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C-6 Wednesday, May 24, 2017 The Press-Dispatch HISTORY Submit history photos: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: news@pressdispatch.net or bring in a hard copy: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Tuesday, May 12, 1942 John Stockinger, farmer, of near Cato, in Jefferson town- ship, was named democratic County Chairman, in the dem- ocratic organization meet- ing held in the Circuit Court room at the Court House in this city Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. All of the officers were named by acclamation, including the vice-chairman, Mrs. Shirley Corn, of Win- slow, Dan Shawhan, of Madi- son township, Secretary, and Marlos McGlothlin, of Sten- dal, as treasurer. The Pike County Republi- can Central Committee met in the Auditorium of the Court House, Saturday afternoon at one o'clock, and County Chairman Kays was renamed for the coming two years. There was no opposition fac- tion present, and the meet- ing was one of the most har- monious of any held in many years. Mrs. Roy Gladish was renamed vice-chairman, Wil- liam Slaven, of Monroe town- ship, was renamed treasurer and Hulett Kinman, of Glezen was elected Secretary. Lee Harris, president of the Central-Southern Indiana Fox Chasers has sent notices out to the members announcing a business meeting to be held Sunday May 17th at Hornady Park to lay plans for the fall meet. This will be the 8th an- nual meet to be held here in Petersburg. Marriages: Wanda Gilli- land, daughter of Mrs. Mel- lie Gilliland, to Claude C. Beadles, of LaPorte on Sat- urday, May 9th at St. Louis, Missouri. Deaths: Minnie Williams, of Stendal, died Sunday morn- ing at 4:30 o'clock, at her home; Margaret Ellen Cor- ten, 60, of Rumbletown, died at 1:15 Saturday morning at her home; Mildred Lucille Dearing, formerly of Peters- burg, passed away May 7 in Seattle, Washington; Henry W. Smith, native of Pike Coun- ty, died at 1:50 p.m. Friday at his home in Washington. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, Apr. 12, 1957 Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. (Bill) Williams of route 1, Monroe City will celebrate their Golden wedding anni - versary with open house from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Easter Sun- day, April 21 at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Elden Tryon of route 1, Monroe City. The new educational build- ing of the First Christian Church will be dedicated Sun- day, April 14 at 2:30 p.m. Cal- vin Smith, of Corydon, Ky., will be the guest speaker. There will be special music. The Pike County Republi- can Women's Organization met Monday evening, April 8 at Pete's Drive-Inn. Mrs. Ruth Youngs gave a recipe for "Liv- ing," which was very cleverly written and presented. The honorable Lester M. Nixon, Judge of Pike County Circuit court was a guest speaker. Bertha and Oral Johnson announced this week that they will begin operating Pete's Drive-Inn as of Mon - day, April 15. Mrs. Johnson said they will lease the build- ing from Pete Shafer. A fire Saturday morning completely destroyed the home of Mrs. Luther Selby, Highway 61 a mile southeast of Petersburg. The Peters- burg Fire Department an- swered the call at approxi- mately 10 :30 a.m. Births: to Mr. and Mrs. James McGlothlin, a son, Farron James, born April 5; to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Uppen- camp, a son, Stephen Jeffery, born April 7. Deaths: Mary E. Couts, 89, of Oakland City, died at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at her home; Bertha Henning Corn, 68, of Stendal, died at 7:55 p.m. Wednesday in the Stork Me- morial Hospital in Hunting- burg; Marinda Jane Casey, 84, formerly of Winslow, died at 7:45 a.m. Monday at the Ca- to Rest home in Huntingburg; Gilbert Stellings, 70, former- ly of Union, died April 6 in Mi- ami, Fla.; Soloman E. Rhodes, formerly of Petersburg, died in California. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, April 27, 1967 Final plans and arrange- ments were announced to- day, as complete for the Loy- alty Day Parade in Petersburg Saturday evening, beginning at 7 p.m. A special 8th District Committee of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, headed by Clif- ford Chew of Petersburg, has been working on parade plans during the past week. Miss Cathy McCormick, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Merle McCormick of Petersburg, was selected to reign as Pop- py Queen in the Loyalty Day Parade. "...Therefore, I, Thomas F. O'Rourke, Mayor of the City of Petersburg, do here- by concur with our nation- al and state leaders in prais- ing the concept of LOYALT Y DAY, celebrated on the 29th day of April this year; and in active implementation of that special patriotic occasion I do hereby urge every citizen, school, church, organization, business establishment and home within my official juris- diction to display the flag of the United States and to par- ticipate in public patriotic ac- tivities sponsored by the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars of the United States, in coopera- tion with others, on LOYAL - T Y DAY, in this year of nine- teen hundred and sixty-sev- en. THOMAS F. O'ROURKE, Mayor; JAMES M. RICH- ARDSON, City Clerk." A community effort, on the part of Petersburg civ- ic-minded citizens, became a reality, on Monday of this week, when 62.41 acres of ground was purchased by the Petersburg Community Chest, Inc., a non-profit orga- nization, to be developed as a site to attract industry to the city of Petersburg. A check for $22,011.75 was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Jake Wellman, owners of the property. The 63 acres of land is located be- tween the American Legion Park and the New York Cen- tral railroad tracks. Petersburg City Primary election will be held Tuesday, May 2 with only one contested office. On the Democrat tick- et, incumbent Mayor Thomas F. O'Rourke will have a chal- lenge for the Democrat nomi- nation from L. Carol Thomas, a former Petersburg mayor. Traffic over the White Riv- er bridge on state 57 between Petersburg and Washington, will possibly be opened this week end if all goes well ac- cording to a report by Edwin Piper, superintendent of the state highway garage, at Pe- tersburg. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kordes of near Jasper, a daughter, born Monday; to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wayne Rowe, Route 1, Winslow, a daughter, Melissa Gay, born Sunday, April 23; to Mr. and Mrs. Kenny smith of Wa- terloo, Iowa, a son, Andrew Blaize, born March 29; to Mr. and Mrs. William R. Taylor of Indianapolis, a son, Michael Alan, born April 17; to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Davidson of Seymour, a daughter, Anne Morgan, by adoption Monday, March 27; to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Woodford of Route 2 Winslow, a daughter, Kimber- ly, born Tuesday, April 25. Deaths: Paul Hill, 64, for- merly of Winslow, died at 5 a.m. Tuesday, April 25, in the Christian hospital in St. Lou- is, Thurman D. Howard, 71, of Glezen, died at 10 :45 p.m. Thursday of a heart attack enroute to the Daviess Coun- ty hospital in Washington; Te- resa M. Broadwell, 95, of Vel- pen, died Wednesday morn- ing, April 19, at the Union hospital in Terre Haute; Jen- evie Hamilton, 61, of Oakland City, died Saturday night in St. Mary's hospital; Edward Woolsey, 79, of Oakland City, died at 2 a.m. Saturday at the Gibson General hospital; Ed- ward E. Young, 84, of Boon- ville, died from a heart attack April 17. