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D-10 Wednesday, November 15, 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, September 4, 1942 The Chevrolet car of Gor- don Tucker, this city, which was taken from the front of his home on the corner of fifteenth and Sycamore was found Saturday, near Dale. The car which had been driven into a field, quite a distance from the highway was found by farmers and had been stripped of all the tires, the brakes were com- pletely worn out and the ra- dio was gone. Work cloth- ing and two guns which Mr. Tucker had in his car were also taken. The car was brought back to this city Sunday. Sunday the nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Traylor caught his left hand in the clothes wringer and badly mashed his index fin- ger. Thieves entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hill Thursday evening be- tween 7:30 and 9 p.m. and took $ 32.40, that belonged to a church organization of which Mrs. Hill is a treasur- er. The Hills were at a store building near the residence when the money was taken. The money was not missed until they returned to their home after the store was closed. Nothing else was taken from the Hill home. Mr. Hovey Selby of Evans- ville and a former resident of this county was here last week, the guest of his broth- ers. While visiting in the home of his brother Oliver Selby, the hay was ready to be harvested, and no help was available to put it up. The problem was soon solved, the three brothers, Hovey, age 73, Oliver, age 74, and W.S. Selby, age 75, went in- to the field with all the equip- ment that it takes in putting up the hay and soon the hay was stored away in the barn in fine shape. We think this is a fine spirit shown in these men, and we are sure that many more true Americans who are willing to give their very best for our country, in keeping the farms produc- ing. Marriages: Virginia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, of Washington became the bride of Rob- ert L. Weathers, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Weathers of this city, last Saturday af- ternoon. Births: Richard Alvin is the name given to the boy born Wednesday evening to Mr. and Mrs. William Stew- art of near Union; A baby boy was born August 31 to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Robertson of near Bowman. The baby was named Jerry Lee; Phyllis Ann was the name given to the six pound girl born Sep- tember 1 to Mr. and Mrs. El- mer Cain of the Dutchtown community; Mary Helen is the name given to a daugh- ter born Tuesday to Mrs. De- Wayne Thomas. Mr. Thom- as is serving somewhere with the armed forces. Mrs. Thomas was the former Ma- bel Evans. Deaths: A son born Thursday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Upton of Winslow, died a few hours after birth. The baby was brought to the Johnson Fu- neral Home and prepared for burial; Louis Eilert died at his home in Velpen, Wednes- day afternoon at 2:30. He had gone to work that morn- ing and was in good health. At noon he ate his dinner, and a few minutes later be- came seriously ill. He was removed to his home where he passed away at the above mentioned time, of pto- maine poisoning; Word was received here Thursday by Mrs. Sarah Sullivan that Lieut. J.R. Jarvis had been killed in a plane crash at Dayton, Ohio. It is thought that he was testing a plane at the time of the accident be- cause he had been at Day- ton, prior to this tour of duty, doing=g that type of work. The accident occurred about 10 a.m. and Jarvis died at noon; A cablegram was re- ceived Wednesday morn- ing by Mr. Marion and Syl- via Jane (Davis) Bradley, carrying the sad news that their son, Marion E. Bradley had been killed in action. He belonged to the Commando U.S. Marines. No further in- formation will be received. He was 20 years old. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, October 4, 1957 Plans for a bigger and bet- ter Parent-Teachers Associa- tion are afoot this week, ac- cording to the organization's president, John Voyles. Thursday night the organi- zation's program commit- tee met to set up a series of four programs which will be planned to attract big crowds and a rebirth of par- ent participation in P TA. Regular meeting will be on the last Mondays of October, November, February, and April. In addition to regular meeting which will be in the auditorium rather than the study hall, a special Christ- mas program is planned for December. Campaign speeches, signs, parades, minori- ty blocs, split tickets, ev- erything but doorbell ring- ing is the dominate spirit of PHS this week as the class- es squared off for the annu- al Athletic Association elec- tions. It's an excellent les- son in civics and barrels of fun, too. Voyles' IGA was sell- ing bananas for five cents a pound and bacon for 49 cents a pound. The Bargain Period for The Petersburg Press offered a year's subscription for on- ly $2.50. Red and White was sell- ing 10 pound bags of pota- toes for 39 cents. