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C-8 Wednesday, September 13, 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 28, 1942 Walter Robling, 60 years of age and one of the well known citizens of the Glezen community was critically injured Saturday night be- tween 11 and 12, when the pick-up truck in which he was riding, owned and driv- en by neighbor Heber Bat- tles, was struck by a car driv- en by Mrs. Ernest Smith. Mr. Robling was the most seriously hurt, having suf- fered many cuts and bruis- es, the most serious being a crushed chest and shoulder. Leon, 11 year old sol of Mr. and Mrs. Minuard Russell, of the Log Creek Community, fell from a gate, at the home, Thursday evening and dislo- cated his right elbow. He was taken to the Miller Hospital for treatment. The Pike Selective Ser- vice Board sent 31 Pike County men to Evansville, Friday morning for their militar examination for in- duction into the U.S. Army. Sixteen of the 31 failed to pass the physical examina- tion. The fifteen who passed the test successfully were indicted into the army and were given a fourteen day furlough before reporting to their training centers. This is a new ruling which is now in effect and permits those selected for service to re- turn home after acceptance for fourteen days before en- tering their training. Mrs. John Hinkle and two year old son were driv- ing on the highway near the Hamlin Chapel, Knox coun- ty, when their car collided with another, and the baby was thrown against some- thing and a large gash will cut his forehead. The child was brought to this city for surgical attention and is get- ting along nicely at this time. Marriages: A quiet and pretty wedding was per- formed at the local Meth- odist church by the pastor, Reverend R. M. Taylor, Sun- day evening at 6:30 when he united in marriage Miss June Sanders, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sanders, and Jack Helm Benson, a na- tive of Lawrence County, Il- linois, using the single ring ceremony. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Ross Gregory, Jr. are the proud parents of a son born July 23. He has been named Philip Andrews; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Mark McClure, a seven pound girl. Deaths: Imogene Chan- dler, a native of this coun- ty, and who was critically in- jured last Monday afternoon in Indianapolis, died at the hospital in that city Sunday morning at 7:45 from inju- ries received when she was struck by a car and thrown through a window; Wood- son Arnold Harmon, one of the widest known and most highly respected of the old- er citizens of this county passed away at the home of his daughter at 10 :30 p.m., Thursday evening, Ju- ly 23; Taylor Wyatt died at the Daviess County Hospi- tal at Washington, Sunday evening at 6. The cause of death was given as a blood clot; Mrs. Clester Phillips, wife of Floyd Phillips, died in the Welborn hospital at Evansville, at 2 p.m. Sun- day; Funeral services were Sunday for the infant daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Youngs. The baby was born Saturday. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, August 2, 1957 Job's Daughters will put on an ice cream social Sat- urday night at Coleman's car lot. Better make plans for ice cream, cake, pie and coffee. The girls are raising money for new robes. Jack Wilhite, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilhite, will receive his B.S.A.E. de- gree from Purdue Univer- sity Aug. 2. He will report to Langley Air Force Base, Aug. 4 where he will be sta- tioned for a month. Earl Johnson, who for five years served in the Kroger meat department in Petersburg, recently leased the 500 ser- vice station at Main street and Pike avenue from Pete Shafer and this week an- nounced that he has added a Choldun push button auto laundry to the station's ser- vices. The new car wash will enable customers to have while-you-wait service in 8 to 11 minutes, John explained. The carwasher will use "Pur- ple Magic" shampoo which is reported to not only wash a car but, as it dries, to leave a fine film of vegamin wax on the car's surface, giving the car a sheen. We'd hate to judge the proudest grandfather but we'll nominate three this week: Allan Kime, Beech- er Conrad and Ray Burns. Being a proud grandpop is a mighty