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C-8 Wednesday, October 4, 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 Friday, Augustb 14, 1942 If you are interested in how much sugar was sold during the month of July, here are some interesting figures. The rationing board reports that there are 13,758 sugar books issued to date in Pike County. Allowing the two pounds per coupon per coupon per month this would mean 27,516 pounds for the months of July but there was also a bonus of 2 pounds for the month so this makes the total amount 55,032 pounds of sugar plus 28,280 pounds sold for canning purposes, which was sold to 956 per- sons. Or a grand total of 83,312 pounds of sugar sold during the month of July. To date 3,827 persons have ob- tained permits to purchase 111,794 pounds. Sounds like a lot of canning is in the pro- cess. Mrs. Frank Thomas liv- ing near Petersburg acci- dently spilled some boiling water on her left foot Tues- day at noon and badly scald- ed her foot. She was brought in town to a physician where the burn was dressed. Mr. H. H. Von der Lehr and son Billy, were in Chi- cago from Saturday until Wednesday of this week and while there they witnessed a test of a device invented by Mr. N.H. McClevey, a for- mer resident of this city, and General Manager of Pike County Coal Corporation in this county to raise sunken boats and other heavy ob- jects from water. Mr. McC- levey has been working on his invention for the past six years and from the results of the tests given the lifting de- vice great things may be ex- pected of it. Miss Martha Gregory appeared as one of the pia- no soloists at a recital giv- en by the Oakland City Col- lege, Tuesday evening at the Methodist Church in Oakland CIty. Mr. Gale Ev- ans, well known violinist was guest artist of the evening. Marriages: Miss Mary Alice Burton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Bur- ton was married Friday, Au- gust 7, at 6 p.m. to Walter H. Gladish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Gladish; The marriage of two fine young people of Velpen communi- ty was solemnized Saturday, July 4, in St. Louis, Ill., when Cleo Evans became the wife of Corporal Lowell Evans; Miss Fern Nance, daughter of Mrs. Lucy Nance, Algiers, and P.F.C Floyd Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thomas of Johnstown, Pa., were united in mar- riage, Monday, July 6; Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Alexander wish to announce the mar- riage of their daughter, Col- leen to Vernon W. Lind, son of Mrs. Willaim M. Lind of Clearwater, Fla. Births: A boy was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Church. The baby was named Maurice Earl. Deaths: William Lewis Richardson, a life long cit- izen of Marion township, died at his home three miles north of Velpen, Wednesday morning nat 2:50' Richard Franklin Norrick, 67, died at his home near Augusta Thursday morning at 9:25. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, August 23, 1957 John Voyles, IGA Store owner, announced today that his spacious new park- ing facilities between the store and the Presbyterian manse will be ready for cus- tomer convenience by Sat- urday, weather and all oth- er factors permitting. Sargeant Don Smiley, state police safety officer, this week reminded motor- ists in the area to be on the lookout for that curly headed kid next door who August 26 will be crossing busy street intersections or riding in the big yellow school bus "back to school." Traffic deaths are the number one killer of chil- dren under fourteen years of age," Smiley quoted from the record. Mary Lynn Cox, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cox, Petersburg, is not a victim of polio, medi- cal authorities have deter- mined, but she is seriously ill with a virus from enceph- alitis. Doctors advised that she would probably be con- fined in isolation for anoth- er week. She first became ill several days ago and po- lio was suspected but not fi- nally diagnosed. A cow belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gasaway of the Alford commmunity was re- ported rabid after it died two weeks ago and the farmers were alerted for signs of the dread disease in their stock. Mr. and Mrs. Gasaway both contacted the animal before it died and are now submit- ting to the customary four- teen shots. Marriages: A wedding trip Chicago followed the ceremony Saturday night in the First Methodist church which united in marriage Miss Donna Faye Weber and Ronald Eugene Mille. Rev. Robert Rogers officiat- ed at the candlelight service. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Chester Vaughn have tak- er their daughter, Linda Sue, to their Velpen home after it had spent 80 days in Stoek Hospital. At birth, the infant weighed one nd a half pounds and now is a buster all of five pounds and three ounces. Deaths: This communi- ty was grieved by the death of Sharon Bakies, Tuesday. She was the second polio fa- tality in Indiana this year, ac- cording to the State Board of Health. Sharon Sue Bakies, 17, a senior in Petersburg High School, died at 3:45 a.m. Tuesday, August 20, at Deaconess hospital in Evansville. She had been ill for ten days with bulbar pilimyelitis; Funeral ser - vices for Thomas Jefferson Poselwait, 63, Otwell were at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18 at the Otwell Pilgrim Ho- liness Tabernacle in Otwell; John Kellams, 79, died at his home in Pheonix, Arizona, Friday, August 16. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 7, 1967 Karen Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Da- vis, was honored at the In- diana State Fair last Satur- day night, September 2. At a dinner in Atherton Hall of Butler University, Miss Da- vis was presented with one of the six 4-H Home Eco- nomics Scholarships giv- en each year by the Indi- ana State Fair. The scholar- ship carries a cash stipend of $150.00 and may be used by the winner to pursue ed- ucation in Home Economics at the college of her choice. Ralph F. Austin, 48, of Okaland City suffered lac- erations of the face and oth- er injuries when the truck he was driving was struck by a B. and O. train at 5:15 a.m. Friday morning at a cross- ing in Washington. Aus- tin, heading north, started across the track and was struck by the train engine which was headed west. The train traveled two city blocks before it could stop. Damage to the truck was struck on the right side was estimated at $550 and the train engine damage was estimated at $150. Big Chief Briscoe turned loose his first 1967 War Par- ty Friday night, and the Pe- tersburg Indians quickly took the "kick" out of the Owensville Kickapoos by a 22 to 6 score. Had the Big Chief wanted to be a bit more blood thirsty his war- path pacings could have had a few more 6 point scalps. Miss Vicki Baker was crowned Queen of the Sweet Corn Festival Friday night at Oakland City. Miss Bak- er, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Baker of Oakland City was presented with a check for $100, a lovely bou- quet of roses and the crown. A temporary lull in activ- ities at Youngs Pool, since the Labor Day closing will not last long. Custodians at the Petersburg school will soon be preparing the pool for fall and winter activities. As soon as the huge plastic and nylon bubble has been set up, youngsters will again enjoy the benefits of the Olympic size facility. Marriages: Miss Bar- bara Ann Mathes, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest mathes of Paoli became the bride of John Thom- as Schnarr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claire Schnarr, of Ot- well, on August 25; Mrs. Sharon Griffith, daughter of Mrs. Thelma Williams and General Williams, be - came the bride of James L. Foster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Noble Foster of Winslow on August 26. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mosby, a daugh- ter, Jeniece Rose, Thursday, August 31; To Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Hunt of Evansville, a daughter, Judith Elaine, born Wednesday, August 30. Deaths: Services for Mrs. Hilda Harker of Jas- per will be Thursday at Becher Funeral Home; Ron- nie Hockeman, 16, a Peters- burg resident for two years , was instantly killed Wednes- day, August 30, in a car ac- cident in Lafayette; Mrs. Gladys Hunt of Lynville was called to Houghton Lake, Michigan August 20 on ac- count of the death of her niece, Mrs. Eunice Book- er Lepage; Rudolph Stone, 87, died at 1 p.m. Saturday at his home; Atta Tisdale, 79, of Winslow, died Satur- day after an illness of many years from diabetes and a se- ries of strokes; Mrs. L. M. Day and Mr. and Mrs. John Purvis were called to Bick- nell Saturday by the sudden death of Mrs. Day's broth- er, Harold G. Colegrove, who died following a heart attack at his home; A for- mer Oakland City man was killed in a car accident Sun- day morning at 3 a.m. when his car went over a 50 foot embankment. Gary E. Mc- Dowell, 24, of Indianapo- lis, was on his way to spend Sunday with his parents be- cause of his father's birth- day. He had planned to re- turn to Indianapolis Sunday afternoon; Graveside servic- es will ne Thursday morning at the Stillwell cemetery in Pike County for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Eilert of Velpen. Jan- ice Sue Eilert was born Tues- day, September 5, at 9:06 a.m. and passed away the same day at 7:50 p.m. Cleo Bruce, Jr., 35, of Arther, foreman at the Whirlpool plant in Evansville the past 11 years, was found dead at the State Forest Park south east of Winslow at 4 p.m. Fri- day rom a self-inflicted gun shot wound. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 3, 1992 The Petersburg Board of Works recommended and the council approved Mike Key as the new Petersburg City Police Chief during a special called Tuesday night meeting at City Hall. Key's position as Chief is effective immediately, but allows him to act as technical consultant to the Sewer Department. The 104th annual Labor Day celebration is scheduled for September 4-7 in Prince- ton, according to officers of the Labor Day Association. The event will be at the Gib- son County Fairgrounds. The 24th Annual Peters- burg Jaycee Catfish Festival will be next week beginning Wednesday, September 9 and running through Satur- day, Sept. 12. It will include a carnival, parade, softball tourney, two area musical groups who are trying to make the big time, a Little Miss Catfish and Miss Cat- fish pageants all in just four days. Ronald C. Furhman, Pe- tersburg, has been hired to fill the position of assis- tant principal at Pike Cen- tral High School. Fuhrman received his BS degree from Oakland City College and MS from Indiana State Uni- versity at Terre Haute and began his 14-year teaching career in 1968 at Petersburg High School. County councilmen de- nied a $ 30,000 request to expand the parking lot next to the courthouse and found out the 1993 budget is $ 600,000 over the expected revenues, at their Tuesday morning meeting. Coun- ty commissioners had re- quested the $ 30,000 to ex- cavate the area adjacent to the parking lot and the court- house to expand the parking lot so it would extend from Ninth St. to Eighth St. This would have included remov- ing about five feet of dirt and four medium sized trees, building a retaining wall and moving electrical service to the courthouse as well as put in new curbs. Marriages: Michele Velez and David Aikman were united in marriage in an impressive ceremony, on Sunday, July 26, at 4:30 p.m. in the beautifully decorated Chicago Room at the Wood - field Hilton-Towers Hotel in Arlington Heights, Ill with C. Dale Lind officiating; Do- nette Kay Uppencamp and Troy Wayne Pancake were united in marriege July 31 at the Otwell United Meth- odist Church in Otwell. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fuhrman of Win- slow, Wednesday, Aug. 26, a daughter, Julie Marie. Deaths: Ralph H. Corn, 71, of Somerville died Thurs- day, Aug. 27 at 11 p.m. at his residence; Ina Delorse Cauffman, 75, a resident of Petersburg since 1978, died at 4:25 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25 at her residence; Norma M. Powell, 79, of Monroe City, died Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 10 :15 p.m. at Good Samari- tan Hospital in Vincennes; Zackary Kyle Walter McK- inney, four weeks old, son of Kyle and Kristi Kelley McK- inney, of Seelyville, died Monday, Aug. 24 at Riley Children's Hospital in Indi- anapolis; Elmer L. Schnarr, 88, of Boone Township, died Monday, Aug. 24 at 10 p.m. at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville; Sue Burnett, 61, of Vincennes, daughter of Blanche Reel of Monroe City, died at 9:45 a.m. Mon- day, Aug. 31 at Good Samar- itan Hospital in Vincenness; David B. 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