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, April 23, 1992 A barn, a tractor and a mow- er were destroyed by fire Sat- urday afternoon at about 5 p.m. when apparently a trac- tor caught fire and it spread to the rest of the barn owned by Jim Gladish. Petersburg Fire Chief Phil Taylor said pass- ersby saw a tractor burning in the barn and stopped at Ma- bel Lamb's residence to call the fire department. Taylor said Gladish had been mow- ing earlier and when he fin- ished he pulled the tractor in- to the barn. The barn and its contents were destroyed. Has the nearly two year old drought in southern Indiana been broken? Maybe it is go- ing to be, but right now the an- swer is "no," even though the biggest flood in two years is predicted for the White Riv- er at Petersburg. Hydrolo- gist Al Shippe of the Nation- al Weather Service in India- napolis said the White River will crest at 19 feet on Satur- day. It will read flood stage of 16 feet on Wednesday. Mon- day it was at 12 feet. "You got some rain in March, but you really haven't had that much rain. Even though we're pre- dicting a flood its not from the rain there, but here (In- dianapolis and central Indi- ana)," said Shippe. Finalizing details for the proposed sewer system and allowing right-of-way for Ohio Valley Gas Co. across town property to supply Ar- thur and Ayrshire with natu- ral gas were the major topics of the Monday night council meeting. County commissioners scheduled three meetings to take care of issues fac- ing them, including selling ground to Petersburg so they can expand their fire depart- ment, meeting with the Indi- ana Department of Environ- mental Management about the landfill and checking on right-of-ways for senior housing to be built in Otwell. These actions came during their Monday night meeting. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Greg Jones of Petersburg, a son, Tyler Reid, born Wednes- day, Apr. 8; to Mr. and Mrs. Brian Pride of Petersburg, twin sons, Justin Ray and Jer- emy Lee, born Thursday, Apr. 16; to Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Gayhart of Winslow, a daugh- ter, Mary Jean, born Friday, Apr. 3; to Mr. and Mrs. Todd Roeder of Jasper, a daughter, Jessa Katheryn, born Mon- day, Apr. 6; to Mr. and Mrs. David Chestnut of Otwell, a son, Clint Ernest, born April 13; to Mr. and Mrs. Vince Fiscus of Velpen, a daughter, Roni Lynne, born April 13; to Mr. and Mrs. Todd Risley of Sandborn, a son, Todd Bry- ant, born March 17; to Mr. and Mrs. Rick Ray Deffendoll of Boonville, a son, Cody Lee, born Tuesday, Apr. 7. Marriages: Angelia Net- ta Phipps of Richmond and J. Clifton Nordhorn of Vin- cennes were married at 1 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 11 at Old Town Hill Southern Baptist Church in Muncie. Deaths: Clara Bradfield, 77, of Petersburg, died Tues- day, Apr. 14 at 11:55 p.m. at Washington Nursing Center; Raymond Davis, 78, of Win- slow, died Saturday, Apr. 18, at 11:23 a.m. at Memorial Hospi- tal in Jasper; Earl Fulcher, 90, of Petersburg, died Wednes- day, Apr. 15 at 9:35 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes; Irene Lamb, 88, formerly of Oakland City, died Thursday, Apr. 16 at 4:20 a.m. at Dawson Springs, Ky. Healthcare Center; Annis Russell, 73, of Augusta, Route 1, Winslow, died Thursday, Apr. 16 at 9:05 a.m. at Memo- rial Hospital in Jasper; Her- bert Crozier, 86, of Oakland City, died at 2:20 a.m. Thurs- day, Apr. 16 at Wirth Hospital in Oakland City; Clara Laib, 78, of Evansville, died at 2:50 p.m. Monday, Apr. 20 at Hol- iday Health Care; Florence Shreffler, 94, formerly of Pe- tersburg, died Sunday, Apr. 19 at 6:50 a.m. at a hospital in Salem, Ill. By Sandy McBeth Pike County Historical Society Her captivating manner, kind and cheerful nature, beautiful face and great in- telligence has gained for her popularity in social as well as literary circles. Miss Hog- gatt is one of whom her na- tive state may well be proud for the many honors she has won in the numerous contests with her neighboring states— Vincennes Commercial. Terril Martin has been granted an increase of pen- sion to $ 8 per month. New concrete walks are being made in front of the jail and Frank Lory's Main street residence. J. R. Adams & Son have had a concrete walk built in front of their drug store. FOUND—Red calf, four months old. Owner can have same by paying for this no- tice. H. W. Malott. Fourteen persons of un- sound mind have been taken to the asylum at Evansville for treatment from this coun- ty since the first of January. The game