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D-6 Wednesday, November 29, 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, September 11, 1942 One of the most enjoy- able outings of the season was the one held recent- ly at Hornady Park for the orphans. It was the yearly events of the good deeds furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Max Blitzer of Jefferson- ville, New York. The chil- dren look forward to the occasion each year know- ing that Mrs. Blitzer al- ways plans some way for their pleasure. One Pike County high school graduate, Matilda Seipel of Petersburg has been granted a state schol- arship to Indiana State Teachers College begin- ning in the Fall quarter, Sept. 14. Chief of Police Dick Hayes arrested Luther Roberts at the corner of Ninth and Main Streets in this city Thursday after- noon, and upon searching him found a 25 automatic revolver and a tobacco box full of money on his per- son. Chief Hayes had gone to the corner to take care of the traffic while the school children were crossing the streets and noticed the boy looked like he was looking for trouble, and when the Chief started toward him the boy ran north on Ninth street but was soon overtak- en by the police chief. Upon questioning the boy stated that he had run away from the boys school at Butler- ville and had held up and robbed two filling stations on the way down here. The boy was sent to the school about two years ago from Evansville, Indiana, accord- ing to his story. Fresh ground beef was selling for only 25 cents a pound. Nancy Halls Sweet Po- tatoes were selling for 25 cents for four pounds. "Mad Men of The Hills" was playing at Lyric The- atre on September 12. Marriages: A marriage of much interest to people of Marion and Jefferson townships was solemnized last Thursday afternoon in the county assessor's office, by the Rev. Vernor Preston, reading the ceremony, that united Miss Odean Beadles and Mr. Clarence Broiles, in marriage. Deaths: The Petersburg school faculty, the students and friends of Miss Jorie Northrup, throughout this city were greatly grieved, when word was received here Wednesday that she had passed away, at her home in Indianapolis, Sun- day night. Miss Northrup taught music in the local schools last year. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, October 18, 1957 Two Oakland City per- sons were injured at about 10 :20 a.m. Saturday when their car skidded in loose gravel on the Rumbletown Road west of Jimmie Gro- cery, missed a curve in the road and plunged across a creel bed, destroying the car. The injured were: Wayne Corn, 53, who suf- fered cuts about the face and rib injuries, and Velma Offield, 43, who had a bro- ken pelvis and small cuts about the face. The 1957 football season will close next week and Pe- tersburg will pay tribute to the dads of the varsity play- ers Friday night and to the Football Queen and her at- tendants on Tuesday night. Dad's night will be the high- light of the crucial contest with Rockport. The queen ceremony will be the spar- kling pre-game attraction at the Cannelton game which will wind up the Indians' highly successful 1957 sea- son. Queen for 1957 will be Miss Nancy Horrell, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Horrell. Nancy is a sophomore. Indiana's 113 conserva- tion officers will receive firearms safety instructions later this month at three training schools schedules to be at the Indiana Univer- sity security training insti- tute in Bloomington. Newt's Tavern, locat- ed between 8th and 9th streets on Main Street in Petersburg, was the scene of a break-in sometime be- tween 1:20 a.m. and 7 a.m. Saturday morning. Entry was gained by an unknown party who kicked in a wood- en panel in the tavern's front, police said. They believed escape had been made through the rear in- to an alley. Marriages: In a double ring ceremony at the Mon- roe City Presbyterian par- sonage on Friday, Octo- ber 11, at 8 p.m., Miss Jo- sephine Meyers, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Meyers of Monroe City, be- came the bride of Forrest L. Burton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Burton of Petersburg. Deaths: Mrs. Bessa Ault, 53, died at her home in Freedom, Ind., Thurs- day, Oct. 11;Mrs. Lucy I. Pace, 66, died of a heart at- tack at her home on Route 1, Oaktown, Monday morn- ing; Funeral services for Mrs. Della Scanland, 78, were at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Lamb and Son Funeral home, Oakland City, with Rev. Grover Krieg officiat- ing. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, November 2, 1967 Petersburg High School Marching Band is one of five units that has been in- vited to participate in the University of Evansville Band Day, this Saturday, November 4. The band will appear at half time during the University's football game. Other band news from Petersburg is that the Band Boosters have postponed their annual Chicken Bar- becue until the spring of 1968. This action was brought about by the fact that there are too many ac- tivities schedules too close- ly together during the re- maining good weather. Pike County Crippled Children and Adults Soci- ety have appointed the fol- lowing Board of Directors. Officers are: Dr. Weath- ers, president; Stanley Nel- son and Carl Rumble, vice presidents; Marjorie Ma- lott, secretary; and Fannie Julian, treasurer. Jury commissioners met Monday, October 30 to draw names of prospective jurors for the November term of the Pike Circuit Court. Three different jury lists were drawn, eight names for Grand Jury, 30 names for regular petit jury and 100 names for a special ju- ry list. The extra 100 names were drawn because of the murder trial set for the No- vember court term. In the course of a cere- mony that is being duplicat- ed in many cities through- out the United States these days, Mrs. Catherine Ragle of Huntingburg last Thurs- day afternoon was present- ed with the Silver Cross and Purple Heart awards con- ferred posthumously on her husband, Sgt. James Ragle. The ceremony took place before a few friends in the American Legion Home in Jasper. The awards were brought there by Col. Gerald Bornitz and Major George W. Neal of the Indi- an University R.O.T.C. De- tachment. Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. James W. Bailey of Spur- geon announce the mar- riage of their daughter, Di- xie Lee to Paul Aldridge, son of Mrs. Gladys Al- dridge of Stendal. The mar- riage ceremony was read by the Rev. Lyndon Holmes on September 22 at his home in Oakland City. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. William Hinkle of Route 1, Monroe City, a son, Tues- day, October 31 in the Good Samaritan Hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Willis of Glezen, a daughter, Tammie Sue, Wednesday, October 25; To Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hicks of Alford, a son, Mark Anthony; To Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hill, Petersburg, a son, Braylin Edward; To Mr. and Mrs. Claude Miley, Jr., a daughter, Teresa Rae; To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Holder, Winslow, a daughter, Lara- na Marie; To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barker of Spurgeon, a daughter, Natalie Marie. Deaths: Funeral servic- es for Adam M. Falls, Oak- land City resident, were at 2 p.m. Friday at the Corn Mortuary; Mrs. Anna M. Bigham, 78, Oakland City resident died Saturday at Baptist hospital in Evans - ville where she had been a patient since December; John E. Cantrell, 57, lifetime resident of the Oakland City community, died at 10 :51 a.m. Saturday in the Gibson General hospital following a heart attack which he suf- fered near 9 a.m. Saturday while at work in his barber shop; Edgar Bryant, 89, of Rantoul, Ill., native of Win- slow, died Monday morn- ing at a Champaign Nurs- ing Home; Funeral servic- es were Saturday, October 28 at Ellis Funeral Home in Paoli for Rodolphus Hamil- ton, 58, who passed away at his home in Paoli on Wednesday previous. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, October 29, 1992 Area police are looking for the driver of a car that slammed into another car and then fleeing on foot. State Trooper Paul Bucher said Benito Hernandez of Washington failed to stop and rammed into the Brett Wininger, of Velpen, who was sitting at the stoplight, where a bridge is being re- placed on Highway 64 at the Pike-Gibson County line. It happened at about midnight Sunday. Two of Hernandez's passengers sustained facial injuries requiring medical treatment. They were Joe R. Hernandez and Mina Arnold. Wininger was unin- jured. Bucher said Hernan- dez was wanted on a war- rant and charged of leaving the scene of a personal in- jury accident are pending. Deig Brothers Con- struction of Evansville will build Pike County's new jail. County commission- ers awarded