kinder Loveless of Petersburg, a son, Feb. 12. Marriage: Mamie Lou Luttrull of Winslow and Earl Haggard of Francisco, Feb. 14. Deaths: Bernard Wat- son, 25, of Florida, former- ly of Petersburg, died Feb. 26; Marion T. Miley, 88, of Glezen, died Feb. 13 after suffering a stroke; Maude (Harrell) Dillin, wife of At- torney Samuel Dillin, died Feb. 14 suffering from third degree burns; Phoebe Link, formerly of Petersburg— graveside services will be Wednesday at Walnut Hills Cemetery; Louis Doughty, 74, of Ayrshire, died Feb. 15; Robert Lee Sanders, seven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Sanders, died Feb. 14 suffering from pneumonia; Mary Johns, 32, of Winslow, died Feb. 18; I. C. Montgom- ery of Detroit, MI, father of Don Montgomery, former publisher of The Petersburg Press, died Feb. 15. Fifty years ago The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, March 1, 1962 Karen G. Bush of Winslow is the winner from Winslow High School Betty Crock- er Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow, thus becoming eligible for one of 102 scholarships. She received the highest score in her school in the knowledge and attitude test on home- making given senior girls Dec. 5. John H. Drof, editor of The Pike County Dispatch for more than nine years, has resigned to accept a position with the Federal Trade Com- mission in Washington, D.C. He will assume his new du- ties March 5. He will serve as a newswriter and in an ed- iting position with the FTC. Marriages: Betty L. Gar- rison of Otwell and George David Ison of Blooming- ton, Feb. 17; Patricia Carol Hale of Winslow and Ken- neth William Shull, Feb. 10 in Glendale Church of God; Sherrill Wineinger of India- napolis, formerly of Otwell and David Jackson of India- napolis. Deaths: Geneva Lorene Reed, 41, of near Algiers, died Feb. 26; Charles F. Kinman, 69, of Evansville, formerly of Petersburg, died Feb. 23; Maude Ann Knight, 73, of Oakland City, died Feb. 20; Grace (Phil- lips) Wallace of Oakland City, died Feb. 17; Elva H. Thompson, 73, of Lynnville, died Feb. 21; Ethel Sullivan, 66, of near Velpen, died Feb. 25; Edward Sherman, 78, of Harrison Township, Knox County farmer, died Feb. 24. Twenty-five years ago The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Feb. 19, 1987 Rev. Harold Head and his wife Reva have retired from the ministry after 37 years and three different build- ings at the Gospel Cen- ter and nearly 50 years in the pulpit. He retired Feb. 1. The Gospel Center had its own constitution which Rev. Head said the basis was strict scriptural accuracy. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Drew, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Beasley, all of Winslow, and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Blake of Peters- burg, recently visited the Hawaiian Islands. Their trip included a visit to Pearl Harbor and the U.S.S. Arizo- na Memorial, a visit to the Punchbowl National Ceme- tery of the Pacific, and tours through Honolulu. Jerry Horton, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Willis of Petersburg, has been ac- cepted as a football player at Millikin College in Decatur, IL. Horton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Horton, for- merly of Petersburg moved to Mowequa, IL, 14 years ago where they are in con- struction business. Steve and Pat Evans and daughter Hannah are open- ing a new business, The Potting Shed in Petersburg. They are remodeling the for- mer roller skating rink and plan to open March 2. In ad- dition to the new lawn and garden center, they will con- tinue to operate The Potting Shed at their home in Ayr- shire. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Weathers of Winslow, Dustin Kyle, Feb. 7; to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mitch- ell of Petersburg, a daugh- ter, Amy Cordelia, Feb. 2; to Sgt. and Mrs. James D. Craig of the Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, a son, Aus- tin Scott, Feb. 6. Deaths: Chester B. Hunt, 76, of Arthur, died Feb. 13; Florence McKinney, 66, of Spurgeon, died Feb. 13; Inez Hayes, 88, of Petersburg, died Feb. 12; Frank Meh- ling, 85, of Jasper, father of Elsie Selby of Petersburg, died Feb. 16; Alvin H. Cook, 72, of Stendal, died Feb. 15; Norma Tisdale, 74, former- ly of Winslow, died Feb. 12; Helen Shanner, 98, of Oak- land City, died Feb. 10. WHS Track Team—1950 The track team was coached by Kern McGlothlin. Members of the team be- side Coach McGlothlin were Maurice Thompson, Edsel Thompson, Stanley May, Charles Gieselman, Richard Poehlein, Joe Wood, Grayson Richardson, and Gene Goodwin. Pike County Historical Society Gleanings from the Democrat 1893 By Sandy McBeth 1013/1893—Thos. Read shipped a car load of brick to Elberfeld last Monday. Thos. H. Dillon was at Evansville last Monday, on a $55,000 will case. Chas. Veeck has bought the blacksmith shop owned by F. E. Heuring. Josiah Newkirk has bought the property of J. W. Wilson on Upper Main street. Work has been com- menced on the C. P. parson- age. The contractor is push- ing the work as fast as pos- sible. Mrs. Madden, matron of the Thornton Home at Evansville was the guest of Mrs. Emily Thornton over Sunday. Seeking photos for the history page The Press-Dispatch is seeking Pike County historical photographs to publish as part of The History Page. If you have a photo- graph of a school class from the past, The Press-Dispatch is seek- ing Pike County histori- cal photographs to pub- lish as