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The Press-Dispatch From out of the past crowned Queen of the Ju- nior Prom at Petersburg High School May 3 at the high school. Attendants were Joann Wheatley, Joann Wolfe, and Irene Ault. Helen Grass, daughter of The Petersburg Press Tuesday, May 6, 1952 Friday, May 9, 1952 Jean Dowden was Sixty years ago Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grass of Petersburg, has been named Queen of the Pe- tersburg Post No. 179 of the American Legion. Approxi- mately 100 Indiana girls are now enrolled in the contest. Eleven district queens will be selected by May 15. A State Queen will be picked at the 1952 Dept. Convention at Ft. Wayne in July. Mrs. Denzil Scraper of Pe- Mrs. Billie (Johanna) Vaughn, a daughter, Eliza- beth Ann at US. naval Hos- pital, Newport, RI, April 20; to Mr. and Mrs. Billie Hol- man, a daughter, Thursday. Deaths: Mary Ellen Wil- tersburg was the winner of four first place prizes in the Indianapolis Times Sewing Contest, which ended Mon- day. First prize winners in each group will be given $50 in cash and their entries will be sent to New York for judg- ing in National Sewing Con- test. Mrs. Karl Schafer won second prize for a wool suit. Births: To Airman and mings and Lillian Wine- inger, both graduates of Ot- well High School 1953, mar- ried May 2. Deaths: Alonzo G. Da- Mr. and Mrs. Carol Erwin of Winslow, a daughter, Di- ane Lynn, May 5; to Mr. and Mrs. Don Ehrlich of Fran- cisville, a daughter, Deren- da Dianne, May 1. Marriage: James Cum- had their annual Pinewood Derby last Wednesday. Blake Pell was the undefeat- ed champion as he won eight races. Andy Foehle was sec- ond. Cling Early was third and Jeff Kinney was the al- ternate. Tracy Coleman, daugh- vis, 84, of Indianapolis, for- mer resident of Pike Coun- ty, died May 2; Z. C. Kelso, 71, of Williams, OH, former- ly of Otwell—funeral serv- cies and burial May 6 in Wil- liams, OH; infant son born to Thomas and Jean (Tay- lor) Gray, born premature- ly, died May 2; Bruce Wilson of Bloomington, formerly of Littles, died May 1; Herman Atkinson of Oakland City, native of Oatsville commu- nity, died April 30; John Wel- ton, 57, of Indianapolis, for- merly of Glezen, died May 3; Alta Padgett, 58, of Vin- cent community, died April 30 suffering from a heart at- tack; Marley L. Helmes, Sr., former Winslow business man, died May 3 suffering from a heart attack. Fifty years ago lis, 77, died May at home of her son, Benjamin Willis in Petersburg; Flay L. Pauw, 62, of Petersburg, died May 5; Deborah K. Milton, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Milton, died May 4. Fifty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch ford, will be the speaker at the dedication services for the purpose of dedicating the basement of Augusta G.B. Church which was re- cently completed. The ser- vice will be Sunday, May 31 beginning at 2 p.m. A special program is being planned. Rev. Verner Preston is pas- tor. Friday, May 8, 1953 Rev. W. S. Overton of Bed- Glezen spent Sunday with Mary Jane Thompson. Mrs. Chloral McQueen jamin and sons took her brother, Richard Wood, who had spent the weekend with his parents, to Owensboro, KY, Sunday afternoon. He is a student in the Wesleyan College there. Lavada Williams of Mrs. John (Barbara) Ben- Oakland City College junior, has recently been elected In- ternational Circle K Indiana District Secretary. He was elected at the second annu- al Circle K Convention in Gary. Circle K is a college organization which is affili- ated with Kiwanis Clubs In- ternational. His duties will be to serve Thursday, May 17, 1962 Larry Newton of Winslow, The Pike County Dispatch ter of Charles Paul and Pal- lie Coleman of Velpen, will graduate Sunday, May 9 at USI in Evansville with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education. She was on the Dean's List and received the Presiden- tial Service Award. Donna Suzanne Henson Petersburg Cub Scouts Wednesday, June 6, 2012 C-7 of Petersburg will graduate on May 9 from Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Henson of Petersburg and grand- daughter of Ethel Henson. She has accepted a regis- tered nurse position on the medical cardiac progressive critical care unit at St. Vin- cent's Hospital in Indianap- olis. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bobbie Schroeder of Oak- land City, a daughter, Casey Jean, April 28; to Mr. and Mrs. Tim Collins of Spar- tansburg, S.C., a daugh- ter, Lindsey Michelle, April 19; to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Whitehead of Otwell, a son, Steven Dean, April 25; to Mr. and Mrs. Greg Helton of Oakland City, a son, Cory Michael, May 2; to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Robling of Pe- tersburg, a son, Jerry Mat- thew, April 24. Deaths: Rev. Jesse Earl othy and Jeffery arrived her from Hawaii, May 6. Her husband was sent on a secret mission. She will spend a few months with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Howard and her moth- er, Mrs. Myrl Chesser. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. and Mary Margaret and Mrs. Frank Britton were in Bloomington, Saturday. Mrs. Britton visited her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wes Har- rell while Mrs. McQueen and daughter attended the college baseball game. Rich- ard plays second base on the Indiana University team. He accompanied them home. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee of Oakland City, a daughter, May 15; to Mr. and Mrs. Heath Marchino of Monroe City, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. Owen Wineinger of Milwaukee, WI, a daugh- ter, May 12; to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Miley of Evansville, a daughter, Elizabeth Lynn; to Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Hop- kins of Evansville, a daugh- ter, Karen Jeanetta, May 7. Deaths: Shirley W. Per- as editor of Circle K News- letter, register all monthly reports from affiliated clubs and make periodical trips throughout the state visit- ing individual clubs. He is al- so responsible for recording all meetings of State Circle K officers, and for acquaint- ing other organizations and the public with the purpose of Circle K. Mrs. Falyn Tharp, Tim- in the 1950s. In the 1940s Lark Cato built this grocery store. Living quar- ters were in the upstairs as well as a grocery store. In the basement was a dance area as well as a place for the kids from school to come over and buy drinks and chips. Earl Shoehardt bought the store and operated it during the 1950s. He and his wife had a daughter named Delilah. The building has been used in recent years as a residence. The photo and information was submit- ted by Don Parke of Newburgh. Earl Shoehardt's restaurant was located across from the Spurgeon school Earl Shoehardt's Restaurant Pike County Historical Society Stewart, 84, of Bicknell, for- merly of Pike County, died May 2; Orval Johnson, 79, of Petersburg, formerly of Winslow, died May 3; Myr- tle Ward, 95, of Hartford, KY, died May 4; Harlan Col- lins, 78, of Vincennes, broth- er of Oda Collins of Peters- burg, died April 29; Rosalee (Mason) Mitch, 59, of Mes- quite, TX, formerly of near Spurgeon, died April 21; Ma- rie Bellamy, 66, of Peters- burg, died May 2; Delores Fay (Davis) Brayman, 53, of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Winslow, died May 2. Seeking photos for ly Hand-Spike. Blood Con- tinues to Flow Within the County Borders. We are called upon to chronicle an- other fatal difficulty which occurred in Patoka town- ship last Tuesday. Early in the morning of the day above mentioned, James Neats and his son-in-law, James Stevens, were put- ting some logs together on the farm of the former, dur- ing which time some good humored banters touching the manhood of each were passed, and, as is frequent- ly the case, warmed into an angry dispute. Both men yielded to their passions until they arrived at a state of ungovernable rage. Neats had an axe which was lying near, threw himself into a fighting attitude and called Stevens a d--d black hearted, lying son of a b--b, where- upon Stevens drew a hand- spike and struck him a blow across the forehead, inflict- ing a wound that ended his life at 8 o'clock in the eve- ning of the same day. Both parties bear the 4/15/1881—The Dead- By Sandy McBeth 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 Gleanings from the Democrat 1893 estate of Thomas McClary, deceased. Correspondence from Winslow— Ashby and Mc- Connell have opened their new drug store. Miss Ju- lia Brenton is going to put up a new millinery store at this place. Died, at the res- idence of her mother, near White Oak, Miss. Susie Mc- Ginness, of consumption, aged 18 years. She was bur- ied at this place. She was the daughter of Thomas and Jane McGinness. Mrs. Sal- lie Nelson was thrown from a horse last Monday, but was not seriously injured. 