The Press-Dispatch
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C-12 Wednesday, May 23, 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, January 8 and 12, 1943 Mrs. Ralph Craig of Ot- well received a telegram Sun- day evening, that her father, Mr. Elmer Inman, of Spo- kane, Washington, was in se- rious condition. Mr. Inman was struck by a car two days before Christmas and seri- ously injured. Mr. Inman is about 79 years of age and is well known to many people of his county. He is a brother of the late Thomas Inman, who resided just east of this city. Mr. Beecher Conrad, Joint Representative from Knox and Pike counties left Mon- day for Indianapolis to take up his duties in the state leg- islature. He has been appoint- ed to the committee in charge of cities and towns, congres- sional affairs, insurance, mil- itary affairs, fees and salaries and roads. Mrs. Jane McCarty was elected Secretary of the Or- phan's Home Board, Tuesday evening at the meeting held at the Home. She succeeds Miss Nellie Blackburn, who passed away a few days ago. Marriages: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reed of Madison Township wish to announce the marriage of their daugh- ter, Rosamond to Richard S. Crawford, Jr. of Vincennes. Births: An eight and 1/4 pound boy was born Sunday, January 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mosby of Petersburg; Mr. and Mrs. Morris Gra- ble are the proud parents of a son born January 4 in Indi- anapolis. Deaths: Sharran Jeanne Gladish, nine month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ce- cil Gladish, of near Oakland City, died at the Gibson Coun- ty General hospital Friday morning of pneumonia; Mil- burn Richardson, 65, died Jan- uary 7 at 2:40 in the morning at his residence; William R. Selby, a former resident of this county, died at a hospital at Grand Rapids, Mich., Janu- ary 8, of pneumonia. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Tuesday and Friday, April 8 and 11, 1958 Howard Briscoe and his Pe- tersburg High School track squad will travel to Mt. Ver- non Thursday for the first track meet of the season. The Indians will be facing the de- fending Pocket Athletic Con- ference champions. Mt. Ver- non is expected to again field a strong squad and will rate as the favorites in the Confer- ence this season. This will be the last season in the P.A.C. for Mt. Vernon. The Wildcats are dropping from the Confer- ence at the end of the school year. The rain held off long enough that approximately 1,200 children joined in the fun at the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Hornady Park here Sunday afternoon. The chil- dren, some quite cold in the strong wind, toured the hills of the park to gather up the 4,200 Easter Eggs. There were 100 eggs with $1 priz- es and 200 eggs with 50 cent prizes. The eggs were distrib- uted by the local Jaycees ear- ly Sunday morning. A "jack of all trades" best explains Oliver F. Parker, bet- ter known as Junior, the sub- ject for the Business Profile this week in The Press. Junior owns and runs the Park Paint Store on upper Main Street here. The store is the favorite early morning meeting place for numerous persons in Pe- tersburg. The men gather to "gab" a bit before going on to daily chores. Junior has been in the paint business since 1948, when he joined with Wib Carter in a business ven- ture. Parker had just returned from active duty in the Navy, when Carter talked him into entering the paint business. Parker bought out Carter in 1952. You can find Dutch Boy Paints, sundries, glass, floor coverings and sporting goods in the store. Parker al- so does contract painting and sells paint both wholesale and retail. Young and studious at 85.. that pretty well tells the sto- ry of Ben Osgatharp, resident in Jefferson Township. Why is he called studious? Be- cause this week he is receiv- ing his diploma. Yes, gradu- ating from high school at the age of 85. Mr. Osgatharp is graduating from the Ameri- can Correspondence School of Chicago. He has finished a four-year course in three short years. He found some of the subjects a bit hard, but for the most part he thought the courses to be very interest- ing. He recalls he taught ele- mentary education in the "lit- tle one-room district schools," before a teacher needed a col- lege education. Harold Cook and his more than 100 Little Leaguers con- tinue try-outs Wednesday af- ternoon at the American Le- gion Field here. Cook said the final try-out will be Saturday morning beginning at 10 a.m. He said he had 57 boys graded for Major League Berths and 31 for Minor League berths. Marriages: Hazel Bar- rett, daughter of Willie Bar- rett, was united in marriage to Gresham Schnarr, at 2 p.m. Sunday, in the Lemmons church at Otwell. