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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, September 6, 2017 C-7 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 Friday, July 24, 1942 Mrs. Susan Coleman, grandmother of Lorel Cole- man, coach and teacher in the Petersburg High School for the past several years, reached her 80th birthday last Sunday, and the occa- sion was fittingly celebrated with a dinner at which all but one of Mrs. Coleman's chil- dren attended at her home in Oakland City. One of the most terrible traffic accidents in the his- tory of the city of Indianap- olis happened Monday after- noon at the corner of Merid- ian and Washington streets, in that city, at a time when the streets were crowded with afternoon shoppers, when John William Lee lost control of the car which he was operating, the car jump- ing the curb and plunging in- to the persons on the side- walk, knocking them right and left, pushing several through a large plate glass window. Two persons were killed outright and ten oth- ers critically injured. Among those most seriously injured was a former native of this county, Miss Irma Gene Chandler. Hear the Pike County Nurses in the broadcast of District Health I Depart- ment No. 1 over station WAOV, Vincennes, Monday, July 27, 1942, at 6:30 p.m. Drop a card to the station if you enjoy the program. The members of the Delta Theta Tau Sorority gathered at the home of Mrs. Violet Lemmon, Tuesday evening, and from there journeyed to the East Side Park, Wash- ington for a picnic dinner. Gordon Johnson who en- listed in the U.S. Navy in May is stationed at Great Lakes Naval Training Sta- tion. He entered training in the hospital school last week. Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Tate of the Cato com- munity announce the mar- riage of their younger daughter, Mildred, to Cor- poral Charles M. Rogers, which took place Wednes- day evening, July 8, in Se- attle, Washington; Mr. and Mrs. Ira Traylor of the Ot- well neighborhood an- nounce the marriage of their only daughter, Mildred to Mr. Ivan Fears, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fears, a farm- er living near Union; Miss Mildred Hisgen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hisgen, became the bride of Staff Sgt. Royal Benjamin of Fort Bragg, N.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Lou Benjamin, of this city last Saturday. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stonecipher of Indianapolis announce the birth of a boy, born July 22, named Ken- neth Ray. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, July 26, 1957 Registration for the Jack and Jill Kindergarten is now open, according to Mrs. G. Ray Fields, teacher. The kin- dergarten class meets in the First Methodist church each morning Monday through Friday from 9 -11:30 and is open to children four and five years of age. The open- ing date will be Friday, Au- gust 30. The First National Bank this week instituted a new service in banking designed to speed up and simplify use of that institution's facilities. An advertisement elsewhere in this issue fully explains the bank's new drive-up win- dow which will enable quick- er deposits with no parking meter problems. John Voyles, owner of the IGA Market at Ninth and Main, announced yester- day that he has acquired the property between his store and the Presbyterian church on Main and will convert the place into a parking ar- ea. The purchase increases his frontage on Main street by sixty feet. The new park- ing area will run from Main street to the paved alley at the rear of Voyle's store. Mrs. Muriel Early an- nounced this week that she has relocated her photogra- phy studio in new quarters at 208 South Ninth Street, just one door south of the Church of Christ. Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. James Beach, of Glezen, an- nounce the marriage of their daughter, Carol Jean to Ted O. Bowen, of Alhambra, Ca- lif. The couple were mar- ried in Las Vegas, June 21; Miss Patricia Ann Logan, daughter of Mrs. Goldia Lo- gan and the late Kenneth Lo- gan of Petersburg and Rob- ert Joe Beck, son of Mrs. Jes- sie Beck of Petersburg, were united in marriage at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 24 in the First Methodist church. Deaths: Friends of Leo M. Smith, St. Louis, received word of his death Sunday, Ju- ly 21; Funeral services for Mrs. Willa B. Davidson, 55, were at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 23, in the Methodist church at Velpen; Bernard Smoot Craig, 64 year old farm- er of Glendale, died at 1:30 a.m. Monday, July 22, at the Good Samaritan hospital in Vincennes; Funeral services for Mrs. Frannie A. Day, 82, of Velpen, will be at 2 p.m. today at the Velpen Method- ist church; Funeral services for Mrs. Etta Ingersoll, 57, were at 10 :30 a.m. Monday, July 22, at the General Bap- tist Church; Funeral servic- es for Arminta D. DeMotte, 83-year-old widow of Frank Demotte, were at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 24. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 10, 1967 All graduates of Winslow High School Class of 1952 are invited to attend a pot- luck supper at the Teen Cen- ter in Winslow, August 19, at 6:30 p.m. Please bring table service and covered dish. Drinks will be provided. Two Pike County men were inducted into the Unit- ed States Army on August 2 at Louisville induction cen- ter. The men were Larry Rufus Loveless, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Loveless of Route 5, Petersburg and Alan Louis Benjamin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Heber Benja- min of Route 1, Petersburg. The Petersburg Church of God Youth Group is in the process of preparing for the International Youth Conven- tion of 1968, which will be held in Minneapolis, Minne- sota, August 22 through Au- gust 25. Two cars were damaged in a collision Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at the intersection of Sixth and Poplar Streets, Petersburg. There were no serious injuries to the oc- cupants of the two automo- biles, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Whitehead of Route 2, Pe- tersburg, Mr. and Mrs. Jon Welch and son, Terry of Route 1, Petersburg. White- head, driver of a 1962 Chev- rolet, was headed west on Poplar Street and failed to yield right of way according to Police Officer Blythe Ma- lotte and collided about the middle of the intersection with Welch, driving a Chev- rolet, headed north on Sixth Street. Marriages: Miss Judith Ann Toler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Toler of Route 1, Petersburg and Garold Dean Hawk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Hawk, of Washington, were united in marriage in a double ring ceremony, Saturday, July 22, at 7:30 in a candlelight cer- emony in the Reels Chapel Methodist church. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DeJarnett of Ot- well, a daughter, Theresa Sue; To Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cockerham of Petersburg, a son; To Mr. and Mrs. Bob- by L. Jolly of Oakland City, a son, Robert Dawl; To Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Buse, a daughter; To Mrs. and Mr. Charles Sanders of Oak- land City, by adoption, a seven month old daughter, Deena Lynn; To Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Ronald Patton of Seymour, a daughter, Be- tanda Ann; To Mr. and Mrs. George Sahb of Dearborn, Michigan, a daughter, Kim- berly Lynn; To Mr. and Mrs. James Omstead of Peters- burg, a son, Daniel Edward; To Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie F. Bartley of Oakland City, a daughter, Shaleen Lynn; To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strick- land of Route 3, Oakland City, a daughter, Lori Lynn. Deaths: Walter R. Hamm, 60, Petersburg rote 5, died at his residence at 3:30 Tues- day, July 25; Elder Clarence E. Rumble, 63, of Flat Rock, Illinois died at 7:30 p.m. Sat- urday, August 5, at his res- idence. Death was sudden and a shock to his fami- ly; Charles "Chuck" Price, 42, Oakland City resident dies Friday at Gibson Gen- eral Hospital where he had been a patient for two days following several months ill- ness; Mrs. Rose Mae Jenner, 85, widow of the late Rev. J. Frank Jenner, Sr., died Sat- urday, July 2, at the India- napolis Community Hospi- tal; Thomas Rex Coleman, 69, of Evansville, a former resident of Petersburg, and his wife, Clara, were killed instantly in a violent traffic collision Monday morning of this week, on the Diamond Expressway in Evansville. