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C-8 Wednesday, August 30, 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, July 21, 1942 The State Board of Fi- nance voted unanimous- ly Wednesday to increase from $700 to $ 800 the an- nual state aid for each teaching unit in Indiana. Mrs. Wm. Robling and Mrs. Lon St. John cele- brated their birthdays at the home of Mr. and Mrs. St. Johns. at the noon hour a delicious dinner was served. The birthday cakes were baked by Mrs. Fern Ford, Terre Haute, Ind., Mrs. G. J. Webb, Sullivan, Ind., and Mrs. Blake Gra- ble. The annual Sunday School Picnic of the Wilson Creek Baptist church will be in the Barlow Grove, near the church July 30. The Everready class will have charge of all the ar- rangements this year, and are planning to make it one of the biggest and most profitable ever held. A farewell dinner was given at the Hornady Park, Sunday for Robert Fair, who will leave soon for ser- vice in the Army. The after- noon was spent in conver- sation and taking pictures. Mrs. Frank Fine of Win- slow gave a pink and blue shower at her home Friday evening for Mrs. Fred Col- vin. Mrs. Colvin received many lovely gifts. Bridge was the main diversion of the evening and was played at three tables. Pink and blue color scheme was carried out in the delicious dessert course served to Mrs. Tom Marsee, Mrs. Fred Neal Jr., Mrs. Fred Neal, Mrs. William Al- len, Mrs. Helen Coleman, Mrs. Jim Gross, Mrs. My- ron Whitelock, Mrs. Pat Queen, Mrs. John Steer, Mrs. Harold Johnson, and the guest of honor, Mrs. Fred Colvin. Marriages: A clipping from the Midlan, Texas paper received by Mr. and Mrs. Willard McClure, Tuesday, carried the an- nouncement of the mar- riage of their son Bert to a Texas girl; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tisdale of Winslow an- nounce the marriage of their daughter, Juanita to Mr. Carol Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Woods of Winslow. Deaths: Oren Delmas Abell died Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the home of his parents, in Campbell- town, following an illness of eight years of silicosis. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, July 19, 1957 George White, of Logan township, was painfully in- jured at about 2:30 p.m. Fri- day when he was thrown from a tractor-drawn mow- ing machine while mowing the horse lot on the fami- ly place about 10 miles from Petersburg. White suffered a severe cut from the center of his forehead to the right temple which required fifty stitches, oth- er face injuries, and multi- ple body bruises. Delmas Wyatt, promi- nent Petersburg business man, was elected by the City Council Monday night to a three year term on the Petersburg School Board to fill the vacancy created by the completion of over nine years service on the board by Beecher Conrad. Rev. Herschell Williams of the Free Methodist Walnut Grove church will preach this morning and evening services, Sun- day, July 21, and Rev. John Ricks of Washington will conduct morning and eve- ning services, Sunday, July 28, at the Petersburg Free Methodist church. Trustee Isaac T. Barrett announces the teachers for Spurgeon School of Mon- roe Township, Pike Coun- ty. Principal, Dallas Fer- guson, Dona Belle Hunley, Howard Mason, Kenneth Hunley, Frank Spradley, Haskell Woolsey, Gladys Dyson, Clara Ferguson and Jack Skinner. Mr. Skinner will be the new basketball coach. He was a star while playing for Spurgeon and has played one year for Oakland City College. Births: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Evans of the Rumbletown vicinity, a boy, Saturday. Deaths: Funeral servic- es were conducted at 10 :30 a.m. Thursday for Danny Woodall, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woodall, who died at 7:20 p.m. Monday in shallow waters of Lake Lawrence; Funeral servic- es for Gertrude Goodrid, 75, will be at 2 p.m. today, July 19, at the Harris Fu- neral Home; Funeral Ser- vices for Grace Dephew Blemell, 69, of Otwell were at 10 a.m. Monday, July 15, at the Harris Funeral Home. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 3, 1967 New laws governing the operation of motorcycles went into effect July 26, and since that time many warning tickets have been written, but few if any ar- rests made for any of the violations of the new laws. However, in the near fu- ture warnings will proba- bly turn into regular traf- fic tickets. The inspiring soul-stir- ring Klaudt Indian Family will be at the Winslow Gen- eral Baptist Church Thurs- day, August 9, at 7:30 fea- turing a full line of music vocally in quartets, etc., along with instruments ac- companiment on organ, pi- ano, bass violin, trombone, tenor and alto saxophone. In an area that is sup- posed to be reserved for the men- livestock exhi- bition- two girls moved to the fore at the Livestock show of the Pike County Fair last Wednesday, Ju- ly 26. Rita Whaley, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whaley of Route 1, Otwell was the exhibitor of the Grand Champion Barrow and Jeanna Traylor, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Traylor of South 5th Street in Petersburg, showed the top steer. Howard Briscoe, head football coach at Peters- burg High School, an- nounced the first practice will be held Tuesday, Au- gust 15. Two practice ses- sions daily are planned, one at 8 a.m. and one at 6 p.m. at the football field. Claud L. Hayes, son of Mrs. Bernice Hayes of Oakland City and the late Rev. C. J. Hayes, has been appointed by the U.S. State Department to receive a Fulbright Grant as an exchange teacher to the United Kingdom. Mr. Hayes, a graduate of Ot- well High School received degrees from the Univer- sity of Evansville and Indi- ana University. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brittingham of Petersburg, a son Thurs- day, July 27; To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hancock of Evansville, Tuesday, July 25, at St. Mary's hospital, a daughter named Dianna Michelle; To Mr. and Mrs. James Willis of Blooming- ton Saturday, July 29, a daughter, Lorisa Kay; To Mr. and Mrs. John Gray of the Iva Community, Sun- day, July 30, a daughter, Jill Deanna; To Mr. and Mrs. William H. Woodford of Sheffield, Alabama, a daughter, Molly Marie; To Mr. and Mrs. William Ries- enbeck of Route 2 Velpen, a daughter, Cheryl Elaine. Deaths: William J. Garner, 67, dropped dead from a heart attack at 2:30 Thursday afternoon in the hog lot at his home past Union on Hazelton Route 1; Mrs. Maude Simon, 85, lifetime resident of Oak- land City died Friday at Hedges Good Samaritan Home following an illness of 14 months; Ralph E. Reynolds, 48, was one of the persons killed in the jet airliner and private plane collision near Henderson- ville, North Caroline July 19; Joseph Preston Mor- ton, 78, of Route One, Pe- tersburg, died Wednesday morning, August 2 at 6:25 in the Daviess County hos- pital in Washington where he was a patient suffering from a heart ailment and asthma; Mrs. Mamie Fur- man died Tuesday, August 1, in a Kalamazoo, Mich- igan hospital after a six month illness; Mrs. Helen E. Jones, 72, of Hunting- burg, native of Petersburg, died at 3:25 a.m. Tuesday, August 1 in the St. Joseph's hospital; Funeral services for James R. Catt, 84, of Al- giers were conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Har- ris Funeral Home with the Rev. H. W. Bailey officiat- ing. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, July 30, 1992 An Oakland City teen was arrested Thursday af- ternoon in connection with the attempted rape of a ru- ral Pike County woman while she was walking on the Line Road. Timothy D. Kidd, 19, of Oakland City was arrested at about 3 p.m. Thursday, July 23 in Winslow following an inter- view by State Trooper Paul Bastin and Winslow Town Marshal Steve English. This year the parade and unmarching band at the Zoar Mosquito Fest will move. It may not seem like earth shattering news, but Life magazine thought it was hot enough of an item to include in a feature on festivals throughout the United States. A Winslow woman was seriously injured Friday af- ternoon when the car she was driving slammed into a car that had been pulled in front of her. Brenda Rich- ardson, 37, of Route 1, Win- slow is in serious condition at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. She was re- turning from Mooresville, where she had driven Don Groves, 33, of Winslow to a medical clinic. Lisa Rowe of Petersburg waits as an Indiana State Police inspector looks un- derneath her bus in prepa- ration of the start of school this fall. Of the 44 buses in- spected, 11 passed, 27 did not pass because of minor infractions, and six were out of service. A reinspec- tion is scheduled for Mon- day, Aug. 3. The annual in- spection precedes the start of school which in Pike County is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 20. A house in Spurgeon was damaged by fire last Thurs- day night when a cooking fire spread throughout much of it at about 8:30. Spurgeon Fire Chief Ray Brooks said much of Steve and Cathy Harker's house was "gutted" by fire and other rooms sustained heavy smoke damage. He said they were able to con- trol the fire quickly once they arrived. Many of the fireman had just left a 911 meeting in Petersburg and were able to get to it quick- ly. Marriages: Christy Traylor and Jim Kinder, both of Jasper, were mar- ried Tuesday, June 20, at Henderson, Ky. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Phil Claridge of Pe- tersburg on July 16, their first child, a daughter, Er- in Nicole; To Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Curtis of Midland, Tex., July 27, a son, Al- exander Paul; To Steven Todd and Paula Hill of Pe- tersburg, Tuesday, July 21, their first child, a daugh- ter, Alicia Ann; To Pastor and Mrs. Jeffrey A. New- ton of Matoon, Ill., July 24, a daughter, Sarah Jane; To Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dedman of Jasper, by adoption, Al- exander Joe Dedman born on June 10. Deaths: Lloyd Cox, 77, of Petersburg, died Sun- day, July 26 at 12:05 a.m. at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; William Austin El- lison, 81, of Winslow, died Wednesday, July 22 at 4 a.m. at Deaconess Hospi- tal in Evansville; Prentice Bradfield, 90, of Peters- burg, died Tuesday after- noon, July 28 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; Judith Kay Marchino, 52, of Vin- cennes, died at 2:30 a.m. Thursday at her residence; Dalton Griffith, 75, of Man- chester died Thursday, June 4 at Wabash County Hospital, Mary Lois Lee, 68, of Lafayette, former- ly of Winslow, died Sun- day, July 26 at 1:40 p.m. at Home Hospital in Lafay- ette. 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. 1970 Winslow Eskimo Drum Major and Majorettes Pictured above are the 1970 Winslow Eskimo Drum Major and Majorettes. Drum Major - David Couts; Co-Captains - Dianne Deen and Debbie Norrington; Standing - Vicki Howard, Rita Hardin, Jeanette Tooley, Sherri Newton and Jo Ellen Richardson. Wednesday, August 30 • Thurgood Marshall con- firmed as Supreme Court jus- tice (1967) • Cleopatra commits suicide (30 B.C.) Thursday, August 31 • Jack the Ripper claims first victim (1888) • Edison patents the Kineto- graph (1897) Friday, September 1 • Atlanta fall to Union forces (1864) • Germans invade Poland (1939) Saturday, September 2 • First ATM opens for business (1969) • Congress founds U.S. treas- ury (1789) Sunday, September 3 • Treaty of Paris signed (1783) • The Stars and Stripes flies (1777) Monday, September 4 • Geronimo surrenders (1886) • Edsel arrives in showrooms at last (1957) Tuesday, September 5 • Sam Houston elected as pres- ident of Texas (1836) • First session of Continental Congress convenes (1774) Source: History.com