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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, October 18, 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, August 21, 1942 A cereus (night blooming) plant bloomed at the home of Postmaster Edward Scales and wife, on last Wednesday evening. This is the second year the plant has bloomed and will have two blooms this year. It blooms only once a year and the flowers open up at night. One of these plants may be seen at the Burress Barber Shop. It also will have two blossoms this year, one having bloomed on Wednes- day night. Miss Betty Jean Lindsey, nine year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lindsey, fell at her home Wednesday and broke her left arm in two places just a little above the elbow. She was taken to the Shriner's hospital in St. Lou- is, Thursday, where the frac- ture was reduced. Betty was jumping the rope and got her feet caught in the rope throw- ing her down on her elbow. Coach Lorel Coleman has issued a call for all Peters- burg High School Athletes who wish to participate in Six man football to get in touch with him at once. Coach Cole- man wishes to impress upon all boys who want to partic- ipate that they must have their certificates of physi- cal fitness from a physician in the Coach's possession by this evening, Friday, Au- gust 21, as this is necessary before practice can begin on Monday. Corp. William A. Weath- ers, who has been at Camp Claibourne, La. since last March, is home for a short furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Weath- ers, of this city. Corp. Weath- ers was one of the most suc- cessful and well liked teach- ers who ever taught in the lo- cal schools and has worked hard and devoted his full at- tention to his training and has earned the right to be advanced. Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. Ben Workman have an- nounced the marriage of their daughter, Bessie Arbu- tus to Charles Woolsey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wool- sey. The marriage was per- formed by Rev. Verner Pres- ton on August 15. Mr. and Mrs. Woolsey will live in Pe- tersburg. Births: Born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hem- bree, a baby daughter named Marleen; Mr. and Mrs. Jo- seph Nash announce the arrival of a son born on Au- gust 16 named Winfield Jo- seph; Born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Brewster, a boy named Donald Kent. Deaths: Marion town- ship lost one of its oldest and most highly respected citi- zens Wednesday, when Wil- lard Thomas Hayes was re- moved by death, after an ill- ness which had continued for the past two years or more. He had been suffering for a greater part of this time from dropsy and heart trou- ble; Thomas Ellsworth Scott died at the Home Hospital in Petersburg, at 9:30 Tues- day evening. He was stricken with paralysis three months ago and has been at the hos- pital since that time. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, September 6, 1957 Paul E. Youngs, R. R. 1, Petersburg, has been select- ed for admission thus fall into the Indiana Universi- ty School of Medicine. The University's entering medi- cal class, announced by Dean John D. Van Nuys, number 158, largest in the history of the School. Its members have the highest scholastic aver- ages of any entering class in recent years, having been selected by the School's ad- missions committee after in- terviewing 341 applicants eli- gible for consideration on the basis of pre-medical study re- cords. Elza Rhodes, 64, Peters- burg, was seriously injured twenty five feet from the Hornady Park gate at 9:35 Saturday night when he was hit by a car driven by Blythe Helsley, 42, of Oakland City. Rhodes was taken to Da- viess County hospital where it was determined he had a fractured pelvis in addition to head, knee and back inju- ries. He was walking when hit and was knocked off the road. The driver took the in- jured man to the jail where Sheriff Whitehead called an ambulance and placed the driver under arrest for drunk driving. Frank Sutton of Spurgeon, Tuesday handed in his resig- nation from the Pike County Council and Albert Tatum, former Monroe township trustee, was elected by the council to fill the post. Mr. Sutton explained the resig- nation was necessitated by a conflict with his work. Announcement was made this week of completion of a new bulk gas storage facility on Highway 57 a mile north of the Court House and man- ager Bill Bell of the Nu-Gas Company said other improve- ments in his firm's services are planned for this year. Two giant storage tanks, each with a 8,000 gallon capacity, are now in operation to pro- vide quicker service to bulk gas users in Pike and parts of four adjoining counties. Bell also announced a thir- ty day bulk tank sale, details