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C-6 Wednesday, May 31, 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 19, 1942 The Indiana High School Athletic Association Track and Field Sectional Meet was held at Vincennes last Friday afternoon and three Petersburg High School Athletes qualified for the fi- nals of the State Track Meet to be held at Indianapolis this coming Saturday. The meet was won by Central, of Evansville, with Princeton, second, Boonville, third, and Petersburg, Fourth. Tra- vis Young won the Shot Put, John Cannavan, the high jump and Jack Graham was second in the 220 yard dash, which entitles him to com- pete in the state meet. During the electrical storm Thursday morn- ing between one and two o'clock, lightning struck a barn on the John Ford farm in Clay township, complete- ly destroying it and practi- cally all of its contents. Roy Tolbert and family, living on the farm, were awakened when the lightning struck the barn. By the time they dressed and got to the barn the entire loft was ablaze. Mr. Tolbert saved a wag- on and a manure spread- er, while his son Maurice and Evert West, a guest in the Tolbert home saved a calf that was fastened in the barn. The Pike County Coon Hunters Association will hold their first Coon Dog Field Trials of the year at Warner's Lake, one mile out on Highway 61, this coming Sunday, May 24th, and the program has been arranged to get under way at 9 a.m. There is no admis- sion charge and there is am- ple parking space for every- one...the entry fee for dogs participating in the trials will be $1.00, with 80 per cent of all entry fees going to dog owners and 20 per cent to the club sponsoring the meet. Old time G.O.P. leaders would have turned over in their graves at insult that the Petersburg Post Office di- rected at the Press Saturday morning. The State High- way Garage has a mail box next to the Press box and in sorting the mail a letter marked quite plainly "Young Democrats of Indiana...Vic- tory in 1942" was thrown into the Press Box. Was it a subtle way of warning what they hope for or was it un- intentional. Anyway we are not taking the hint. Miss Charleen Steer was hostess to a formal party at her home Friday evening for Girl Scout Troup No. 1. Games and contests were played during the evening. A delicious dessert course was served by candlelight to Pol- ly Stewart, Betty Eddington, Carol Joyce Werner, Marga- ret Tomson, Marilyn Burg- er, Nancy Wood, Martha Joe Cluster, the leader Maudeen Holman and the hostess. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Corless Catt of Glezen, a daughter, Carolyn Joe, born Sunday. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, Apr. 19, 1957 The Ralston Purina Ware- house, of Petersburg, was formally dedicated last Fri- day afternoon with an open house and a visit by Jack Streetman, vice president and general sales manager of the Ralston Purina Com- pany, of St. Louis. A crowd of approximately 1,000 inter- ested persons filed through the new building on High- way 67. Entertainment and refreshments were avail- able to all and Purina offi- cials seemed very please with the local response to the warehouse. The City Council Monday night voted to stop the issu- ance of "courtesy" parking tickets to violators of time on parking meters in the city of Petersburg. The 50 cent fine will go back into effect May 1. Mayor's Proclamation– Whereas Friday, April 19, 1957 has been astronomi- cally determined to be the date of the crucifixion of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And, whereas we should be ever mindful of the significance of this sub- lime event, I, L. Carol Thom- as, mayor of the City of Pe- tersburg, Indiana, do hereby direct that all business hous- es within the corporate lim- its of the city, be closed one hour from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M. C.S.T on that date. I here- by cause the Seal of the City of Petersburg to be af- fixed hereto, this 16th day of April, 1957. L. Carol Thom- as, Mayor Mr. and Mrs. Warner Shoultz will celebrate their Golden wedding anniver- sary at their home, 2 miles northeast of Wheeling and 2 miles north west of Oatsville on April 28 with open house from 2 to 5. The couple was married April 28, 1907 at the home of Reverend Jefferson Richardson four miles west of Petersburg. The Good Fellows Club of Petersburg and the local Jaycees will co-sponsor the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Hornady Park Sunday, April 21, beginning at 2 p.m. More than 2,500 eggs will be hid- den at the park for the chil- dren. Children from Pike, Knox, Gibson, Dubois, Da- viess and Warrick Counties are invited to attend. