The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch From out of the past tioned at Ft. Meade, MD for a two week schooling. Mrs. Atwood (Dora) Johnson and Linda are visiting in the home of Helen Spray for the present time. Mrs. Goldie Logan of Pe- Tuesday, March 4, 1952 Friday, March 7, 1952 Lt. Atwood Johnson is sta- The Petersburg Press Sixty years ago outstanding service in his field. A leader in the devel- opment and introduction of the Joy loader and the first to open an all-loading machine mine, Ingle entered the coal business in 1888 as an engi- neer for the Ayrshire Coal Co., Oakland City. Birth: To Mr. and Mrs. tersburg won a Lewt vacu- um cleaner last week when her entry to the "Grand Slam" program at Indianap- olis was judged to be a win- ner. Mary Jane Engleman, RN, Marion Ellis of Littles, a son, Ralph Edward, Feb. 25. Deaths: William Chum- of St. Louis, MO, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Engle- man at Algiers. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Earl McCrary and Betty Jean Burkhart, both of Pe- tersburg, Feb. 25; Barbara Joyce Pancake of Oakland City and Ernest Patterson Moore, formerly of Peters- burg, died Feb. 29. Deaths: James S. Turn- Maurice Dyson, Jr. of Princ- eton, a son, Maurice; to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne England, a daughter, Phyllis Joy, Feb. 28; to Mr. and Mrs. Don- ald Evans of Chandler, a son, Danny Wayne; to Pfc. and Mrs. Norman Jacobs, a son, Steven Wayne, Mar. 1 at Parris Island, SC; to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Beard of Alford, a daughter, Sher- ry Gayle, March 4. Marriages: Froman bley, 76, of Winslow, died March 2; William (Bill) Burns, 59, of Oakland City, formerly of Winslow, died March 2 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, MO; James W. Harris, 88, of Evansville, for- merly of Ayrshire, died Feb. 24; Dr. Frank Bethel, 70, former dentist in Winslow and Petersburg, died Feb. 28 at the Masonic Home in Franklin; Tabitha Harrison, 99, formerly of Petersburg, died March 1 at Protestant Home for Aged in Evans- ville; Diane Dillin, seven- year-old daughter of Attor- ney and Mrs. S. Hugh Dillin, died Feb. 27 at Barnes Hos- pital from burns suffered two weeks previously. Fifty years ago bloom, 69, of Winslow, died March 1; Denzil Thompson, 73, of Cato, died March 1; James Dickerson, 50, of Winslow, died March 3 suf- fering from a heart attack; Dora May Catt, 69, of near Bowman, died March 2, suf- fering from a heart attack; Grace Harris, 72, of Otwell died at Memorial Hospital in Jasper following an emer- gency operation; Fred Brit- ton, 80, of Petersburg, died March 3; Jesse Hudson, 49, of Petersburg, died March 6, suffering from a heart at- tack; James Rumble, 79, of Petersburg, died March 4; Alice Dunn, 60, of Prince- ton, formerly of Pike County. Fifty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch is making a name for him- self in the field of basket- ball. Richard Wood, student of Kentucky Wesleyan Col- lege, is just a third string substitute guard, but he has broken two records in one game. Wood is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wood. He played on the Winslow High School basketball team and was graduated last year. David Ingle, president of Friday, March 6, 1953 Another Winslow boy Ingle Coal Corp., Elberfeld has been cited by the maga- zine Coal Age, McGraw-Hill publication, for 50 years of Band is in a fundraising campaign for new uniforms. This unit has appeared in various music festivities around the Tri-State area and has represented the town of Winslow and sur- rounding communities in the past and hope to contin- ue to do more in the future. VFW Commander Chew Winslow High School Thursday, March 15, 1961 The Pike County Dispatch of Petersburg Post No. 3587, Veterans of Foreign Wars, announced they are donat- ing $75 to Winslow Band Boosters for the purchase of a complete uniform. They also donated $75 to Peters- burg Band Boosters for one uniform. Joe McClure, Elmer Well- man, Richard Gladish, and Conrad Stinson attended a meeting at Shoals, Tues- day evening. Meeting was in relation to flood control projects, recreational facili- ties and tourism. About 640 people attended the meet- ing from all parts of South- ern Indiana. