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C-12 Wednesday, March 21, 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 Friday and Tuesday, November 6 and 10, 1942 This was the first time for many years that an Asses- sor of Washington township had been an elective office, the duties of assessor having been performed by the trust- ee, but a change in the law made is necessary to elect a township assessor for Wash- ington township, and Sher- man D. (Dick) Patterson, republican candidate, was elected by a majority of 543 votes over Cleve Walts, Pat- terson receiving 1373 and Walts 930. Election of officers was held at the regular meeting of the Petersburg Kiwanis Club, which was last Wednes- day. Ray Burns was elected to the Presidency with Doc- tor Doris as Vice President. Reverend Frank McLaughen was re-elected as Secretary Treasurer. Mr. Edward Stonecipher of this city received a let- ter from his daughter Mrs. Yenne Snider of Augusta, Maine, the first of the week, in which she told of her hus- band's promotion to the rank of major. Apparently lost and un- able to get the correct di- rection straightened out, a huge flock of wild geese cruised around Petersburg last Friday night in great cir- cles. The geese flew in a V shape with a long line going straight back from the center of the V in what appeared to be a long white arrow shape. It was a dark night, but when they approached onlookers, they looked like a white wave. Several estimates have been made as to the number in the flock ranging from 150 to sev- eral thousand. At daylight, the flock flew directly South and soon disappeared. Marriages: Saturday eve- ning at 8 o'clock at the Unit- ed Brethren parsonage, Miss Edith Willis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Willis, became the bride of Wayne England, son of Mr. and Mrs. James England, of Bowman. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Ev- erett Uppencamp are the proud parents of a baby boy born October 27. He was named Everett Lee; Rose Sharon is the name given to the eight pound daugh- ter born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. William Noel Fet- tinger; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Grester Arnold, a girl born Friday night at the home of Mrs. Ida M. Willis, mother of Mrs. Arnold. The baby has been named Evelyn Faye; A daughter was born Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Granis Thom- as of near Winslow; Richard Boyd is the name given to a son born Friday to Pvt. and Mrs. Wilson Simpson. Deaths: The eleven-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bush, of Stendal, died at the family home at 7 o'clock Sunday morning. She had been ill for eleven months from leakage of the heart; Fu- neral services for Mrs. Clyde Norrick were Sunday after- noon at the General Baptist church at 2 o'clock with Rev. Verner Preston officiating; Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Wiggs, who died at her home in Oakland City were from the Lamb and Son Fu- neral Home in that city Sun- day afternoon, with the Rev. H.D. Harmeyer in charge and interment was made in the Williams cemetery in Pato- ka township this county. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, February 6, 1958 Herschel Ault, of Peters- burg, was named manag- er of the Baker Furniture Store here last week. The announcement came from Brice Baker, owner of the store. Mr. Ault has been em- ployed at the furniture store for about a year. Miss Joyce Schafer, sopra- no, will participate in the Se- mester Recital at Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio. Miss Schafer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl O. Scha- fer, is a sophomore at West- ern. The most advanced stu- dents in the department are chosen to perform at this re- cital. Miss Schafer will sing "Aria of Susanna - Deh, vie- ni non tardar" from the "Mar- riage of Figaro" by Mozart. Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Dougan, Spurgeon, will celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversa- ry, February 9, with Open House from 2-4 p.m. at their home, a mile north of Spur- geon, on Highway 61. Tennyson got revenge from its 73-72 loss to Spur- geon last Tuesday by knock- ing off another Pike Coun- ty unit, Stendal, 77-55 Fri- day night at Tennyson. Ten- nyson lost possession of the Courier Dope Bag in its clash with Spurgeon and was real- ly out to get revenge over a Pike County team. Jim Cole- man's Aces dropped by the wayside in the second quar- ter and could never catch up. Faltzman rolled in 34 points to top the Tennyson club. Kamman had a modest 21 points for the losing Aces. A miscellaneous shower was given for Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lee Johns Friday, Jan. 24 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leotas Johns. Many nice and useful gifts were received by the couple. Marriages: The mar- riage of Miss Mary Edna Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arville Jones, Monroe City, to Herman A. Spilm- on, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- bur Spilmon, McCleansboro, Ill., was solemnized January 5 at the Bellemeade Church of Christ in Evansville; Lar- ry R. Willis and Miss Geor- gia Mae Cutterridge were united in marriage Jan. 31 at the Pentecostal Prayer Cen- ter in Evansville; In a candle- light service Friday evening, January 24, in the Petersburg Christian church, Miss Mar- garet Spray, daughter of Mrs. Helen Spray, Petersburg, be- came the bride of James W. Pirkle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Pirkle, Winslow. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Clif- ford Dawson announce the birth of a daughter, January 19 in Indianapolis. She has been named Roxanna; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Edwards announce the birth of a son, Mark Alan, January 26. Deaths: Funeral services for Lena M. Lindsay, 46, were at the Harris Funeral Home at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Har- old Head and Rev. Earl Beaty officiating; Alva L. Lee, 67, Oakland City, died at his home at 5:45 p.m. Friday; fu- neral services for Harold D. Hughes, 48, Winslow, were at 2 p.m. Wednesday, in the Winslow Methodist church, with the Rev. James Smith officiating; our Burr Oak correspondent, Mrs. Walter Shelton, informed The Press that word was received of the death of Mrs. Leora Weisheit, of New Castle, Friday; Scott Richardson, 60, died at his home in Boonville, Monday afternoon. He was a former resident of Winslow, having moved to Boonville three years ago; Funeral services for Everett Chamberlain, Vin- cennes, who passed away Fri- day morning in the Good Sa- maritan hospital, following a heart attack, were at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the Brock- man Funeral home in Fair- view cemetery; Mrs. Cora Wilkes, 75, widow of Hallie W. Wilkes, died at the Good Samaritan hospital, Friday at 4 a.m., after a lengthy illness; funeral services for Theo- dore Gasaway, 57, will be to- day at 10 a.m. in the Harris Funeral Home. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, February 22, 1968 Karen S. Beadles, of Sten- dal, will sail March 6 for Cey- lon on the S.S. Hope. This will be the seventh voyage for the world's first peace- time hospital ship, and will mark Hope's first return to Asia since the Project's maid- en voyage in 1960. Miss Bea- dles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miniard Beadles, of Stendal, is a medical tech- nologist, having received her professional training at Indi- ana State University in Terre Haute. Karen is formerly one of the outstanding 4-H girls in Pike county. She will be a member of the permanent staff during ten-month teach and train program in Ceylon. The third time is the charm, as the old adage goes, and a couple of thieves found that out Friday morn- ing when for the third time since December 28, Hollis IGA at Otwell has been bro- ken into. However, Friday the thieves were caught while at- tempting to rob the store. Be- ing held in the county jail for break-in are Paul Vincent, 36, of Owensboro, and Arnold George Lauer, 48, of Hen- derson, Ky. Pike County Assessor, Da- vid Thomas, is marking time awaiting instructions from the State Tax Board relative to the reassessment of Pike County Real estate. He can do nothing toward setting the wheels in motion un- til the real estate assessing manual is received from the state. It will not be available until the Attorney General's office approves it and it can be officially adopted and ex- plained to assessors at state and regional meetings. The purpose of the reappraisal is to insure that all property owners are being taxed alike. The new assessed valuation will go into effect January 1, 1969, payable 1970. Dr. Edgar D. Wright, mem- ber of the Pike County Board of Health, is making talks at the elementary schools of Pike county warning chil- dren of the danger of petting stray animals. There is a dan- ger of stray dogs and pet dogs being or becoming rabid from running loose. Sever- al counties have had to quar- antine animals because of a rabies epidemic. He warned children not to touch strange dogs and not to let their pets follow them to school. A two-car collision in Win- slow Saturday afternoon re- sulted in considerable dam- age to the automobiles of Fred McCord and Mrs. Rus- sell Hurt, and slight injuries to Mrs. Hurt and Mr. Mc- Cord's daughter, Eva. The accident happened when Mr. McCord, traveling east of La- fayette street ran into Mrs. Hurt who was in the center of the intersection, traveling north on Walnut. Marriages: Miss Su- zanne Rae Sutton, daugh- ter of Dr. and Mrs. John W. Sutton, of Petersburg, be- came the bride of Ralph Ed- ward Logston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Longston, of Speedway and the late Mr. Logston Sunday, February 18 at 2 p.m. in the First Method- ist church, Petersburg. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Powers, of Evansville, a daughter, Amy Lynn; To Mr. and Mrs. Homer Kend- all, of Petersburg, a daughter, Eva Lynette; To Mr. and Mrs. James Archbold, of Rock Falls, Ill., a daughter, Kris- tine Sue; To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Johnson, of Harrisburg, Ill., a son, Brantley Wayne; To Mr. and Mrs. Billy Stuck- ey, of Buckskin, a daughter, Tonya Kay; To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knight, of Oakland City, a daughter, Susan Eliz- abeth; To Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Church, of Oakland City, a son, Toby Lee; To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Powell, of Peters- burg, a son, Jerry Lee, Jr.; To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mat- tingly, of Petersburg, twins, a son, Brett Allen, and a daugh- ter, Jodi Dale; To Airman 3c and Mrs. Ronald Hale, their first child, a daughter, Dana Michelle. Deaths: Mrs. Lydia Soll- man and Mrs. Mildren Low- rey received word of the death of Mrs. Alice