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burkhart, Peters- burg, a daughter, born Mon- day; to Mr. and Mrs. Law- rence Dyer, of Indianap- olis, a son, Thomas Law- rence, born Tuesday, April 9th; to Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hill a son, David Wayne, born Thursday, April 11th; to A-2c and Mrs. Paul D. Beck of Albuquerque, New Mexico, a daughter, Jean- nine Louise, born Sunday night, April 14; to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Matthewson, a daughter, Christina Marie, born April 11. Marriages: Miss Vera Lynn Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert John- son of Petersburg, to Lar- ry Ingersoll, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ingersoll of Pe- tersburg. Deaths: Essie Bullard, 79, of route 2, Petersburg, died at 12:30 p.m. April 17; W. Lewis Garland, 73, of ru- ral route, Otwell, died at 7:45 p.m. April 11 at his resi- dence; Travis Scraper, 64, of Otwell, died at 2 a.m. April 18 at the Jasper Memorial hospital. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 4, 1967 The First National Bank of Winslow is holding open house Saturday, May 6 at its new modern bank build- ing. It is located on the cor- ner of Washington and Main streets on the east side of Main and is directly across the street from the bank's present location. The gen- eral public is invited to at- tend the open house. Pike County is the sixth county in Indiana to be qual- ified as a county on the ba- sis of market cattle testing. This fact was made known last Monday when Dr. Jack Winslad, area five supervi- sor and Dr. Gerald F. Toms, District Veterinarian, pre- sented a certificate to the commissioners of Pike County. This certification allows Pike County to join its neighboring counties of Vanderburgh, Spencer and Warrick in the category of "brucellosis free." Nearly 100 door prizes ranging from cash, grocers, other merchandise, a sub- scription to the Press-Dis- patch and a permanent wave will be awarded at a cooking school in Petersburg on May 25. The school will be held in the 4-H Club Building in Hornady Park and will begin at 1:30 p.m. Pike Lanes No. 1 Bowling Team bowled at Owensboro, Kentucky, April 2, in the All- American City Tourney. Of 220 teams entered, Pike Lanes No. 1 won the cham- pionship, and cash prize of $1,200.00. The team was comprised of Jack Aikman, Don Whitelock, Roscoe Mi- ley, Bob Catt and Jim Cham- berlain. Trophies will be on display at the Citizens State Bank for one week and at the First National Bank for one week. Due to an official opinion received from the Attorney General of the state of Indi- ana and in accordance with a letter received from the State Board of Accounts, the commissioners in com- pliance with the directive, changed the compensation set at their meeting of April 17, for members of the pre- cinct boards in the May 2, city of Petersburg Primary election. The amended pay- ments are as follows: inspec- tors $24.00 ; clerks $15.00 ; judges $15.00 and sheriffs $ 9.00. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Milton Nicholson, of Otwell, a son, born Friday, April 28; to Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Lee Willis of Indianapolis, a son, Marland Andrew, born April 29; to Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Eugene DuPont of Peters- burg, a daughter, born Tues- day, May 2; to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Barrett of Highland, a son, born Tuesday, May 2; to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pipes of Petersburg, a daughter, An- drea Lorraine, born May 2; to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mc- Daniels of Sandusky, Ohio, a daughter, Laura Lynn, born Tuesday, May 2; to Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Ray Giesel- man, of Route 2, Carmel, a son, Morris Ray, born April 25; to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bohnert, of Petersburg, a son, Michael Joe, born Sun- day, April 30 ; to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Howard, of Peters- burg, a son, John Paul, born Thursday, April 27. Marriages: Sharon Anne Foster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Foster of Peters- burg, to Larry Earl LeMond, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sammy LeMond, of Petersburg; Kar- en Sue Brueggeman, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brueggeman of Freeburg, Il- linois, to David E. Bush, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bush of Petersburg. Deaths: Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Shoaf died one day apart in the Daviess County hospital suffering from can- cer; Rev. Curtis McKinney, 60, of Oakland City, died at 11 p.m. Sunday at the Gibson General hospital in Prince- ton; James A. Spainhower, 65, former Petersburg resi- dent, died Tuesday night in his home at Vandalia, Mich- igan; Ollie Elsie Miller, 85, a former Somerville resident, died Thursday, April 27, in Methodist hospital in Indi- anapolis. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, April 30, 1992 Voters will go to the polls Tuesday, May 5 in Pike County to decide who they will be voting for this fall in the general election. Be- sides several hotly contested local races it is a presidential election, and on the state lev- el it is a gubernatorial race. The Democrat and Republi- can tickets are nearly exact opposites. With the presi- dential nominations nearly decided the Democrat ticket has little to interest the vot- ers on national and state lev- el. On the Republican side, there are no local races. The second large-scale drug raid in southern Indi- ana by State Police in less than six months netted three Pike County residents and a marijuana growing oper- ation early Thursday morn- ing. Overall 47 people were arrested in Dubois, Daviess, Martin, Crawford, Orange, Spencer, Knox, Greene and Pike Counties. Arrested in Pike County were A. Keith Russell, Carl F. Young, and Melissa Young. Pike-Gibson Water Cor- poration employees Jim Vickers and Kevin Stilwell work to repair a waterline leak that was caused by a leaky valve. The downtime Wednesday afternoon only affected a handful of houses, between the Southern Rail- road tracks south of Win- slow and the Ayrshire Road about a quarter-mile south. Wanted: Foster homes for children that have be- come wards of the Division of Family and Children, pre- viously known as the wel- fare department...Direc- tor Steve Cunningham said Pike County now has five approved foster homes with two more in the process of being approved. However his office now has 24 chil- dren who are wards. Some of these are wards but are still living with their parents. Notice: Free hearing Tests Saturday May 2nd, from 1-3 p.m. at the Barrett Memorial Library. May is better speech and hearing month! -Sponsored by Psi Iota Xi Jason Gilmour, Jerrod Williams, Scot Harris, Matt Alton, Kevin Sharp and Ken- ny Kaeck from Pike Central competed in the Perry Cen- tral Industrial Arts Fair last weekend and brought home several awards. The stu- dents were accompanied by teacher John Tichenor. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bryan McLain of Winslow, a daughter, Lindsey Lau- ren, born Monday, April 6; to Mr. and Mrs. Brad McCain of Huntingburg, a daughter, Katelyn Emily Elizabeth, born April 8; to Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln A. Baker of Jasper, a son, Benjamin Adam, born Friday, April 24. Marriages: Christina Maria Kneeling, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Ernest Kneeling of Springfield, Va., to Steven E. Bosell, son of Alvin Bosell of Lyons; Susan Jane Sutton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sutton of Pe- tersburg, to Jeffery Allen May, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley May of Evansville. Deaths: Lloyd Denem, 79, of Petersburg, died at 4:58 a.m. Thursday, April 23 at his residence; Emil Love- less, 74, of Petersburg, died Thursday, April 23 at 1:55 a.m. at Petersburg Health- care Center; Eddie Ray- mond Henning, 88, of Fran- cisco, died Tuesday, April 28 at 2:22 a.m. at Wirth Hos- pital in Oakland City; Lu- cille Margaret Beard, 78, of Washington, died at 4 a.m. April 13 at Daviess Coun- ty Hospital in Washington; Ralph E. Julian, 86, formerly of Oakland City, died Mon- day, April 27 at 6:30 p.m. at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tenn.; William Howard Tyree, 87, of Princ- eton, died at 10 a.m. Satur- day, April 25 at Gibson Gen- eral Hospital in Princeton; Margaret Ann Merkley, 57, of Kyana, died Wednesday, April 22 at 8 a.m. at her res- idence; Max Schauf, 62, of Bridgeport, Ill., father of Re- gina Johnson of Petersburg, died at 8:03 p.m. Friday, April 24 at Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Law- renceville, Ill.; Charles Ed- ward Caniff, 73, of Oakland City, died Wednesday, April 22 at 2:15 a.m. at Good Sa- maritan Nursing Home in Oakland City. Files of the past net edition yeah, it's that fast! Z M www.PressDispatch.net/Subscribe It's The Press-Dispatch. No matter where you live. Delivered every Wednesday morning! Add it for $5 to your current print subscription or stand-alone for $35/year. The 1941 Eskimo Senior Play Cast First row: Donna Bell Hornback, Margaret Jean Hale, Mildred Buechele, Mary Woolsey, Juanita Tis- dale and Mary Miley. Second row: Donna Bel Akridge, Gloris Dent, Mona Lee Durkee, June Davis and Miss McLaughlin. Third row: Kermit Coleman, Winifred Dorsey, Paul Jones, Laura Mae Davis and Far- lin McQueen. Fourth row: Arthur Johnson, Elmer Simpson, Warren Knochenmus, Kenneth Dorsey and Mr. Reed, director. Fifth row: Jack McCandless and Hoyt Willis. Wednesday, May 31 • Big Ben goes into operation in London (1859) • Deep Throat is revealed (2005) Thursday, June 1 • CNN launches (1980) • Benedict Arnold is court- martialed (1779) Friday, June 2 • Babe Ruth retires (1935) • McVeigh convicted of Okla- homa City bombing (1997) Saturday, June 3 • Crackdown at Tiananmen be- gins (1989) • Major Edward H. White be- comes first American to walk in space (1965) Sunday, June 4 • Battle of Midway begins (1942) • Tiananmen Square massacre takes place (1989) Monday, June 5 • FDR takes United States off gold standard (1933) • Bobby Kennedy is assassinat- ed (1968) Tuesday, June 6 • D-Day (1944) • First drive-in movie theater opens (1933) Source: History.com