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C-8 Wednesday, November 1, 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, August 28, 1942 The little 3-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carol Harvey of Alford fell from her tricycle, Thursday evening and broke a bone in the left fore arm, half way between the wrist and el- bow. It was a very bad break and caused the baby much pain. The arm was set at the offices of Dr. Logan, and is now getting along fine. Mrs. Harley Willis of Glezen was the victim of a most unusual accident Sat- urday, when a falling post struck her on the left side of the face, cutting a gash that required fifteen stitches to close. Mrs. Willis was help- ing her husband dismantle a hoisting device, when the post suddenly gave way and struck her in the face. She was taken to the Miller hos- pital for surgical treatment. The Pike County 4-H Club Camp is being held at Santa Claus Camp Grounds, Spen- cer County this week end. The group left Thursday af- ternoon and will return ear- ly Sunday evening. This is an annual event that all club members look forward to, and only those completing their work are eligible to at- tend the camp. Tuesday night a group of boy scouts and their lead- ers went to Washington to swim. It was rather cool but the boys enjoyed it. A f- ter swimming, the group at- tended the show at Wash- ington. Virgil Burton, Diesel en- gineer at the Petersburg Wa- ter Works suffered a bro- ken leg, Wednesday morn- ing, when he started to walk across a heavy timber that had been placed across a pit, near the plant. The board slipped causing Burton to fall into the pit and the board struck him on the leg, break- ing it. He was taken to the Daviess County hospital in the Harris ambulance. The fracture was reduced and placed in a temporary cast, until the swelling subsides. Marriages: Miss Mary Ahlert, step-daughter of Louis Rhodes, Illinois, for- merly of Petersburg, be- came the bride of Gilbert Harrington of Evansville. The wedding was solem- nized at 4 on Wednesday, August 19 at the Simpson Methodist Church. Births: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lindsey of Vel- pen, Wednesday, a girl, Eliz- abeth Ann; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Austice Pipe Wednes- day, a girl, Peggy Jane. Deaths: Mrs. Frank Mey- er of Scottsburg was notified Saturday of the death of her cousin, Mrs. Thelda Parrott. She had been ill for several months and died early Sat- urday morning at her home in Mitchell, Indiana. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, September 20, 1957 All Democrat precinct committeewomen will be honored at the Indiana Dem- ocratic Women's Day Lun- cheon meeting on Septem- ber 21 in the Riley Room of the Claypool Hotel in Indi- anapolis. Mrs. Lawrence Arnsman, state vice chair- man, and Mrs. Kenneth J. Luckett, national commit- teewoman, have announced that the program will fea- ture a unique play entitled "Alice in Demo Land." This production by the women of the 8th District will be di- rected by Mrs. Hugh Dillon of Petersburg, with music by Mrs. Elmer Hoehn of Jeffer- sonville. Mike Freeland and Don R. Wyatt, two of Peters- burg's most eligible bache- lors, have signed a lease to operate the establishment known as Pete's Drive-In on the south edge of the city. Complete dining room service, drive-in service and counter service will be maintained by the partners who will open for breakfast and close up at about mid- night each day. Both Wyatt and Freeland are local boys who were popular in PHS and, since graduation, both have served in the armed forces. Formal announce- ment of their opening will be made next week. The Petersburg volunteer fire department was called out at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday to extinguish a blaze in the County highway garage af- ter a motor driven road grad- er caught fire. Damage was considered light and the fire was partially smothered by county personnel before ar- rival of the fire equipment, according to Fire Chief Ray Fields. Petersburg schools are taking the lead in a new practice in education which should be copied by every school in America, accord- ing to Dr. J. M. Kidd who explained a new form of eye examination to be started this year in the Petersburg grade school. This year, in addition to the regular eye chart exam, a color chart ex- am is being used to discover which pupils suffer from col- or-blindness. Fifteen of ev- ery one hundred males and two of every one hundred fe- males have some degree of color-blindness. Miss Lois Hatt will pres- ent a Missionary program at the Petersburg "Gospel Center" located on North Ninth St. this coming Tues- day night, September 24 at 7:15 p.m. Widely known for her skill at the piano and or- gan, she will present a musi- cal program too. She started taking piano lessons at the age of six, then at thirteen was giving lessons. She at- tended the Detroit Conser- vatory of Music, was Dean of Women at the Grand Rapids School of the Bible. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Cox, Evansville, an- nounce the birth of their first child, a daughter, born Sept. 2, named Teresa Lynn. Deaths: Don R. Smith, 40, died at 11 a.m. Sept. 9, at the St. Anthony hospi- tal in Terre Haute; Samu- el Peed Hornbrook died at his home in Angola, Ind. on September 11; Willa White, 62, of Petersburg died Sun- day, September 15, at 2:15 a.m.; R.F. Sexton, 64, a re- tired New York Central rail- road agent, died at 3:30 a.m. Friday, September 13 in the Good Samaritan hospital in Vincennes; Funeral ser- vices for Anna M. Knight, 77, of Petersburg were at 2 p.m. Monday, September 16 at the First Baptist church with Rev. Grover Krieg offi- ciating. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, October 5, 1967 The greatest subscription offer ever made by any Pike County newspaper in this century is now being made by The Press-Dispatch. For only $2.50, a year's subscrip- tion may be purchased. This is less cost per column of news in actual dollars and cents than at any other time, even during the depression. Petersburg High School Marching Band under the direction of James Bolte will travel to North Knox, Fri- day, October 6 to split the half-time football show with the North Knox Band. This will be the first away perfor- mance for the band and ac- cording to Mr. Bolte, the trip was planned for the purpose of backing the team and add- ing spirit to the student pep club. A County Board of Avia- tion was appointed by coun- ty commissioners Monday at their regular meeting at the court house. The board was appointed following sev- eral months efforts by local persons interested in having an airport for Pike County. The idea of having an air- port originated, according to one of the board mem- bers, when men from the Pe- tersburg Chamber of Com- merce first started active- ly attempting to obtain in- dustry for Petersburg and the county. One of the first questions asked was "where is your airport? " The board member pointed out that access by air was always a point considered when con- versing with industrial man- agement desiring to locate a new plant. Indiana Bowhunters As- sociation's third annual big game shoot will be over a four day period, October 7, 8, 14, 15 at the Patoka State Fish and Game Area four miles south of Winslow. Any bowhunter using legal hunting weight bow (35 No) and arrows with broadheads may participate in any one or all four shoots. There will be a $1 entry fee each day. Two Bowman residents are pretty badly injured from bruises received in a two truck accident Fri- day, September 29 at 3:40 p.m. Vernice Kruse, driv- ing a 1966 Chevrolet half ton pickup accompanied by William 9Bill0 Craig, were headed south on county road 700 near the home of Lloyd (Tuz) Frederick, eight miles west of Petersburg when they met a 1966 GMC two ton truck, driven by No- lan D. Garrett of Mt. Carm- el, Ill. on a curve. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. John Reese of Atlanta, Georgia, a daughter, Car- olyn Ann; To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Edward Smith, a son, Mark Edward; To Mr. and Mrs. James Julian of Modesto, California, a son, James Edward, III; To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Phillips of Ot- well, a son; To Mr. and Mrs. Denzil J. Pride of Richmond, a son, Kevin James; To Capt. and Mrs. W.F. (Pat) Ropp, a son, Michael Eugene; To Mr. and Mrs. Steve McCoy of Owensboro, a daughter, Stacy Dawn; To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Purcell, a son, Keith Allen; To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Boyer of Oak- land City, a son, Colby Jay; To Mr. and Mrs. George R. Mosby of Sarasota, Florida, a daughter, Susan Lynn; To Mr. and Mrs. Randall Ever- ly of Greenville, Kentucky, a daughter, Lana Leigh; To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davis, Oakland City, a son, Jody Brian. Deaths: Funeral servic- es for Harry W. Cash, 59, will be Friday at 10 :30 a.m. at Curtis Funeral Home with Elder George Fiscus offici- ating. Mr. Cash was found dead by his brother Tues- day morning at 6:30 sitting on the side of his bed where he had died sometime after midnight; Denver B. Def- fendall, age 69, died at Me- morial Hospital in Boyn- ton Beach, Florida at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 26; A f- ter an illness of eight years, James Isaac Broshears, 80, passed away at 4:30 p.m. Monday, October 2, at his home west of Arthur across the highway from Potter's market; Herman Wesley Sampson, 71, of Washing- ton, died at 5 a.m. Monday at his residence; Funeral services for Mrs. Christina Hunt were at 2 p.m. Wednes- day afternoon of last week in the First Methodist church in Oakland City with the Rev. Thomas Scott offici- ating; Mrs. Ruby A. Wil- lis, 62, Petersburg, died at the Oakland City hospital Wednesday, September 27, at 5:15 p.m. from a heart ailment; Miss Emma Kohl- meier of Mackey died Fri- day at the Hedges Nursing Home where she had been a patient for the last year; James C. Rumble passed away September 29, at the age of 82 years, 11 months and 19 days. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, October 1, 1992 An extensive 10 -hour man hunt for a pair of break-in art- ists ended Friday afternoon when an Otwell resident tipped police to their intend- ed getaway. Brad Zimmer- man took a chance when he realized the two men asking for a ride were the ones au- thorities were seeking in con- nection with a middle of the night break-in at the Otwell Elementary School. Zimmer- man stated to authorities that the pair offered $20 to take them "out of town" because they were in "big trouble." He agreed to take them, but first convinced them he had to let his wife know he was leaving. Instead he had his wife call Petersburg Police. Tina Zim- merman's call at noon alerted authorities to the car and the suspects' location in Otwell. Eighteen large marijuana plants were confiscated last Saturday from the Littles ar- ea, according to Pike Coun- ty Sheriff William Scales. He said Deputy Sheriff Rick Barnes received informa- tion about the plants' location and then confiscated them. Scales said they were all be- tween eight and ten feet tall. No arrests have been made. A new patented coal clean- ing and processing plant will be located in Pike County within the next few months. The new demonstration plant is expected to hire about 160 people over the next five years. These plans were an- nounced Tuesday morning at a news conference at the Pike State Forest south of Winslow. Robin Racine's untimely death is still under investiga- tion pending autopsy results and physical evidence ob- tained by authorities at the weekend strip mine campsite in southwestern Pike Coun- ty. A number of youngsters are being questioned con- cerning two separate groups of campers that were at the pit the weekend of September 20. The time of the death has been placed at least 42 hours before the Tuesday evening report tat a body had been discovered at the pit. Deaths: Raymond A. Ste- phens, 62, of Otwell died at 3:25 a.m. Friday, Septem- ber 25 at Memorial Hospi- tal in Jasper; Robin Racine, 29, drowned Tuesday, Sep- tember 22, in a stripper pit south of Winslow; Mary El- oise Van Cleve, 79, of Olney, died at 2:55 a.m. Monday, Sept. 21 at Richland Memori- al Hospital in Olney; Donald Oris Gwaltney, 77, of Union died at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 at Petersburg Healthcare Center; Charles D. Cook, 61, of Stendal died at 10 :10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 at Me- morial Hospital in Jasper; Martin L. Barr, 55, died at 1:40 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 at Owensboro-Daviess Coun- ty Hospital following an auto- mobile accident at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25; Ethel Faries Harrison, 84, former- ly of Pike County, died Thurs- day, Sept. 10 in a hospital in Cambridge, Ohio; Lewis L. Witherspoon, 100, retired farmer of Madison Town- ship Pike County, died at 10 :30 a.m. Monday, Septem- ber 28 at Petersburg Health- care Center. CORRECTION The history page photo in last week's edition was incorrectly identified as the 1933 Pike Central Swing Choir. It should have been headlined the 1993 Pike Central Swing Choir. 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. WHS Class of 1949 25th Reunion Pictured is the Winslow High School class of 1949 at their 25th Reunion. Front row: Ruth Irene (Brit- ton), Joretta (Minor) Nichols, Eleanor (Blacketer) Bellamy, Rachel (Clark) Heuring, Donna (Potter) Stin- son and Carol (Selby). Middle row: Frank Heuring, ?, Kenneth Harper and Jack Hurt. Back row: Conrad Stinson, Jimmie Jones, James Klipsch, Gerry Corn and Roy Craig. Wednesday, November 1 • Sistine Chapel ceiling opens to public (1512) • Parliament enacts the Stamp Act (1765) Thursday, November 2 • Spruce Goose flies (1947) • John Paul Jones sets sail (1777) Friday, November 3 • D.C. residents cast first presi- dential votes (1964) • Detroit-Windsor Tunnel opens to traffice (1930) Saturday, November 4 • Entrance to King Tut's tomb discovered (1922) • Barack Obama elected as America's first black presi- dent (2008) Sunday, November 5 • George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ (1994) • Washington condemns Guy Fawkes festivities (1775) Monday, November 6 • U.N. condemns apartheid (1962) • John Carroll named first Cath- olic bishop in U.S. (1789) Tuesday, November 7 • Magic Johnson announces he is HIV-positive (1991) • Post office stays in the Frank- lin family (1776) Source: History.com