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C-4 Wednesday, July 5, 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 23, 1942 A tornado that swept over the northeastern part of Washington and Jeffer- son townships, Friday af- ternoon at 3 p.m., wrecked two barns, unroofed ma- ny buildings, and greatly damaged trees and grow- ing crops. More than two inches of rain fell during the day, with hail falling in some localities. The local Moose Lodge No. 1617 held a family par- ty in their new home last Friday night, over 150 were present and everyone en- joyed themselves. The Lodge is making every Fri- day evening family night so, Brother Moose bring the family and have some fun with the crowd. Enter- tainment starts at 8:30 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hale received word Fri- day morning that their son James Hale, was be- ing transferred from Past Christian, Mississippi to the state of Washington. Also they were informed that he had been promot- ed to Sergeant. Mrs. Olive Liibs and Mrs. Belle Colvin will leave Wednesday, for Indi- anapolis. They will spend the night there and Thurs- day they will go to West La- fayette to attend the annu- al convention of the Psi Io- ta Xi to be held in the Pur- due Memorial Union, June 25 and 26th. The Beta Tau chapter of Frankfort, will be hostess. Kirk D. Holland, inde- pendent oil operator of Chi- cago drilling on the Horrell lease in the Giro field at the depth of 1,825 feet in the top of the McClosky for- mation cored four and one- half feet of oil bearing lime and preparing to acidize. The core showed presence of oil, but no estimates can be made as to the produc- tion from this well until af- ter it is acidized. Births: Born Thursday to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bar- rett of Glezen, a daughter named Thema Ann; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dans- forth of Indianapolis are the proud parents of a ba- by girl born on May 29th. They named her Donna Lou. Mr. and Mrs. George Leathco welcomed a daughter on Friday morn- ing. Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. Stancil Williams announce the marriage of their daughter, Nina Marie to Vern Prince. The wedding was Saturday night at Old Monroe, Missouri. Deaths: Margaret A. Sanders of Glezen passed away Saturday, following a month's illness, of com- plications, due to infirmi- ties of age; William Pres- ton Hill dies at the home of his daughter Saturday morning at 8:10 a.m. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, May 24, 1957 Mayor L. Carol Thom- as, today proclaimed Fri- day and Saturday, May 24 and 25, as Buddy Pop- py Day in Petersburg and called on the citizens of the city to wear a buddy pop- py on that day as evidence of gratitude to all the men who risked their lives in defense of the freedoms which Americans contin- ue to enjoy. Traffic pileups claimed one life and injured 41 in Pike County during 1956, Sheriff Wilmer R. Whitehead and the Indi- ana State Police Depart- ment announced today. In- diana's economic loss last year was $145,112,500.00 attributable to traffic, the county's share was placed at $118,750. The loss was based on medical expense, property damage, loss of time from work by the vic- tims, and related costs. Albert Dosch, owner of Dosch's Cafe and Bus Station, reported that his business establishment on Main Street had been robbed of approximately $250 in cash and merchan- dise. The robbery wasn't discovered until Monday afternoon, when the pin ball machine was being serviced. Mystery Farm No. 3 was not identified by its owner last week. This is the first picture to go unidentified since the new feature was inaugurated three weeks ago. Three persons did notify The Press that had an idea as to what farm was pictured. Ray Evans, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Evans, Sr., of Petersburg, has been named principal of Center School in Perry Township in near Muncie, Ind. Mr. Evans resigned as head basketball, baseball, and track coach to accept the new position. Marriages: Deaths: Larry Wil- son Dedrick, age three months and 25 days, died at 10 :25 a.m. May 20 ; Wil- liam J. McMillen, 74, died at 10 :20 p.m. Tuesday in Vincennes; FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, June 8, 1967 Following