healthy attitude and compensates for the miser- ies of maturing. Marriages: Miss Dianne Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Thom- as, and Charles W. Robling, son of Beulah Robling, were married at 6 p.m. Saturday. Deaths: Funeral servic- es for Gerald Pirkle, 68, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 3; Funeral services for Nilda Knox Crozier, 53, of Kalama- zoo, Mich., will be at 2 p.m. Friday, at the Harris Funeral Home; Mrs. Willaim Buzan, 52, died Sunday evening, Ju- ly 28, in the Central Union hospital in Terre Haute; Fu- neral services for George T. Garland, 87, Otwell, were aqt 2:30 p.m. Monday, July 29; Funeral services for Wesley ( Jack) Hunt, 48, Mitchell, a former resident of Peters- burg, were at 1 p.m. Thurs- day, August 1, at the Free Methodist church; Funeral services for Mollie Beck, 75, were at 10 a.m. Monday, July 29, at the Methodist church, in Oakland City; Clarence A. Woods, 86, were at 10 a.m. Monday, July 29, at the Har- ris Funeral Home; Mary A. Gentry died at the home of her daughter, in Evansville at 9 p.m. Sunday, July 28; Fu- neral services for Norman Selby, 81, were at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 30. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 17, 1967 Fromer U.S. Senator Hom- er Capehart will be honored by Pike countians at an in- formal dinner this Satur- day, August 19, at 6:30 p.m. at Hornady Park in Peters- burg. The Pike County Re- publican Central Committee will host the affair which is expected to bring together many friends of the former senator including several Re- publican state and congres- sional leaders. Lorel Coleman, super- intendant of Pike Coun- ty School Corporation an- nounces that all Pike County Schools will be open Friday, September 1, 1967. This will be a full day of school and all school children will report between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m. Lunch will be served in the school cafeterias. Mrs. Hobart (Mildred) Smith of Fairmont, Illinois suffered fractures to the bones in both her wrists and a concussion Thursday of last week. Mrs. Smith was on a ladder papering her home when she lost her bal- ance and fell. She lit on both hands and her head causing the injuries. Pike County taxpayers face the prospect of high- er tax rates if the proposed budgets are adopted by vari- ous taxing units in the coun- ty. Rates are determined by combining levies of state, county, township, school, and miscellaneous units. Ayrshire Colleries Cor- poration plans to open a new surface mine next year in Pike County, as stated in The Press-Dispatch last week. Officials at Ayrshire's Indianapolis office con- firmed that the new mine will be in operation by June of next year and that the op- eration, located in the south western section of the coun- ty, will be known as Ayrcoe Mine. Deaths: Claude J. Johns, 65, of Glezen, Route 5, Pe- tersburg, was struck and killed instantly by a car driven by Gordon Houchins of Route 2, Oakland City, at 2:30 a.m. Sunday morn- ing on Indiana 64, about one mile west of Arthur, near the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Jones; Marvin Hawkins, 65, of Bicknell died Tuesday; Services for Walter J. Voelkel of Otwell, Route 2, in Boone township, were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, at the St. John's Lutheran church; Margaret Farquhar, 92, died in the Perry County Memo- rial hospital Monday, Au- gust 6 at 9:45 p.m. where she had been a patient sev- en days; Herbert Wilson, 89, former Pike County res- ident, died at 11:50 a.m. Sat- urday, August 12, in the Gib- son General hospital; Lydia Jones, 85, of Muren died at 4:10 p.m. Monday, August 14, in the Rockport Nursing Home where she made her home since January; Jack Lee Davis, 37, of Francisco, died at 12 noon, Friday, Au- gust 11, in the Gibson Gener- al hospital; Jesse W. Hughes, 66, of El Jobean, Florida, a retired safety engineer at Enos Mine, died at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 9; The body of Kent Silverton was found Sunday, August 13, in Lake Huron where he and a companion had drown August 4, during a violent storm. The young men were out in the sail boat when the storm hit the lake. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, August 13, 1992 Valli Shoultz, of Peters- burg, was crowned Miss Sweet Corn following Thurs- day night's pageant in Oak- land City. Two Pike County girls were named runners- up in he annual pageant. Second runner-up, Julie Grady and first runner-up, Amanda Meece. The three girls are 1992 graduates of Pike Central High School. Students in the Peters- burg school district will begin the 1992-93 school yer in a new building. This marks the second move for the classes in two years. in 1990 students began class- es in the portable classroom buildings after the tornado destroyed the elementary school. The costs of continuing to operate Pike County's landfill were examined at a joint meeting of the coun- ty commissioners and coun- cil Thursday night. A fter an hour of discussion both boards found out they don't know how much it is going to cost to continue operating the county landfill and they don't know how they will be able to fund it. A coal truck overturned Thursday morning while attempting to turn from Highway 57 onto Blackburn Road north of Petersburg. Larry Brush, 29, of Evans- ville overturned when a spring broke according to Pike County Sheriff Wil- liam Scales. Scales said the Mack truck sustained about $5,000 damage and it caused damage to the yard and driveway of Performance Auto. No citations were is- sued and no one was injured. It's paving season in Pike County. The county has enough money to pave about three miles of roads and that is being divided between the three commis- sioner districts. Marriages: Kristine L. Stone and Mark S. Nowark, both of Winslow, were mar- ried July 2 at Henderson, Ky. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Mike Wallis og Winslow, Monday, July 20, their first child, a son, Jesse Michael; To Mendy Daughtery and Adrian Sharp, their first child, a daughter, Natalie Ann Sharp; To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Wilson of Win- slow, Friday, Aug. 7, a daugh- ter, Elizabeth Ann. Deaths: Roy Mattingly, 93, of Otwell, died Monday, Aug. 10, at 8 a.m. at Washing- ton Nursing Center; Wayne Lee Nelson, 57, of Winslow, died Saturday, Aug. 8 at 8:40 a.m. at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; Mary M. Schmitt, 50, of Velpen, died Sunday, Aug. 9 at 5:45 p.m. at Memo- rial Hospital in Jasper suf- fering from cancer; Mary Jo (Rothrock) Goings, 62, of Gonzales, La., daughter of Mae Rothrock of Winslow, died Monday, Aug. 10 in As- cension Hospital where she had been a patient for two weeks; J. D. Ewan, 61, of Ow- ensboro, formerly of Peters- burg, died Thursday, Aug. 6 at Owensboro Daviss Coun- ty Hospital; John A. MAC- mUNN, 45, OF Dearborn Heights, Mich., son of Mr. and Mrs. Jogn S. MacMunn of Winslow, died July 28 at his residence; Keith Allen Bradfield, 37, of Oakland City, brother of Doug Brad- filed of Arthur, died Sunday, Aug. 9 from injuries suffered in a train accident in Mullen, Neb. 1963 Otwell High School Homecoming Queen and Court Pictured above is the Homecoming Queen and her court. Janice Popp, Cynthia Davis, Queen Beverly, Myra Braun, Diana Reed, Yvonne Nolan, Bearers: Kimberly Anderson and Faron McLaughlin. 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. Joining is easy! Send your: Full name, address, city, state, zip code, phone number and birthdate to birthdayclub@pressdispatch.net.* One winner is drawn at the end of each month. Each week, a list of birthdays will be published in the paper! You could win a FREE PRIZE from area businesses and a three-month subscription to e Press-Dispatch. Wednesday, September 13 • Key pens Star-Spangled Ban- ner (1814) • Oprah gives away nearly 300 new cars (2004) Thrusday, September 14 • McKinley dies of infection from gunshot wounds (1901) • Soviet probe reaches the moon (1959) Friday, September 15 • Ali defeats Spinks to win world heavyweight champi- onship (1978) • Confederates capture Harp- ers Ferry (1862) • Saturday, September 16 • Gandhi begins fast in protest of caste separation (1932) • Mayflower departs England (1620) Sunday, September 17 • Battle of Antietam (1862) • U.S. Constitution signed (1787) Monday, September 18 • Capitol cornerstone is laid (1793) • Patty Hearst captured (1975) Tuesday, September 19 • Nevada is site of first-ever under- ground nuclear explosion (1957) • President Garfield succumbs to shooting wounds (1881) Source: History.com