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C-12 Wednesday, March 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 Friday and Tuesday, November 13 and 17, 1942 Wednesday, at the regular meeting of the Petersburg Ki- wanis Club, Doctor Doris in charge of the day's program had prepared a musical pro- gram and had as guests to aid with the program, Mary Kin- man, Helen Bahr and Gene Vance. The program includ- ed a short bit of history of some of the patriotic songs and the playing of one or two stanzas of the song. The club as a group sang several of the songs. Announcement has just been made that Frank Helmerick has been named as the game warden for Pike county. Mr. Helmerick comes from Huntingburg and will re- side in Petersburg. Sunday morning friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Beck to spend the day with their son Bernard, who was home on furlough. At noon, a large table was spread with everything that could be pre- pared for a good dinner. Mrs. Clyde Inman, of Win- slow, was here Saturday and called at this office to inform us that Bill Crow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kilner Crow, for- merly of this city but now are living in Bedford, is a survi- vor of the Aircraft Carrier Wasp that was sunk in the Pacific water in September. Births: Announcements have been received of a son born to Rev. and Mrs. George T. Hubbard, of Ottuma, Ia. The baby was born Oct. 23 and ws named George Thompson, Jr. Deaths: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stutzman were called to Reading, Pa., Monday, because of the death of Mr. Stutzman's father, Mr. August S. Stutzman. He was a Spanish American war veteran; Mrs. Lula May Harris Crow, wife of William D. Crow, former editor and owner of The Press, died at her home in thus city Thursday morning, November 12; David Traylor Willis, one of the most highly respected and widely known of the oler citizens of this community died at his home at 10 :45 Wednesday morning; Spurgeon and Monroe township lost one of its finest and most widely known citizens Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock, when death removed John Harrison Riddle, retired farmer, after a perios of failing health due to the infirmities of age. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Friday, February 14, 1958 The Bob Willis car was damaged by fire early Thurs- day morning on 9th street in Petersburg. The engine caught fire and was extin- guished by the local fire de- partment. No estimate of the damage was available at press time. Richard Bell, 21, of Ot- well, was slightly injured in a two-car crash on state road 162 near "Little Kentucky" shortly after mid-night Sat- urday. Bell suffered minor cuts and bruises. The oth- er car was driven by Otto Englert and his wife, Clara, who operate Englert's Mar- ket. Mrs. Englert suffered a scalp cut that required four stitches to close. Mr. Englert suffered fractures of sever- al ribs. State Police said the Bell car was over center line when the accident occurred. Bell was driving north and Englert was heading south according to the State Police report. Bell was charged with driving left of the center line. Sliced bacon was being sold for only 45 cents a pound. For a number of years, the local V.F.W. had provided fa- cilities for recreational activ- ities, including an outdoor basketball court and the rec- reation room for teenage dances. With the approach of spring, new nets are being put on the outdoor goals in readiness for the basketball shooters. The two large goals themselves were donated by the local Jaycees and a small- er goal for the use of a small fry was donated by William A. Weathers, local high school principal, and school shop class built the back boards and have maintained them since their erection. Marriages: Marjorie White, daughter of Mrs. Ma- rie C. White, Petersburg, be- came the bride of John Tharp, at 7 p.m., Monday, Febru- ary 10, at the Gospel Center Church, with the Rev. Harold Head officiating in the single ring ceremony; Max Arnold and Billy Brittian were united in marriage Saturday, Febru- ary 8, at the Otwell Methodist Church, with the Rev. Claude Hayes reading the vows; The Rev. William London officiat- ed the double ring ceremo- ny which united Miss Jaque- line Stidham and Jack L. En- gleman in marriage Thurs- day evening, January 30 ; Miss Charlotte Lewis was married to James Hill at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis, near Ha- zelton, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 8 with Rev. Dallas English reading the single ring ceremony. Births: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schiele, a girl, Mary Ann; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Austin, a son; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coleman, a son; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas White- head, a son. Deaths: Memorial servic- es for Dona Kirkland Har- meyer were in the First Meth- odist church in Petersburg on February 10 with intern- ment in Walnut Hills ceme- tery; Funeral services for Al- fonzo Coleman, 60, Glezen, were at the Curtis Chapel, Winslow at 2 p.m. Sunday; Funeral services for Nancy Carrie Deffendoll, 79, were at 2 p.m. Wednesday, with Rev. Homer Leighty officiat- ing; John F. James, 86, Win- slow, passed away at the Da- viess county hospital, Thurs- day, Feb. 6; Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Ellen Farm- er Newton, 92, Velpen, were at 2 p.m. in the Velpen Gen- eral Baptist church with Rev. Leeroyce Ayers officiating and burial was in Cup Creek cemetery. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, February 29, 1968 Rosemary Bellamy, a se- nior in Winslow High School, was the winner of Pike Coun- ty's first Soil Conservation Public Speaking Contest. The contest was sponsored by Pike County Soil and Wa- ter Conservation District, in cooperation with the Indi- ana Farm Bureau and the So- cial Conservation Society of America. Sen. Birch Bayh met with Pike County area farmers last Wednesday to discuss local farm problems. He is conducting a series of meet- ings in this area to exchange ideas and listen to proposals which might help to improve incomes of small family type farms. The trailer home and fur- nishings belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mosby, of Algiers, was totally de- stroyed by fire at 9:30 Mon- day morning. It is not known exactly what caused the fire, since the Mosby's were not home at the time. The blaze was discovered by Mrs. Hel- en McCain, who lives just across the road from them. Their furnace had been giv- ing some trouble recently, and about a month ago, wir- ing behind their oven caught fire and did slight damage to some cabinets. Abbie Smith was honored for her 88th birthday. Frank Hage, of Peters- burg, chairman of the 1968 Red Cross fund raising drive in Pike County, announces the drive will begin Monday, March 4. Mr. Haga said the total raised last year in Pike County was $1,230 and it is hoped that the drive for Red Cross this year will exceed that amount. Marriages: Judith Ann McCandless and James Ed- ward Stilwell were married Saturday at 7 p.m. at the home of Rev. Frank Farmer at Ar- thur. Deaths: Funeral servic- es for Alton Riesenbeck, 63, of Pikeville, were conduct- ed at 2 p.m. Friday; Chester Olin Arnold, 70, well known and highly respected citizen of Pike county, died at 4:20 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21 in the St. Mary's hospital in Evansville; Mrs. Dessie Cu- sic, 50, Evansville, former- ly of Spurgeon, died at 12:22 a.m. Friday in Deaconess hospital; Mrs. Rosa McCain, 84, Petersburg, passed away at 12:30 a.m. Saturday after suffering a heart attack; Lu- ther Jones, 73, of 16th and Sycamore Streets in Peters- burg, died at 1:45 p.m. Mon- day, February 26 in the Da- viess County hospital, where he had been a patient since suffering a serious heart at- tack on Wednesday, Feb. 14; Festus Miller, 66, was found dead Sunday back of the pot bellied stove in a small room at his home. Coroner Bob Harris established the date of his death as February 1; Fu- neral services will be at the St. John's Lutheran church in Boone Township at 2 p.m. to- day, Thursday, with Rev. Al- vin Thomack officiating for Mrs. Anna F. Weisman, 86, of Otwell, who died Monday at 7:55 at the Jasper Memo- rial hospital; Funeral servic- es for Charles Ed LeMasters, Evansville, were conducted at 10 :30 a.m. Tuesday at Lamb Funeral Home in Oakland City; A fter a three years ill- ness of strokes, heart trouble, arthritis, and diabetes, James Ezra Ross, 77, died at his farm home two miles east of Union, Saturday, Feb. 24; Elisha Es- arey, 88, of Augusta, died sud- denly Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 6 a.m. at the home of his grand- son in Petersburg. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, February 25, 1993 A late morning fire de- stroyed the home of Shane Raney north on Knox S. near the White River last Thurs- day. Raney stated he could not reenter the home because of smoke after making the call. The family lost every- thing in the firs. Petersburg fire fighters ran out of wa- ter in the pumper and pump- er tanker and were unable to control the fire. Two mutual aide tankers and a number of Jefferson Township fire- fighters responded to a call for assistance. The remote location and the fact that the home was smoke filled and in- volved when the first units ar- rived worked against the ef- forts of the departments and a number of residents. Fire- fighter wives and EMS work- ers provided hot coffee dur- ing the three-hour ideal. Winslow's Deputy Town Marshal fended a large dog off a seven-year-old girl Sun- day evening saving her from serious injury. Roger Mc- Candless, who was recently appointed Deputy Town