Kettler, of Ohio. She was the wife of Guilford Kettler, formerly of Stendal, who is a brother of Mrs. Sollman and Mrs. Low- rey, of Stendal; William E. Davisson, 81, of Boonville, who was born and reared in Petersburg, died Monday at 9:30 a.m. in Deaconess hos- pital; Word has been received here of the death of a former resident, Mrs. Wayne Gu- ersey (Mary Francis Bene- dict) of Salinas, Calif.; Wren- tice H. Rumble, 79, passed away suddenly at his home on Route 2, Petersburg, in Madison township Wednes- day, February 14, at 9:05 p.m. while watching television with his daughter, Mrs. Wil- bur (Helen) Muncy; George Ross, 94, was found dead on the living room floor at his home at the south west edge of Otwell at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, February 18 by his daughter and two sons-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kirby, of Craw- fordsville, and Hobart Foster, of Washington; funeral ser- vices for Floyd A. Pancake, 63, of Wheatland, who died Wednesday, February 14 in Naples, Fla. of a heart attack while on a vacation trip, were conducted Saturday. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, February 18, 1993 Pike Central Lady Char- ger seniors Shea Smith, Lau- ra Harris and Beth Hatt ac- cepted the Gibson Southern Regional championship and game ball Saturday night fol- lowing the Chargers fourth straight regional champion- ship. Three male juveniles were arrested on theft charges ear- ly Monday morning. All three were from Evansville. Peters- burg officer Brad Jenkins was dispatched to the Pantry for a theft report. The clerk told him three boys came into the store around 2:30 a.m. and while one distract- ed her, two others ran out of the store with something in their hands. A few minutes later, Jenkins saw a red car with three males in it and ra- dioed State Trooper Paul Bu- cher, who was in town, and re- quested he stop the car. Bu- cher stopped the car at High- way 56 and 57. They found cigarettes and two quarts of oil that had been taken. A rural Spurgeon teen lost control of his car Monday afternoon on Highway 61 south of Winslow and went down an embankment into a large ditch, according to police. State Trooper Frank Coleman said Darrell Smith, 17, of Oakland City, was driv- ing a Monte Carlo south on highway 61 when he drifted left of center and then over corrected and went off the right side of the road. Cole- man said Smith was cited for speed too fast for the condi- tions. Winter blasted the Mid- west Tuesday as six to 10 inches of snow fell causing hazardous driving condi- tions and Christmas card-like scenes around the county. The official count at Evans- ville National Weather Ser- vice was six to eight inches. At Pike State Forest, man- ager Charlie Keller said it measured seven inches. The NWS said this is the most snow accumulation since January 16 and 17, 1978 when 10.1 inches fell. It just barely topped 6.9 inches recorded in February 1984. A Pike County school bus slid off County Road 100 E near Coe and into a ditch Monday during a snow storm that dropped six to eight inch- es of snow on the area. Jean- nine Potter, 50, Stendal, was driving the bus at 4:10 p.m. when the incident happened. Deputy Sheriff Rick Barnes' report said none of the four occupants of the bus were in- jured. Births: To Bryan and Sara Lewis of Wayzata, Minn., on Friday, Feb. 12, a daughter, Rebecca Lynn; To Scott and Anne (Bakeis) Kiphuth, of St. Petersburg, Fla., their first child, Carson Anne, on Wednesday, Feb. 10. Deaths: Blake McClel- lan, 82, of Petersburg, died at 7:25 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 at Washington Nursing Center; Charles Deffendoll, 89, of Petersburg, died Mon- day, Feb. 15 at 8:01 p.m. at his residence; Arthur Mize, of Monroe City, died Monday, Feb. 15 at 1:45 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vin- cennes; George Gilbert Par- rett, 28, of Springfield, Mo., son of Marie Fettinger, of Petersburg, died at 2:19 a.m. Monday, Feb. 8 in Cox Med- ical Center South, suffering from injuries in an auto acci- dent; David A. Browning, 37, of Oakland City, died Febru- ary 10 near New Harmony suffering injuries from a log- ging accident; Francis Doyle May, 90, of Chandler, former- ly of Winslow, died Feb. 11 at 6:58 a.m. at St. Mary's Med- ical Center in Evansville; Mary Jane Ward, 74, of Mt. Vernon, Ill., died Monday, Feb. 15 at 7:52 p.m. at Good Samaritan Regional Health Center. 1978 Pike Central Flag Girls Pictured above are the 1978-1979 Pike Central Flag Girls. Front row (l to r): Theresa Fair and Lori Robertson. Back row: Robin Hollis, Pam Woodhull, Shelia Hagemeyer, Elizabeth Willis, Robin Carter and Debbie Crow. Wednesday, March 21 • Carter tells U.S. athletes of Olympic boycott (1980) • Alcatraz closes its doors (1963) Thursday, March 22 • Stamp Act imposed on American colonies (1765) • Equal Rights Amendment passed by Congress (1972) Friday, March 23 • Mussolini founds the Fascist party (1919) • Reagan calls for new antimissile technology (1983) Saturday, March 24 • Exxon Valdez runs aground (1989) • Queen Elizabeth I dies (1603) Sunday, March 25 • The settlement of Maryland (1634) • Martin Luther King leads march against the war (1967) Monday, March 26 • South Carolina approves new constitution (1776) • Israel-Egyptian peace agreement signed (1979) Tuesday, March 27 • Lincoln, Sherman and Grant meet (1865) • Fingerprint evidence is used to solve a British murder case (1905) Source: History.com