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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, December 6, 2017 B-9 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 15, 1942 Monday, while the small children were playing with a soft ball on the school grounds they knocked the ball over the fence. A man was seen to stop his car and pick up the ball. Because of the rubber shortage, these balls are hard to get and it would be appreciated if the party would return the ball to the school house. Monday marked the con- solidation of the Home Gro- cery with the J-V Store for the betterment of selection and service of the custom- ers of both stores. The help situation had reached the stage, where it was difficult to maintain a full staff, and with the growing difficulty to obtaining supplies Johnny Voyles decided to merge the two with the resulting sav- ing in labor, rent and insur- ance costs. The folks of the Midwest Telephone Company with headquarters here in Pe- tersburg held a basket din- ner and get together at the Washington Park, Sunday and had a rousing good time. Besides the good things to eat they were en- tertained with string music. Within ten days after the death of a consumer, the per- son having possession of the War Ration Book of the de- cedent shall surrender it to the Board of cancellation. When a consumer to whom a War Ration Book has been issued becomes confined in an institution for a period likely to exceed ten days, he shall surrender his War Ration Book to the admin- istrative head of the institu- tion. On his discharged the War Ration Book shall be re- turned to him. Deaths: Mrs. Delta Pan- cake, 61, the mother of Royal Pancake, the present Coun- ty Surveyor and Road Super- intendent who resides just east of this city on the Jas- per road, died at her home in Oakland City, Saturday morning at 9:15 a.m. after a long illness; Funeral servic- es for Gary Wayne McClure, six day old son of Gordon and Violet Goslin McClure, who died at Riley Hospital in Indianapolis, September 11 were conducted September 12; Barbara Sue Hadlock, infant daughter of Wm. and Eunice Hadlock died Sep- tember 11. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, October 25, 1957 Final tax rates for various united city, township and county government were announced this week by Auditor John Skinner after receipt of a State Board of Tax Commissioners report of decisions resulting from a hearing September 30 and October 1, 1957. Biggest cut was in the sheriff budget: $ 375 was cut on appropria- tion for uniforms and $1,500 was cut on appropriation for radio equipment. New pastor of the Peters- burg Church of Christ is Harold E. Jones, a graduate of David Lipcomb College, Nashville, Tenn., former- ly associate minister at the Highland Heights Church of Christ in Lebanon, Tenn. Mrs. Joseph Adams of Petersburg was pleasantly surprised at a pink and blue shower held Thursday af- ternoon in the home of Mrs. Hazel Adams. Refreshments of mints, ice cream, cake, coffee, and tea were served to guests. The '57 P TA member- ship drive will be launched at the organization's first big meeting of the year at 7:30 p.m. Monday, October 28, according to the president, John Volyes. Prizes will be awarded to pupils in the grades bringing in the most membership ticket stubs. Two dollars will go to the first three grades winner, and a similar amount will go to the winner in grades four, five and six. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Gross announce the birth of a daughter on Oct. 15; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Weathers of Evansville, an- nounce the birth of a daugh- ter, Lisa Marie; Born to Mr. and Mrs. James L. Gilham, a girl; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Catt of Chicago announce the birth of a son, Jeffrey Ray. Deaths: Wayne B. Church, 24, Auburn, Indi- ana, died at 7 a.m. Wednes- day in St. Joseph's Veter- ans hospital at Ft. Wayne, after a short illness; Fu- neral services for Jan Ma- rie Fox, were at 2 p.m. Sun- day, at the Harris Funeral Home with Father Strange officiating; Georgia Edith Whitehead, 65, of Winslow, died at 10 :40 p.m. Tuesday, in the hospital at Madison, Indiana; Funeral services for Warren Knochenmus, 35, well-known Prudential insurance representative in the Washington-Peters- burg area were held Tues- day afternoon in the Win- slow Methodist church with burial in Augusta cemetery. Knochenmus was killed in- stantly at 3:50 a.m. Sunday when his car smashed into the abutment of the Rogers bridge. It was believed that he had fallen asleep at the wheel; Funeral services for Mrs. Ora Wilson, 95, Wash- ington, were at 10 :30 a.m. Tuesday at the Gill chapel; Funeral services for Rob- ert Hughes, 61, were at 10 a.m. Monday at the Har- ris Funeral Home; Funeral services were Friday, in the Harris Funeral home for Bil- ly Sherman McCain, 91, of Monroe City. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, November 9, 1967 Two Pike County resi- dents were injured in a two- car collision south of Win- slow on highway 61 Monday morning at 11:20 a.m. CDT. The accident happened as Mrs. Margaret Nalley of Route 1, Stendal driving a 1965 Ford, turned left at McCandless grocery, and turned into the left side of a 1968 Chevrolet driven by Melvin McGregor of Oak- land City. Mrs. Nalley was headed south and McGregor was going north. Mrs. Nal- ley received a deep lacera- tion on her forehead and al- so on her knee and possible chest injuries. McGregor re- ceived several broken ribs, collapsed lung, compound fracture of the arm and cuts and bruises. He remains in serious condition. Hundreds of Christmas shoppers who began plan- ning a year ago to have plen- ty of gift buying money this year by joining a Christmas savings club at one of the county's banks will be re- ceiving their checks begin- ning this week. The First National Bank of Peters- burg will have their Christ- mas Savings Club checks in the mail this weekend. Cit- izens State Bank of Peters- burg, First National of Spur- geon and First National of Winslow will mail out their checks next week. Two boys, members of the Petersburg football team were chosen on the PAC All Conference football team Monday by the vote of coach- es in the conference at Boon- ville. They are Mike Malotte and Steve Donaldson, both seniors at PHS. The 61 edition of the Christmas Seals that fight tuberculosis have been mailed throughout the Unit- ed States and to Pike coun- tians. An effort has been made to include all fami- lies in Pike County on the mailing list; however, ma- ny changes take place in the community during the year. If you do not receive seals and would like to con- tribute, contact Seals Sales chairman, Mrs. William Smalldon, Petersburg. Milk was being sold at Voyles' IGA for 69 cents per gallon. Marriages: The mar- riage of Miss Marla Jane Dorsey of Decatur, Geor- gia, formerly of Jasper and Pike County to Malcolm H. Thomas was solemnized October 7; Miss Patricia L. Denney became the bride of A-2c Danny J. Western in a double ring ceremony per- formed October 27. Births: The son born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hinkle of Monroe City an- nounced in last week's Press Dispatch has been named Clay Monroe; To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Jones of Monroe City, a son, Charles Wesley on November 3; To Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cox of Peters- burg, a son, Paul Michael. To Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kalb of Dubois, a daughter, Sandra Ann; To Mr. and Mrs. David W. Kinman of Washington, a son, Keith David; To Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Barnett of Route 1, Franklin, a son, Christopher Jon. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, November 5, 1992 Winslow officials think they have saved taxpayers several thousand dollars by solving a problem them- selves with rip-rap and old chunks of concrete. Win- slow Town Council presi- dent Dave Tisdale and city employees Frank Loveless, Jerry Grissom and Bill Mill- er put rip-rap along the bank of the Patoka River next to a small dam, that creates a pool for the Winslow wa- ter intake pumps. The dam was built in the 1920s, but last Fall the river started eroding around the con- crete dam. Tisdale said the town council had contact- ed the Army Corps of Engi- neers to have a study done on correcting the problem, but had yet to hear from them. So they took things into their own hands. Tis- dale said they used old rip- rap and chunks of concrete and large sections of precast concrete beams from the old water plant demolition to fill the hole opened by erosion. It amounted to about 150 tons of makeshift rip-rap and 15 tons of new rip-rap. Two straight pins were found in candy two area chil- dren collected while going door to door on Halloween afternoon. "I just can't be- lieve someone in this area would do