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. ette, a baby, March 9; to Mr. and Mrs. Myron L. Wallace of Oakland City, a daughter, Teresa Ann, March 2; to S/ Sgt. and Mrs. Alvin O. Cox, a son, Dennis Odell, March 10 at Travis Air Force Base in California. Marriages: Virginia (Minnis) Crecelius of Oak- land City and Earl Dillbeck of Princeton; Mary Dedman of Tell City and Kenneth Mc- Queen of Winslow, March 3. Deaths: Eldon McCain, Wednesday, March 28, 2012 C-7 51, of Campbelltown, died March 13; Gus Morton, 71, of Winslow, died March 10; Bessie Wilson, 78, of Peters- burg, died March 8; William F. McClure, 86, of Algiers, died March 9; William H. Frederick, 88, of Bowman community, died March 9; John E. Roberts, 81, of Pe- tersburg, died March 12; Mary Eloise Eagon, 70, died March 13 at the Mason- ic Home in Franklin. Twenty-five years ago The Press-Dispatch Thursday, March 28, 1987 Woods returned home Sun- day, March 1 after vacation- ing 13 days in Hawaii While there they visited the Oahu, Molokai, Hawaii, Kauai and Maui Islands, Punch Bowl Cemetery, and Pearl Har- bor, and went whale watch- ing. Recent visitors in the Woods home were Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Edrington of Winslow and Olive Woods of Campbelltown. Boy Scouts of Amercia Mr. and Mrs. Ronald game, defeating Huntingburg 9 to 10. There were no names listed of the play- ers, but the schools they played were listed in the 1920 annual. Football was covered at length at that time. Petersburg's First Basketball team—1920 This first basketball team apparently had no great results and won only one Pike County Historical Society came a step closer to camp- ing in a planned 240 acre Scout Reservation in Pike County due to Old Ben Coal offering to provide engineer- ing services, equipment and manpower for the project. Old Ben offered to help do a considerable amount of grading and dirt moving in the construction of a water activity facility on a large pit and make improvements in the pit. The camp will be lo- cated near Cato. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Blair of Crawfords- ville, a son, Charles Morris, March 3; to Mr. and Mrs. William Rowe of Winslow, a daughter, Regina Ruth, March 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Walker of Francis- co, a son, David Wallace, March 8; to S/Sgt. and Mrs. Jay Fettinger of Sten- dal, a son, James Marian, March 10; to Mr. and Mrs. John Wood of Oakland City, a daughter, Jodie Ann, March 12; to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Buchta of West Lafay- Gary Wayne Pancake of Somerville, a daughter, Stephanie Rae, Feb. 2; to Mr. and Mrs. Marc Klein of Evansville, by adoption a son, Jordan Daniel, Feb. 22; to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sutt of Petersburg, a son, Jere- miah Hunter, Feb. 18; to S/ Sgt. and Mrs. Alvin O. Cox, a son, Dennis Odell, March 10 at Travis Air Force Base. Deaths: Richard J. Mas- ters, 41, formerly of Pike County, brother of Virgin- ia Deen of Winslow, died Feb. 15 in Westminister, CO; John Arnold, 75, of Petersburg, died Feb. 28; Steward H. Pouder, 93, of Petersburg, died March 3; Beatrice Mull, 76, of West- minister, CO, died Feb. 11; Heath Edwards, few min- utes old, son of David and supposed to have given the alarm. When he saw it the whole building was in flames, and when he had finished dressing and went over there were several oth- ers there. Nothing could be done to get out the horse or anything else, as everything in the lower and upper sto- ries was on fire. At the time of the fire there were eight Licks Up Smiser's Livery Stable Sunday Morning. Seven Head of Horses Were Burned to a Crisp.—Sunday morning about 1:45 o'clock the alarm of fire was giv- en, and in a short time the citizens were hurrying to- ward the E. & I. Depot. It was but a short time until it was known that the fire was located in John Smisers liv- ery stable, which was being licked up very rapidly. John Meisenhelter is 10/13/1893—Fire Fiend By Sandy McBeth Gleanings from the Democrat 1893 horses in the stable, six be- longing to Smiser, and one each to William Nieman and J. K. Heath. One of the horses called "Billy" in some manner es- caped from the burning building, but not before being badly burned. The other seven horses were found huddled together and burned to a crisp. It seems that after the halter straps had burned off that the hors- es all congregated together as close as possible, and fell after having been suffocat- ed. there were three carriag- es, six buggies, one sleigh, eight sets of single and four sets of double harness, and a buggy and set of harness belonging to Mr. Heath, burned up. There was nothing saved At the time of the fire Dedria (Kluesner) Edwards of Jasper, died Feb. 28; Wil- liam Eubanks, 57, of Princ- eton, died Feb. 28; Floyd Stark, 84, of Petersburg, died March 2; Jesse Bur- ton, 72, died March 