Mar- shal, was called to the Goose- hill area of Winslow to find a large dog that had attacked a neighbor's dog. McCand- less said he talked with the neighbor and their dog had been seriously injured by the larger dog, which had broken loose from where it had been tied. McCandless said while he was looking around the neighborhood for the large dog, he saw it attack Amber Tredway, seven, who was playing in the street near her home. He said after he got her up, the dog attacked him and he shot it. "It didn't leave me many options," said McCand- less. "It was a vicious dog," he added. The Jefferson Township Fire Department is sponsor- ing an open house Sunday, Feb. 28 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the fire barn next to the Ot- well Community Center. The public is invited to view the new Rescue Squad 51 truck recently put into service. Re- freshments will be served. The public is cordially invit- ed. Uncle Alligator at Rax Res- taurant in Petersburg hands a recipient a box containing a coat. Rax made a donation to the Coat-a-kid program every time a Rax sandwhich was purchased. They also took do- nations for the project. Man- ager Tim Crow said they were able to buy 17 winter coats with the funds. Rax also had the children and their fami- lies in for a breakfast. Rachel Ross, a University of Evansville student from Petersburg, is among ap- proximately 575 students at U.E. named to the dean's list for outstanding academ- ic achievement during the 1992-93 fall semester. She is the daughter of William and Diana Ross. Marriages: The wedding of Connie Sietz, daughter of Mrs. Linda Fleck and the late Vernon Sietz, of Jasper, and Gene Allen Bottoms, son of Mrs. LaDonna Earls and Gene Bottoms, of Winslow, was solemnized in Winslow General Baptist Church Feb- ruary 13 at 3 p.m. Births: To Mary R. Drew on Friday, January 1, a son, Daniel Edward-Allen Drew; To Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Hen- son, of Evansville, Friday, Feb. 12, a daughter, Court- ney Marie; To Jay and Sher- ry Hunter, of Oakland City, their first child, Feb. 18, a daughter, Patience Layne; To Mr. and Mrs. Kent Tray- lor, of Noblesville, February 22, a son, Cody James; To Mr. and Mrs. Scott Barrett, of Holland, their first child, a son, Zachary Scott. Deaths: Leona Taylor, 72, of Petersburg, died Fri- day, Feb. 19 at her residence; Marie Creech, 60, of Otwell, died Saturday, Feb. 20 at 11:50 p.m. at Memorial Hos- pital in Jasper; Glayen Dillin, 86, of Alta Loma, Calif. died Saturday, Feb. 5 at San An- tonio Community Hospital, Upland, Calif.; Arthur R. Os- man, 70, of Monroe City, died Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Amber Manor Care Center in Peters- burg; Opal M. White, 71, of Petersburg, died Sunday, Feb. 21 at 2:13 p.m. at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evans- ville; Pearl Ellis, 86, of Hazel- ton, died Sunday, Feb. 21 at 11:42 a.m. at Jennings Com- munity Hospital in North Ver- non; Mary M. Lindsay, 67, of Evansville, died at 10 :35 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15 at Parkview Convalescent Center in Evansville; Joe White, 68, of Union, died February 11 at 3:29 a.m. at Good Samar- itan Hospital in Vincennes; Clarence John Nuhring, 89, of Huntingburg, died ar 1:20 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hunting- burg; Beauton V. Enlow, 74, of Evansville, formerly of Pike County, died Friday, Feb. 12 at her residence; Kelsie R. Luttrull, 87, of New Carlisle, Ohio, formerly of Winslow, died Friday, Feb. 19 at 9:40 p.m. at Dayview Care Cen- ter, New Carlisle, Ohio; Wal- ter Giesler, 86, of Indianapo- lis, formerly of Jasper, died at 1:15 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Community Hospital in In- dianapolis. 1967-1968 Petersburg Fourth Grade Classmates Pictured above are students from Miss Regina Miller's 1967-1968 Peters- burg fourth grade class. Top row: Joe Waddle, Jimmy Robling and Charles McFarland. Middle row: Tony Traylor, Linda Youngs and Kevin Purvis. Bot- tom row: Jeannie Loveless, Jeff Woodhull and Rita Stidd. Wednesday, March 28 • Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island (1979) • Spanish Civil War ends (1939) Thursday, March 29 • U.S. withdraws from Vietnam (1973) • Appomattox campaign begins (1865) Friday, March 30 • President Reagan shot (1981) • Seward's Folly (1867) Saturday, March 31 • Eiffel Tower opens (1889) • Warsaw Pact ends (1991) • Sunday, April 1 • April Fools tradition popularized (1700) • Marvin Gaye is shot and killed by his own father (1984) Monday, April 2 • Pope John Paul II dies (2005) • Ponce de Leon discovers Florida (1513) Tuesday, April 3 • Pony Express debuts (1860) • Confederate capital of Richmond is captured (1865) Source: History.com net edition pressdispatch.net/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! 812-354-8500 • 820 Poplar St., Petersburg, IN • ads@pressdispatch.net