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Don- ald Frederick announce the birth of a daughter, April 2, at the Daviess County hospi- tal. She has been named Kar- en Sue; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kuester announce the birth of a girl born at 3:30 a.m., April 8, at the Good Samaritan hos- pital. She has been named Ed- ie Karen. Deaths: Funeral services for Claude H. Fithian, 85, Ha- zelton, were held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Colvin Funer- al home in Princeton; Willard Goodrid, 70, passed away at his home in Monroe City, Saturday; William W. King, 75, Petersburg, passed away Monday evening at the Da- viess County hospital; Walter J. Powers, 83, Oakland City, passed away at 8:10 a.m. Tues- day at his home in Oakland City; Services for Mrs. Mary M. Hill, 89, Princeton, who died at 10 :30 a.m., Monday were held at 2 p.m., Wednes- day, in the Wright and Ken- dall Funeral Home; Funeral services for William Doerg- es, 73, Buffalo, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, at the Cur- tis Funeral Home, Winslow. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, April 25, 1968 The second annual art show of the Winslow Art Stu- dents was held Friday eve- ning, April 19, from 5 to 8 in the high school cafeteria. Pencil drawings, water colors and craft work from the sev- enth and eighth graders were featured. Work from the two high school classes was also shown. A special section was devoted to oil paintings and particular emphasis was paid to the large painting of the old covered bridge that used to span Patoka river near the present bridge at Winslow. This picture will be on per- manent display in the high school office. Sheila Bryant Elkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bryant, of Win- slow, and Terry Beadles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Minuard Bea- dles, of Spurgeon, cooperat- ed in painting the picture enti- tled "Olden Times Pike Coun- ty." Petersburg High School's marching band has been se- lected to appear in the annual Pegasus Parade that will pre- cede the Kentucky Derby at Louisville, Kentucky, May 4. The acceptance by the Der- by Festival Committee is re- garded as an honor by the lo- cal group, as more than 400 applicants were submitted by other marching units prior to the selection by the commit- tee of the "best" 25 bands to appear. Kevin Brenton, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Brenton, got the index finger on his right hand almost severed at the first joint at the Petersburg El- ementary school, Wednesday, April 10 at 10 :30 a.m. Kevin, while leaning on a restroom swinging door, got his finger caught between the door and the door facing on the hinge side as someone on the oppo- site side started through the door. Mrs. Judy Elkins, school nurse, took him to the office of Dr. M.H. Omstead, their family doctor. He was then taken to Daviess County hos- pital where he underwent sur- gery Thursday morning. He was dismissed from the hospi- tal Friday afternoon and was back in school Monday. Marriages: Miss Von- da McCandless, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Frank McCand- less, Sullivan, became the bride of Lowell Gene Buck, of Linton, on Saturday, April 13 at 7 p.m.; Miss Janet Faye Aust, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Finis V. Aust, of Sten- dal, became the bride of Har- old Wayne Frederick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fred- erick, of Winslow, in a candle- light ceremony Friday, April 5, at 7 p.m. in the Bethel Gen- eral Baptist church. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. James Westfall, of Winslow, a daughter, Wednesday, April 17; To Mr. and Mrs. John Wells, of Oakland City, a son, John Thomas Wells, III, Sun- day, April 21; To Lieuten- ant and Mrs. Gary A. Gra- ble, of Ft. Wayne, their first child, a daughter, Lisa Ann; To Mr. and Mrs. James Mill- er, of Oakland City, a son, Fri- day, April 19; To Mr. and Mrs. Carl Heldt, of Oakland City, a son, Dwayne Alan, Wednes- day, April 17. Deaths: Mrs. Opal Cole- man, 67, of Oakland City, died unexpectedly Sunday at 1:25 p.m. from a heart at- tack; Funeral services for Ora Grissom, 67, of Stendal, were conducted on Saturday at 2 p.m.; Mrs. Daisey Cox, 86, a resident of Winslow for 12 years, died at the Welborn Baptist Medicenter, in Evans- ville, at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday; Charles Austin Arnold, 84, who had often expressed the fact that when he reached the time when he could no longer care for himself that he would shoot himself, did just that at 9 a.m. Sunday; Herbert L. Meyer, of Oakland City, who resided near Mackey, died Sunday at Gibson General Hospital where he had been a patient for only two weeks, but following a long illness; Funeral services for Donna M. Abell, age 20, were con- ducted Tuesday, April 16, at Harris Funeral Home in Pe- tersburg; Funeral services were held for George Bartlow, 80, Monroe City at 2 p.m. Sat- urday at the Winslow Creek Baptist church with burial in the church cemetery; John L. Shawhan, 77, well known and life long resident of Madison township, died at 8:30 a.m. Monday, April 22 in the Gib- son General hospital; Wil- liam F. Ricketts, 84, a Pike county native, was dead on arrival at Deaconess hospi- tal, Evansville at 3 a.m. Tues- day. He died of a heart attack; Mrs. Clara (Madie) Small, 86, of Monroe City, died at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Good Samari- tan hospital, Vincennes, after a long illness. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, April 22, 1993 Nearly 100 comrades, friends and well wishers gath- ered together at the Winslow American Legion Post this past Sunday to honor Edward "Eddy" Nonnweiler, a Win- slow resident who earned the Distinguished Service Cross while a heavy weapons pla- toon leader in Korea. Nonn- weiler was presented a plaque commemorating his service to his country and to the Winslow American Legion, Petersburg VFW and DAV. He also was honored with an American Legion decorated cake. A dinner, ceremony and evening dance were a part of the open house in honor of Nonnweiler. American Legion Commander Elza Craig and Petersburg VFW Command- er James Capozella addressed the group praising Nonnwei- ler's military and communi- ty service, especially the me- morial and veteran's needs he has addressed locally. The Bob-Inn tavern in Win- slow was fined $ 300 for "main- taining a common nuisance," according to the Indiana Alco- holic Beverage Commission. The fine stems from the state wide raid conducted on May 6, 1992, to confiscate illegal gambling machines. Three machines were taken from the Bob-Inn. The Bob-Inn was one of three establishments in Pike County from which gam- bling machines were found. The American Legion and Fraternal Order of the Eagles in Winslow, Friends and Sel- by's Pool Hall in Petersburg were also raided. Because of a backlog of work the Alcoholic Beverage Commission is run- ning about a year behind on issuing fines. No fines have been announced on the other Pike County establishments raided last Monday. Rainy weather is putting a damper on farming this year. So far little or no work has been done in the field and some estimates are it will be at least another week before they can start, provided the rain stops. Last week more than two inches of rain and a total of 5.09 inches so far in April have kept all fields wet and most in the river bottoms underwater. The White River has been out of its banks for more than a week. It was at 19.8 on Monday and predic- tions were it would not fall be- low flood stage until April 25. Hydrologist Alvin Shippe with the National Weather Service in Indianapolis said it is likely the White River will stay high levels throughout the month of April. Kyla D. Horrell has been accepted into "Who's Who Among American High School Students" for the sec- ond year. As a Who's Who stu- dent, Kyla is eligible to com- pete for one of 75 scholarships to be awarded this year. Ky- la is the daughter of Don and Marty Horell, of Indianapolis. Chosen by their classmates to reign over the Pike Central prom as king and queen were Mendy Henson and Jeff Nel- son. Monica Dougan and Jer- emy Kinman were named prince and princess at the Pike Central prom last Fri- day at the Jasper Holiday Inn. Marriages: The Winslow General Baptist Church was decorated with heart and fan shaped candelabra for the March 20 marriage ceremo- ny uniting Amy Krohn and Chris Satterfield. Reverend Fred Carpenter officiated the ceremony. Deaths: Wayne Laron An- derson, 73, of Phoenix, Ariz., died March 22 from suffering an aneurysm; Valerie B. Fur- man, 69, of Monroe City, died at 3:45 a.m. Wednesday, April 14 at Good Samaritan Hospi- tal in Vincennes; John Porter Grubb, 73, of St. Clair, Mo., stepfather of Donald Richard- son, of Campbelltown, died Sunday, April 11 at St. Lou- is, Mo.; Fred "Bean" Quick, 83, of Mooresville, former- ly of Pike County, died Mon- day, April 19 at Morgan Coun- ty Hospital in Martinsville; Joyce Canaan, 71, formerly of Pike County, died at the home of her son, Michael, April 17 following several months ill- ness suffering from cancer; Mary Jane Fox, 69, of Burl- ington, N.C., died unexpect- edly Wednesday, April 14 at 2:07 a.m. Wednesday, May 23 • Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde (1934) • Captain Kidd walks the plank (1701) Thursday, May 24 • Brooklyn Bridge opens (1883) • John Hancock becomes president of Congress (1775) Friday, May 25 • "Star Wars" opens (1977) • Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia (1787) Saturday, May 26 • "Dracula" goes on sale in London (1897) • Last day of Model T production at Ford (1927) Sunday, May 27 • Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy (1941) • Golden Gate Bridge opens (1937) Monday, May 28 • Lieutenant Colonel George Washington begins the Seven Years' War (1754) • Volkswagen is founded (1937) Tuesday, May 29 • Hillary and Tenzing reach Everest summit (1953) • Danica Patrick becomes first woman to lead Indy 500 (2005) Source: History.com WHS 6th grade—1948 Front row (l to r): Donnetta Beadles, Louise McLain, Rosalee Norrick, Larry David Bonenberger, Roger Dale Nichols, Clara Jane Hall, John D. Dedman, Paul Willis, Dana Postin, Rosalie Dawson, Alice Corn and Bill Craig. Row two (l to r): Burt Crecelius, Carol W. Davis, Emma Mae Hedges, Isaac Mullins, Delores Elder, Lester Hume, Terry Finch, Har- ry Earl Nelson, Robert Carl Thompson, Mildred Jane Miley, Dickie Joe Morgan, Wilbur Stillwell and Nora Evans (teacher) Row three (l to r): Dorphine Poehlein (teacher), Donald Russell, Ned Barr, Richard Lee, Larry Gene Eskind, Boyd Woolsey, Mi- chael Doris, Mary Louise Weedman, Sharon Batch, Donnabelle Hamm, Janice Woods and Marlene Richardson Row four (l to r): Sylvia Auberry, Mary Ann Hartsoe, Rose Fern Rolens, Mary Corn, Martha Corn, Thomas Nordhorn, Jessie Lee Arnold, Dixie Lee Northernor, Marcella Erwin and Janna Woolsey. Back row (l to r): Larry Noel Carter, Gail Corn, Myrna Selby, Shirley Nixon, Marjorie Poehlein, Donna Rae Brust, Jimmie Blair and Robert Hall.