the regular session of Pike County commissioners Monday at the court house in Peters- burg, Pike County Board of Finance met at the office of Auditor Ivan Lawyer. Pres- ident Glen Nicholson read a letter from the Citizens State Bank addressed to the board. The letter state: "Please be advised that this bank is not receiv- ing deposits from the Pike County School Corpora- tion as directed in your or- der executed by your board as of Monday, February 27, 1967. We request that your Board take whatever action it deems necessary and ad- visable to correct this sit- uation." An invitation has been extended to the public to visit the power plant site of Hoosier Energy Division of Indiana Statewide REC, Inc., and view the progress of construction. The area will be open this Sunday, June 11, from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. The plant site, on the banks of White River, is lo- cated on Blackburn Road, off State Highway 57, north of Petersburg. Arrangements are now being made to orga- nize an adult county-wide band. Membership will be open, without age re- quirements, to any musi- cian who is a graduate of any high school. With the many musicians graduat- ing from high school each year it was felt that an adult band would accomplish a furthering of their musi- cal growth. James L. Bolte, director of the Petersburg High School Band, will be the director. The regular meeting of the Petersburg Boy Scout Troop 151 held Wednes- day evening, May 31, at the Youth Center of the Peters- burg Methodist church, feature a "family night," introduction of the new Scourtmaster Marvin Fox, and honor presentations to three friends of scouting. Pike County 4-H Club members will hold their an- nual camp early this year. This club activity, which usually follows the fair, has been re-scheduled for the period of June 28 through July 1. The camp, as usual, will be held in the Group Camping Area of Lincoln State Park. The cost of the camp will be $ 9 per person and this fee will include room, board and insurance on each camper from the time they leave home until they return home. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hale, of South Bend, a daughter, Rachel Ann, born Thursday, June 1; to Mr. and Mrs. Fredick Hanebutt of Huntingburg, a son, Jeffry Alan, born Tuesday, May 30 ; to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Town- ley, a son, Brent Joel, born Friday, May 26; to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ficklin of Indi- anapolis, a daughter, Sheri Deann, born May 23; to Mr. and Mrs. James Kell of Oakland City, a son, James Calvin, born Wednesday, May 31; to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harting of Oakland City, a son, David Michael, born Tuesday, May 30. Marriages: Deaths: Agnes Dearing, 69, of Arthur, died Tues- day, June 6, at 10 :10 p.m. in the St. Josephs hospital in Huntingburg; Clarence Denem, 68, native of Ot- well, died Monday in the St. Vincent hospital in In- dianapolis; Golda Combs Morton, 62, of Oakland City, died Sunday, May 28; Johnson ( John) Richard- son, 49, formerly of Peters- burg, died Thursday, June 1; Estella Mercer ,77, of Al- giers, died Monday, june 5 at 11:55 p.m. in the Daviess County hospital; Franklin P. Henager, 64, of Oak- land City, died Thursday, June 1, at 5:30 p.m. in the Welborn Baptist hospital; Bruce Marsee, 44, of Pe- tersburg, died at his home Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, June 4, 1992 A Spurgeon man is in critical condition and his two teenage sons are in the hospital recovering from injuries suffered when a pickup they were in col- lided with a coal truck Fri- day morning near Spur- geon. Mark Bailey, 37, was listed in critical condition in the intensive care unit of St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville, Tuesday morn- ing. Bailey's 14-year-old son Doug was listed in sat- isfactory condition at Wel- born Baptist. Chris, 18, who graduated from Pike Central two weeks ago was released from Welborn Monday. The proposed site for the new county jail has cleared all of the hurdles that might have kept it from being approved, ac- cording to county commis- sioner Dave Stewart. Stew- art told the commissioners he had talked with archi- tect Lawrence Goldberg on the phone and was told the core