The Press-Dispatch
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The Press-Dispatch From out of the past by Petersburg JayCees was crowned Pike County Queen of 1952, Wednesday night. Two runner-ups were Sharon Wyatt and Marvelene Katter. James Yarber, 18-year- Tuesday, July 22, 1952 Friday, July 25, 1952 Jo Ann Willis, sponsored The Petersburg Press Sixty years ago daughter, Marla Sue, July 4; to Rev. and Mrs. James Leighty of Iva, a daughter, July 16; to Mr. and Mrs. Ar- ber Hayes, a daughter, Far- reline Fay, July 11. Deaths: Amanda W. old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Yarber of Salt Lake City, has signed a contract with the Yew York Yankees as a catcher for $30,000 a year. The Yarbers are former res- idents of Petersburg. Moving from Petersburg to Evans- ville and from there to Salt Lake City. He is the grand- son of Ray Yarber of Pike County. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jerrell Grubb, a daughter, Donna Elaine, July 14; to Mr. and Mrs. Royal Benjamin, a son, Thomas Louis, July 14; to Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Christ- mas of Glezen, a daughter, July 15. Marriages: Marie Nuss- mann and Dean A. Osgath- arp, July 16; Barbara Joan Leighty of Otwell and Al- bert Ray Swain of Peters- burg, July 19; Ann Ballis of Jasper and Sylvester A. Dil- lon of Otwell, July 19. Deaths: Mattie Whitney, Greene, 81, of Otwell, died July 18; George Smith, 61, of Alford, died July 17 suffer- ing from a heart attack; Paul Holderbaugh, 37, former res- ident of Oakland City, died July 20 from heart ailment; Frank Heacock, 60, former Pike County man, died Ju- ly 19; Hilda A. Carver, for- mer resident of Petersburg, died July 22; Samuel J. Alex- ander, 73, former Winslow High School principal, died July 14. Fifty years ago 78, of Petersburg, died July 19; Jim Collins, 37, of Oak- land City, died July 20; John Plats Allen, 64, of Alfords- ville, died July 17; Mary Howland, 81, died July 16 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cecil McQueary near Oakland City; W. C. McDan- iels, 75, of Petersburg, died July 21 at Portland, OR. Fifty-nine years ago The Pike County Dispatch Curtis Ambrose has accept- ed a position on the faculty at Oakland City College as teacher of biology and social science. He has a master's degree from the University of Illinois. Mrs. J. C. Winland and Friday, July 24, 1953 Former Stendal resident, Jackie arrived home in Spur- geon July 10, after spending several months in Alameda, CA with their husband and father, Lt. J. C. Winland. Lot. Winland is aboard the York- town and will leave for Korea August 3. A former Pike County man McKinney, PhD. has been promoted by Eli Lilly and Company to head the Phar- maceutical development de- partment. He becomes re- sponsible for directing the work of five (pharmaceuti- cal) pilot plants, where lab- oratory discoveries are con- verted into large scale pro- duction. For the past 10 years he has been chief of the liquid pilot plant. A native of Winslow, Dr. Thursday, Aug. 2, 1962 Myron William (Billie) The Pike County Dispatch Donald Hall in Petersburg, died July 25; Mary F. Rob- erson of Petersburg, died Ju- ly 25; Adron S. Lytle, 58, of Union, died July 29. Twenty-five years ago The Press-Dispatch pointed Phil Taylor chief of the Petersburg Volun- teer Fire Dept. at the Mon- day night council meeting. Councilmen approved the appointment unanimously. Taylor has been a member of the department for seven years and had been a captain and training officer on the department. He has had many years Thursday, July 23, 1987 Mayor T. F. O'Rourke ap- experience in fire fighting, having served for 16 years on the Larchmont, NY in May 1977 as a construction super- intendent at Indiana Power and Light. He is a sheet met- al worker by trade and lives on Vincennes Avenue. SMSgt. Fred Cook of Pe- Wednesday, August 22, 2012 D-7 tersburg has been appoint- ed Pike County represen- tative of the 181st Tactical Fighter Group, Indiana Air National Guard, as part of a new 26-county community outreach program. Members of Evening McKinney was graduated from Winslow High School in 1935 and from Purdue University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Phar- macy in 1939. He is the son of Eunice Rainbolt of Oak- land City and the late Oral McKinney. Claude Ficklin, manager of Petersburg office of In- terstate Finance Co. is cel- ebrating his 15th year in the loan business. Ficklin started in the business with Home Loan and Finance Co. in Washington in 1947. In March 1948, Ficklin was promoted to office manag- er and moved to Petersburg to manage the office there. Ficklin is married to the for- mer Dorothy Jean Bradfield. They have three sons, Mar- ion 16, Melvin 12 and Ron- ald 8. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Star Rebekah Lodge No. 202 met Tuesday, July 14 in the Odd Fellows Building. Clint Shoultz and his mother, Mrs. Rick (Vickie) Shoultz were guests during the so- cial hour. Clint, delegate to the annual Odd Fellows and Rebekahs United Na- tions Pilgrimage for youth, spoke on his tour of the Unit- ed Nations and other points of interest. La Vern Shoultz presented Clint with a certif- icate of participation. Births: To Mike and Rob- has been transferred from the Gen. Superintendent's office in Cincinnati to Di- rector of Railway Transpor- tation with headquarters in Washington, DC. Lawrence E. Ernst, graduate of Ot- well High School was born in Pike County 54 years ago. During WWII he was Lt. Commander, US Navy in charge of Fleet Post Offices serving naval forces afloat and ashore in the South Pa- cific. He will be responsible for 15 division field organi- zations, the buying of all railway transportation and scheduling more than 3,000 post offices. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Carroll, twin daugh- ters, Mary Kay and Marsha Fay, July 18; to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas, a son, Tim- othy Warren, July 6; to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Potter, a Darrell Corn of Maryville, a son, July 27; to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Barrett of Petersburg, a daughter, Martha Kay, July 16; to Mr. and Mrs. Bobbie Joe Bailey of Oakland City, a son, Mark Alan, July 23. Marriages: Marcia Lee Hamm and Cecil Grubb, Jr., July 21; Mary Helen Walters and Ronnie Taylor, both of Petersburg, July 15. Deaths: Dr. Jackson Do- bin Stephens of Griffith, a daughter, Ashley Erin, July 10; to Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Martin of Oakland City, Benjamin Daniel, June 30; to Mr. and Mrs. Ron Fields of Petersburg, a son, Mi- chael David, July 15; to Mr. and Mrs. Keith McQueen of Princeton, a daughter, Taran Ollie, June 24; to Mr. and Mrs. Daron Nowark of Win- slow, a daughter, Samantha Zoe, July 14. Marriages: Lisa Holcher 1943. The young girl is his daughter Patricia Pflug, wife of Don Pflug of Oak- land City. Paul Gene Parke, Patricia's brother, worked at this mine. Paul is living in Oakland City. Photo and information furnished by Don Parke of Newburgh. Elza Parke used a 1937 Ford truck in his mine northeast of Spurgeon in Coal Mining in Monroe Township Pike County Historical Society Gleanings from the Democrat 1893 ver Root, the new blood pu- rifier, gives freshness and clearness to the complex- ion and cures constipation. 25 cents, 50 cents and $1. Briggs Kepley, of Oak- 12/01/1893—Kari's Clo- By Sandy McBeth land City, Sundayed with rel- atives in this city. Rumor has it that Briggs may become a resident of Petersburg some time in the near future. Dr. L. H. LaMar was smil- the Patoka bottoms on the road leading from Pikev- ille to Velpen. The board of commissioners have ac- cepted the job. The work was done in a good and substan- tial manner. Some of the boys took a ing serenely Sunday morn- ing and declared that he had another Republican at his house, but that he was opposed to McKinley and would not vote for him in 1896. Administrator's Sale of of Vincennes and Hyatt Scraper of Petersburg, Ju- ly 11; Lisa Ann McCoy of Vincennes and James Kelly Cates, June 20; Anthi Tzani of Athens, Greece and James Anthony Sorgius of Otwell, June 27 in Athens, Greece. Deaths: Sam Laslie, Jr., ris, 61, Winslow dentist, died Aug. 26, three weeks after suffering a heart at- tack; George T. Bryant, 75 of near Alford, died July 29; Essie Stubblefield, 71 of Pe- tersburg, died July 31; Byron Willis, 65, of Arthur, died Ju- ly 31; Janral Russell Jones, 68, of Oakland City, died Ju- ly 28; Hosea Loveless, 72, of Petersburg, died July 25; Ju- lie Brenton Mougey, former- ly of Petersburg, died at her home in San Rafael, CA, Ju- ly 7; Lillie Mae Lemond, 59, of Velpen, died July 27; An- nie Catherine Gentry, 78, of Oakland City, died July 28; Ethel Hall, 64, mother of Dr. 62, of Bicknell, brother of Raymond Leslie of Peters- burg, died July 14; Theodore Warner of Osceola, formerly of Petersburg, died July 15; Edward Myslik, 86, of Oak- land City, died July 17; Min- ia Hensley, 93, of Boonville, died July 18; Walter Phelps, 45, of Evansville, son of Es- ther Phelps of Petersburg, died July 11; Alberta Glenn, 75, of Princeton, mother of Thelma Jean Vickers of Glezen, died July 15; The- mus Elizabeth Parke, 86, of Oakland City, died July 18; Delcia Schiffer, 69, of India- napolis, died July 21; Ches- ter Lankford, 61, of Holland, brother of Otis Lankford of Otwell, died July 15. Personal Property. Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned administrator of the estate of Sarah A. Willis, late of Pike county, Indiana, will sell at public auction at the late residence of said de- cedent in Jefferson township, in said county, on: Saturday, December 9th, 1893. George J. Willis, Administrator. Pikeville Items—L. C. little too much of the "oil of gladness" last Saturday night and went to the Cup Creek church, where it is said their conduct was not up to the standard. These young men should forsake their evil ways, lest circum- stances make a change and they are brought to a sud- den halt. Stendal Items—A literary society was organized at this place last Thursday week. It has some excellent mem- bers and if all will do their part much good may be ac- complished. Otwell Items—Dan Tram- and 1 o'clock. The front part was occupied by Abe Levine as a clothing store. The loss of Levine's was total about $2,000 with about $500 in- surance. The rear was occu- pied by John Wilhelm as a shoe shop who saved a part of his goods. Very little in- surance. Spurgeon Items—The in- fant child of Charles Ross died Sunday morning of croup. The Booker Bros. are do- ing a hustling business with their new saw mill. It is drawing near the time for all the old loafers to take places around our mer- chant's stoves. John W. Hussey, former- ly of this place, but now of Evansville, is visiting here. Thanksgiving was as baugh has sold his farm to Levi Wiscaver for $1,000. William Young, of Ireland, was here last Tuesday to take a survey of the burnt district. William Jones has rented Lockhart has secured a clerkship in H. Chappell's store. James Padick has re- turned from his old home in New York. He reports good times in the "corn cracker" state. His cousin returned with him. The Monroe and Wise- Garland's store room and will soon be ready to accom- modate the shoeless. Squire Edmondson's court usual observed by all of our schools yesterday. 50,000 Coon Skins Want- man trial went off last Tues- day, whereupon Monroe was acquitted by W. W. Richard- son. Wiseman's trial is set for the 9th. Paton Pea has been wearing a very broad smile since last Wednesday when he was presented with a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. They are very healthy little fellows and the father is very proud of them. William Lockhart has completed the levy across was in session last Monday. State vs. Prentice W. Chap- pell in two cases. Fine and costs $16.85. State vs. Ed- gar A. Chappell provoke. Fine and costs $8.10. The house of John Will- helm was burned on last Wednesday night between 12 ed. The very highest mar- ket price paid for all kinds of Raw Furs and pelts, such as Coon, Mink, O'possum, Skunk, Otter, Musk, Rat, Fox, &c. Hides, Tallow and Ginseng Wanted. Write for latest price list. J. E. Schurz, Fur Dealer, Petersburg, Ind. O. K. Barber Shop. A. F. Baker, Prop. Has removed to the room two doors south of the Postoffice. Call And See Us. Everything nicely arranged for the comfort of customers. Haircutting, dye- ing and shampooing a spe- cialty. Remember the place. NOW OPEN • Ireland • Barber Shop 5145 W. St . rd. 56 Cal l for an appointment 812-482-7040 Tuesday • 3 – 7 p.m. Friday• Noon – 6 p.m. Saturday • 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. of the Drum Corps were, in the first row, Flora D. Brewster, Winifred Chesser, Mildred Buechele, Eliza- beth Ann McQueen, Ruth Fritz, and Laura Mae Davis; second row: Vivian Nichols, Winifred Dorsey, Ve- ra Rutter, Marion Dillon Margaret Jean Hale, Juanita Tisdale, and Mary Miley; third row:Naomi Gross, Berta Lou Willis, Mary K. Woolsey, and Eleanor McLaughlin (sponsor); fourth row: Eula Fern Woods, Rosemary Kemp, Helen Marie Gray, Doris Jean Arnold, and Dorothy Coleman. Winslow High School in 1941 had a Drum Corps as did many of the schoools of the area. Members WHS Drum Corps—1941