this," said an angry and shocked Sheridan Crow, who lives on 10th St. Two of her grandchildren each got a piece of candy with a pin in it. Police Chief Mike Key said the areas they had trick or treated in were on 10th, 11th and 12th Sts. as well as in the Meadowbrook neigh- borhood on Saturday night. There is a relatively new game that has been played in Pike County for about a month now and involves a number of Pike County stu- dents in the broad study of securities economics. The Stock Market Game, a ten- week investment comput- er-assisted simulation, is designed to teach students about our economic system and increase their math skills, according to team coordinator Vesper Hill. At Pike Central, Hill has tak- en nine teams of five eighth grade and freshmen from two math honors classes and entered them in the competi- tion. The middle school team was first in their region for the first two weeks and now are in second place, showing a nice gain on their computer simulated investments over a three week period. Grade A Med. Eggs were being sold for 65 cents a doz- en. South Western Indiana National Bank Petersburg Office excavated much of their ninth and Main Street parking lot due to discov- ery of high carbon level be- low where fuel storage tanks once were buried. The sup- posedly contaminated soil and backfilled sand is being removed and replaced with fill dirt and sand. Marriages: Rev. Ed Wahl officiated at the marriage of Kelly Lea Mulkey and Kel- ley Gene Loveland, both of Otwell. The 7 p.m. double ring rites took place Sat- urday, Oct. 10 in St. John's Lutheran Church in Boone Township; Michelle Jeree Sherman and Dwayne Allen Sanders were married Octo- ber 17 at 5:30 p.m. at Muren Church of God with Rev. Jo- el Evans officiating; Shaw- na M. Weyer and David R. Dawson of Petersburg ex- changed wedding vows Sep- tember 19 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ireland. Father Kenneth Betz officiated at the double ring ceremony. Births: To Koty Snow and Angie Rowe of Winslow, Oc- tober 14, a daughter, Lacy Josephine; To Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bowling II of Peters- burg, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Huntingburg, October 30, a daughter, Holly Elaine; To Mr. and Mrs. Grant Cannon of Petersburg on October 22, a daughter, Alizah Louise. Deaths: Ray J. Jobe, 72, of Petersburg, died Friday, Oct. 30 at 6:04 a.m. at Da- viess County Hospital in Pe- tersburg; Lula Rothrock, 88, of Oakland City, died Satur- day, Oct. 31 at 1:45 p.m. at Gibson General Hospital in Princeton; Dr. Travis Web- ster Tichenor, Jr., 74, of Clarksville, father of John C. Tichenor of Petersburg, died Saturday, Oct. 31 at 6:15 a.m. at Norton's Hospital in Lou- isville, Ky.; Melvin C. Cleve- land, 62, of Francisco, father of Connie Collins of Hazel- ton, died Friday, Oct. 30 at 11:04 a.m. at Gibson General Hospital in Princeton. SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 Stendal School—1938-1939—Grades 1-3 Front row: Patricia Egbert, Jacqueline Minneman, David Caldemeyer, Lelia Patberg, Lorene Cook, Beverly Katter, Betty Lou Roettger, Alberta Lee, Ruth Roettger, Charles Lee, Jimmie Roettger and Juanita Butke. Second row: Roy Meyerholtz, Allen Don- nerman, Clara Butke, Lola Roettger, Mary Lou McCallist, Mary Sickman, Paul Luker, Bob Astrike, Ralph Hemmer, Eldo Weitkamp and Herman Bass. Third row: Florence Hagemeyer, Philip Hagemeyer, Kern Luker, James Winstead, Seoria Caldemeyer, Dorthy Bone, Mary K. Ran- dolph, Renalda Bailey, Helen Bass, Mary Sollman and Lois Bass. Back row: Thorton Patberg, unknown, George Hay, ? Haycraft, John Hay, Cathern Nass, Geneva Hemmer, unknown, Eunice Meyer, Wilma Weitkamp and Mildred Kettler, Teacher. Wednesday, Dec. 6 • Washington Monument completed (1884) • The 13th Amendment is ratified (1865) Thursday, Dec. 7 • Pearl Harbor bombed (1941) • Delaware ratifies the Constitution (1787) Friday, Dec. 8 • John Lennon shot (1980) • Americans begin siege of Quebec (1775) Saturday, Dec. 9 • Patriots gain control of Virginia (1775) • Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War created (1861) Sunday, Dec. 10 • First Nobel Prizes awarded (1901) • Ford builds its 1 millionth car (1915) Monday, Dec. 11 • British delay Washington's march to Valley Forge (1777) • UNICEF founded (1946) Tuesday, Dec. 12 • Da Vinci notebook sells for over 5 million (1980) • Pennsylvania ratifies the Constitution (1787) Source: History.com