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Veale are proud par- ents of a baby girl born Sat- urday, Sept. 28 in the Oak- land City hospital. She was named Patricia Ann; To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sturgeon, a son, Daniel Krieg, Sep- tember 26; To Mr. and Mrs. Gary Alley, Winslow, a son, September 30 ; To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gross, a son, David Wayne, Sept. 28. Deaths: The communi- ty was shocked Saturday to learn of the tragic death of Ronald Horrell, 20, recently honorably discharged from the United States Navy and the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Horrell of Peters- burg. Ronnie died at about 5 a.m. Saturday morning in the Daviess County Hospi- tal where he was taken by ambulance after his car crashed on the Otwell road a mile east of Petersburg at about 12:30 a.m.; John W. Queen, 79, of Washing- ton died at St. Joseph's hos- pital, South Bend at 2:30 a.m. Sunday, of a brain inju- ry received in a fall. He has been critically ill for the past week; Funeral services for Bethel Dearing, 59, were at 2 p.m. Sunday; Funeral servic- es for Ruth B. McDaniel, 58, who passed away at 6 p.m. Thursday, September 27, at the Gibson General hospital in Princeton were at 3 p.m. Sunday, September 29. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, October 19, 1967 The Indiana Bowhunters Association held its annual Big Game Broadhead and Open Broadhead shoot dur- ing the past two week ends. The state Patoka Fish and Game Grounds east of Ar- thur where the shoot was held has been a beehive of activity. There was a total of 91 bowhunters who par- ticipated in the meet, many who traveled several miles to shoot. A dense fog-covered grid- iron at Ft. Branch was al- most too much for the In- diana Friday night. A swirl- ing mass of London-like fog created the illusion of gallop- ing ghosts as the players on both teams groped around trying to find the goal line. Chief Briscoe's Indians were down 7 to 6 going into the fourth quarter when a se- ries of costly fumbles by the Twigs deep in their own ter- ritory gave our boys the op- portunities for victory. Winslow Band Boosters Club will sponsor its annu- al Fall Festival Saturday, Oc- tober 28 at the high school gymnasium. Food will be served in the high school cafeteria beginning at 4 p.m. Crowning of the king and queen, princes and prin- cesses will be at 8:30. Voting will close at 7:45 p.m. It's time to begin getting your Halloween costume ready for the Halloween pa- rades coming up in Winslow and Petersburg. The parade in Winslow will be Friday evening, October 27 and the annual parade in Petersburg will be Halloween eve, Tues- day October 31. Mrs. Edith Gebhardt, daughter of Henry Luff of Oakland City, remains in the intensive care unit at Good Samaritan hospital, Vincennes, after being in- volved in a two car head- on crash Saturday, October 7 near Emison. Mrs. Geb- hardt suffered both shoul- ders and wrist broken, punc- tured lung, broken ribs and facial lacerations. William Gebhardt, her husband, is listed in good condition at the same hospital. He is re- covering from a broken leg and knee cap and other in- juries. Births: The son born to Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lem- ond of Loogootee Wednes- day of last week has been named Chad Nickolas; To Mr. and Mrs. Richard My- ers of Plainville, a son; To Rev. and Mrs. Alton Davis of Boonville, a daughter, Ju- lie Ann; To Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gallus , a daughter; To Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Carlisle of Peoria, Ill., a son, Perry Al- len; To Mr. and Mrs. James Feldmeier, a son, James Bri- an; To Mr. and Mrs. James Arthur Roberts of Seymour, a son, Dean Bryan. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, October 15, 1992 Neighbors are scared and police are baffled by a late night beating of an elder- ly couple last week. "Some- thing just doesn't add up," said Deputy Sheriff William Walker about Cleo and Gol- da Hedges, who were beaten in their home early Wednes- day morning. Mr. and Mrs. Hedges, who are in their 80's, were asleep, when they heard someone knocking on their door at about 1:15 a.m. Thursday morning. Walker said Hedges got up and went to the door, while a man outside pleaded with Hedges to let him come in to use the phone. The uniden- tified man claimed he and his friend, who was laying in the yard had been hurt in an accident and needed to call an ambulance. When Hedg- es opened the door the man burst in and punched Hedg- es several times in the face knocking him down and con- tinued to beat and kick him. Mrs. Hedges came into the room and was also beaten. The man left as quickly as he had come. Pike County deputy Wil- liam Walker and Petersburg City Police Chief Mike Key placed Walter Kenneth Hold- er under arrest Saturday af- ternoon. The Pike Coun- ty Sheriff Office had report that a man had several chil- dren in the house and was armed and dangerous. Hold- er was taken into custody and charged with child molesta- tion. He offered no resistance when placed under arrest. He was later transported to the Knox County Detention facil- ity under $20,000 bond. Along with a hot national and state election, are sever- al hotly contested local rac- es that could significantly change the political make- up of the county commis- sioners and county council. Both the county commission- ers and council could switch from Democrat control to Republican control as two of three commissioner seats and three of seven council- man seats are up for election. The investigation into the death of Robin Racine has concluded that the cause of death was accidental drown- ing according to Indiana State Police Larry Eck. Oakland City Police Of- ficer Perry Golf is thank- ful that Indiana Depart- ment of Natural Resources officers Duane Englert and Mile Kellner were able to re- turn fire in a shoot out Sun- day that initially threatened his life and then took that of Robert E. Kirby, 55 of rural Princeton. The shooting took place on what is known as the Haul Road .9 miles north of CR775S in western Monroe Township according to Pike County Coroner Lowry Coo- per. Births: To Jason and Rhonda Kraft of Terre Haute, at Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Oct. 5, their first child, a daughter, Kam- ra Ann; To Mr. and Mrs. Kev- in Nelson of Winslow, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hunting- burg, October 6, a son, Levi Russell; To Mr. and Mrs. Ran- dy Lengebrake, October 4, a daughter, Leah Renee; To Robert M. and Jeanette Love- less of Petersburg on Oct. 1, a daughter, Samantha Marie. Deaths: Cova E. Schultz, 92, of Winslow, died Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 6:15 a.m. at Amber Manor Care Center in Peters- burg; Edgar A. Weisman, 85, of Boone Township, died Fri- day, Oct. 9 at 3:30 a.m. in the emergency room at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; Avonda J. "Bonnie" Heichelbech, 65, of Haysville, died at 12:20 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 at Memo- rial Hospital in Jasper; Mar- ilyn J. Newton Truby, 57, of Shepherdsville, Ky., a native of Pike County, died Thurs- day, Oct. 8; James Dwight Dick, 49, of Tallahassee, for- mer resident of Hazleton, died at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Veteran's Hospital in Gainesville, Fla.; Marvin Fox of Burlington, N.C. died Oc- tober 6; Carl Edward Under- hill, 64, of Birdseye, brother of Coy Underhill of Stendal, died at 1:05 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Huntingburg; Lester C. Sims, 73, of Washington, died Tues- day, Oct. 6 at Daviess County Hospital in Washington. 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. 1933 Pike Central Vocational Industrial Clubs of America Pictured above are the members of the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA). Front row: Jason Sharp, Gary Roberts, Nick Bailey, Jason Sisk, Shane Reller, Rustin Hartke, Damon Fair, Tim Marchino and Doug Pancake. Back row: James Coleman, Heath Gamble, Jarrod Johnson, Eric Bush, Shawn Masters, Craig Heim, Jerrod Carlisle, David Parks and Brent Miller. Wednesday, November 15 • First stock ticker debuts (1867) • Articles of Confederation adopted (1777) Thursday, November 16 • Fort Washington is captured (1776) • Oklahoma enters the Union (1907) Friday, November 17 • Elizabethan Age begins (1558) • Suez Canal opens (1869) Saturday, November 18 • President Lincoln travels to Gettysburg (1863) • Mass suicide at Jonestown (1978) Sunday, November 19 • Lincoln delivers Gettysburg address (1863) • James A. Garfield is born (1831) Monday, November 20 • Nuremburg trials begin (1945) • New Jersey ratifies the Bill of Rights (1789) Tuesday, November 21 • Edison's first great invention, the phonograph (1877) • "Rocky" premieres (1976) Source: History.com