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C-4 Wednesday, June 12, 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, June 9, 1942 Jim Higgins showed the stuff that he was made of this past week when a huge load of cinders was about to be delivered to the Gross farm. It was a hot day and Jim had been starting his drive for the USO when the cinder truck arrived on the scene. Someone said it was a pretty hot day to be shoveling cinders and Jim said it would be a good thing if whoever unloaded the truck put the pay into the USO fund. One word led to another and four of the gang made up a pot of $2.00 which was to be put into the USO fund if Jim would unload the cinders. Five Petersburg students are among the 442 gradu- ates who will receive their diplomas in the 72nd Indi- ana State Teachers College commencement to be held Thursday morning, June 4, in the Physical Educa- tion Building. The Peters- burg students are: Regina Lucille Miller, Lula Thom- as Miller, Edith Davidson, Mary L. Kinman and Elea- nor Limp. All will be award- ed the Bachelor of Science in Education degree with the elementary education teaching license. Carl Gray called the Press office and told us that due to the lateness of one report on bond sales in Pike County the figure was under the quota but including the missing re- port Pike County topped the quota with a total sales of $ 34,636.00. Howard Lytton, state police officer and the city policeman arrested Wes- ley Willis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Willis of Clark Station, Friday on the charge of army de- sertion from Fort Ben- ning, Georgia and also for stealing a car. The car, a 1935 Ford, be- longed to George Jerrel and was taken from Main Street Friday morning. Ronald Corn, of Au- guusta, enroute to Am- boy, Ill., where he is em- ployed, lost control of his car early Sunday morn- ing, one mile north of Winslow, and crashed in- to a telephone pole, pain- fully injuring Mr. Corn and badly damaging the car, a 1942 Ford. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Ray Moore, a daughter, Sharon Lynn, born Thursday morning; to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Furman of this city, a daughter, born Friday morning. Marriages: Marjorie France to James Adding- ton, Saturday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents. Deaths: Eugene Wayne Phillips, four months old, died Sunday afternoon; Eva Ethel Knight, 56, of Lo- gan township, died Thurs- day evening at 6 o'clock; Dr. Loren Hoover of Deck- er, Ind., died May 29, at St. Mary's hospital in Evans- ville. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, May 10, 1957 Terry Lee Stone, 7-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stone, of Petersburg, of rural route one, was in- jured slightly Wednesday at 11 a.m. when he was hit by a car in front of the local school on Walnut, between 10th and 11th Streets. Young Stone was leaving school for lunch when he darted from be- hind a parked t ruck into the path of a car driven by Mrs. Dwight Hollman, of rural route Otwell. G. Ray Fields was elect- ed most wise master of the Trinity Chapter of Rose Croix in the Scottish Rite Tuesday night. The Peters- burg resident has been a Mason for 23 years and a Shriner for 13 years. He is employed with the Public Service Co. The Advisory Com- mittee for the $250,000 Boy Scout Camp Expan- sion Fund, Buffalo Trace Council, has announced that Lowell Carlisle, resi- dent and businessman of Petersburg, will serve as chairman of the Pike area to raise funds in this dis- trict to expand facilities at the Scout Council's three camps, Camp Pohoka, near Mt. Vernon; Camp Arthur, near Vincennes and Camp Carnes, near Jasper. The names of local high school seniors who have won scholarships to Indi- ana University were an- nounced Wednesday by Reese M. Williams, direc- tor of scholarships at I.U. Following are the names of students from this area and the scholarships for which they are eligible. Peter Crawford, R.R. 3, Peters- burg, Kentucky Military Institute, Merit; Jane R. Dillon, R.R. 1 Velpen, Ot- well High School, State and University; and Rose Lind- sey, Winslow, Special. We've had a good num- ber of persons ask us just where Concord Township High School is located. Re- member, that is the school Cliff Murray will coach next basketball season. We should have explained in the story last week, but just slipped. Concord Township High School is located in Dunlap, Ind. and is just three miles east of Elkhart. Births: to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robert Thomas of Evansville, a daughter, Mary Shannon, born Sun- day, May 5; to Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hilsmeyer of Huntingburg, a daughter, Renee Nita, born April 17. Marriages: Donna Wy- ant to Harry Dee Carson, at 