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The Press-Dispatch From out of the past Sixty years ago The Petersburg Press Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1952 Friday, Feb. 29, 1952 Ralph Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gray of Pe- tersburg was named to the Hanover College honor roll for the fall semester. He is a freshman at Hanover. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hol- sapple, Donald and Caro- lyn of Evansville; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Radcliff, For- rest, Paul, Stella, Virginia, Mabel, Marie, Jon and Ray- mond of New Butler, and Rudolph Stone of Dutch- town spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Braden. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jacobs, a son, Charles Anthony at Linton Hospital, Feb. 13; to Mr. and Mrs. Terrell Martin, a daughter, Feb. 25. Marriages: Norma Barnes and Richard Brit- ton, both of Petersburg, Feb. 23; Fern Buchanan and Claude M. Hudgens, Feb. 14. Deaths: Louie Robling, 63, of Ft. Worth, TX, former- ly of Pike County and Indi- anapolis, died Feb. 18 suf- fering from a heart attack; Sarah Cooper, 89, formerly of Monroe Township, died Feb. 21 at the home of her son, Pat Cooper in Somer- ville; Jan Ellen Leonard, seven week old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Leon- ard of Speedway City, Feb. 22; John M. Blanchard, 44, former resident of Peters- burg, died Feb. 25 in Arizo- na; Benjamin R. Butke, 57, of Stendal, died Feb. 26. Fifty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch Friday, Feb. 27, 1953 Herschell Russell, Jr. and Earl Russell, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Herschell Rus- sell, Sr. and graduates of Stendal High School Class of 1950, are serving in the U.S. Army. Earl is 20 years old and entered the Army Jan. 8, 1953, taking his ba- sic training at Camp Atter- bury. Herschell is 22 and entered the Army in Sept. 1951 and has been in Ko- rea since April 1952. He is a squad leader in front line combat in Korea. Bob Mead of Petersburg has purchased the two bay Texaco Station in Winslow From Richard Gladish. He took over the new estab- lishment and will continue to give good service estab- lished by Gladish. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Stinson of Ita- yuke, Japan, a son, Mi- chael Allen, Feb. 11; to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Kays of Evansville, a daughter, Jane Ann, Feb. 23; to Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Williams of Petersburg, a daughter, Karen Sue, Feb. 14; to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chumbley of Owensboro, KY, a daughter, Darlene Elizabeth, Feb. 21. Marriages: Double wed- ding—Shirley Louise Taft of Oakland City and Pearl Edrington of Winslow, and Betty Loveless of Oakland City and Forest McDonald of Winslow, Feb. 21. Deaths: Alice Robling, 83, of Pike County, died Feb. 20; Harry Chandler, 60, of Petersburg, died Feb. 25 after suffering burns in a fire at his home; Blanche McCrary, 40, of Petersburg, died Feb. 24. Fifty years ago The Pike County Dispatch Thursday, March 8, 1962 Larry R. Casson of Win- slow attained the Distin- guished Rating at Purdue University the first semes- ter of 1961-62. He is a senior in industrial education. His semester index is 5.8. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mattes of Lansing, MI re- turned to the home of Mrs. Mattes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hurt in Winslow, Friday night after spend- ing two weeks in Florida. Their daughter, Michelle spent the two weeks they were gone with her grand- parents. After spending the weekend in Winslow, the Mattes family returned home Sunday evening. Winners of Cradle of Lib- erty Chapter of DAR Good Citizens Contest this year were Judy Kinman, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kinman of Petersburg, a senior in Petersburg High School, and Mary Ann De- Motte, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy DeMotte of Otwell, a senior at Otwell High School. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Willis of Silver Spring, MD, a daughter, Mary Rosamond, March 2; to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mill- er of near Otwell, a daugh- ter, March 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Brewer of Oak- land City, a son, Michael Ray, Feb. 27; to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Warner of Peters- burg, a son, Donald Brett, March 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Don Davis of Petersburg, a son, Jeffrey, March 3; to Mr. and Mrs. Dick Kinder of Portland, MI a daughter, Lana Sue, March 3; to Mr. and Mrs. Lyndon Abbott of Otwell, a daughter, Karen Lynn, March 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McGlothlin of Evansville, a daughter, Jen- nifer Lynn, Feb. 27. Marriages: Shelby Jean Swain of Petersburg and Samuel Greenberg of Wash- ington, March 3; Tanya Henager and Donald Jones, both of