Deig the con- tract Monday night in a spe- cial session. Deig, who sub- mitted the low bid on the project, was awarded the contract by a unanimous vote. Deig's base bid was $2,774,488. This is about $500,000 below the archi- tect's estimate. A rural Spurgeon wom- an was uninjured when her 1988 Dodge overturned early Saturday morning on the New Liberty Church Road, according to police. Deborah K. Sinkhorn, 40, of Route 2, Oakland City told police she was driving north on CR 800S when a dog ran in front of her and swerved to miss it, causing her to run off the road, hit two trees and overturn. Her vehicle came to a rest on its top. Sinkhorn was not in- jured, but her 1988 Dodge was a total loss. This year's Petersburg Elementary School Grand- parent's Day program was hosted in the new gymna- sium. Both the 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. programs packed the 1,000 seat gym. The morn- ing performances included the morning kindergarten class and first and second grade. Visitors in the after- noon were entertained by the afternoon kindergar- ten, and the third, fourth and fifth graders. A political rally in an elec- tion year would not bring out the people like the Ot- well Elementary School did for their Fall Festival of activities Saturday night. There was something for everyone as children com- peted in Halloween cos- tumes and visited game ta- bles and booths that pro- vided everything from new Otwell Elementary School t-shirts and sweats to small prizes for dart throwing or basketball shooting. Marriages: Kathy L. Hartle and Mick V. Def- fendall of Petersburg were united in marriage on Octo- ber 17 at 3:30 p.m. at the Pe- tersburg United Methodist Church. Rev. Leslie McK- own officiated at the dou- ble ring ceremony. Deaths: Flossie M. Preston, 87, of Petersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 22 at 1:15 p.m. at her residence; Frank E. Fulcher, 66, of Petersburg, died Monday, Oct. 26 at 9 a.m. at Memo- rial Hospital in Jasper; Ge- neva Kahler, 83, of Sebring, Fla., sister of Alice Durham of Coe, died Tuesday, Oct. 6; James V. Highsmith, 83, of Tell City, formerly of Gib- son County, died Monday, Oct. 26 at 11:30 a.m. at his residence; Joe Earl Nor- ris, 39, of Huntingburg, son of Walter J. Norris of Petersburg, died at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21 at his residence; Marcus E. Wil- liams, 72, of Los Angeles, Calif., formerly of Wash- ington area, died Thurs- day, Oct. 22, at 9:20 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospi- tal in Vincennes; Mary Al- ice McBrayer, 69, of Chata- nooga, Tenn., sister of Dr. John Kidd of Petersburg, died Monday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. at a Chatanooga hos - pital; Rita Mae (Kieffner) Doelfer, 64, died October 23 in Lancaster, Calif., suf- fering from cancer; James W. Burke, 23, of Francisco, died at 4:50 p.m. Friday, Oc- tober 23 at Wirth Memori- al Hospital at Oakland City; Thomas E. Whitney, 64, of High Ridge, Mo., formerly of Petersburg, died Satur- day, October 24 at 8 p.m. at Cedar Hill Health Care Cen- ter in Missouri. SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 1993 Pike Central 7th Grade Volleyball Team Pictured above is the 1993 Pike Central seventh grade volleyball team. Front row: Amanda Stewart, Kaci Meadors, Jessie Boyd, Kaitlyn Leslie, Kaysha Edwards, Jayln Carter and Kim Aydelott. Middle row: Coach Kelly Potter, Nicole Brumfield, Melissa Ice, Jes- sica McCallister, Stephanie Brenton and Valerie Byrd. Back row: Jennifer Perry, Teia Boyd, Jessica Melhiser, Natalie Luttrell, Han- nah Evans, Andrea McLaughlin and Jennifer Brumfield. • Wednesday, November 29 • LBJ forms commission to investigate Kennedy assassination (1963) • Coffee rationing begins (1942) Thursday, November 30 • Brady Bill signed into law (1993) • USSR attacks Finland (1939) Friday, Dec. 1 • Lincoln gives State of the Union address (1862) • Ford's assembly line starts rolling (1913) Saturday, Dec. 2 • Enron files for bankruptcy (2001) • Napoleon crowned emporer (1804) Sunday, Dec. 3 • "A Streetcar Named Desire" opens on Broadway (1947) • Washington arrives at the banks of the Delaware (1776) Monday, Dec. 4 • Hostage Terry Anderson freed in Lebanon (1991) • Senate approves U.S. participation in United Nations (1945) Tuesday, Dec. 5 • Aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle (1945) • Prohibition ends (1933) Source: History.com