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, Aug 6, 1992 The building that spawned the nickname Es- kimos for Winslow Hugh School sports teams was pulled down last week, but the memories will live on for many. The old Community Building housed hundreds maybe even thousands of sporting and civic events in Winslow between 1921 and 1990, but because of its di- lapidated condition it was pulled down Thursday. A Washington man was arrested for drunken driv- ing Friday night on Main St., Petersburg. Allen S. Fox, 25, of 1808 Cosby Rd., was stopped by Petersburg offi- cer Tim Decker about 11:20 p.m. Mark Ransford was hired as assistant superintendent for the Pike County School Corporation at a special school board meeting Tues- day night. Ransford replac- es Roy Sunderman who re- quested a return to the class- room. Sunderman will teach at Otwell Elementary School this fall. For the second year in a row drunken driving ar- rests in Pike County are be- ing made at a record rate. In 1991, 145 arrests were made. That was 40 more than any previous year and twice as many were made in 1990. The most prior to 1991 was in 1986, when there were 104. So far this year there have been 101 arrests, which is more than any previous year since 1986. County Commissioners came a step closes to getting the jail construction under- way and scheduled an infor- mational meeting on the jail design for next week. They also set a meeting to discuss with the county whether or not they will continue to op- erate the county landfill. Marriages: Kelly Ries- enbeck of Pikeville and To- ny Dillon of Evansville were united in marriage at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at St. Mary's Church in Evans- ville. Births: To Darin and Judy Richardson of Oakland City, a daughter, Cynthia Brooke; To Mr. and Mrs. Scott Stone of Houston, T X at Memori- al City Hospital , July 12, a daughter, Emily Claire; To Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Gray of Velpen, on Friday, July 31, a son, Devin Thomas; To Mr. and Mrs. Scott Satterfield of Otwell, Sunday, July 19, their first child, a daughter, Shanique Rae. Deaths: Mildred E. Thompson, 75, of Somer- ville, died Saturday, Aug. 1, at 2 a.m. at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville; John William Jewell, 67, of Shoals, died at 10 :40 a.m. Sunday, Aug 2, at Bedford Medical Center; Fayetta M. O'Neal Bailey, 77, of Colora- do Springs, Colo., former- ly of Petersburg and Princ- eton, died July 23 following a lengthy illness; Cecile L. Sutton. 89, of Monroe City, died at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Ju- ly 28 at Willow Manor Nurs- ing Home in Vincennes. 1960-1961 Miller School Pictured above are, on the bench (l to r): Mick Deffendall, Mark Hamm, Nick Deffendall, Scott Willis. First row: Debbie Shoultz, Mike Hamm, Wilma Shoultz, Mike Knight, Lorlei Shoultz and Rebecca Christams. Second row: Richard Shoultz, Mike Krieg, Mary Dedrick, Steve Cunningham, Joy West and Jack Miller. Third row: Donnie Loveless, Jimmy Krieg, Adron Shoultz, Brenda Jenkins, Jerry Krieg and John Miller. Standing in the back of the class are (l to r): Dan miller, Greg Hamm, Rick Deffendall, Jeff Cunning- ham and Kevin Krieg. Teacher at the top is George Borders. The school is still standing approximately two miles east of Oatsville in Logan township to this day. Wednesday, September 6 • First tank produced (1915) • Magellan's expedition circum- navigates the globe (1522) Thrusday, September 7 • United States nicknamed Un- cle Sam (1813) • World's first submarine attack (1776) Friday, September 8 • Ford pardons Nixon (1974) • New Amsterdam becomes New York (1664) Saturday, September 9 • President Cleveland's child born in White House (1893) • Congress renames the na- tion "United States of Amer- ica" (1776) Sunday, September 10 • First drunk driving arrest (1897) • New York City parade honors World War I veterans (1919) Monday, September 11 • Attack on America (2001) • The Battle of Brandywine be- gins (1777) Tuesday, September 12 • Lascaux cave paintings dis- covered (1940) • New floating bridge opens in Seattle; I-90 stretches from coast to coast (1993) Source: History.com The Press-Dispatch Join the new 812-354-8500 | www.pressdispatch.net *By enrolling in the Birthday Club, you agree to have your name, town and birth- day, or the person's name and town and birthday of whom you are enrolling, printed in e Press-Dispatch on the week in which the birthday occurs. 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