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B-6 Wednesday, June 6, 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 22 and 26, 1943 L.J. Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Thomas, of this city, who enlisted in the Air Corp several weeks ago was called into active service this week. He left Wednesday for Columbus, Ohio, where he will be sta- tioned. L.J. has been em- ployed at Allison in India- napolis. The home and grocery store of Mr. and Mrs. Ray- mond Renner, of Bowman, Ind., has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Clay Beck, of Madison township, and they will take posses- sion of the store Saturday. This store has always car- ried a nice stock of grocer- ies and is one of the most up-to-date country gro- cery stores in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Beck will en- deavor to give the public the best possible service, and will appreciate any patronage that you might give them. Ernest Loveall, residing east of town on the Wash- ington toad, sustained a broken arm and a sprained wrist last Tuesday while employed at the Patoka- Ayrshire Colleries, Co. He was cleaning off the coal, and stepped from the trac- tor onto some ice, causing him to fall. The big bone in the right arm was frac- tured near the wrist, and the wrist was sprained. Dr. Logan reduced the frac- ture. Although the injured member is getting along nicely, Mr. Loveall is nurs- ing a very painful arm. A little boy Billy Jean Foster and his father, Wil- liam Foster, of Elberfeld sustained injuries Satur- day, when their car collided with a Blue and White bus, driven by William Chew, of Petersburg, on State Road 57, about 3 miles out of Evansville. The Blue and White bus was making the return trip from the Chrys- ler Plant and the Foster car was going into Evansville. Foster did not see the bus, due to the heavy fog. Mrs. Douglass Wood and daughter Nancy left Sunday morning for Tuc- son, Arizona, to spend several weeks because of Nancy's health. Nancy has been suffering from asthma, and has been un- able to attend school, and is thought a change of cli- mate will give her relief and aid in restoring her health. Births: James Gordon, Jr., is the name given a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ward in an Indianapolis hospital; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Warner, January 15, a boy; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Mont Shad- ley in the Daviess Coun- ty hospital, Saturday, an eight pound, eight ounce baby boy; Born January 22 to Mr. and Mrs. Ches- ter Garris, of Velpen, a girl named Kathryn Linda; An eight pound girl was born January 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Johnson, of Peters- burg; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wiseman, January 21, a boy; A girl was born Janu- ary 22 to Mr. and Mrs. Rob- ert Quakenbush, of near Otwell. Deaths: In the death of Richard R. Richard- son, Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, Marion town- ship lost one of its oldest and most highly respect- ed citizens. Mr. Richard- son died at his home af- ter a long illness; Samu- el Shaw, a life long resi- dent of Patoka Township died at the home of Coun- ty Commissioner, John El- lison and wife, in Winslow, Tuesday afternoon shortly after one o'clock; Herschell Miller, for the past twenty years the Evansville Cou- rier agent at Winslow, was found dead in the East part of Winslow, Tuesday morning, and it is gener- ally presumed that he was hit by a car while deliver- ing evening papers; Blake A; Lamb, one of the most extensive and successful farmers of Pike county and Southwestern Indiana, died at the Daviess county hospital in Washington at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, January 20 ; Mrs. Mary E. Dyer, a native of Kentucky and a much beloved old lady of the Sugar Ridge neighborhood passed away at the home of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Eva Walts, Satur- day evening at 5 o'clock. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Tuesday and Friday, April 22 and 25, 1958 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robinson quietly celebrat- ed their 67th wedding an- niversary April 18 at their home on Pike Avenue. The Robinsons have two daugh- ters, Mrs. Curtis Rogers, of Petersburg, and Mrs. Carl Way, of Oakland City. Construction of the bleachers for the new Lit- tle League baseball dia- mond, to be located at the American Legion Park, is progressing after a week of brilliant sunshine. The Sims Construction Com- pany is generously do- nating their time to the project. Many volunteers helped dig the trenches for the concrete footings and helped lay blocks. Clarence Whitehead, Velpen, was injured Tues- day when a tractor over- turned on him at his farm at approximately 11 a.m. Mr. Whitehead was rushed to the Jasper Memorial Hos- pital where his condition is reported as good. Mr. Whitehead did not receive any broken bones, but will remain in the hospital for a week to 10 days because of a fear of a blood clot. Mr. Whitehead fell in a shallow ditch, which saved him from being crushed. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lytton brought back a lemon grown by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Loveall, Pun- ta Gorda, Fla., that really has the town talking. Mr. and Mrs. Lytton had visit- ed Florida and stopped to see Mr. and Mrs. Loveall, former residents of Peters- burg. The lemon measures five and a half inches long and four inches wide. It can be seen in the Wendell Kin- man Agency window. Births: Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Luker, Sten- dal, a 6 lb. 3 oz. girl; Mr. and Mrs. Avery W. Wilson Cambellsburg, Ind., are the parents of a son, Rollin Michael on April 14; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Wil- lis, Winslow, a 5 lb. 11 oz. boy; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gray, of Otwell, a girl born at the Jasper Me- morial hospital; Mr. and Mrs. William Braden, of Otwell, announce the birth of a son at the Good Samar- itan hospital. Deaths: Funeral servic- es fir Charles P. Tolbert, father of Herbert Tolbert of Glezen, will be held to- day at 2 p.m. at the General Baptist church in Glezen; Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Heacock, 68, of Win- slow, were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Cur- tis Funeral Home; Funer- al services were held at 9:30 a.m. for Mrs. Pau- line Wendholt, 98 -year- old mother of Mrs. Albert Dosch; Funeral servic- es for Ralph Delaney, 66, were held at 2 p.m. Mon- day at the Harris Funeral Home; Funeral services for Frank Jennings, 64-year- old Winslow resident who passed away Wednesday in the Good Samaritan hospi- tal, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Curtis Fu- neral Home; Vicki Lynn McCrary, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Lee McCrary, of Vincennes, died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Good Samaritan hospi- tal. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 9, 1968 Winslow town board members issued a warning Monday night against care- less use of BB guns and air rifles. In recent weeks re- ports have been turned in of windows being shot out and pellets being shot carelessly around where people have been sitting in their yards. Members of the town board stated that if caution and care is not used shooting air guns and BB guns an ordinance will be passed controlling the use of the guns in city limits. The Standard Oil Com- pany of Ohio and Old Ben Coal Corporation of Chica- go have agreed in principle to a merger of Old Ben into Standard Oil. The Joint an- nouncement was made by C.E. Spahr, President of Sohio, and D.W. Buchan- an, Jr., President of Old Ben. The two companies stated that agreement had been reached calling for the exchange of one share of the Standard Oil Compa- ny common stock for each share of Old Ben common stock. The merger is sub- ject to the verification of certain financial data, completion of a definitive agreement, and approv- al by the directors agree- ment, and approval by the directors of both compa- nies and the shareholders of Old Ben. Managers and players of the Teener League met Wednesday of last week and four baseball teams were drafter from 62 boys. The teams will play a ten game schedule begin- ning June 3 and ending July 4. At that time an all- star team will be chosen to play for the state champi- onship and a berth in the area play-offs. Last year, Petersburg won the area tournament and went to the national finals in Penn- sylvania. Dwight Flanigan, FHA, is shown presenting Gerald Sorgius of the Otwell Wa- ter Corporation a check for $530,190 for the construc- tion of a new water system. The new system will serve Otwell, Alford, Algiers and Velpen areas. Money was obtained through an FHA loan. The plant will be lo- cated on the Charles Bre- idenbaugh farm. Water will be obtained from drilled wells. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Like, of Algiers, their first child, a son, Mon- day, May 6, in the Daviess County hospital; To Mr. and Mrs. William Akles, of Oakland City, a daugh- ter, Cheryl Lynn, Mon- day, April 29; To Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Walters, Ot- well, their first child, a son, Bradley Douglass; To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Leighty, of Otwell, a daughter, Lisa Renae, May 2. Deaths: Military funer- al services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday for Marine Corporal Robert Franklin Owens, 20, who was killed in South Vietnam in a battle April 16 -18; Funeral servic- es were conducted Monday at 2 p.m. for Allen Cham- berlain at the Presbyterian church in Rockville; Funer- al services for Mrs. Fannie Ashby, 91, were conducted Sunday afternoon at Curtis Funeral Home in Winslow; Virgil Evans, 63, died Fri- day, May 3 at a hospital in Pontiac, Ill. after a lin- gering illness; Charles A. Rhodes, 77, of Washing- ton, passed away Tuesday evening, May 7 at 6 o'clock in the Restwell Nursing Home in Vincennes; Rob- in G. Lynch, 14, died at 9:20 a.m. Sunday, May 5 in the Deaconess hospital where she had been a patient all except three weeks, since being injured while riding double on a motorcycle Saturday, December 16, 1967; Elmer M. Robling passed away suddenly at his home in Madison town- ship about 12:45 p.m. May 2 from a heart attack; Mrs. Anna McClure, 89, south- side Winslow, died at 11:30 p.m. Monday in the Gibson General hospital. