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C-4 Wednesday, June 28, 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 16, 1942 Dr. Jesse Logan was in Pe - tersburg, Thursday and re- moved tonsils for Arthur Lee Nicholson, 6 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Nicholson; Billy Scott, 6 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Scott; Dor- othy Jean Bradfield, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Prentice Bradfield; Mrs. Everett Able; Wayne Boswell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Boswell; Bud- dy Lee Wiggs; Walter, 13, Anna Mae, 10 and James, 8, children of Mr. and Mrs. John Woodall; Mrs. R. L. Chitty and Georgia, 17, and Gene, 8, children of Mr. and Mrs. Per- ry Bennfield. Mr. and Mrs. Jobe Houchin have received information that their son Paul M. has been promoted to corporal. He is in the best of health, which is contrary to the re - ports recently circulated that he had fallen over board ship or had otherwise met death. Wednesday will mark the beginning of a drive at Princ- eton and all surrounding counties for the gathering of old paint brushes. One of the old Hienz factories located at Princeton has been complet- ed outfitted with new machin- ery to reclaim paint brushes and plans have been laid to do- nate the profits of the reclaim- ing to the groups who get out and work. Miss Newell Hulvershorn, a former Petersburg girl, now of Indianapolis , received her Master of Arts degree from the College of Education at Butler Univtersity, June 8th at the annual commence ex- ercises of the University. Miss Hulvershorn was grad- uated from the Petersburg High School and taught in the schools here for a short time. She taught in South Bend and Hammond and for the past several years has been one of the most successful teachers in the Indianapolis schools. She is the daughter of Mrs. Besse Hulvershorn Tillman. Wilford Young, the 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob- ert Young fell from a cher- ry tree Saturday and broke both arms, just above the wrist. The little boy was pick- ing cherries and the limb on which he was standing broke letting him fall to the ground. He is suffering intense pain but is getting along as well as can be expected. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Al- bert Wood, a girl, born Thurs- day, June 11; to Private and Mrs. James Shawhan, a son, John Henry, born Saturday, June 13. Marriages: Mildred Ka- merer to Gilbert Spaw, Satur- day afternoon at the home of Rev. J. P. Burch. Deaths: Martha Chandler Ingler, of Oakland City, died June 12, 1942 at her home; Minnie Belle Thurman, 66, of Carnegie, Penn., died June 11 at her home. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, May 17, 1957 Petersburg and Pike County citizens were rather stunned with the announce- ment last week that a huge generating plant and possi- bly an aluminum plant would be contructed near Peters- burg. The release cmae from the Indianapolis News and then from the special edition of The Petersburg Press. In a talk with Frank Ratts, mayor of Osgood and coordinator for the Hoosier Energy Coopera- tive, the proposed builders of the power plant ,it was pointed out to The Press that the alu- minum plant may locate near the Ohio River. C. Lowell Carlisle identi- fied the Mystery Farm No. 2 as his farm located south of Alford. Mr. Carlisle said he purchased the farm sev - en years ago. The Carlisle Farm has 173 acres, which is used for cattle and small grain farming. The Pike County Repub- lican Women's organization met Monday evening, May 13 at Stendal in the school build- ing. The Stendal members were hostesses. The present- ed a fine program and served refreshments. Coach Howard Briscoe's Petersburg track squad fin- ished in a tie for fourth with a total of 47 points in the Old Post Relays in Vincennes Wednesday afternoon. Many persons in Peters- burg have been complaining about mosquitos this year. Some suggest that the city band together and start a war on the insects. We're open for suggestions. Mrs. Marie White and daughter Marjorie spent two days in Indianapolis this week, where Mrs. White at- tended a meeting of the Selec- tive Service Board. