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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, December 20, 2017 A-7 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 22, 1942 Rev. L. E. Powell, pastor of the Church of God of Win- slow, was painfully injured Thursday morning when the trunk lid of his car fell down and caught both of his hands mashing and bruising them. The bone in the ring finger of the right hand was crushed, but it is thought that the finger can be saved. The Tell City six men foot- ball team came to this city Friday evening and engaged the Indians of the local high school on the athletic field in a game of night football and the six horseman of Tell City were too much for the lighter and more inex- perienced Indians, the final score being 52 to 6. The In- dians showed vast improve- ment over their initial game but were far too light for the fast and heavy Tell City ag- gregation. Owensville will come to this city for a game this coming Friday night. The Ford Coupe belong- ing to Miss Alice Schrieber, one of the County Nurses, was stolen from in front of the Dr. B.C. Ornbaun res- idence Friday night, and was found Saturday morn- ing by Chief of Police Rich- ard Hayes near the Wilkison Lumber Company yards. It is thought that probably the persons who took the car in- tended to take the tires from the car, as Mrs. Schrieber had recently placed two new tires on the car. The Southern Indiana Fox Chasers Association are to hold their annual meet tomorrow and continuing through Friday. Contrary to reports there is no ad- mission charge of any kind. The Fox Chasers in a patri- otic move are asking that each person bring along 10 pounds of junk at least, how- ever this is not the price of admission. "All Thru the Night" was playing at the Lincoln The- atre in Petersburg on Sep- tember 23 and 24. Births: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ira A. West of Chica- go, Ill., a boy, Herbert Ar- thur; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Aja Sherman, a boy, Wil- ford Lee; Danny Dale is the name given to the 10 pound son born to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Davis. Deaths: Dallas McCoy, one of Knox county's most highly respected farmer, passed away at his home, 3 miles west of Monroe City, where he had made his home the greater part of his life, September 16, 1942; Charles A. Shawhan, 83, re- tired hardware dealer, died at 2 Thursday afternoon at the home of his son; Floyd Burch, secretary of Pike Lodge, F. & A.M., was no- tified Monday morning of the death of Horace Ham- mond, at his home in India- napolis, Sunday, after an ill- ness of some three or four years. Mr. Hammond was near sixty years of age;Mrs. Laura Belle Kinscherff, wid- ow of the late Benjamin Kin- scherff, died at her home in this city early Sunday morn- ing, September 20 ; Mrs. Ora Hollon, a member of two of the oldest families in the county, died at her home in this city at 8:50 p.m. Sun- day evening, after an illness of one week; Edward Fer- guson, one of the older citi- zens of the Glezen commu- nity, died at his residence, at 3:30 Sunday morning, after having suffered from drop- sey for some time; Mrs. Lu- cy McNabb, 53, a native of last Saturday the 19th in the Olney hospital in Illi- nois, where she had been taken from her home for treatment. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, November 8, 1957 Petersburg volunteer fire- man, in keeping with the city's recently announced "Good Samaritan" poli- cy on sending the truck to "the country"answered an alarm at the Raymond Shandy property outside the city limits on state high- way 57 at 12:05 p.m. Tues- day. The dwelling, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Rush and family, was consider- ably damaged by fire and smoke. The two younger children were removed by Mrs. Murl Boger, who was staying with them. Mrs. Bo- ger then turned in an alarm. Schools will be in vaca- tion and the business com- munity will be closed Mon- day in celebration of Vet- erans Day, Monday, No- vember 11. Mayor L. Carol Thomas proclaimed the day as a time for citizens to demonstrate their respects to the men who have served in the United States in dark hours of danger. Herman Nordhorn, South 5th street, was among the outstanding area Boy Scout workers presented Silver Beaver Awards at the An- nual Recognition Dinner of the Buffalo Trace Council of the Boy Scouts of Amer- ica, at St. Benedict's Audi- torium, in Evansville Mon- day, Nov. 4. Over 500 Scout- ers and wives attended. Nancy Sue Willis cele- brated her tenth birthday October 30 with a party giv- en at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Willis. Nancy received many nice gifts, and wishes a speedy re- covery for those who were ill and unable