part of The His- tory Page. If you have a photo- graph of a school class from the past of busi- nesses, communities or people from the past, contact The Press-Dis- patch, P.O. Box 68, Pe- tersburg, IN 47567. Phone number is 354- 8500. Please identify the photo and those in it as we have no way of iden- tifying it. Mrs. Andrew Evans, liv- ing near Winslow, died on last Friday of fever. The fu- neral services and burial took place on Sunday. Marion Banks, of Oak- land City, is erecting a fine monument at his wife's grave in Walnut Hills cem- etery, near this city. George Eisert sold his grocery store last Monday to James O'Brien. It is un- derstood that Mr. Eisert will seek a location in California. Frank Kime, the grocer, met with a very bad accident last week and which laid him up for several days. While working about his house he stepped on an old nail which penetrated the boot and gave him much pain. Patterson & Alexander have just brought on a car load of heating and cook stoves. The finest selection ever brought to Petersburg, all of which will be sold at rock bottom prices to suit the times. Don't fail to call on them. Only $5.55 to Chicago and return Monday, Octo- ber 16 via E. & T. H. rail- road. Children $3.50. Beautiful souvenir given free to all ladies that calls at Hargrove & Co., Thursday and Friday, Oct. 19 and 20. Frank Lory, while driving along the highway near the county infirmary last Mon- day, the horse took fright, it is supposed, and ran away. The horse fell and died al- most immediately. Charlie, the 13 year old son of W. E. McElderry, took suddenly sick last Fri- day. Dr. Bassinger, who was waiting on him called in Drs. Link & Byers, and a surgical operation was per- formed Monday afternoon for obstruction of the bow- els. The operation was a suc- cessful one, the diseased parts were removed, and the little patient rallied from the effects of the operation. He died Tuesday morning. The Schaefer parlors were the scene of much beauty and merriment last Saturday evening, the occa- sion being a party of about 40 invited guests which was given by Miss Frederi- ca in honor of her brother Will who left the following Tuesday for Portland, Ore- gon, where he is engaged as head clerk in a large furni- ture store. The ladies of the W. C. T. U. will give an old-fash- ioned "Spelling Match" in the court house Thursday night, October 19. inst. Ev- erybody over 12 years and under 70 will be invited to take part in the exercises. Brighten up and be ready. A prize will be given to the best speller. Admission five cents. Everybody in the vicini- ty ran,—someone's shot— must be in the jewelry store. With that the store was reached—there was smoke and the odor of burning pow- der, though no one was ap- parently hurt. Further in- vestigation revealed the fact that while Salem Hammond was cleaning his shot gun, preparatory to the hunting trip out west, a shell explod- ed and went tearing through the ceiling. Four others were seated near by and it was a narrow escape for all. Too much care can not be exer- cised in handling fire-arms. F. E. Heuring has sold his blacksmith shop to Charles Veeck and has moved back to Winslow. Mr. Heuring is a first class blacksmith. John W. Gaddis, Pikev- ille, was in town Wednesday, shaking hands with friends. He was on his way home from Princeton, where he has bought ground, and will move his planing mill and machinery, between now and the first of next March, and engage in the planing and lumber business. John has a splendid outfit, and he is a business gentleman in every respect, and the peo- ple of Princeton will never have cause to regret his lo- cating in their beautiful city. Oakland City Enterprise. In Fulton county there is a tremendous snap awaiting the right person, according to the following card in the Rochester Sentinel:—Mr. Editor—I will tell you what I wonte. I wonte a woman as is a good housekeeper, under- stands how to keep a farm house and its affairs. I am 48 years old, 5 feet and 10 inch- es high, weight 185, owne 80 acres of ay farm, an teams to run it and awl houshold goods to sute. Awl letters answered in person or by male. George W. Oliver. Spurgeon High School 1923-26 The teachers of this group of students included Oscar Main and Elvin Humphrey. The class graduated from 1923 through1926. Front row (l to r): Howard Mason, Winfrey Parke, Harold Schumacher, Wal- ter McCallister, ----- Burns, ----- Powers, Shorty Robinson, Earl Johnson, Roscoe Fleener; second row (l to r): Myrtle McKinney Gentry, Mae Dougan, Ocie McCallister, ----- Clark, Esther Farmer Hughs, Nellie Parker McKinney, Unknown, Gladys Wiggs Mason, Rada Simpson, Rosalee Bruce Capehart; (l to r): D. Truckey, Dello Nixon, Dewey Harger, Basil Johnson, Artho Matt France, Ralph Tyring, Irl Yager, Arthur Riddle, Carl Grubb, Harold Dougan, Paul Ashby, Howard Butler, Audry McKinney, Burt Clark, Welza Mason, F. Julian, Trevor Nixon, Wrex Fowler, John Riddle, Henry Couts, Ted Roberts, Unknown, Cath- erine Connor, Max Perry, Mary Connor, Edith Couts, Bernice Mason, Earl Davis, Imogene Fowler, Al- ta Beatty, Earl Williams, Paul Grubb, Beulah Tyring. The photo and information was furnished by Don Parke of Newburgh. TRADING POST Friday Specials THE RESTAURANT Plate Lunch 11 AM TO 3 PM Meat Loaf Mac & Cheese, Green Beans, Cole Slaw and Hot Roll $ Great Deal! Weekend Specials Express Breakfast Buffet Levi Hume Sales Yes! You Are Approved! 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