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 6, 1993 A former Winslow man is believed to have died in an accidental shooting Satur- day in Alabama. Bill Wood- ford, of Sheffield, Alabama, was found by his wife, Mar- tha, Saturday afternoon at a summer home on Lake WIlson, which is located near Sheffield, according to Colvert County Sheriff Buddy Aldridge. "We have no reason to suspect foul play. We are going on the assumption of it being an accidental shooting," said Aldridge. He said a .30 - 06 caliber rifle was found beside Woodford. Wood- ford was retired from Martin-Marietta, where he worked as an engineer in their space program. Al- dridge said there were no indications of any person- al problems or trouble and even though the shooting is still under investigation, it was being considered an accidental shooting pend- ing completion of the in- vestigation. Woodford was a 1939 graduate of Winslow High School and served as master of ceremonies for his class reunion banquets. A senior 'skip party' at- tended y about 30 Pike Central students, was raided last Friday after- noon resulting in 11 stu- dents being arrested. In- diana State Trooper Paul Bucher said he received information about a large gathering in the Bowman area, and went to investi- gate. He said when he ar- rived, there were about 30 people in an open area with a volleyball net up and they were partying. "There was a lot of alcohol out there," he said. A fter rounding the group up he said he began issuing alka sensor tests and it took almost three hours to test the group. Seven teens were arrest- ed as adults on minor con- suming charged. Four ju- venile boys under the age of 18 were arrested on juve- nile delinquency charges. Bucher said the ones who did not test positive for al- cohol were not cited. Assistant librarian Lin- da Powell reads stories to children at Barrett Memo- rial Library in Petersburg during the children's story- time. It was the last story- time this spring. The sum- mer reading program will begin at both branches of the county library soon. Two organized activi- ties are scheduled for Pike County on Thursday in ob- servance of National Day of Prayer. At Pike Central the Fellowship of Christian Athletes will have a circle of prayer at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday. At Petersburg Rev. E.J. Litherland will lead a gathering for prayer on the courthouse lawn on the side of Highway 57 at noon. This is the 41st year for the National Day of Prayer. It has been signed into a proclamation in 48 of the 50 states including In- diana. Continues rainy weath- er is testing the nerves of area farmers and delaying planting. More than an inch of rain fell Monday in the Pike County area and rain was still falling late Tuesday night. It is expect- ed to delay any field work until at least the end of the week. Births: To Brandi Rus- sell, of Otwell, April 30, a daughter, Kimber Lee; To Mr. and Mrs. Frankie Meece, of Winslow, April 23, a daughter, Paula Jo. Deaths: Vernice E. Newton, 76, of Ayrshire, died Friday, April 30 at 8 a.m. at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville suffer- ing from heart failure; Clif- ford Hagemeyer, 76, died Monday, May 3 at his resi- dence in Beaver Dam, Ky.; William Henry Woodford, former Pike County resi- dent, died Saturday, May 1 at his residence in Shef- field, Ala.; Thomas Lee White, 43, of Petersburg, died Monday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. at Hazelton; For- rest Herbert Montgomery, 75, of Paoli, died Thurs- day, April 29 at 1 p.m. at Orange County hospital in Paoli; Dessa Houchin Phillips, of Oakland City, died Wednesday, April 28 at 5:05 a.m. at Good Samar- itan Hospital in Vincennes; Wilford (Bill) Hornbrook, 76, of Petersburg, died Sat- urday, May 1 at 4:20 a.m. at Amber Manor Care Center in Petersburg; Ralph Glen- ster Huffman, 77, of Prince- ton, formerly of Pike Coun- ty, died May 4, at 7:18 a.m. at Gibson General hospital in Princeton; Francis Kir- by Simpson, 70, former- ly of Otwell, died Sunday morning, April 25 enroute to Bloomington Hospital; Henry Eugene Gray, 87, formerly of Petersburg, died Monday, April 26 at 3:07 p.m. at Eastgate Man- or Nursing Center in Wash- ington. WHS last Regional win March 6, 1954 The date of this photo and Winslow High School's last Region win was March 6, 1954 —60 years ago. Cheerleaders (l to r) Junior Thompson, Nancy Thompson, Diana Doris (deceased, Robert Kent Smith (deceased), Lyndall Nelson and Jerry Phillips (deceased). Row two (l to r): Bill Craig, Harry Earl Nel- son (deceased), Carroll Edrington, Jerry Burdette, student manager and John Dedman, student manag- er. Row three (l to r): Kern McGlothlin, coach, Larry Casson, Larry Carter (deceased), Charles Young, Marvin Nelson (deceased), Tom Nordhorn (deceased), Lawrence Meyer (deceased), Frank Evans (de- ceased), K.O. Smith, coach (deceased). Wednesday, June 6 • D-Day (1944) • First drive-in movie theater opens (1933) Thursday, June 7 • Ghandi's first act of civil disobedience (1893) • First successful ascent of Mt. McKinley (1913) Friday, June 8 • Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination suspect arrested (1968) • First Porsche completed (1948) Saturday, June 9 • Secretariat wins Triple Crown (1973) • Cartier discovers St Lawrence River (1534) Sunday, June 10 • First Salem witch hanging (1692) • Alcoholics Anonymous founded (1935) Monday, June 11 • John Wayne dies (1979) • Congress appoints Committee of Five to draft Declaration of Independence (1776) Tuesday, June 12 • Reagan challenges Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall (1987) • Anne Frank receives a diary (1942) Source: History.com