to attend her party. Twenty-four students from Pike County and one Oakland City student are enrolled in classes on the main campus of Purdue Uni- versity for the current first semester of the 1957-58 ac- ademic year. Deaths: Funeral servic- es for William J. Robling, 82, will be at 2 p.m. Friday, November 8 at the Harris Funeral Home; Robert E. Young, 52, died Suddenly at his home in Terre Haute, Tuesday, November 5; Fu- neral services for Mrs. Ma- mie Bell Ward, 78, Winslow, were at 2 p.m. Wednesday, in the Curtis Funeral Home FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, November 23, 1967 Fire completely destroyed the one story frame dwell- ing of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Quiggins, one and a half miles south east of Peters- burg on the Grapevine road, Thursday morning at 11:20 a.m. An explosion in the fur- nace stoker around 10 a.m. is believed by authorities to have started the fire. No one was home at the time. A neighbor called Mrs. Quiggins, who had left at 6 a.m. for work at Uniroyal at Washington. The children were in school. Mr. Quig- gins had gone to consult a doctor. Southern Railway Com- pany reports that it has re- cently presented to the tax collector of Pike County a check for $14,008.39, rep- resenting the second one- half installment of its ad va- lorem taxes for 1966. Total of all 1966 direct taxes, state and local, paid or to be paid by Southern Railway Sys- tem in Indiana is estimated to be more than $ 300,000. A south bound car on highway 257 leading from Otwell, driven by Bernard E. Thewes, 19, route 1, Jas- per, drove out onto highway 56 into the path of a west bound car driven by Mi- chael J. Williams, 29, of Win- slow Friday night following the Jasper-Washington bas- ketball game. According to state police, Thewes appar- ently misjudged the speed of Williams' 1964 Ford. The Williams' car ran in- to the side of Thewes' 1962 Chevrolet and ripped off both doors of the Thewes car. Williams' car was on- ly slightly damaged. There were no personal injuries. Thewes was charged with failure to yield right of way. Junior High and High School Art classes under the supervision of their teacher, Mrs. Fern Davis have been working on a sign project for the Jaycees of Petersburg. The project was to make a suitable wel- come sign with appropriate slogan and illustration that could be used as a pattern for a larger sign to be erect- ed at the city limits. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jones, Winslow, a son; To Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bertelle, Columbus, Kan- sas, a son, James Michael; To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wa- terford, Bloomington, a daughter, Rhonda Lee' To Mr. and Mrs. James Spaw, Spurgeon, a son, Charles Dewayne; To Mr. and Mrs. Ned E. Barr, Bargersville, a son, Christopher Lind- sey; To Mr. and Mrs. Her- schel Robling, Petersburg, a daughter, Rhonda Renee; To M. and Mrs. Merlin L. Brittain, Otwell, a son; To Mr. and Mrs. Woodie Bak- er of near Arthur, a son, Jon Wayne; To Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Stegemoller, Pe- tersburg, a son, Darin Todd; To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Capehart, Washington, a son, Noel Dean. Deaths: The life of a lit- tle girl just four months old ebbed away at 11:45 Sat- urday morning. Nici Ann Harris, daughter of Robert D. and Sondra Seneff Har- ris, died at the home of her parents in Petersburg after a three month illness; Ar- thur Gene Miley, 47, died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Novem- ber 19 at his home on eighth street in Petersburg after a long illness of muscular dys- trophy; Aloysious Weyer, 59, father of Mrs. Donald Gray of Otwell, died Monday at 7:30 a.m. at his home in Huntingburg from an ap- parent heart attack; Funer- al services for Henry Chap- pell, 74, of Ft. Wayne, who died suddenly Sunday while visiting his daughter, were at the Pilgrim Congressio- nal church in Ft. Wayne on Tuesday; Mrs. Mary Ann Radford, 78, passed away at her home Saturday, Novem- ber 18 about 6:30 p.m.; Ken- neth Marshall, 45, of India- napolis, native of Ayrshire, died Monday, November 20 ; Funeral services for Samuel McCullough, 94, of Oakland City, were Wednesday, No- vember 22 at Lamb Funer- al Home at 2 p.m. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, November 19, 1992 A 1990 Pontiac Gran Prix crashed on Bell Hill following a five mile chase with speeds over 100 mph. John K. Kockopolous, 39, Hammond, ran from Indi- ana State Trooper Paul Bu- cher after he had stopped for speeding. IDP officer Paul Bastin responded to the call for assistance and then investigated the acci- dent. Kochopolous tested .24 BAC, over two times the legal limit. He was charged with felony DUI, resisting law enforcement (Class D felony), criminal reckless- ness and driving while sus- pended. A meeting of I-69 advo- cates from Michigan to Tex- as gave local supporters of the Indianapolis to Evans- ville Highway encourage- ment last week. Judy Gray, Pike Co. Economic Devel- opment Director, attended the meeting in Memphis last week. "It was very ex- citing," said Gray about the meeting. She said represen- tatives from seven states In- diana, Kentucky, Tennes- see, Arkansas, Mississip- pi, Louisiana and Texas at- tended the meeting. "There was great enthusiasm for it," said Gray. She said en- couraging the enthusiasm was the broad support from each of the states along the proposed I-69 route. Also it doesn't hurt that President elect Bill Clinton and his vice-president Al Gore are from states along the route. It started out just like any typical Thursday in No- vember cloudy, raining and about 45 degrees, but then things got a little weird. At about 2:30 p.m. near hurri- cane winds roared into Pike County and the area. The winds measuring between 60 mph and 70 mph came up suddenly Thursday and gave area trees and T V an- tennas fits. The two worst incidents was a house trail- er being blown onto a new pickup truck in Petersburg and a tree falling through a barn in Augusta. 'Flowers for Algernon' will be presented this Fri- day evening at 7:30 p.m. and then on Saturday af- ternoon at 2 p.m. Jon Foust plays Charlie Gordon, a developmentally disabled young man who is subject- ed to an experiment that increases his intellect to genius level. The cast in- cludes 25 Pike Central stu- dents. Tickets are on sale at the high school and at the door for $ 3. The Women of the Church of God in Petersburg had a covered dish Japanese din- ner at 6:30 p.m. at the fel- lowship hall Tuesday, Nov. 10. Mrs. Kelly Cochren was hostess for the evening. The hall was decorated in Japa- nese motif. Tomoko Sawa, a Japanese senior student at Pike Central, conducted a question and answer dis- cussion. Marriages: Marci Lynn Melvin of Petersburg and Jason Edward Barnes were married October 31 at 4 p.m. at Petersburg First United Methodist Church. Births: To Kevin E. and Lauren R. Roach of Vin- cennes, Nov. 4, a daugh- ter, Breanna Raelynne; To Mr. and Mrs. David Mc- Beth of Petersburg, Nov. 7, a daughter, Molly Marie; To Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Bo- ger of Petersburg, Nov. 12, a son, Shawn Paul; To Mr. and Mrs. Dale Cornett of Winslow, Nov. 13, a son, Al- exander Kyle; To Mr. and Mrs. Jason Decker on Oct. 12, a son. Donovan Wade; Paul and Kimberly Buch- er of Otwell announce the birth of their second daugh- ter, Kelsey Lynn; To Mr. and Mrs. Scott Blocker of Pe- tersburg, Nov. 6, their first child, a daughter, Jordan Lee; To Mr. and Mrs. Les- ter Ott, Jr. of Long Beach, MS, Oct. 19, a daughter, De- siree Yvonne. Deaths: Lula G. Mor- ton, 84, of Winslow, died Thursday, Nov. 12 at 9:10 p.m. at Wirth Memorial Hospital in Oakland City; James L. Wood, 69, of Vin- cennes, formerly of Peters- burg, died at 6:40 a.m. Mon- day, November 16 at his res- idence; Memorial services will be Friday, Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Ridge Cem- etery, Campbelltown; Mar- garet Pearl Carpenter, 90, of Boonville, died Monday morning, Nov. 16 at the res- idence of her daughter; Har- ry McWilliams, 70, of Lyn- nville, brother of June Oxby of Spurgeon, died Tuesday at 12 a.m. at the Tri-State Regional Rehabilitation Hospital in Evansville; Har- ry J. Vories, 73, of Monroe City, died at 11:28 p.m. Tues- day, Nov. 10 in the extended care unit at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes; Flo- ra Aline Pogue, 89, of Mon- roe City, died Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes. Petersburg High School 1952-53 Front row (l to r): Bob Dowden, Jon Welch, Lee Nicholson, Jerry Traylor and Don Welch. Back row (l to r): Student Manager Ben Nor- ris, Don Ficklin, Leslie Miley, John Henry Harrison, Bud Dyer, Bob Mercker and Coach Bob Sakel. Photo contributed by Anna Nicholson. Wednesday, Dec. 20 • Elvis Presley is drafted (1957) • Berlin Wall opened for first time (1963) Thursday, Dec. 21 • Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Scotland (1988) • Apollo 8 departs for moon's orbit (1968) Friday, Dec. 22 • First gorilla born in captivity (1956) • Continental Congress creates a Continental Navy (1775) Saturday, Dec. 23 • Van Gogh chops off ear (1888) • George Washington resigns as commander–in–chief (1783) Sunday, Dec. 24 • Soviet tanks roll into A fghanistan (1979) • War of 1812 ends (1814) Monday, Dec. 25 • The Christmas Truce (1914) • Washington crosses the Delaware (1776) Tuesday, Dec. 26 • Bugsy Siegel opens Flamingo Hotel (1946) • "Porgy and Bess" opens in Leningrad (1955) Source: History.com