3/18/1881—We were shown a set of artificial teeth in the dental rooms of D. J. Phillips, last Wednesday that were superb. A dog fight occurred on Main street Monday which attracted a large crowd and excited con- siderable interest. Samuel Nelson, of Mari- on township, drew $18 on fox Scalps last Friday. He is un- doubtedly the champion fox hunter of the county. F. M. Banks returned 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- Joseph Adams of Algiers, a son, May 2; to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Caskey of Ft. Jack- son, S.C., a daughter, Deb- orah Irene; to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Woodall of Peters- burg, a daughter, May 4; to ry, 75, of Petersburg, died May 14; Jesse T. Clark, 67, of Francisco, formerly of Sugar Ridge community, died May 13, suffering from a heart at- tack; Lillian Mae Hall, 36, of Glezen, former Winslow res- ident, died May 14. Twenty-five years ago The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 7, 1987 reputation of having been peaceable, law-abiding cit- izens, though it is said the deceased was possessed of a fiery temper and withal in- clined to be somewhat over- bearing. Stevens is the son of Andrew Stevens, a well- to-to farmer in Marion town- ship. The whole affair is sin- cerely to be regretted, and has cast a deep gleam over the neighborhood in which the deed was done. An inquest was held on 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. the remains according to the facts above set forth. A warrant is out for Stevens ar- rest, who, at this writing has not been found. Mr. Ed Martin and fami- ly will remove to Evansville shortly. D. J. Phillips has pur- chased the property former- ly owned by J. M. Doyle on 6th street. J. A. Shepard has been ap- pointed Administrator of the purchased property in Washington and will open out a marble shop at that place in about two weeks. Miss Mary Church re- from Cincinnati Monday. He weights and measures en- gaged the attention of teach- ers throughout the county during the past Winter. It was discussed with much interest in the township in- stitutes. Everybody should become posted in the Met- ric System, for in less than a quarter century it will be in universal use. Isaac Whittaker and fam- now pivoting between here and Patoka, Ind., is taking out a large amount of staves. David Ingle & Co. Are ex- pected to open out their coal mine near this place in a few days. The company has leased quite a large amount of land, yet they prefer to buy, not withstanding, fifty percent advance in land. The Metric System of ily moved to Oakland Tues- day. A fine drove of swine passed through town Mon- day. J. N. Whitman will soon open out a general store at Ingle's coal mines. Joseph Rodarmel, of Mar- respectfully inform his many patrons in the county that he has abandoned going West, and again offers to the public his professional ser- vices. Office at his residence on Sixth Street, immediate- ly opposite Dickson's black- smith shop, Petersburg, Ind. Correspondence from ceived the premium offered by Prof. Thomas to his pu- pils in his writing school. C. E. Montgomery, James L. Keith and Harley R. Snyder were the judges. Dr. D. F. Phillips Would Winslow— Property in this town has advanced two hun- dred per cent, in the last two weeks. The new steamboat, county was fined $15 and costs this week by an Oak- land court, for laying the lash on a small boy that had been left in his care. He could not pay nor stay the fine, conse- quently he will have a berth in the Gibson jail until the bluebirds come.—Oakland Enterprise. The wife of George Fick- ion township, has been ad- judged insane and will be sent to the asylum in a few days. He is so violent that a strong guard is necessary to prevent his hurting some one. "Jeems" Collins, of Pike lin, who lives a short dis- tance east of Alford, died last Saturday of dropsy and heart disease. 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