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hampton of Oakland City, a daughter, Cynthia Ann, born April 23. Marriages: Linda Lam to Bob L. Lawalin, at 4 o'clock May 12 at the First Methodist Church; Dorothy E. Weisheit to Jerry T. Traylor at 2 p.m. May 11 at the Otwell Meth- odist Church; Lou Ann Nel- son, former resident of Peters- burg, to Herbert Fairchild, in Indianapolis. Deaths: Delpha J. Minnis, 84, of Oakland City, died at 4 p.m. Monday in the Gibson General Hospital in Prince- ton; Hubert Lee Barrett, 34, of Ayrshire, was instantly killed about 7 a.m. Tuesday when his bakery truck was struck by a Southern Railway freight train about a mile west of Oak- land City; Josie Elder Murri, 94, former Pike County resi- dent, died Tuesday morning at her home in Indianapolis; FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, June 1, 1967 Dedication of the newly constructed Winslow Post Office will be at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 4. Included in the program will be mu - sical selections by the Win- slow High School Band, talks by Jack Deen, representing Winslow Town Board; Har- court scales in behalf of Sen. Vance Hartke; and Roger Zi- on, Eighth District Congress- man. Evart Julian, Postmas- ter, will give the welcome ad- dress. The Petersburg swimming pool will be open for the sum- mer, from 1 until 9 p.m. daily beginning Saturday, June 3. Individual admission charge is 50c. No season ticket ar- rangements have been made at this time. Miss Merle Gray of Bloom- ington was awarded the hon- orary degree Doctor of Let- ters by Oakland City College at their graduation exercis- es in the Student Memorial gymnasium on Friday, May 26. Miss Gray, who is a co- author of a series of Arith - metics, received her degree from the University of Chi- cago, and her Master's from Columbia University. Sher for- merly taught in Pike county and was supervisor of the ele- mentary grades in Hammond for 30 years. Efforts are being made at the Welborn Baptist hospital in Evansville to save the right forearm of Jerry Bush who suffered a compound frac- ture to both bones Saturday at 5 p.m. Jerry and his father, Eugene Bush, both of Velpen, had gone to Cup Creek ceme- tery with a truck load of dirt. Jerry had left the engine run- ning when they got out of the truck. The truck started mov- ing and Jerry was knocked down by the truck with his arm wedged between the side of the truck and a tree. The arm was badly mashed and the broken bones were pro- truding the flesh. Petersburg Post Number 3587 Veterans of Foreign Wars, installed new officers for the coming year at for - mal ceremonies held recent- ly.The officers are as follows: William B. Siple, Junior Vice- Commander; Wallace Selby, Senior Vice-Commander, Lloyd Thoren, Commander elect; Homer Cox, installing officer; and Jack Arnold, im- mediate past commander. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mathies of Velpen, a daughter, born Monday, May 29; to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Robling of Vincennes, a son, Stephen Clarence, born Sun- day, May 28; to Mr. and Mrs. Marion Ficklin of Petersburg, a daughter, Kristi Lynn, born Sunday, May 21; toMr. and Mrs. James Gladish of Pe- tersburg, a son, Jeffrey Scott, born Friday, May 26; to Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Joe Fears of Mt. Olympus, a son, Michael Lee, born Sunday, May 27; to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lee Miley of Petersburg, a son, Thomas Lee Jr., born Sun- day, May 28; to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Byrd of Martinsville, a daughter, Carrie Lynette, born Saturday, May 27; to Air- man Second Class and Mrs. Larry Halderman of Smyrna Tennessee, a son, Brian Lee, born Monday, May 29. Deaths: Edward Ju- nior Norrington, of Win- slow, passed away Saturday morning at 2:30 a.m.; Bet- tie Coleman, 87, of Winslow, died Thursday, May 25 at her home; Lena Robling, 93, passed away Monday, May 19, in Lancaster, Calif.; George Kinman, 74, died Tuesday, May 30 in Community Hospi- tal, Indianapolis; Stella Gay- hart, 38, of Kalamazoo, Mich- igan, died Wednesday morn- ing at 3:30 a.m. in the Univer- sity hospital in Ann Arbor. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 28, 1992 A road grader was de- stroyed by fire last week, while it was working on Coun- ty Road 400W near Bowman. County Superintendent Tom Deen said the operator was grading the road and had pulled to the side of a road be- cause he was meeting a truck. Deen said when the operater pulled back onto the road he noticed smoke and flames coming from it. He said it is believe a battery cable short- ed out causing the fire. Adam English, who will be a sophomore at Pike Central this fall, fell from a rope he was swinging on and broke his left arm. At least five rural church- es in Pike County have been broken into during the last week. Pike County Deputy Sheriff William Walker said Twin Oaks Church, Ander - son Chapel Church, New Lib- erty Church, Pleasant Ridge Church, and Bethel Church were hit by thieves last week. Walker said it appears the thieves are stealing public ad- dress systems, musical equip- ment and stereo equipment from the churches. Two riders were hurt af- ter falls from their horses this weekend. LifeFlight was called on one incident Sunday night. Denise Cox of Route 1, Petersburg was injured at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday af- ternoon while riding in the State Forest. Later the same