3:00 Sunday afternoon, April 28, at the home of Rev. T. B. Avery in Plain- ville; Betty Berry to Karl Weisheit at 2 p.m. Sunday at the home of the bride's parents; Jean and Lowell Huffman, 6 o'clock Tues- day, April 23. Deaths: Carrie F. Mynatt, 60, died at 3:15 a.m. May 5 at the Daviess County hospital; Omie Lee Lindsay, 74, of Winslow, died May 3 at the home of her daughter in Winslow; Walter English, 76, died at 3:15 a.m. May 8 in the Stork hospital in Hunting- burg; Dee Tryon, 82, of route 1, Monroe City, died at 9:45 a.m. May 5 at the Good Samaritan hospital in Vincennes FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 25, 1967 Farmers who wish to en- roll in the 1967 Five Acre Wheat Contest in Pike county may do so by con- tacting the County Ex- tension office in the court house in Petersburg. Ac- cording to Bill Robinson, County Agent, the con- test has been extensively revised this year. The big- gest change involved in the operation of this contest, it was explained, is changing from a "guesstimated judg- ing contest" into a yield contest. Petersburg High School Bandmaster James Bolte and drum major Fred Faulk proudly display the first place trophy won by the PHS marching band last Saturday at the Armed Forces Day parade in Evansville. One hun- dred and seventy units participated in what was termed the largest parade ever held there. First place awards are becoming com- monplace for the Peters- burg group as they com- pile an impressive record throughout the tri-state ar- ea. Professor Dean F. Berk- ley, of Indiana Univer- sity, will be the princi- pal speaker at the annual commencement exercises of Petersburg High School. The topic of his address will be "What Have You To Declare? " Gardner T. Wil- lis, a member of the Board of Education, will present the diplomas to 81 seniors, one of the larger graduat- ing classes in PHS history. All alumni of Otwell High School are urged to attend the alumni meeting to be held Sunday, June 11 in the Otwell gymnasium. Hubands and wives are welcome. Entertainment will be provided by the Ot- well music department. Lloyd Thoren, vice presi- dent of Midwest Telephone Company, was installed as Commander of Petersburg Coleman-Stewart Post 3587 Veterans of Foreign Wars in installation cer- emonies held at the post home Tuesday night, of this week. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marley of Peters- burg, a son, Darin Lee, born May 14; to Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Hathaway of Petersburg, a son, Guy Wayne, born Thursday, May 18; to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rowe of Oak- land City, a daughter, An- gela Marie, born Friday, May 19; to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Claridge of Spur- geon, a son, Roger Morris, born Monday, May 22; to Mr. and Mrs. David Bur- khart of Crawfordsville, a son, Barry Edward, born Friday, May 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Carson of Bloomington, a son, Wil- liam Scott, born Sunday, May 14; to Mr. and Mrs. Billy Harvey, a daughter, Valeria Michelle, born Fri- day, May 19. Marriages: Camille Gladish of Oakland City to Jerry Aydt in the Oakland City Methodist Church at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 20 ; Pamela Kay McGil- lem to James A. Eckert, May 19 at 3 o'clock; Jan- ice Lynn Hornbrook to William Joseph McCor- mick at 2 o'clock Satur- day, May 20, at the Peters- burg Gospel Center; Ana Rosalva Chavez to David Newhouse Anderson at one o'clock Saturday, May 13, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic church in Chica- go; Bonnie Mae Willis to Stephen A. Powell at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 14, in the Methodist Church in Greenburg. Deaths: Horace Eads, 62, of southeast of Win- slow, died Thursday, May 18, in the St. Joseph's hos- pital in Huntingburg; Sam- uel Coleman, 79, died Sat- urday, May 20, at 10 p.m. in the Wabash Valley hospi- tal in Mt. Carmel, Illinois; Emma Mae Jerrell, former Pike county resident, died Monday, May 22 at 11 p.m. in Community hospital, Indianapolis; Mary Liver- more, 69, died early Friday morning at her home in Oakland City; John ( Jack) Dunn, 70, of Oakland City, died Wednesday, May 17 at his home; William Ar- thur Barrett, 73, died at 12:35 a.m. Thursday at his home in Ayrshire; Paul Carter, of Oakland City, died at 3:20 a.m. Tuesday in Gibson General hospi- tal; James M. Risley, 81, of Spraggins west of Velpen, died Tuesday, May 20 in the Jasper Nursing Home; Larry Gray, ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Gray of Hoodsport, Wash- ington, died following an illness of leukemia; Bea- trice E. Young, 69, of Pe- tersburg, died at 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 24, in the Daviess County hospi- tal in Washington; Charles (Pete) Bee, 68, of Arthur, died at midnight Tuesday in the Welborn Baptist hos- pital; Helen Marshall, 77, died at 5 p.m. Monday at the General Hospital in In- dianapolis. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 21, 1992 Rachel Ross and Kim- berly Riesenbeck have been named valedictorian and salutatorian of the se- nior class of Pike Central High School. Ross is the daughter of William and Diana Ross of rural Peters- burg. Ross has been award- ed a scholarship to the Uni- versity of Evansville where she plans to major in com- puter science. Riesenbeck is the daughter of Robert and Donna Riesenbeck of rural Velpen. She has re- ceived a tuition scholar- ship to Oakland City Col- lege where she plans to major in elementary edu- cation. Pike County School Corporation officials are pleased with the results of the latest ISTEP tests. De- spite tougher standard re- quirements for this year's test about the same num- ber of county students failed the test. Overall 20 students in the Pike Coun- ty School Corporation failed the tests according to preliminary results. Hornady Park in Peters- burg has a new large play ground toy. The toy in- cludes a swinging bridge, several slides, two sand- boxes, monkey bars, rings and balance beam. Funds and labor for the toy were donated from sever- al sources including Rev. Jeff Stratton, Southern In- diana District Carpenter, and Millwrights. Citizens State Bank, Solar Sourc- es, the Petersburg Moose, and Buchta Trucking all donated. The City of Petersburg successfully defended its position in a personal in- jury lawsuit last week in Pike Circuit Court . Karen S. Benefiled of Evansville had filed suit against the city of Petersburg claim- ing she had sustained a permanent injury after she stepped on a loose wa- ter meter cover and fell in- juring her leg. Dave Bell of Evansville said it was found that she had previous inju- ries that had contributed to her knee problems. Al- so her doctor testified he made a note that her heal- ing progress might have been impeded by pending litigation. There is still time to turn in home improvement ap- plications for repairs and upgrading homes through a Department of Com- merce grant, according to Joetta Jones, Winslow clerk-treasurer. She said forms are still available at the town hall, and anyone wanting to complete a form may pick one up during of- fice hours. Persons want- ing to participate in the home improvement pro- gram must fill out and turn in their request forms im- mediately. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. David A. Henson of Peters- burg, a daughter, Alexan- dra Harris, was born on Wednesday, Apr. 29 ;To Rev. and Mrs. Steve (Au- drey) Selby of Newburgh, a son, Matthew Tyler, was born on Sunday, May 10. Deaths: Doris Jean Ep- ley, 58, of Winslow, died at 2:05 a.m. Wednesday, May 13 at Wirth Hospital in Oakland City; Eugene M. Hicks, 70, of Petersburg, died Sunday, May 17 at 2:30 p.m. at Amber Manor Care Center in Petersburg; Ernie Hunt, 72, of Oakland City died at 6 a.m. Monday, May 18 at his residence; Bobby Gene Martin, 59, of Washington, died at 10 :20 p.m. Monday, May 18 at the VA Hospital in Indianapo- lis; Raymond F. Bartlet, 84, of Huntingburg, died at 2:50 p.m. Sunday, May 17 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Huntingburg. Files of the past SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 1985 Pike Central Future Homemaker of America (FHA) Members The 1985 Pike Central Future Homemakers of America (FHA) members are, front row: Stephanie Chapman, Karen Tegmeyer, Tina Omstead, Nicki Kordes, Paula Sullivan and Tricia Fears. Second row: Cathy Abell, Beth Brumfield, Bridget Young, Becky Adkins, Amy Barnett and Brandon Wint. Third row: Chris Woods, Michelle Manley and Wendy Helsley. Fourth row: Angie Goss, Suzanne Hunley, An- gie Hunley, Tina Weisman, Reese Gray, Jennifer Wallace, Donna Evans, Javona Burch and Mrs. Clem, sponsor. Back row: Terri Campbell, Gloria Frandsen, Tammy Erwin, Shelly Fowler, Christy Weedman and Keena Evans. Missing are Karen Brawdy, Wendy Kavanaugh and Tina Alvey. Wednesday, June 21 • U.S. Constitution ratified (1788) • The KKK kills three civil rights activists (1964) Thursday, June 22 • F.D.R. signs G.I. Bill (1944) • Congress issues Continental currency (1775) Friday, June 23 • "Mercedes" registered as a brand name (1902) • Nixon signs Higher Educa- tion Act (1972) Saturday, June 24 • Soviets blockade West Ber- lin (1948) • Jacqueline Bouvier and Sen- ator John F. Kennedy an- nounce engagement (1953) Sunday, June 25 • Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) • Korean War begins (1950) Monday, June 26 • U.S. begins Berlin Airlift (1948) • Congress approves Federal Highway Act (1784) Tuesday, June 27 • Route 66 decertified (1985) • Germans get Enigma (1940) Source: History.com