drillings, environ- mental assessment and ap- praisals of the Rauch prop- erty were all satisfactory. The retirement of Peters- burg Police Chief Morris Meals was announced at Monday night's meeting of the Petersburg coun- cil and also the board of works meeting. The move ends months of rumors and speculation concerning the police department. In Jan- uary Mayor Randall Har- ris appointed Meals as act- ing chief saying he would be evaluated. Harris had no comment on a replace- ment for Meals at Mon- day's meetings. A fter more than 12 years of work Pike County's pub- lic golf course will open on July 1. Construction on the course was completed last fall, but when the course would be ready for play was doubtful. It was seed- ed last year, but an early frost following unusually warm weather was feared to have damaged the greens. The greens were re-seeded this spring and it was any body's guess as to when the course would open. Three different ex- perts offered three differ- ent answers. They ranged from June 1992 to fall of 1992 to spring of 1993. The nine-hole course, which totals about 3,000 yards in length, is located at Prides Creek. Its name, Prides Creek Golf Course, was a natural. The Lady Chargers turned a 6 -0 seventh in- ning lead into a nail biter Saturday night, but they prevailed and won their fifth consecutive section- al championship with a 6 - 4 win over Princeton. Births: To Barbara J. Ritter of Glezen, a son, Ian Mackenzie, born Thurs- day, May 28; to Tom and Michelle Emmons of Farm- ington, N.M., a son, Dylan Thomas, born Sunday May 31; to Doug Dillon of Ha- zleton and Brenda Thom- spon of Petersburg, a son, Colton Rey Dillon, born Friday, May 22; to Mr. and Mrs. Mack Krohn of Ot- well, a daughter, Karissa Leigh, born Wednesday, May 20 ; to Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Williams of Win- slow, a son, Stephen Scott, born May 24. Marriages: Deaths: Ethel G. Hen- son, 84, of Petersburg, died at 5:22 p.m. Wednes- day, May 27 at Amber Man- or Care Center in Peters- burg; Eugene (Tony) Ma- son, 73, of Princeton, for- merly of Spurgeon, died at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, May 31, at St. Mary's Medical Cen- ter in Evansville; Cassie A. Mize, 96, of Oakland City, died at 12:50 p.m. Friday, May 29, at Good Samari- tan Nursing Home in Oak- land City; Mary Alta Park- er, 88, of Marshall, Mo., formerly of Pike County, died Saturday, May 30, at Mar-Saline Manor in Mar- shall; Joe Cooper, 60, of Oakland City, died at 3:37 p.m. Thursday, May 28, at Wirth Hospital in Oakland City; Nancy Ellen Souer- dike, 56, of Loogootee, mother of Scott Souerdike of Otwell, died at 7:05 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, in Bed- ford Medical Center; Roy Burton Sr., 86, of Decatur, Ill., formerly of Hazleton, died at 2:40 a.m. Saturday, May 30 at Decatur Memo- rial Hospital. SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 1985 Pike Central High School Yearbook Staff Yearbook staff members include, sitting: Doyle Evans, advisor Ms. Sims, Roger Whitehead, Sharmon Swain, Candy Burns and editor-in-chief Amy Barnett. Standing, front row: Suzette Bell and Kathy Tredway. Standing, second row: Kim Wheatley, Jodie Na- gel, Debbie Odom, Tina Elkins, Cathy Abell, Stephanie Storey, Kim Rhodes, Rita Cummins and Reese Gray. Standing, back row: Lisa Collins, Bridget Young, Terri Campbell, Dean Jones and Greg Carlisle. Wednesday, July 5 • White Sox accused of throwing World Series (1921) • Major League Baseball's first All- Star Game is held (1933) Thursday, July 6 • Althea Gibson is first A frican American to win Wimbledon (1957) • Anne Frank's family takes refuge (1942) Friday, July 7 • Building of Hoover Dam begins (1930) • Mary Surratt is first woman to be executed by U.S. federal govern- ment (1865) Saturday, July 8 • Liberty Bell tolls to announce Dec- laration of Independence (1776) • Paris celebrates 2000th birthday (1951) Sunday, July 9 • Wimbledon tournament begins (1877) • Florence Blanchfield becomes first female army officer (1947) Monday, July 10 • Monkey Trial begins (1925) • U.S. Patent issued for three-point seatbelt (1962) Tuesday, July 11 • Burr slays Hamilton in duel (1804) • President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Aid Road Act (1916) Source: History.com