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The Press-Dispatch From out of the past Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Wilson, has been named on the Ac- ademic Honor Roll released by Kentucky Military Insti- tute. This indicates that he ranks in the upper 25 per- cent in the school in his aca- demic work. The Kentucky Military Institute is now in its 39th winter session in Venice, FL and will return to its Kentucky headquar- ters in April. Brett Abell of Winslow visited his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Abell in Peters- burg, Saturday. Delema and Mary Lou Friday, March 28, 1952 Cadet Joe Wilson, son of The Petersburg Press Tuesday, March 25, 1952 Sixty years ago varsity team at Oakland City College. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Alva Willis of Petersburg, a son, March 22; to Mr. and Mrs. Junior Allen of Frank- fort, Germany, a daughter, Cynthia Lucille, March 17; to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ropp of Winslow, a son, Carl Joel, March 22. Deaths: Elmer Stanley Offill, Carolyn Hill, Delores Garland and Carolyn Hand were in Washington, Satur- day. Sgt. Jack Sanders left Pe- tersburg Tuesday for New Jersey and will go from there to Germany. Sgt. Sanders spent a 10-day fur- lough with his mother, Mrs. Cama Sanders. Those calling on Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Jarvis Tuesday night were Amber McCand- less and daughter, Marilyn, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mc- Candless and Donna Kay, Leonard Pirkle and James, Robert McCandless, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Eldwood McCandless and daughter of South Car- olina. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Lapsley, 66, of Miami, FL, former Oakland City res- ident, died March 20 at a hospital in Miami; Haskell Butcher, 56, of Oakland City, died March 24 suffering from a heart attack; Noble L. Harris, 65, died March 22 at his residence in Petersburg; Naomi Booth, 75, of Peters- burg, died March 22; Virgil B. Gray, 61, Winslow barber, died March 25; Samuel Def- fendoll, 55, former Peters- burg resident, died March 21 at his home in Califor- nia—body will be returned to Petersburg for burial. Fifty years ago at the home of State Troop- er and Mrs. Paul Oxendine Friday night to help Troop- er Oxendine celebrate his birthday. A birthday cake, baked by Mrs. Oxendine, was served with ice cream and coffee to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Parker, Mr. and Mrs. James Burton, Dr. and Mrs. John E. Manning. Roberta Kay Aikman, a Friday, April 5, 1962 A few friends gathered The Pike County Dispatch Jack Graham, a daughter, Brenda Sue; to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Selby (Co. Treas.), a son, Timothy Don, March 21; to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hor- rell, a daughter, Marjorie Ann, March 24; to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Johnson, a son, Michael Earl, March 18. Deaths: Edward Cham- berlain, 49, of Petersburg, died March 23 suffering from a heart attack; Lula M. Robling, 73, of Peters- burg, died March 22; Mar- shall Willis, 70, of Peters- burg, died March 22; Ros- coe E. Layton, 66, of In- dianapolis, father of Mrs. Martha (Howard) Lytton, died March 25; Mark An- thony McCrary, day old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mc- Crary—graveside services were March 26 at Loveless Cemetery. Fifty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch 12-year-old student at Pike Central High School, wrote a song praising Steve Alford and the Indiana University basketball team. Her song, "Stevie, Make Me A Three Pointer," was sung to the tune of "The Letter" by the Box Tops and recorded members of Owensboro's WSTO radio station group called Furry Head and the Favorites. Mr. and Mrs. Don Krissy Aust of Stendal, a Thursday, March 26, 1987 Schmett of Winslow, Mr. and Mrs. James Burton of Astoria, IL ate dinner in Jasper, Saturday. Mrs. Ger- aldine Shoaf of Beech Grove was a Saturday visitor in the Schmett home. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Dav- es of Winslow hosted a birth- day party Sunday, March 15 in honor of their daughter, Desiree's first birthday at the home of her grandpar- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Nelson in White Oak Com- munity. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Mark Teague, Ha- ven and Kyle, Donna Cox, Angie and Benjamin, Lar- ry Reller, Nathan Stewart and Desiree's brother, Jona- thon. The birthday cake was a Cabbage patch doll cake. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. member of the class of 1964 at Protestant Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Evansville, received her nurse's cap in ceremonies at St. John's United Church of Christ on Sunday, March 25 at 2:30 p.m. Aikman is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Aikman of Petersburg. Petersburg track team Bruce Duncan of Oakland City, a daughter, Jacy Lyn, March 13; to Capt. and Mrs. Tony R. Shafer in Colorado Springs, CO, a son, Scott Wayne. Marriage: Dixie Renae Bradfield and school superintendent Carl Swift. Members of the board are, seated, Jan Hollis, Lloyd Perry, and Frank Spradley. Standing are Swift, Har- rell Shoultz, Charles Perkins and Bradfield. The first board was appointed the second one was elected. Pike County Historical Society Houchin and Jeffrey Scott Cunningham, both of Win- slow, March 21. Deaths: Harold Hage- scored 10 firsts in its track meet with Rockport and Oakland City, Monday. The Indians are a hardy bunch of young braves. Peters- burg scored 78-1/2 points; Rockport 30-3/4, and Oak- land City 26-3/4. When the First National ter of Winslow announce the engagement of their two younger daughters, Donna, to Conrad Gene Stinson, and June, to Pvt. Richard Clark. They are all graduates of Winslow High School. Warren Hurt, a 1949 Friday, March 27, 1953 Mr. and Mrs. Preston Pot- Bank of Spurgeon opened its doors Monday morning a new cashier greeted the patrons. David Eilert, a na- tive of Stendal, has accept- ed the position of cashier. Eilert is Pike County Dem- ocrat chairman. He has been employed for the past eight years as assistant cashier at Holland First National Bank. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. meyer, 66, of Huntingburg, died March 20; Ray B. Hol- lis, 83, of Oakland City, died March 21; Gertrude Surr, 94, of Indianapolis, formerly of Pike County, died March 19; Snowful L. Payne, 72, of Bicknell, mother of Zue- lla Patton of Monroe City, died March 18; Rev. Paul Clausen, 58, of St. Joseph, MI, stepson of Rev. Wanda Clausen of Petersburg, died March 14; Lorene Abbott, 72, of Ft. Myers, FL, native of Petersburg, died March 7; Randall Hayes, 76, of Clar- endon, AR, formerly of Pike County, died March 14; El- eanor Chambers, 84, of Union City, died March 21. Seeking photos for graduate of Winslow High School, is now serving his country aboard the USS Agerhaim and has served in the Korean waters two hitches, has been in Cali- fornia this winter studying radar and playing basket- ball with the ship's team. The team, with Hurt as cap- tain, captured the More Is- land Ships' League crown. He played four years in high school and was captain his senior year. He was on the Tom Craig of Rockford, IL, a son, Peter Alan, March 27; to Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wiggs of Oakland City; a son, April 2; to Mr. and Mrs. David Camp of Velpen, a daughter, Tracey Michele, March 14. Marriage: LaRae Lew- is of Winslow and Ralph W. Sorrell of Cincinnati, OH, March 31. Deaths: Randall H. Wil- is seeking Pike County historical photographs to publish as part of The History Page. If you have a photo- the history page The Press-Dispatch Element! Again leaves our little city and leaves anoth- er entire block of business houses in ruins. Loss, about $60,000 with less than half that amount of insurance— Petersburg, not having yet recovered from the two great calamities which fell upon her last winter, de- stroying two blocks of valu- able business property, was again visited by a great con- flagration on last Wednes- day morning. About two o'clock the warehouse in the rear of Barrett & Son's busi- ness house was discovered in flames. The alarm was at once sounded and in a short time almost the entire pop- ulation of the town was on the streets. The adjoining buildings 8/31/1883—The Fiery being very dry the flames spread rapidly in both direc- tions, and in less than one hour's time the whole block of buildings was reduced to ashes, together with almost their entire contents. The losses, as near as The first elected school board in 1973 is shown with the secretary, Gayle Pike County School Board Wednesday, April 18, 2012 C-9 Gleanings from the Democrat 1893 Bro., merchant tailors, loss on building and stock $800, no insurance. J. A. Mick- ey, the architect, occupied a room upstairs in Burger's building as an office, the en- tire contents of which were destroyed, but as Mr. Mick- ey is out of town we were unable to learn the value. Biltmeyer & Young, hard- ware, loss on stock $5,000, insured for $3,500. Moses Frank, dry goods, loss on building and stock, $10,000, of which there was $7,000 in- surance. E. M. Smith, build- ing valued at $1,500, in- sured for $1,000. H. C. Gor- don, household goods, loss $300. J. W. Gladish, publish- er Press, loss on materials, $1,000, insured for $800. M. Krebs, loss on building, $700, insured for $350. Dr. Wm. Kepley, loss on build- ing $200. While the above esti- 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- lis, 50, dropped dead in a classroom at a medical school in Des Moines, IA, March 26; David R. Hartley, 84, of Glezen, died March 