night LifeFlight of Welborn Hospital was called to Win- slow where they picked up Phyliss Dipietrantonio, of Winslow. Students who were winners in the Otwell science fair are Sara Blake and Emily Nelson. Sara's second place entry in- volved an eye chart, cow's eye and cataract. Emily took first place with her space station. Births: To Jennifer and Chris Freeman of Vincennes, a daughter, Tabitha Nichole, born Sunday, May 17. Marriages: Cindy Lynn Morton to Kevin Wayne Car- roll May 16 at 3:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Pe- tersburg; Karla McGregor to Eric Hill, May 2 at 1 p.m. at Ayrshire Valley General Bap- tist Church; Holly A. Hoff- stedt to Bryan K. Stephens, April 4 at St. Jude the Apos- tle Catholic Church in South Holland, Ill. Deaths: Louis D. Richard- son, 76, of Winslow, died at 5:20 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, at Amber Manor Care Center; Paul Nelson, 79, of Littleton Colo., Died May 11; Howard E. Delaney, 86, of Petersburg, died at 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes; Caleb Lee Whitehouse, infant son of Roy Lee and Cindy Lynn Ray Whitehouse, was stillborn at 4:30 a.m. Friday, May 22 at Deaconess Hospital in Evans- ville; Clifford S. Carter, 71, formerly of Monroe City, died at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 21 at Crewstview Nursing Home in Vincennes; Marvelene I. Mar- vel, 51, of Monroe City, died at 7:22 p.m. Tuesday, May 18 at Good Samaritan Hospi- tal in Vincennes; Anna Mae Stafford, 82, of Oakland City, died Sunday, May 24 at 11:35 a.m. at Forest Del Convales- cent Center; Clark Quiggins, 84, of Petersburg, died Satur- day, May 23 at 11:20 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes; Alice Fair, 65, of Oatsville, died Tuesday, May 19, at 5:15 p.m. at Wirth Hos- pital in Oakland City. Files of the past Church Notes Continued from page 3 Eskimo 1937 Sophomore Class Pictured are the Eskimo 1937 Sophomore Class, front row (l to r): Sarah Alice Hornback, Jeanne Miller, Ruth Jerrell, Marjorie McQueen, Helen Clark, LaVerne Ashby, Marjorie Jean Robling, Lawrence Stinson and Victor Reed. Second row: Jack Hart, Edna Earle Evans, Betty Jo DeTar, Virginia Davis, Mary Helen Bellamy, Roberta Buechele, Minnie McCafferty and John Edward Wilson. Third row: James Price, Cecil Gladish, Grace Rasner, Dorothy Corn, Ruth Wheeler, Virginia Schultz and Kenneth Rich- ardson. Fourth row: Russell Coleman, Robert Phillips, Marjorie Lee Dyer, Mary McLain, Margaret Co- peland and Wilma Kays. Fifth row: Marian Beadles, James Greenfield, Marvin Snyder, James Glass- ford, Flo Craig, Kenneth McQueen, Robert Thompson and Billy Morton. Sixth row: Cathryn Coleman, Wilson Simpson, Carroll Coleman, Mark Marshall, Seigel Norrington, Gene Hayden, Bobby Kemp, El- liott Powers, Beaulis Doughty, Warren Luttrull, Mr. Smith and Anthony Haley. Seventh row: Kenneth Nelson, Gene Corn, Billy Woodford, Miss Royalty, Hubert Hopkins, Thornley Dana, Weldon Young and Jack Woolsey. Wednesday, June 28 • Workers assemble first Cor- vette in Flint, Mich. (1953) • Archduke Ferdinand assassi- nated (1914) Thursday, June 29 • The Globe Theater burns down (1613) • U.S. space shuttle docks with Russian space station (1995) Friday, June 30 • "Gone with the Wind" pub- lished (1936) • Sandy Koufax pitches first no-hitter (1962) Saturday, July 1 • Hong Kong returned to Chi- na (1997) • The Battle of Gettysburg be- gins (1863) Sunday, July 2 • Johnson signs Civil Rights Act (1964) • Congress votes for independ- ence (1776) Monday, July 3 • Battle of Gettysburg ends (1863) • Idaho becomes 43rd State (1890) Tuesday, July 4 • U.S. declares independence (1776) • Pathfinder lands on Mars (1997) Source: History.com Wesleyan Wesleyan HUNTINGBURG HOLINESS CHURCH 813 N. Washington St. Huntingburg Pastor 812-354-4273 Sunday morning service and Sunday school 10 a.m.; Sunday evening worship 6 p.m.; Wednesday prayer and praise 7 p.m. Everyone is always wel- come. For information or trans- NEW BEGINNING FELLOWSHIP WESLEYAN CHURCH 9th and McCoy, Petersburg Pastor 812-632-0773 Sunday morning worship 10 :30 a.m. You are invited to worship with us. Richard Comer, Pastor OTWELL WESLEYAN CHURCH 2277 N. Mechanics Street Otwell Pastor 812-354-3028 Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10 :30 a.m.; evening worship service 6:30 p.m. Tuesday morning women's portation, call the Pastor. Brent S. Myers, Pastor Bible study at the fellowship hall 10 a.m. Youth meeting first Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. at the fellowship hall. We invite all of you to come and worship with us. Roy Stilwell, Pastor Pam Lemond, Reporter Continued in next column CHURCH NOTE DEADLINE 10 A.M. EVERY TUESDAY NEWS! Want to share your news with others? The Press-Dispatch can help deliver it to Pike and the surrounding counties. 812-354-8500