19 at his residence in Blue Ridge, VA; Virginia Jones of Colum- bia, SC, died Feb. 23; Arthur Eck, 83, of Glendale, AZ, for- mer resident of Otwell, died March 2; Dr. Harold Ropp, 81, of New Harmony, died Feb. 25; Earl Quinn, 61, of Elberfeld, died Feb. 24. es were conducted at the home on Wednesday at 10 o'clock by Revs. Anderson and Yokeley and the funeral party left for Dayton, Ohio, where Charlie will lie in the same grave with his mother who has been waiting seven years for his coming. A consecrated moth- from the fire. The loss on all the property will proba- bly reach $3,000 with insur- ance amounting to $1,500, carried by Smiser. The res- idence of Samuel Smith and occupied by Charles Lah- man, was totally destroyed. Mr. Lahman saved all but his winters provisions. Smith's loss will reach $350. The stable belonged to the Hawthorne heirs and has been occupied by Smiser for some time past. The origin of the fire is Smiser, who had his all in- vested in the livery outfit, and but a short time before had put in some new stock. The flouring mill of Har- grave & Co., caught fire sev- eral times from flying em- bers, but there were sever- al persons on the roof who put out the small blazes with water which had been car- ried up. Obituary. Charlie, the supposed to be incendiary. John Smiser, the proprietor, and John Henry Marsee, his hosstler, left the stable about half past twelve or a little lat- er, having waited for a rig that was out. When the rig came in, they put the horse up and started for home. There had been no fire in the office of the stable since Thursday before. The loss falls heavily on Eugene Corn, Louis Dougan, Delbert Johnson, Ralph Cato, and Dean Burdette. In row two were Kenneth Coleman, Jack Winland, Maurice Lance, Bybee Connor, Lawrence Kinder, Bryon Ferguson, and Howard Mason (coach). The photo and information was furnished by Don Parke of Newburgh. The 1938 team was coached by Howard Mason. Members of the team were, front row, James Wilson, Spurgeon High School basketball team—1938 Auto Credit Yes! You Are Approved! Schedule a Test Drive Today! Call us at 1-866-477-6193 or 812-582-1991 Levi Hume Sales PATRIOT The Tri-State's GM Superpower PatriotOnline.com HWY. 64, PRINCETON • WEST ACROSS FROM WAL-MART Sales Hours: Mon.-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat. 8am-4pm Tony Taggart 35 Years Sales 13-year-old son of W. E. McElderry, died Tuesday at one o'clock of strangu- lation of the intestines. On Monday afternoon a surgi- cal operation was performed but failed to bring relief and his friends prepared for the worst. The funeral servic- er had taught her child; had him baptized into her church in infancy—the Re- formed church. He was one of those bright, pure, lov- ing, good boys whom every- body loved; an exceptional- ly sweet life; a real pride and joy to his parents, and many tears were shed by old and young when they bid him goodbye on earth. He was not afraid, turning his face to the wall before the opera- tion, he said his prayers and calmly submitted himself to the inevitable bidding father and mother not to cry. Many hearts sympathize with the heart-broken parents. 10/20/1893—Uncle Jack 83 tickets Monday to the world's fair. One hundred and eighty- Ferguson will move back to town next week and occupy the Richardson property on Sixth street. Agent Gunckle sold four marriage licenses were issued in the clerk's office of Pike county between the dates of Oct. 1, 1892 and Oct. 1, 1893. Died, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Murry, of Clay township, last Friday the 14th, of summer trouble. On Monday the War- den of the southern prison paid into the state treasury $15,150.20 as earnings for the quarter ending Oct. 1. Daniel R. Sutton, who has been in the Evansville in- sane asylum since last Jan- uary returned home Mon- day; his reason is not fully restored. George Krebs, who has the Evansville Standard was in town Sunday visit- ing home folks and increas- ing the circulation of the Standard. been engaged for some time past with his brother in the Press office, left last Friday night for Helena, Montana where he will engage in te- legraphy. George is a genial good fellow who has many friends here who wish him a successful future. Will Posey, reporter on Your home may be stealing money from you, and you don't even know it. Schedule your Home Energy Assessment to protect you and your money. Visit energizingindiana.com or call 1.888.446.7750 to sign up. Energizing Indiana programs are funded by utility rates, and there are no separate fees to participate.