31; Lawrence Blythe, 74, of Glezen, died March 30. Twenty-five years ago The Press-Dispatch 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. our reporter could learn, are about as follows: Dr. J. R. Adams, frame build- ing and office fixtures, loss $2,000 upon which there was an insurance of $1,000. Ely & Townsend, attor- neys, office furniture and library, loss $2,000, insur- ance $1,000. Bergen & Ad- ams, druggist, loss on stock, $1,500, insurance $2,000. Mrs. Sallie Frank, milli- ner, loss $500, insurance $400. Hammond & Parker, dry goods, loss $5,000, in- surance $2,500. Wm Haw- thorne, frame building, loss $2,500, insured for $4,000. Barrett & Son, dry goods, loss on building and stock, $8,000, insured for $4,500. N. W. Thornton, brick build- ing, loss $3,500, insured for $2,000. Citizen's State Bank, loss on furniture and fix- tures $4,000, no insurance. Edward's & Ware, druggist, loss on stock $5,000, insur- ance $3,500. P. C. Hammond & Son, dry goods, loss on building and stock $7,000, insured for $2,000. Sam. Coonrod, fruit stand, loss about $400. C. A. Burger & mates will probably cov- er the property destroyed, the loss of time to those en- gaged in business is incalcu- lable as it will be impossible for but a very few of them at best to again engage in busi- ness and after new build- ings are erected. There are, as usual, various theories as to the origin of the fire, many feeling almost positive that it was the work of an in- cendiary, while others are of the opinion that it was ac- cidental. While at present it is a heavy blow to our town, it is a matter of congratula- tion that the buildings were mostly owned by parties who have the means to re- place them with new and much more substantial ones, and we have already heard a number express a determi- nation to do so at once. Notes and Incidents: It was only by the most per- sistent efforts that the op- posite square on Main street was kept from burning. Hen- ry Gordon had his hand se- verely burned while remov- ing his household goods. The scarcity of water was a decided disadvantage. Mo- ses Frank has his goods stored in Schafer's hall for the present. It seems rather remarkable that at neither of the three fires which have recently occurred here no one has been seriously hurt. J. W. Gladish has removed what he saved from the fire into a room in the residence of F. V. Scales. Just received, a fresh sup- ply of laughing gas at the of- fice. D. J. Phillips, the den- tist. We now have a daily mail from Oakland City, making four daily mails and two tri- weekly mails received here. In the conflagration last Wednesday morning, Bro. Gladish, of the Press, lost his press, together with con- siderable other materials, and until such a time when he can replace it, will issue his paper from this office. The Democrat extends its sincere sympathies to Bro. Gladish, and hopes that he may soon again be "upon his pins." George W. Taylor, who, in conjunction with his cousin, Simeon Taylor, sold the Wal- ter A. Wood reaper during the season of '82 at this place died of brain fever at Wel- lington, Kas., on Tuesday of last week. Mr. Taylor was a most estimable young man and during his stay here made a host of friends, who will be grieved to hear of his death. If you want to know the quality of watches S. P. Ham- mond handles ask David T. Willis, John A. Catt, Newt. S. Selby, Fred Selby, J. W. Gar- rett, Rome Nichols, John Turner, J. J. Robling, Mib- bard Snyder, Fred Smith, R. A. Snyder, Joseph Sny- der, Milton Mitchell, W. A. Green, Isaac Hess, Henry Latshaw, A. P. DeBruler, J. D. Grimes, Arch Webington, Harry Fowler, Geo. Abbott, A. Brazelton, Howard Ad- ams, John Chappell, George Ficklin, Andrew West, and a great many others. WHITE HORSE AT EXTENDED SUMMER HOURS Friday & Saturday: 4-8PM Sunday: 11AM-2PM *Groups of 5 or more, please make reservations.* STILL SERVING LUNCH Monday—Saturday: 11AM-2PM Spurgeon First and Second Grade clude front row: Doris Parke, Ruth Nixon, James Minnis, Dixie Mathews, Joyce Lance, Vianna King, Robert King, Jerry Claridge, Ron Mason, and James Warner; row two: Stanley Edrington, Shirley Miley, James Durham, Guinievere Robling, unknown Arnold, Paul Roy, Dixie Warner, Sue Arnold, and Paul G. Owens; row three: Myrtle (McKinney) Gentry (teacher), Helen Marcille Bottoms, Patricia Riley, Larry McIntre, Dena Price, Donald Butler, Dosha Luff, and Beverly Mason; row four: Sharon Durham, Robert Mason, Arlene Gieselman, Carroll Edrington, James Tevault, Joyce Fowler, Peggy Julia, and Leroy Bai- ley. These people should have graduated in 1955 as well as 1956. The photo and information was fur- nished by Ron Parke of Newburgh. The Spurgeon first and second grades in 1944-45 was taught by Myrtle (McKinney) Gentry. They in- FAMILY STYLE MEALS 4032 N. St. Rd. 61, Petersburg (enter from Pride's Creek Road) * 354-2867 OR 354-6013