of which may be found in a half-page advertisement else- where in this issue. Have you noticed the new type? The Press made a hand- some investment in new 8 point type two weeks ago to make our pages more read- able and to speed up the old linotype. What is 8 point type? This paragraph is a sample. Marriages: Mrs. Elsie Bilderbeck announces the marriage of her daughter, Connie Gail Summer and Robert Ruston, at 8 p.m. Fri- day, Aug. 30, at the First Bap- tist Church, Elberfeld; Miss Judy Kay Dorsey, the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. James Dorsey and Barney J. Elkins, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bar- ney W. Elkins were united in marriage at 3:30 p.m. Sun- day, Sept. 1 at the Main Street Presbyterian church. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Weathers announce the birth of a son, Donald Richard, born Aug. 29; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shafer, an- nounce the birth of a son, To- ny Ray, on Sept. 1. Deaths: Lee Haskins, 63, of Otwell, died Saturday, Au- gust 31, 1957, at 2:50 p.m. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 21, 1967 Mrs. Phyllis Price grad- uated from the Evansville School of practical nursing, September 15. Graduation ceremony was conducted at the Howard Roosa Auditori- um. She has accepted a po- sition on the nursing staff of the Welborn hospital in Evansville. Mrs. Price is the wife of Robert P. Price and they have two children, An- drea and Steve. Last Friday several ar- ea conservation officers, in- cluding Charles Barr of Win- slow, patrolled White river in search of illegal fishing de- vices. During the day, 23 wire traps and three illegal nets were found and confiscated. Eight persons were arrested when they were caught rais- ing the illegal traps. They were in Gibson County at the time of the arrests and all were fined in a Gibson Coun- ty court. Officers were patrol- ling the Pike-Gibson portion of the river. Miss Florence Carter, R. N., for the past 18 years a missionary in A frica coaxing her A frican patients to trade witch doctors' charms for her modern medicine, will be at the Free Methodist church, at 10 a.m. and 7: 30 p.m. Sun- day, September 24. Miss Carter has been in charge of the Free Methodist church dispensary at Inhamachafo, Mozambique, the most primi- tive areas along the southeast coast of A frica for the past ten years. She will illustrate her presentation with tape re- cordings and colored slides. Plans are already under- way for the Fall Festival at the Petersburg Elementary school this year to be held Saturday, November 18 ac- cording to P TA President, Mrs. John Fowler. The first committee was Tuesday af- ternoon, September 12. At this meeting, other commit- tees were appointed to help make plans for this year's fes- tival to be another success- ful event. John E. Yager of Spurgeon was injured in an automobile accident Monday afternoon. The accident occurred near Cynthiana on Highway 68. Mr. Yager, who is an inspec- tor for the state highway department was returning home from work at the time of the accident. He stated that it had just begun raining and the highway was slippery. As he was rounding a curve his auto slid into the path of an oncoming pickup truck. Mr. Yager received several cuts and bruises about the face and one above his knee which required six stitches to close. Damage to the vehicles was extensive. Marriages: The marriage of Miss Cinda Jean Williams and Robert Gislason was sol- emnized September 9 at 3 in the afternoon in the chapel of the First Methodist church in Glen Ellyn, Ill. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edward Wheeler of Can- nelton, Saturday, Septem- ber 9, a daughter, Melessia Dawn; To Mr. and Mrs. Rob- ert Bement of Petersburg, a son, Chad Harley; To Mr. and Mrs. Monte Wirey of Union, Wednesday, September 20, a son, Scott Alan; To Mr. ans Mrs. Albert Mattingly of Ot- well, a son, Albert Earl; To Mr. and Mrs. James E. Gar- land of Winslow, a son, Ryan James. Deaths: Harry F. We- ber, 78, one of the country's pioneers in soft coal min- ing, died Tuesday, Septem- ber 19 at his home in Peters- burg after an illness of sev- eral years, and seriously ill for two weeks; Mrs. Cora Hightower, 84, of Oakland City passed away in the Gib- son General Hospital at 6:40 a.m. Wednesday, September 20 where she had been a pa- tient one week suffering from heart dropsy; Wilford L. Eng- lish, formerly of Glezen, died at the Good Samaritan Nurs- ing home in Oakland City Saturday afternoon where he had been a patient for three weeks; Funeral services for Oscar DuPont, 43, were held Tuesday morning at Stephen- son Funeral Home in Leaven- worth at 10 :30 with the Rev. Vincent Newkirk officiat- ing; Mrs. Charlene Russell, 36, of Winslow, died at 3:05 p.m. Sunday, September 17 in the Welborn Baptist hos- pital where she entered the evening before; Mrs. Foress W. Chew, 72, of Petersburg, died at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday, September 18 in the Daviess County hospital from cancer. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, September 17, 1992 Tragedy struck late Sun- day afternoon when a four- year-old boy died after be- ing run over by a small truck. Tanner Uppencamp, 4, died of multiple skull fractures at around 5:30 p.m. when he was apparently playing around a Ford Bronco II. Wilfred Tilford of Bloom- field dribbles a basketball and pushes a hoop with a stick, while riding a uni-cy- cle in the Petersburg Jaycee Catfish Festival Parade last Wednesday night. Tilford of Bloomfield and his wife Amanda went through the parade twice. A fter one cir- cuit he returned on a much smaller unicycle. A Petersburg woman told the police her wallet was sto- len while she was at a Peters- burg tavern with her hus- band. Karen Martinez re- ported to the police on Sep- tember 12 that she and her husband had gone to Friends Tavern about 11 p.m. on Sep- tember 11 and her brown and red leather wallet was taken sometime before midnight. No dollar amount was given on the wallet and the value of its contents. The incident is still under investigation. "Imagine a Petersburg tor- nado that extends from here to Washington, then beyond that to Plainville, and you have some idea of the dam- age of Hurricane Andrew in Dade County, Florida," ac- cording to Leslie McKown, pastor of the First United Methodist Church. Dr. McK- own was in Miami from Au- gust 31 to September 3 as a representative of the United Methodist Church regional organization responsible for disaster relief. He was accom- panied by the Rev. Bart Pe- terson of Indianapolis, who lived through Hurricane Hu- go four years ago. Marriages: The wedding of Carleen Denise Gray and Roy J. Wineinger took place at Iva Union Church near Ot- well on August 15, at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Allen Adams officiating. Births: To Trent and Kelly Mabrey of Winslow, a daugh- ter, Tanna Rae, on Septem- ber 4; To Robert Brittain and Regina Merter of Ot- well, a daughter, Hannah Lynn, pn September 8; To Mr. and Mrs. Dan Yokem of Alfordsville on Spetember 1, a daughter, Meghan Ashley. Deaths: Joey D. Cundiff, 37, of Pearland, Tex., for- merly of Petersburg, died Wednesday, September 9, at 2:50 a.m.; Mayme Purl, 89, of Winslow, died Mon- day, Sept. 14, at 11:45 a.m. at Amber Manor Care Cen- ter in Petersburg; Donna Sue Bohnert, of Petersburg, died Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 1:25 p.m. at her residence; James W. Meadors, 70, of Otwell, died at 4:43 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville; Michael Al- an Reener, son of Mark and Victoria Reener of Hazelton, was stillborn at 1 a.m. Mon- day, Sept. 14 at Gibson Gen- eral Hospital in Princeton; Orpha Rembe, 85, of Hobe Sound, Fla., formerly of Gib- son County, died Monday, Sept. 7, at Hospice-Martin Co.; Harry D. Akridge, 91, of Petersburg, died Thursday, Sept. 10 at 7:45 at the Indi- ana Veterans Home in West Lafayette; Agatha K. Bella- my, 81, formerly of Evans- ville and Pike County, died at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10. SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 1974 Winslow Eskimo 7th Grade Basketball Pictured above is the 1974 Winslow Eskimo seventh grade basketball team. Front row (1 to r): Student Manager, Kelly Coomer, Greg Curtis, Andy Heuring, Steve Potter, Mark Lemond, Steve Smith, Jeff Young, Ross Cook and Tim Richardson. Back row: Kayo Smith, Coach; John Bellamy, Tim Cannon, Mark Aldridge, Jeff Denton, Vince Robling, Larry Roberts and Jeff Boyd. Wednesday, October 18 • U.S. takes possession of Alas- ka (1867) • Mason and Dixon draw a line (1767) Thursday, October 19 • Napoleon retreats from Mos- cow (1812) • Editorial accuses Jefferson of affair with slave (1796) Friday, October 20 • Congress creates the Conti- nental Association (1774) • Sydney Opera House opens (1973) Saturday, October 21 • Guggenheim Museum opens in New York City (1959) • Henry Ford dedicates the Thomas Edison Institute (1929) Sunday, October 22 • Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) • President Lyndon Johnson signs the Highway Beautifi- cation Act (1965) Monday, October 23 • Hostage crisis in Moscow theater (2002) • Brutus commits suicide (42 B.C.) Tuesday, October 24 • First barrel ride down Niaga- ra Falls (1901) • George Washington Bridge is dedicated (1931) Source: History.com Finding your ancestors Have you ever won- dered where you could find information about your ancestors? The Bar- rett Memorial History Center has the resources to help you. 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