Winslow, March 2. Deaths: Radis Denzil Ashley, 51, of Cato commu- nity, died March 3; Eliza- beth (Barnett) Gray of In- dianapolis, died March 6; Ira Kinman, 82, of Mari- on Township, died March 6; Jennie Deffendoll, 91, of Union, died March 6; Si- las Chumbley, 79, of Texas, brother of Victoria Conder of Oakland City, died Feb. 27; Harold M. Bowles, 77, of Otwell, died March 6; Mary M. Willis, 84, of Peters- burg, died March 3; Lloyd C. Walls, 46, formerly of Ot- well, died suffering from a heart in Indianapolis—fu- neral and burial at Traylor Union Church near Otwell. Twenty-five years ago The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Feb. 26, 1987 Visiting Sunday with Haskell Woolsey were Mr. and Mrs. Alan Christmas of Lynnville, Gladys Thomp- son of Winslow, and Mau- rice Thompson of Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Steve (Don- na) Mikels and Steve Mill- er of Bedford were week- end houseguests of her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell Sutton in Bowman commu- nity. Other Sunday dinner guests were Mrs. Sutton's sister, Freda Donaldson of Petersburg. They celebrat- ed Freda's birthday. Mrs. Charles (Marian) McLain of Augusta has been named Homemaker of the Month. She is president of Kountry Gals Home Ex- tension Club. She has three children and seven grand- children. Pastor Eddie Willis and Deacon Carroll Edrington set fire to mortgage papers at Glezen Revival Center during a celebration Sun- day evening. The mortgage, taken in 1981 for construc- tion of a new church build- ing, was paid several years ahead of schedule. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Steve Miller of Hazleton, twins, a daughter, Katie Lynn and a son, Craig Ste- ven, Feb. 18; to Dr. and Mrs. Brian Arnold in Covington, GA, a son, Zachary Jordan, Feb. 11; to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schmidt of Evans- ville, a son, Alexander Mi- chael, Feb. 18. Marriages: Kristi Grubb of Petersburg and Donnie Tepe of Oakland City, Jan. 3; Paula Jean Blaize of Peters- burg and Bernard Matting- ly, formerly of Washington, Feb. 14; Jennifer Sue Tyring of Spurgeon and David Mar- tin Barrett of Otwell, Feb. 7. Deaths: Julie Mullins, eight year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Mull- ins of Winslow, Feb. 19; Al- vin Ennis, 62, of Winslow, died Feb. 19; Janet Elaine Potts, 44, of Odon, moth- er of Shannon Potts of Win- slow, died Feb. 20; Oleva Cooper, 82, formerly of Win- slow, died Feb. 22 in a nurs- ing home at Huntsville, AL; Ermal Goldman 64, of Vin- cennes, brother of Pauline Cornwell of Hazleton, died Feb. 22; Garry Willis, 43, of Princeton, died Feb. 22; Rev. Buford Helm, 75, of Pla- inville, died Feb. 18; Virgil Auberry, 83, of Arthur, died Feb. 19. 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. Wednesday, March 21, 2012 C-7 Stuckey School 1919 Stuckey school was located in eastern Barton Township, Gibson Coun- ty near Monroe Township on the Spurgeon-Mackey road. There was also a Stuckey Church located close by the school. Members of the class in row one, were Paul Burns, Wilby Dorsam, Norman Schumacher, Lois Carter, Eleno- ra Reibold, Jeanette Doerner, Beulah Laspley, and Lavern VanMeter. In row two are Lewis Doerner, Mildred Laspley, Marlin Carter, and Eugene Cart- er. In the third row are Esther Harper, Flora Burns, Jessie Peed (teacher), Chipsam Dorsam, Raymond Pflug, and Albert (Dock) Schumacher. Eugene Carter is living in Santa Claus and is about to turn 99. The photo and infor- mation was submitted by Don Parke of Newburgh. Pike County Historical Society Gleanings from the Democrat 1893 By Sandy McBeth 10-13/1893—There is in Petersburg at the present time one or two of those mysterious people who seem to be afraid to come out from under cover and do things that would, no doubt, secure to them a first class thumping. These mysteri- ous somebodies have a hab- it of sending anonymous letters to people in this city, both men and women. It is always preferable to have an enemy face you than to have them stab you in the back. During the last several months a number of these mysterious letters have passed through the Pe- tersburg post office to citi- zens. These letters contain very serious charges of a domestic nature, calculat- ed, no doubt, to cause es- trangements between hus- bands and their wives. Not only that but parents have received letters containing words detrimental to the character of their children. The man or woman who is guilty of writing such anon- ymous letters should be shunned by society, if they ever could be found out. These letters are signed by all kinds of "non de plumes," and in disguised hand-writ- ing. These practices are vi- cious in the extreme and no true man or woman would be guilty of such conduct. There is an old saying that "a word to the wise is suffi- cient." Union Items—James A. Grubb and family moved to Princeton, Monday. The following persons started for the world's fair Satur- day. Mrs. G. T. Kime, Kate