The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch From out of the past burg has been elected to serve as a student staff mem- ber of the Women's Resi- dence Halls at Purdue Uni- versity for the coming year. She is a freshman in the School of Home Economics at Purdue. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Shoaf Tuesday, June 24, 1952 Friday, June 27, 1952 Ruth Weisheit of Peters- The Petersburg Press Sixty years ago ty, a son, June 22; to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Fritz of Dayton, OH, a son, Michael Lee, June 15; to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garland of Otwell, a daugh- ter, Barbara Ann, June 17; to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mc- Callum of St. Louis, a son, June 19. Marriages: Virginia Branch and Roger Paul Hunt of Winslow, June 30. Deaths: Ben Lindsay, were home over the week- end visiting relatives and friends here. They were ac- companied by Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Pohlberg of Harlan, IA. Pohlberg is stationed at Cha- nute field where A/2C Alvin Shoaf is stationed. Carolyn Sue Shoaf recently spent two weeks in Champaign, IL vis- iting her brother and sister- in-law. Russell D. Kinman of Lee Helfenbein of Peters- burg and Calvin Sampson of Louisville, KY, June 19; Iris Mae Smith and Charles Garris of Winslow, June 21; Shirley Gray of Petersburg and Robert Gerber, June 14. Deaths: Virgil D. Riddle, 80, of Winslow, died July 1; Chester Mendenhall, 75, of Kinmundy, IL, brother-in- law of Mrs. Erwin Davis of Petersburg, died June 29. Twenty-five years ago The Press-Dispatch Glezen has been promoted to Major at Langley Air Base, VA where is he assigned to Headquarters Tactical Air Command as communica- tions inspector. A veteran of WWII and Korea, Major Kin- man was a combat B-26 pilot, and holds the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and Purple Heart. The son of Mrs. Nora E. Kinman of Glezen, he is married to the former Oleda M. Maines of Shreveport, LA and they have two children, Richard and Linda. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. 49, of Spurgeon, died June 19; Norma Gillum, 68, of Oakland City, died June 22; Earl H. Emmons, 42, neph- ew of P. D. Emmons of Win- slow, died June 22; Elizabeth Wiscaver, 65, of Otwell, died June 22 following an auto ac- cident the preceding Thurs- day; Florence Wilson, 77, of Logan Township, died June 18; Manley Evans, 68, of Knox County, died June 20 suffering from a heart at- tack; Harry Jones, 62, of Granite City, IL, brother of Pete Jones, died June 24; Effa Posey Kime, 84, died June 18. Fifty years ago Vance Myers, a daughter, June 21; to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kelshaw, a daughter, June 25. Marriage: Ralph Lan- drey, formerly of Winslow, and Mary Elizabeth Larama of Chicago, IL. Deaths: Ray Oliphant, for- mer resident of Petersburg, died June 19 at his home in Pittsfield, MA; Lillian Del- phia Chesser, 73, died June 19; infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Fowler of Winslow, died June 25; Mi- nerva Morton of Winslow, died June 26 at her home; Elizabeth Bellamy, 80, of Ayrshire, died June 24; W. A. Risley, 66, formerly of Pe- tersburg, died June 16 at his home in Fort Myers, FL. Fifty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch Church of Petersburg will dedicate a new Mollier organ Sunday, June 28 at 7 p.m. It was given to the church in memory of Mrs. Daisy Boon- shot by her husband, James A. Boonshot. Carolyn Hand is in Princ- Friday, June 26, 1953 The First Methodist eton at the B.M.A. Taberna- cle where she is doing evan- gelistic singing at the youth revival. Martha Jean Hiden- riech of Petersburg is the evangelist. Mr. and Mrs. Artho of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Whit- ney, won the "Best Camp- er's Award" at Camp Koch for crippled children at Troy at the end of his two week's stay at the camp. There were 51 boys in his group and the award was presented to Ter- ry for having the best atti- tude, his kindness and con- sideration for other campers and for helping the less for- tunate. Winning the award makes him eligible to com- pete for the "Best Camper Award of the Year." Rev. Orville Parks was Thursday, July 5, 1962 Terry Wayne Whitney, son The Pike County Dispatch given a farewell party Fri- day evening at the Snyder's Store by the Snyders and their employees. Parks re- tired Saturday after being an employee the past 10 years. He was presented a shirt and tie from the clerks and a suit of clothes from the Snyders. Participating in the Grand Entry Parade during the horse show at Miller Legion Field Sunday were Bruce Jones, Cashier of First Na- tional Bank of Oakland City, holding the American flag and Zoe Ann Scales, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt Scales of Winslow, displayed the Pike County Saddle Club flag. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bowling Green, KY, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion R. Thomas of Petersburg, has completed his Bachelor of Arts degree at Western Ken- tucky University. He majored in journalism and has a mi- nor in business administra- tion and humanities stud- ies. He is attending college and spending the summer in Austria. Rev. and Mrs. Dennis Thursday, June 25, 1987 Andrew E. Thomas of Wednesday, July 25, 2012 C-7 Foust and family of Lou- isville, KY were Tuesday overnight guests of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Julian, Claudia and Chad in Spurgeon. The Fousts were accompanied to their new home in San Anto- nio, TX by Claudia, who will be visiting with them for two weeks. Tracy Williams, a 1983 graduate of Pike Central High School, recently grad- uated from the University of Evansville with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He received an award for the most outstand- ing computer engineering project and a special merit award for the presentation of his project. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wil- liams of Winslow. Winslow's 150th Anni- versary is being celebrated during the Bridgeout Festi- val June 26-28. Trea Curtis, Richard Weitkamp, Lynda Thorne, Jackie Rogers, and Kenny Tyring form the com- mittee that is responsible for the celebration. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bradford S. Generous of Os- coda, MI, a son, Stuart Brad- ford, June 11; to Mr. and Mrs. James Arthur of Au- burn, IL, a daughter, Crys- tal Dawn Ann, June 8. Marriage: Julie C. Peter- The second team had a winning year. Members of the team were, in the first row, Grayson Richardson, Doyal Russell, Joe Wood, Stanley May, and Bob- by Dale Norrington. In the second row, Kern McGlothlin (coach), Richard Poehlein, Paul Luttrull, Bill Morris, and J. D. Tracer (student Manager). Winslow High School 1950 2nd team Kern McGlothlin coached both the first team and second team in 1950. Pike County Historical Society Gleanings from the Democrat 1893 ty Bastile Punctured Once More and Four Prisoners Make a Hasty Exit Through the Hole.—Sunday evening about half-past six o'clock, which is the usual time for such occurrences, four prisoners crawled through a small opening, which had been made expressly for the event, and made their escape. At the usual time for sup- 11/24/1893—The Coun- By Sandy McBeth for drunk and disorderly con- duct. Those who remained in jail were Levi Lockhart, Raff Able, Lou Able, John and Frank Deffendall, who were laying out fines and costs for minor offenses. The boys did not tarry been expected and provid- ed for and a royal good time is expected. A. Levine's dry goods and son and L-Cpl. Gary (Skip) Willis, Jr., stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 8. Deaths: Genevieve Hurst, France and Gilbert Roe were in Ridgeway, TN, Tuesday of last week where they at- tended the funeral of Mr. Roe's father-in-law, Mr. Far- rer. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Roe who had been called to Tennessee by her father's illness. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. John Traylor of Iva communi- Donald Tate of Princeton, a daughter, June 28; to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lorn Dim- mett of Otwell, a son, Vin- cent Price, June 25; to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Meuche of Ft. Branch, a son, Mark Elliott, June 19. Marriages: LaDonna June Corn of Dittmer, MO and Russell Zierenberg of St. Louis, MO, recently; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Fulk were married June 23 at Knights Chapel Church; Linda Lou Masters and Robert A Rich- ardson, both of Indianapolis, June 10; Louella Smith of Ft. 77, of Winslow, died June 20; Carrel D. "Pee Wee" Wood, 63, of Winslow, died June 20; Stanley Robertson, 38, of Washington, brother of William Robertson of Pe- tersburg, died June 17; Su- sie Pride, 92, of Otwell, died June 23; Iden Lee, 78, of Pe- tersburg, died June 22; Ule- da Erwin, 43, of Oakland City, died June 16; Nelson Stork, 89, native of Sten- dal, died June 22 in Wood- stock, IL; Ellen Raney, 59, formerly of Otwell, died June 15 in Lorain, OH; Gol- da Offil, 74, of Otwell, died June 19; Walter Weisheit, 81, of Haysville, father if Al- ice Ross of Petersburg, died June 15; Lawrence Coom- er, 75, of Oakland City, died June 18; Anne Cooper, 79, of Wheatland, died June 4; Pau- line Burch, 71 of Oakland City, died June 16; Donald Tyree, 35, of Oakland City, died June 16. per Jailor Robinson as had been his custom, went into the jail to let Stinson, Drew and another prisoner out of the cells in order that they might eat with the other pris- oners. After he had let the three out of the cage, he was asked to get a bucket of wa- ter, as the bucket had been overturned in a scuffle and the water spilled. The jailor complied with the wish, and while he was absent for a few minutes, the boys crawled through the hole which had been prepared for the oc- casion. When Robinson re- turned he saw five of the prisoners