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C-12 Wednesday, Februar y 28, 2018 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, October 27, 1942 The U.S. Department of Agriculture presents Pike County Triple A in action on a radio broadcast from WAOV, Wednesday, Octo - ber 28 at 12:30 p.m. Mr. Vir- gil Phillips and Mrs. Bert Davidson will give the plea. Dr. T.R. Rice was the speaker at the October meet- ing of the Health Study Club helf Friday, October 23, 1942 at the home of Mrs. Dorothy Chew. Dr. Rice spoke imme- diately following the co-op- erative luncheon. He dis- cussed "Malignant and Be- nign Tumors" explaining the necessity of diagnosing and removing them early in their growth in order to avoid fa- tal results. His talk was fol- lowed by a round table dis- cussion and much informa- tion was gained by those present. During the annual meet- ing of the North Central In- diana Teachers' Association, held at Fort Wayne, Ind., Thursday and Friday, Miss Frankie Jones, a teacher in the La Porte schools and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Jones of this city was selected president of that organization. At this time, there were only five days left tp renew your year's subscription at The Press for only $1. Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Adams of Pe- tersburg, announce the marriage of their daughter, Mary Pearl Adams to Wil- bur A. Milliams. The mar- riage vows were read Octo- ber 10, 1942 at three o'clock with the Rev. Welcher of Vin- cennes, performing the dou- ble ring ceremony. Births: A little daughter, Carol Ann, was born at the Altoona, Pa. hospital to Mr. and Mrs. John I. Kleffman on October 8. Deaths: The Reverend Isaac Wright, the oldest ac- tive minister of the Gospel in this section of Indiana, died at the South Sixth Street in this city at 2:30 a.m., Mon- day morning, October 26, suffering a stroke which caused his death to be in- stantaneous; George Lew- is Warner, one of the prom- inent and highly respect- ed citizens who lived just across White River in Harri- son township, Knox county, died at his home shortly af- ter noon on Sunday, October 25, after suffering a stroke. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, January 17, 1958 The Spurgeon Cardinals racked up their 10th win in 12 games this season by handing Lynnville its 12th loss in 13 games last Friday night, 41-33, at Lynville. Spurgeon led at all stops in the control game and was paced by Hunt and Williams, who each tallied 12 points. Beckey had 11 for the Lin- dies. The Young Woman's Guild had the first meeting of the year, Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. in Friendship Hall of Main Street Pres- byterian church. The meet- ing was opened by the Presi- dent, Mandane Hobson, who also gave the devotions. A f- ter the close of the business meeting contests and a so- cial hour was the diversion of the evening. Prizes were awarded Edna Biggs, Eloise Killion and Avanelle Smith. Oakland City College is in the midst of plans for what they hope is the biggest and best homecoming yet. The student body will initiate the festivities at a Pep Con- vocation, Friday morning, January 17, at 10 :45. Phillip Fischer will act as Master of Ceremonies and introduce the queen and her court and the basketball team to the student body. The Colle- gian Quartet will render sev- eral numbers and skits will be presented by each class. The big day will get off to a flashy start, January 18, at 3 o'clock with the Homecom- ing Parade. Juanita Mehre, of the Ot- well High School Band, Ot- well, Ind., who plays the clarinet, has been select- ed for membership in the "All-Star" high school band which will perform in Pur- due University's great Hall of Music, Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Third Annual High School Band Music Read- ing Clinic. Marriages: Miss Sara Farrand was married to Norman Butler, of Farmers- burg, Sunday, December 29, at 3:30 p.m. in Terre Haute. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hollon announce the birth of a son, Sunday, January 5; Mr. and Mrs. James Sheperd announce the birth of a son, Douglas Alan, on January 5. Deaths: Mrs. Rosa Chum- bley, 87, Winslow, passed away in the Jasper Memorial hospital, Tuesday morning after a short illness; Law- rence R. Meadors, 67-year- old prominent Pike Coun- ty farmer and Democrat- ic Party worker, was killed late Saturday afternoon when his tractor pinned him against a tree branch on his farm near Otwell; Williams C. Rayls, 75, fa - ther of Mrs. Roey Kleysteu- ber, passed away in Vin- cennes, Thursday, January 9; Mrs. Rada Boger, 54, re- cently appointed Matron for the Court House, died with a heart attack Sunday eve- ning. She had been rushed to the Good Samaritan hos- pital in Vincennes, after suf- fering the attack, where she passed away at 7:40 ; Cyrus N. Deffendall, 90, Oakland City, passed away in the Oakland City hospital, Fri- day, after an illness of six months. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, February 1, 1968 Fire gutted the four room house of Mr. and Mrs. Joda Simmons on the south side in Winslow, Tuesday morn- ing around 10 :30. How the fire started has not been de- termined, but from all ap- pearance it was from the wiring in the southwest bed- room. There was no one at the home when the fire was discovered by Avon salesla- dy, Mrs. Joyce Harper. She summoned the fire depart- ment. Sheri A. Riney has been named 1968 Betty Crock- er Homemaker of Tomor- row for Petersburg High School. Miss Riney, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Riney of Peters- burg, finished first in a writ- ten examination for senior girls December 5. Sheri's achievement has made her eligible for state and nation- al scholarship awards and al- so has earned her a specially designed silver charm from General Mills, will be cho- sen from state Homemakers of Tomorrow on the basis of her original test score plus personal observation and interviews during the tour, and she scholarship will be increased to $5,000. When the Titanic, larg- est ship in the world at that time, sank in the Atlantic, April 15, 1912 on its maid- en voyage from Southamp- ton to New York, relatives of Mrs. Rebecca Ellen But- ler Chalos had never heard from her since, until friends began to call them last week after hearing Art Linklet- ter's program, "Bureau of Missing Persons and Heirs." During the program, Lin- kletter told the interesting story of a young woman and man who were rescued from a raft after the sinking of the Titanic and that the couple lived in Paris, France since that time. He stated that the woman had died last August at the age of 90 and relatives were being sought. He then asked for information con- cerning Rebecca Ellen But- ler Chalos' uncle, Fred But- ler, of Oakland City and stat- ed that Mrs. Chalos had left an estate of $50,000. Mrs. Chalos' nephew, Howard Butler and his wife, of Spur- geon, were listening to the program and just before Lin- kletter told who the people were that were picked up from the raft. the electric- ity at their home went off. Mr. and Mrs. Butler thought no more about the program until friends, who had heard the program, began to call and tell them about it. Mrs. Chalos' niece, Mrs. Frank Sutton, was at a beauty par- lor during the program and her friends, upon hearing the news, soon found her to tell her about her aunt. Right away Mrs. Sutton be- gan making calls and writ- ing to Paris. SHe was asked to send any records she had of the Butler family tree and received a letter Satur- day that her records corre- sponded exactly with the re- cords her aunt had made in France. Mrs. Chalos was a sister of the late John W. But- ler of Spurgeon and the late Fred Butler of Oakland City. There are two more heirs be- sides Mrs. Sutton and How- ard Butler. They are Mrs. Herschel Nole and Roscoe Corn of Oakalnd City. Marriages: Miss Ellen Marie Hale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DeFrost Hale, Jr. of Boonville, became the bride of Ronald Ray McK- inney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack McKinney, of Boon- ville, Saturday, January 27 at 6 p.m. in Neu Chapel on the campus of the Universi- ty of Evansville. The bride is a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. DeFrost Hale of Win- slow; Miss Barbara Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Adams of Peters- burg, became the bride of Bob Morton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Morton of Peters- burg, Saturday, January 27 at 3 p.m. Deaths: Mrs. Edna Bot- tom. 68, died at her home in Cambelltown at 5:30 a.m. Friday, January 26, after a short illness; Mrs. Lena Peal, 73, who was in busi- ness in Oakland City with her son and late husband, Gilbert Peal since 1932, died unexpectedly Wednes- day, January 31 at 11:30 a.m. in the Gibson General Hos- pital from a heart attack; Fu- neral services for Mrs. Le- na Wiggs, 82, who was found dead in her home Wednes- day of last week from a lung hemmorage, were conduct- ed al Lamb Funeral Home in Oakland City on Satur- day at 2 p.m.; Elmer Cain, 62, of the Dutchtown com- munity, Petersburg, died at 11:50 p.m. Sunday, January 28 in the Daviess County hospital; Mrs. Esther Hen- dershot, 56, of Vincennes, mother of Mrs. Hilda Bal- low's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Richard ( Jackie) Ballow, was killed instantly when she was struck by a south- bound Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train at the Car- bon street crossing a half a block from her home in Vincennes; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wiggs received word Tuesday of the death of Mr. Wiggs' aunt, Alice Wiggs, in Pheonix, Ariz. Mrs. Wiggs, a former resident of Oakland City, had been living in Pheo- nix for about two years. She dies Monday night; Howard D. Miley, Sr., 74, who lived west of Highway 57 off Pike Avenue, Petersburg, died at 6:15 p.m. Sunday, January 28 at the Good Samaritan hos- pital Thursday suffering from the influenza; Herman "Dutch" Richardson, of Oak- land City, died Friday after- noon at the Manatee Memo- rial hospital in Bradenton, Fla. of a heart ailment; Her- man A. Smith, 74, died at his home in Oakland City at 6 a.m. Thursday of a heart at- tack; Anthony Scott Cundiff, two-day-old son of Tony and Phyllis ( Walker) Cundiff, of Petersburg, died at 1:12 a.m. Thursday, January 25 at the Daviess County hospital. He was born Tuesday, January 23, seven weeks premature. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, January 28, 1993 Kimberly Lamb and Ja- mie Wilhite of Petersburg, Andrea DeJarnett and Brett Kincaid, of Winslow, were named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Ball State University. A fire that started and spread quickly destroyed Dick Traylor's barn Thurs- day afternoon. Traylor said he was cleaning up some bro- ken bails of hay in the barn and when he looked behind him, it was burning. The or- igin of the fire is unknown, but Traylor said he might have hit an electric light bulb with his pitch fork while he was working. He said this might have caused a spark or hot filament to fall into the hay and straw. Police are guardedly re- leasing information about a rural Spurgeon man who died of a gunshot wound Thursday night. Ron Veit, 37, of Route 2, Oakland City was pronounced dead at the scene by Pike County Cor- oner Lowry Cooper. Pike County Deputy Sheriff Wil- liam Walker said his depart- ment received a call report- ing a possible suicide at the residence of Glen Dillon at 7:50 p.m. State Police Detec- tive Mike Hildebrand, who is assisting Walker with the in- vestigation, said they were investigating it as a self-in- flicted gunshot, but the in- vestigation had not been completed. Missy Aldridge and Mike Whitten have organized this year's Pike Central Basket- ball Homecoming event in- to "A Moment to Treasure" according to Rachel Deffen- doll, Student Council pres- ident and Kam Sleby, Stu- dent Council secretary. The queen will be crowned dur- ing festivities between the ju- nior varsity and varsity con- test against visiting South Spencer. Theme colors for homecoming are emerald green, black and silver. Police are investigating a theft and vandalism of a truck on Spruce Street in Pe- tersburg. Rosemary Brews- ter told police that between 9 and 9:30 p.m. on January 15, somebody broke out a win- dow of her 1984 Ford pickup truck, while it was parked in front of her residence. Brew- ster later called and said they found several items had been stolen. No estimate was list- ed. Marriages: Jeanine Fred- erick and Jay Craig were united in marriage on De- cember 19 at 5 p.m. at Gos- pel Center Church in Peters- burg; Kimberly Ann White- head and Brian David Col- lins were united in marriage on November 21 at 3 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Petersburg by Rev. John Manges. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Keith Casey of Oakland City on Wednesday, Dec. 30, a daughter, Ashlee Nicole;To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Be- ment of Alta Loma, Calif., in San Antonio Hospital, Janu- ary 16, their first child, a son, David Michael; To Mr. and Mrs. Shane Nalley of Boon- ville, a daughter, Peyton Eliz- abeth, on December 28; To Mr. and Mrs. Tony ( Jennifer) Turano of Ayrshire at Memo- rial Hospital in Jasper, Mon- day, Jan. 18, a daughter, Mia. Deaths: An elderly Ot- well woman was killed in- stantly Monday afternoon, when she turned in front of a semi-tractor-trailer and was struck head-on. Hazel Ded- rick, 76, died as she attempt- ed to turn left off SR 257 onto a city street about two blocks from her house; Ronald R. Veit, 37, Oakland City, died at 7:43 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 at Winslow; Albert "Ray" Kirby, 45, of Albany, formerly of Pike County, died Wednes- day evening, Jan. 20 in Ball Memorial Hospital Emergen- cy Room; Mabel M. Oskins, 88, died at 3:45 p.m. Thurs- day, Jan. 21 at Wedgewood Manor Nursing Center in Clarksville;Delmar L. Kapp, 52, of Huntingburg, father of Mrs. William (Brenda) Mc- Gee of Winslow, died at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 at Am- ber Manor Nursing Home in Petersburg; Othmar F. Her- big, 81, of Jasper, brothers of Francis and Robert Her- big, both of Algiers, died at 2:45 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; Myrtle A. Taylor, 88, former- ly of Otwell, died at 1 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 at Memo- rial Hospital in Jasper; Wood- row Newby McClary, 80, of Elberfeld, died Monday, Jan. 25 at 4:30 a.m. at his resi- dence; Lela W. (Pat) Chan- dler, 87, of Princeton, for- merly of Oatsville, died Sat- urday, Jan. 23 at 8:30 a.m. at Gibson General Hospital in Princeton. 1970-1971 Petersburg High School Basketball Pictured above are the 1970 Petersburg Indians. Cheerleaders are, front row (l to r):Rhea Furman, Phyllis Leighty, LuAnn Stone, Alice Readle, and Gail Grimes. Team members are, second row (l to r): Ronnie Stone, Denny Whitehead, Art Stewart, Owen Blue, Rick Willis and Brad Woodhull. Back row: Kip Omstead - Trainer, Ron Gray, Tim kerr, Bill Buechele, Dene Bartley, Dave Early, Jim Foster and Martin Perkins - Manager. Wednesday, February 28 • Watson and Crick discover chemical structure of DNA (1953) • John Wesley charters first Methodist Church in U.S. (1784) Thursday, March 1 • Lindbergh baby kidnapped (1932) • Articles of Confederation are ratified (1781) Friday, March 2 • Dr. Seuss born (1904) • The Siege of Boston (1776) Saturday, March 3 • Helen Keller meets her miracle worker (1887) • "The Star-Spangled Banner" becomes official national anthem (1931) Sunday, March 4 • Government under the U.S. Constitution begins (1789) • FDR inaugurated (1933) Monday, March 5 • The Boston Massacre (1770) • Hula-Hoop patented (1963) Tuesday, March 6 • Bayer patents aspirin (1899) • Michelangelo born (1475) Wednesday, March 7 • Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone (1876) • Hitler reoccupies the Rhineland (1936) Source: History.com