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B-10 Wednesday, December 13, 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 18, 1942 Norman Von der Lehr was in charge of the pro- gram at the regular meet- ing of the Petersburg Ki- wanis club last Wednesday. Mr. Von der Lehr had invit- ed the Rev. Ray Montgomery of Vincennes to entertain the club with some slight hand tricks. The Reverend did a very fine job of entertain- ing and mystifying the club. He was assisted by several of the members in some of his tricks. The fire department made a run to the Thomas Clean- ing and Pressing Shop, Wednesday to extinguish a flame, which broke out un- der the counter among some scrap paper. The damage was estimated to be about $100.00, being caused most- ly by smoke. Pvt. Robert Jack Kinman, son of Mrs. Jack Franklin of this city who is serving with the armed forces in England was pictured in this month's issue of the Life Magazine. The pictures were taken in England showing some of the soldiers in England. Veal Steak was being sold at Kroger for 29 1/2 c per pound. Marriages: Miss Lar- raine Richardson of Peters- burg and Sgt. James McFad- den of Camp Shelby, Miss., were united in marriage, Sat- urday, August 29, at a lovely ceremony in the First Baptist church in Hattisburg, Miss; The marriage of Miss Doro- thy Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elza Harris of near Terre Haute to Floyd Cham- ness, son of Mrs. Sam Cham- ness has been announced; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rich- ardson of near Winslow announce the marriage of their daughter, Bonnie Jean to Staff Sergeant George Green of Pine Camp, N.Y., son of Mrs. Opha Greene of Velpen. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Finch of Jasper an- nounce the arrival of a baby son, born September 7 and named Byrd Brockett; Born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Lu- ther Coomer of near Peters- burg, a boy, Charles Luther; Mr. and Mrs. Estel Park- er of Vincennes announce the birth of a 9 lb. girl, Vicki Marie; A baby son was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Wal- do Davis of Winslow named Larry Wallace; Born to Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Sherman of Pe- tersburg, a girl; Born Thurs- day to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McFarland of Petersburg a boy; Twins were born to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Deffendall, Sunday evening. The boy, Glen Ray and the girl, Glen- nis Fay. Deaths: News of the death of Dr. Henry Wal- ter Burger, Executive Vice President and Registrar of Hanover College, brought real grief to all the older and middle-aged citizens of this city who knew this ex- cellent man and model citi- zen, who was a native of Pe- tersburg, and who probably came nearer to realizing all the hopes and aspirations of his friends and family, than any other young man the city has ever sent forth to battle with the problems of life. Dr, Burger died on Tuesday, in a hospital in Madison, Ind. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, November 1, 1957 Petersburg volunteer fireman had some tense moments when the Dou- gan Feed Center caught fire Wednesday evening. In spite of an hour long fight to quench smoldering fire into a storage bin of corn cobs, damage resulting from the fire and smoke was consid- ered very light. The alarm was sounded at 4:55 p.m. af- ter smoke was detected in the new mill. Firemen had some difficulty in reaching the fire and employees of the firm worked for an hour emptying cobs to enable fireman to reach the fire. A microphone belong- ing to sound equipment of the Baptist church turned up in a local used merchan- dise store Monday after it had been taken from the church sometime in the past two weeks, the sheriff's de- partment reported Tuesday. The missing mike had been pawned for $5 by a person who identified himself on the pawn ticket as John Ad- ams, Jefferson street, Louis- ville, Ky., officers reported. State police and Washing- ton city police captured two youths in a stolen car Sat- urday night after the pair had been flushed at Otwell where they were in the pro- cess of entering the Craig Grocery after breaking in a door, county officials re- ported. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thomas entertained with a turkey dinner at their home Monday evening in honor of Darrell McClellan's birth- day. Cathy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young of Winslow, underwent a ton- sillectomy at the Daviess county hospital, last week- end. She is doing nicely. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Mead, Hope Ind., an- nounce the birth of a daugh- ter, born Oct. 30. Deaths: Funeral ser- vices for Mrs. Sarah Jane Crecelius, 88, were held at the Atkinson Chapel church;Funeral services for James Riley Perry, 82, Princeton, were at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Winslow Christian church FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, November 16, 1967 One of the first farm acci- dents reported in the coun- ty this fall occurred short- ly after 12 o'clock noon Sun- day when Forest "Nub" Bo- ger of Dutchtown came near losing his right foot in a corn combine when he was greas- ing, getting it ready to begin combining corn early Mon- day morning. It tore all the flesh off two toes, almost severed one and badly lacerated the oth- er two and badly lacerated the foot. Although his inju- ries are very painful he is thankful he did not lose his foot. Petersburg Elementary School P TA is sponsoring a Fall Festival Saturday, No- vember 18 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the All Purpose room at the elementary school. All proceeds from this P TA sponsored event will go to purchase needed equipment at the school. Although census takers have finished their door to door canvas in Petersburg, every effort is being made to be certain that all per- sons have been included in the census. A form below has been published in or- der that anyone not includ- ed in the census for one rea- son or another, may fill out the form and mail it to City Hall, Petersburg, Indiana, and they will be counted. Susan Dougan was select- ed as the Petersburg High School Good Citizen by the Social Studies department. Last Saturday, Susan went to Otwell where she, along with the good citizens of Ot- well, took a test to determine the county winner. Pike County Veterans of W WI Barracks 381 and Auxiliary had its annu- al Armistice turkey dinner Thursday, November 9 at the American Legion Hall in Petersburg. Table grace was given by Mrs. Hobart Grubb. A fter a bountiful dinner was enjoyed, the time was spent in an inter- esting manner by each vet- eran giving his name, date of induction, branch of service, length of service and place, and date of discharge. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Amos L. Schmitt, Velpen, a daughter, on November 11; To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Houchin, Oakland City, a daughter, on November 13; To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hess of Eaton Rapids, Michigan, a son, Steven Arther; To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gabbhart of Petersburg, a daugh- ter, Ellen Doreen; To State Trooper and Mrs. Raymond "Gene" Stapleton, Jr. of Hill's Trailer Court, Petersburg, a daughter, Holly Ann; To Mr. and Mrs. Gary Clark of Oak- land City, a son, Gary Lee, Jr.; To Mr. and Mrs. Roger W. Craig, Petersburg, a son, Warren Kay. Deaths: A fter an illness of many years from a heart ailment, John Stockinger, 77, well known and high- ly respected citizen of Win- slow, died at 3:40 a.m. Sun- day morning, November 12, in the Winslow hospital; Ser- vices were Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Monroe City Meth- odist church for Mrs. Ger- trude Belcher, 83, who dies at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the Good Samaritan hospital af- ter a short illness; Norman Sullivan, 65, of Akron, Ohio, native of Pike County, died Tuesday, November 14; Fu- neral services for Deanna Marie Kerby, infant daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kerby, of Evansville, will be today, Thursday, at 1 p.m. at Miller and Miller Funer- al Home. Deanna Marie on- ly lived one hour; Funeral services for Colby Jay Boy- er, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Boyer of Oakland City were at the Ellis Funeral Home in Paoli at 10 a.m. Sunday; Rome Willis of Oakland City, retired miner and farm- er, died Thursday at the Gib- son General Hospital; Mrs. Pansy Padgett, 36, of Green- wood, native of Petersburg, died at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in the University hospital in In- dianapolis. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, November 12, 1992 A Huntingburg man has been arrested on charged of harassment stemming from phone calls he made to his ex-wife, according to po- lice. Marty J. McCune, 31, of Huntingburg turned him- self into police Tuesday af- ternoon at the Pike Coun- ty Sheriff's Department, according to State Trooper Frank Coleman. Coleman said Steve and Brenda Oe- ding of Stendal had filed a complaint of someone mak- ing phone calls and hanging up. So a phone trap, which traces where a call is coming from was placed on the Oe- ding's phone. During a four- hour period in late October there were 108 calls made to their number from an apart- ment McCune rented in Evansville. He was charged with harassment, a class B. Misdemeanor. County councilmen re- canted two of their votes Tuesday morning after vot- ing against additional ap- propriations. One item they voted against then later ap- proved was repair of a bull- dozer at the county landfill and another was a mandated salary increase for the proba- tion officer. At least one Pike Coun- ty family is thankful a do- nor in Michigan was locat- ed in time for a relative's liver transplant operation. Last Thursday surgeons per- formed a liver transplant on JimSchnarr, 47, of Glendale, the brother of Don "Squeak" Schnarr of Otwell. The Fellowship of Chris- tian Athletes and Students is sponsoring Lock In 92 this Friday and Saturday, Novem- ber 13 and 14 beginning at 10 p.m. The Pike Central High School gym and both cafe- terias will be utilized dur- ing the nine-hour event. Ac- tivities begin with a guest speaker at 10 p.m. followed by open pool and gym, a dance, pizza, movie, relays, special music and then con- vocation and breakfast at 6:15 a.m. Petersburg Mayor Ran- dy Harris talks to Peters- burg Elementary School gifted and talented students about government. Harris explained the electoral col- lege and popular vote as well as the two legislative branch- es in both state and federal government to the students on Tuesday afternoon. Deaths: Patricia Ermalee Fulcher, 55, of Petersburg, died Friday, Nov. 6 at 3:30 p.m. at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; Robert R. Bartlett, 70, of Petersburg, died Mon- day, Nov. 9 at 10 p.m. at Da- viess County hospital; Shade Adler, 66, of Ft. Washing- ton, Md., died Sunday, Nov. 8; Layla C. Young Chapman, 10, of Evansville died at 2:10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 at the residence of her grandmoth- er, Bessie Young, of Win- slow, after an illness; Jack Erwin, 66, of Oakland City, died Monday, Nov. 9 at 10 :30 a.m. at a daughter's home; Victoria Singleton, 80, of Al- mont, Mich., died October 21; Carrie Kohlmeyer, 85, of Evansville, formerly of Mackey, died Wednesday, Nov. 4 at Deaconess Hospi- tal; Fred J. Braun, 92, of Jas- per, died at 3:40 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; Talitha F. Kemper, 84, of Holland, died at 1:06 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10 ; Har- ry L. Degenhart, 83, of Ha- zelton, dies Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 2:35 p.m. at Gibson Gen- eral Hospital in Princeton. SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY? Give us a call: 812-354-8500 Pikeville Public School—early 1930s Front row: Helen Helmerich, Edgar Coleman, Cecil Coleman, Darvin Lauderdale, Ruth Lee and Helen Stilwell. Second row: Charles Dearing, Jessie Lauderdale, Clarence Cook, Leon Corn, Laurence Lee and Earl Slunder. Third row: Teacher Wilma Kemp, Otho Lee, Selma Collins, Ester Smith, Willow Riesenbeck, Amy Lee, Mary Helmerich, Mildred Dearing, Wayne Helmerich and Teacher Willie Chambers. Back row: Elmo Spaw, Leo Smith, Earl Riesenbeck, Oda Collins, Herbert Smith, Paul Corn and Alwin Cook. Wednesday, Dec. 13 • Al Gore conceded presidential election (2000) • Sir Francis Drake sets out (1577) Thursday, Dec. 14 • Roal Admundsen becomes first explorer to reach the South Pole (1911) • Indy "Brickyard" is completed (1909) Friday, Dec. 15 • Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens (2001) • The Bill of Rights becomes law (1791) Saturday, Dec. 16 • The Boston Tea Party (1773) • Battle of the Bulge begins (1944) Sunday, Dec. 17 • First airplane flies (1903) • "A Christmas Carol" is published (1843) Monday, Dec. 18 • Mayflower docks at Plymouth Harbor (1620) • Slavery abolished in America (1865) Tuesday, Dec. 19 • President Clinton impeached (1998) • Thomas Paine publishes "American Crisis" (1776) Source: History.com