of base ball be- tween the Oakland City and Petersburg clubs in this city last Thursday was the most interesting one played here since the days of the old Pi- rate club which won distinc- tion and fame by beating the league clubs. The game was interesting from start to fin- ish and was won by the Oak- land City club by a score of 2 to 1. The home club should have won, the game by 1 to 0, had there not been wild pitch- es and passed balls in the ear- lier part of the game. The new concrete walk in front of the public square and leading to the court house has been completed and is regard- ed as being the best and most substantial walk in the town. Will Braden was the contrac- tor. Obituary—The angel of death visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bell and took away the spirit of little Ovia Merrill, their only babe, born August 20, 1901, and died August 9, 1902, aged 11 months and 19 days. Little Ovia was sick but a few days, and everything that human hands could do was done, but it was "His will not ours." The funeral took place from the family residence at 10 :30 Sunday morning, conducted by Rev. Burch. Interment in McClure cemetery. The par- ents have the heartfelt sym- pathy of the entire community in the loss of their loved one. Spurgeon Items—John Parker and wife are the happy parents of a fine girl. The base ball club of Mackey played the Spurgeon Stars last Sunday, the Stars winning as easy victory, making a score of 16 to 7. Miss Flora Shepard, daughter of R. Shepard and wife, and Milford Lawrence, were married last Thursday at the home of the bride's par- ents. Mr. Lawrence is a mem- ber of the U. S. light artillery, stationed at Fortress Monroe. Mr. Lawrence left Monday to join his command. J. E. Schurz last week pur- chased the residence proper- ty of Mrs. J. W. Bergen on the corner of Cherry and Tenth streets. Archibold Elkins, aged 76 years, died at his home near Algiers Wednesday night. He was one of the old and high- ly respected citizens of that locality. The funeral servic- es were held today and inter- ment at the Odd Fellows cem- etery. The new hitchrack at the public square has been com- pleted and is now being freely used by the farmers. It is the most convenient and substan- tial hitchrack ever erected in the town. A couple of water troughs connected with the water works will at once be erected. Samuel Hargrove is carry- ing a black eye, the result of moving from a moving train. Mrs. Hargrove was on the train going to Princeton. Mr. Hargrove got aboard to have her get off here, but before they had alighted the train started out. Mr. Hargrove stepped off and was thrown to the ground with much force and received several painful bruises. The train backed up and let Mrs. Hargrove off at the depot platform—Hazle- ton Herald. Gleanings From the Pike County Democrat, 1902 Files of the past 1986 Pike Central Second Semester Office Assistants 1986 Pike Central second semester office assistants were, front row (l to r): Angie Broshears, Amy Rayman, Becky Oxley, Julie Weisman and Claudia Julian. Middle row: Trent Stone, Pam Hensler, Steph- anie West, Linda Loveless and Melody Meyer. Back row: Denise Hathaway, Amy Hatfield, Terri King, Meleah Brewster, Holly Norrick, Leslie Deen, Stacey Russell and Jody Mattingly. Wednesday, May 24 • Brooklyn Bridge opens (1883) • John Hancock becomes pres- ident of Congress (1775) Thursday, May 25 • "Star Wars" opens (1977) • Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia (1787) Friday, May 26 • "Dracula" goes on sale in London (1897) • Last day of Model T produc- tion at Ford (1927) Saturday, May 27 • Bismarck sunk by Royal Na- vy (1941) • Golden Gate Bridge opens (1937) Sunday, May 28 • Lieutenant Colonel George Washington begins the Sev- en Years' War (1754) • Volkswagen is founded (1937) Monday, May 29 • Hillary and Tenzing reach Everest summit (1953) • Danica Patrick becomes first woman to lead Indy 500 (2005) Tuesday, May 30 • Joan of Arc martyred (1431) • First Indianapolis 500 held (1911) Source: History.com