Coats, Laura Peed, Marion Kime and Charles McAtee. Pikeville Items—Daniel Williams sold a car load of pumpkins last week. G. B. Campbell gets along fine in his new position of postmas- ter. Welman NcNeely and wife are rejoicing over the arrival of a new girl baby on Wednesday the 4th. Nellie, little daughter of James and Nannie Scott, died last Fri- day morning of pneumonia. The bereaved family have the sympathy of all. Velpen Items —W. C. Bea- dles will be home from the world's fair Friday. Died, at Pikeville, last Friday, infant child of James Scott. The Ot- well Mill Co. will continue to do business here at the old stand. Mr. Briggs, of Duff, Indiana, was killed near his home last Wednesday morn- ing by passenger train No. 4. He was killed within a few yards of where his son was killed. We visited Augusta last Thursday night and attend- ed the citizens' meeting which had been called to- gether for the purpose of de- ciding whether or not they would submit to having a sa- loon in their peaceful little burg. The decision was de- cidedly against the erection of a saloon. Hurrah for Au- gusta! Let Velpen follow. Three men, supposed to be the Wratted murder- ers, were arrested and tak- en to Jeffersonville prison last Saturday for safe keep- ing by Marshal Cavanaugh, of Washington, Indiana. The horrible murder of the Wratten family of five per- sons and the pursuit of the murderers by blood hounds is still fresh in the memory of the public. It will be rec- ollected that the hounds traced the criminals as far as Jasper, Dubois county, where the trail was lost. This led to certain suspi- cions, and circumstantial evidence pointed to three men. Friday evening Mar- shal Cavanaugh arrested Alonzo Williams and Oscar Brown, both farmers, who lived close to the Wrattens and across a 40-acre lot from each other, on suspicion that they were concerned in the murder. It was sundown when he caught them at their homes, and they were placed in carriages, and the entire party drove to the house of William Kays, in Dubois county near Jas- per, in the Duff neighbor- hood. Kays is a man about 40 years of age, a farmer, and has a brother doing a life- time sentence in the prison south for murder. The three men, while not looking espe- cially tough, bear the look of illiteracy. The marshal was afraid to go to Washington with his prisoners for fear of a "neck-tie bee" and he took the men to Huntingburg, where they boarded an Air Line train and were taken to the prison, riding all night. The three prisoners were accompanied by their attor- neys, and after being placed in prison were not permitted to communicate with the re- porters, although the latter were allowed to see them. Marshal Cavanaugh states that the evidence is entirely circumstantial, but he believes it so strong that the men will hardly escape conviction. The murder was committed for the sake of $500, which the Wrattens had in an old trunk, but which the murderers failed to find after committing their horrible crime. Algiers Items—The fol- lowing persons of Algiers will leave for the World's fair next Monday: W. H. Kelso and wife, R. W. Har- ris and wife, Williams Myers and wife, W. A. Radcliff, F. E. and P. F. Chappell, Mrs. Maggie Amos and Mrs. Dav- enport. Hosmer Items—Dr. Will Smith will erect a new house soon. "Madame Rumor" has it that he will occupy it. An- dy Noe, of Monroe City, now occupies the Emmet Smith residence lately vacated by Janes Upton. At the regular meeting of the town board last week the committee on streets and alleys gave a favorable re- port that the work was being done with all possible speed and care toward getting said streets and alleys in good or- der. The committee on walks and crossings were request- ed to look closer to their work as too many walks are in bad order. The board granted the committee to have the grade on 6th street between Poplar and Cherry streets opposite Williams & Dearing's shin- gle factory to be put in order with the grade. Also street and walks between Gus Frank's property and Broad- way on lower Main street and Third street to be cut down and put in order. Board agreed to have a new bridge put in across the creek on South Fifth street at E. R. King's planer between Popular and Cher- ry streets and will provide to draw up loans for said bridge and receive bids on the same. Marshal's salary fixed at $40 for the month of September. The reunion of Co. H., 80th Indiana infantry took place at Winslow last Satur- day. There were 21 members present. The good women of the old veterans had pre- pared a substantial dinner for the boys, and they got to work, and between eating and relating war experienc- es they had a splendid time. Capt. Sasser Sullivan was elected chairman and John H. McConnell secretary. A committee was appointed to gather up the data of the company for the purpose of getting it in shape to have it published. WHERE WILL YOU GO? 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