eating their sup- pers, and asked where the others were. The remark reached his ear that they had stepped around to the other side of the cells. Robinson walked around the cells two or three times telling them to come to supper. He finally struck a match and to his aston- ishment saw "a hole in the wall." It then dawned on him that the prisoners had made their escape. There were nine prisoners in jail, four of whom took a sneak. Those escaping were Wil- long after the jailor went out, but took to their heels at once. The "hole in the wall" had been prepared some time during the day and the brick and mortar taken out carefully concealed under the cages. The sheriff and his jailor had taken every precaution since the last es- cape to keep their prisoners safe by locking them in the cages. Those that had not yet been tried were kept in the cages, while those who in laying out fines and costs were allowed the freedom of the corridor. The walls of the jail are very insecure and it takes but a few min- utes work to put a hole in the wall of sufficient size to ad- mit of a man's body. Stinson is the man who escaped sev- eral weeks ago, but was cap- tured within a half hour af- ter he had got out. Crushed to Death—Chris liam Stinson, charged with assault with intent to kill; Samuel Drew, aiding pris- oners to escape; Philmore McGowan, laying out a fine and costs for assault and bat- tery on his wife; and George Balouis, of Washington, who was arrested last Saturday F. Eilert, of Stendal, was al- most instantly killed last Wednesday. He was return- ing home from Holland when his horses became unmana- gable and ran away, throw- ing him out and the wag- on which was heavily load- ed with lumber passed over his body breaking his neck and spinal column. Coroner Meinker, of Dubois county, held an inquest and rendered a verdict in accordance with the above facts. Mr. Eilert was a wagon-maker by trade, and had built up quite an ex- tesive business at Stendal, and one of the prominent men of that place and locali- ty. The funeral occurred on Friday and was largely at- tended by the citizens. Today the veterans of the clothing store at Otwell was burned to the ground Thurs- day morning. The loss is to- tal; loss $1,200 on goods. It is supposed to be incendiary origin. Insurance $500. The Chicago Sun which has made so much trouble in several Indiana towns, has at last come to grief. Harry L. Strohm, the general circula- tor and attorney for the pa- per, has been sent to the Il- linois penitentiary for three years and fined $3,000 for circulating an immoral pa- per. This will be welcome news to all decent people. The following pensions have been granted in the First congressional district during the past week, and include original, restoration and increase of pension: Al- fred N. Garten, Poseyville; Alexander Gasser, Tell City; Harriet Clark, Adyeville; Mi- nors of Henry Bassemier, Evansville; Justus J. Co- chran, Folsomville. Miss Katie Thomas who has been ill with consump- tion the past year died at the home of her mother, Mrs. Frank Kime, on Wednesday, November 22 at 10 o'clock a.m., aged 20 years. The fu- neral services were conduct- ed from the C. P. Church of this place at 9:30 yesterday morning by Rev. I. N. Yok- ley. From there they were taken to Union C. P. Church and laid to rest in the I. O. O. F. cemetery. Miss Thom- as was a true Christian girl loved by all who knew her. She died happy in the Sav- ior's love. Red Nelson, living in Pato- 58th regimental association are holding forth at Oakland City. A large number have ka township near the Jeffer- son line, while felling a tree Wednesday evening, in some manner got in the path of the falling tree and was instantly killed. The news came in just as we were going to press and is very meager. Thank You During a brief visit to Petersburg recently, I found myself unable to unlock my car doors as I was ready to leave town. I would like to give a very special and much appreciated thanks to the Sheriff's Department and the ladies at the Deaconess Clinic for their kindness in helping me unlock my car. —Lola Materna front row: Gary Pancake, Gordon Brammer, David Butler, Johon Oxby and Charles Dougan; second row: Carolyn Barrett, Janice Schiffer, Joyce Corn, Francis Mason, Linda Collinsworth, Dotty Fella, Lea Ann Leslie, Linda Meyer, and Sharon Teague; third row: Jerry Hunt, Larry Gieselman, Donald Gamb- lin, Kathleen Rogers, Janice Bailey, Janet Mason, Phyllis Gamblin, and Clara Ferguson (Teacher); fourth row: Keith Gore, Jim Pancake, Larry Johnson, Jerry Johnson, Michael Mason, David Williams, Rob- ert Claridge, Robert Ferguson, and Clayton Claridge. The photo and information was furnished by Don Parke of Newburgh. Clara Ferguson was teacher of the class of 1960 of Spurgeon High School. Members of the class were Spurgeon High School Class of 1960 Thanks to all my family & friends for making my Birthday special! What a surprise & what a treat! Thanks again, Nina Keplinger Thank You!