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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, June 20, 2018 A-5 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, February 5 and 9, 1943 State Patrolman Howard Lytton was notified by the Il- linois State Police Tuesday evening that they had arrest- ed Robert Fowler, age 16, of Arthur, Indiana, in Cairo, Ill. on the charge of driving a sto- len car across the state line. Fowler boy was driving the car belonging to Carl Wil- liams, and was taken from the Enos mine, Sunday, January 24. He was charged with com- mitting a federal offense, that of driving a stolen car across the state line, and tried in the Federal Court in East St. Lou- is, Ill. The drunk-o-meter and its workings were explained to the Petersburg Kiwanis Club at the regular meeting Wednesday. The program was in charge of Doctor Rice who had invited State Troop- er Howard Lytton to bring the State Police Drunk-o-me- ter expert Patrolman Pryor to show the club the machine and examples of how it was used. Mr. Pryor explained that the unit is used not only to convict a man but that some- times a person is accused of being drunk can be proven otherwise by this method. The findings of the machine are accepted in any court and are conclusive evidence of the guilt as far as drunkenness goes, The program proved to be one of the most interesting and outstanding that the club has had. Paul L. Jones, stationed at Valdosta, Georgia, has been promoted to the rank of ma- jor. Paul has been a captain for some time and last week was promoted to Major. He is in the air corps in the Ad- vance Flying Division. He is the son of Mr. Phillip Jones and a brother of Mrs. Hanley Norton of this city. The Mt. Olympus basket- ball team ran up an unex- pected victory last Friday night by defeating Peters- burg by a score of 33-31. It was a hard fought game from start to finish. At the end of the first quarter, Mt. Olympus was leading by a score of 8 -5. At the half, Mt. Olympus was still leading by a score of 13- 11, and was still leading at the third quarter mark by a score of 29 -24. The Petersburg re- serve team won their game by a score of 43-23. Marriages: The marriage of Marjorie Tucker, daughter of Mrs. Edith Tucker, of this city, and William Bucksbaum took place Saturday, January 15 at the home of the groom's father, Leopold Bucksbaum, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Births: Mr. and Mrs. El- don Frye are the proud par- ents of a ten pound baby boy born Thursday, January 28. He has been given the name Eldon Frye; A baby boy was born February 1 to Mr. and Mrs. John Sanders in India- napolis; Born Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. Noble French of this city, a baby boy; Lin- da Sue is the name given to the nine pound girl born Tues- day to Mrs. Edwin Hensley, in Campbelltown; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stein- er, a seven pound girl named Jane Sue; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Haycraft, of near Stendal, February 4, an eight pound girl named Lelah Rith; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Deffendall, February 5, a six pound boy, Johnnie Lyn- don; Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goodpasture, a girl, Betty Lou; Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Slaven, of Pe- tersburg, Friday, a nine pound girl named Joan. Deaths: Winslow and tis county lost one of its fin- est and most highly respect- ed men Wednesday, at noon, when Joe Stowe Evans died at the home of relatives in that town. Mr. Evans had not been in his usual good health for the past three weeks, but had not been confined, and his sudden passing was a great shock to family and friends; Joseph Samuel Caldemeyer, a retired farmer and a native of Jefferson township died at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at his home near Evansville; Eldora Parker, age 75, wife of T.J. Parker, of Spurgeon, died at her home Thursday morn- ing; J. Claude Howard, one of the best known and high- ly respected citizens of Mar- ion township, who resided in Velpen, died at the Washing- ton hospital Saturday evening at 7 o'clock after having suf- fered an attack of pneumonia for the past nine days. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Tuesday and Friday, May 6 and 9, 1958 Thomas E. Witherspoon, Petersburg, has been pledged to Sigma Delta Chi, profes- sional journalism fraternity, at Indiana University where he is a junior. Jack Aikman, owner and op- erator of the Shamrock Cafe, has informed Little League of- ficials that all money his Cafe collects on coffee sales Tues- day, Wednesday and Thurs- day of this week will go to the Little League funds. This is the first time that a business concern has made an offer to the Little League based on merchandise sales. Aikman said he hoped other business concerns might follow along these lines. The Mt. Vernon Wild- cats captured the P.A. track championship as expected last Thursday at Mt. Vernon, but a surprising Petersburg team gave the Wildcats quite a scare before falling 66 -54.5. Sam Coomer was the top man in the meet, as he set a new re- cord in the broad jump. Coom- er leaped 20 -ft. 11 1/4 inches to crack the old mark of 20 -ft. 9 1/2- inches formerly held by Gary Stewart, of Mt. Vernon. It was a personal victory for Sam, who failed to get an of- ficial jump in the Petersburg Relays a week ago because of wet grounds. It was the best jump ever for Coomer. George E. Kirk, formerly of Petersburg, has been appoint- ed executive secretary of the Indiana University YMCA on a part-time basis. Kirk, who attended Indiana Universi- ty in 1947-48, has returned to complete work on his B.S. degree in business. A veteran of W WII, he served as execu- tive director of the American Red Cross in both Elkhart and Princeton. Marriages: Ruth Brock- ridge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brockridge, of Stendal, and James Carlisle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Car- lisle, of Velpen, were united in marriage April 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Zoar Methodist Church. The marriage was performed by Rev. Lloyd Shannon. Deaths: Mrs. Ira Davis, former resident of Winslow, died Sunday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. James Burlin- game in Mooresville; Funer- al services for Calude N. Hae, 60, were held at 2:30 p.m. Sun- day in the Atkinson Chapel cemetery; Services for Elijan Barrett, 88, Winslow, were held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Glezen Baptist church with the Rev. O.G. Chapman offi- ciating; Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Neukan, 91, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Emmanuel Lutheran Hill Church; Mrs. Jack Veeck, of Gary, received word of the sudden death of her father, Ed W. Mercker, April 22, in San Francisco, Calif.; A former resident Mrs. Adelaine Ber- nice Moore, 45, owner and op- erator of the Moore Nursing Home in Bicknell, died at her residence in Bicknell most unexpectedly early Wednes- day morning; Mrs. Eva Willis, 74, passed away at her home at 10 :15 p.m. Wednesday, of carcinoma; Services for Mrs. Anna Gilham, 85, former Ot- well resident, were held in the Harris Funeral home at 1 p.m. Thursday; Mrs. Ella Pearson, 76, Oakland City, passed away at noon Tuesday in the Shady Grove Nursing Home in Fran- cisco. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 23, 1968 Miss Susan Schnarr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calir (Pete) Schnarr, has been chosen Valedictorian of the Senior class of Otwell High School. She plans to en- ter Purdue University in La- fayette where she will ma- jor in Social Studies. Sam Padgett, son of Mr. and Mrs. James (Tudor) Padgett, has been chosen Salutatorian of the class. He plans to enter the University of Evansville, where he will major in Busi- ness. Bill Bahr, of Syracuse, New York, has been promot- ed to the position of manag- er of Electrician design and Production engineering of the major color television depart- ment at the General Electric plant in Syracuse. Mr. Bahr has been with the General Electric plant there the past two years as an electrical en- gineer. He is the son of Paul G. Risher, of Petersburg. The Collegiate Quartet, of Evansville, will hold a Sa- cred Music Concert Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. May 26 at the Petersburg Gospel Cen- ter church located on North Ninth Street. Members of the group are Steve Gerbig, bari- tone, Ronnie Vaughn, lead, Jim Loving, tenor and Clyde Wheeler, composer-pianist. Miss Dessie Perry, Senior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Perry and Terry Staf- ford, Senior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merile Stafford, were crowned queen and king of the 1968 prom of Petersburg High School Friday night. They were presented orchid leis carrying out the idea of the "Paradise Isle" theme. Marriages: In a double ring ceremony, Saturday af- ternoon, May 18, at three o'clock in the Old Cathedral church, Vincennes, Miss Kar- en Biggs became the bride of William S. Sampson. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Ray Loveless, of Oak- land City, a son, Donald Ray; To Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Scrap- er, of south WInslow, May 19, a son, Steven Alan; To Mr. and Mrs. Gary Phillips, of Oak- land City, a daughter, Amber Kay; To Mr. and Mrs. Roger Garland, of Alford, a daugh- ter, Karlene LeAnn; To Mr. and Mrs. John Tolbert, Ha- zelton, May 19, a son, Bri- an Paul; To Sgt. and Mrs. Charles Douglas Foster, of Lubbock, Texas, May 19, a son, Charles Dean; To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Howard, of near Loogootee, a daughter, Kathy Renee. Deaths: Memorial ser- vices for Clarence Luff will be held today, Thursday, at 2 p.m. in the Winslow Meth- odist Church; Gaskell Robin- son, 53, of Santa Cruz, Califor- nia died May 6 from a heart at- tack; Graveside rites for Sarah Jane Beadles, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bea- dles, of Hazelton, were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday; Word was received by friends in Ayr- shire of the death of Mearl Minters, who passed away at Methodist Hospital in In- dianapolis Tuesday, May 14; Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Marion (Bugg) Parrott, Friday night at her home in failing health for several years. Mrs. Par- rot was a former Oakland City resident; Paul F. McDan- iel, 79, of Indianapolis, died at his home Saturday; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Owings, Peters- burg, received word Monday, May 13 of the drowning of Mr. Owings' nephew, Max Warner, 21, of near Vevay; Mrs. Myrtle Robinson, 77, of the Twin Oaks communi- ty, Petersburg, passed away at 2:20 a.m. Thursday in the Crestview Nursing Home in Vincennes; Mrs. Katherine Heflin, 75, died suddenly Fri- day at the home of her sister, Mrs. Alma Monroe, in Oak- land City where she had re- sided for several years. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 20, 1993 A special meeting Wednes- day to decide how and if the city can purchase a replace- ment fire truck and work on the Indiana Department of En- vironmental Management wa- terline mandate were impor- tant items discussed at Mon- day's Petersburg City Council meeting. The city is presently considering the purchase of a new fire truck to replace the 1965 model. The 27-year-old fire truck is down for repairs which will cost about $10,000 according to chief Phil Taylor. The election of Alan Glad- ish as Republican Coun- ty Chairman has been chal- lenged and a new election has been granted by the Indi- ana Republican Central Com- mittee. The new election will be 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 24, at Petersburg City Hall. John Myers, of Odon, who is the Eighth District chair- man, said a challenge to the procedures was filed by Mi- chael Morton. He challenged Gladish in the race for coun- ty chairman, but lost by a 13- 8 vote in the March 8 party re- organization election. The vandalism of a school bus is being investigated by Petersburg police. Carey Bailey told police a side win- dow of his 1979 Internation- al bus has been broken out. He said it happened sometime between Friday, May 14 and Monday, May 17. Bailey said the bus was parked at a resi- dence on Walnut St. Pike County Historical So- ciety will have a dinner meet- ing at the Village Inn on May 24 at 6;30 p.m. Dean Higgin- botham will be in charge of the program. He is an attor- ney in Owensville and is an amateur archaeologist and will share some experiences he has had while studying ear- ly Indian culture in Southern Indiana. There will be a piano recit- al at 6:40 p.m. on Saturday, May 22 on the front lawn of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Arnold, 405 North Street, in Win- slow. The musical program will be dedicated to Mrs. Er- mil Hurt. It is also a farewell to the Carrs who are moving to Terre Haute. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. James R. Williams at Daviess County Hospital in Washing- ton on May 6, a daughter, Heather Nicole; To Dr. and Mrs. Gregory K. Hindahl, of Jasper, a daughter, Kay- lyn Marie; To Mr. and Mrs. Bill Carson, of Evansville, on April 22, their first child, a son, Jacob Tyler. Deaths: Martha Austin, 87, of Petersburg, died Tuesday, May 11 at 5:40 p.m. at her res- idence following a lengthy ill- ness; Earl L. Wallace, 98, of Oakland City, uncle of John Dedman, of Winslow, died Sunday, May 16 at 5:38 a.m. at Gibson General hospital in Princeton; Wilfred (Keith) Brenton, 39, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, May 14 at 8:25 p.m. at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. Ky.; Bertha F. Hol- lingsworth, 81, of Petersburg, died at 9:45 a.m. Monday, May 17 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper; Esther R. Uebel- hor, 89, of Huntingburg, died at 8:20 p.m. Saturday, May 15 at Huntingburg Convales- cent Center; Felicia Wyatt, 18 months, great-granddaughter of Jenevieve Wyatt, of Peters- burg, died April 24 in a house fire in Evansville; Infant Lu- cinda Dea Gish, daughter of Wayne, Jr. and Katrina Gish, of Union, died Thursday, May 13 at Gibson General Hospital in Princeton; Donald B. Car- dinal, 76, of Wheatland, died at 5:12 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes; Doris B. Taylor, 77, of Petersburg, died Thurs- day, May 13 at 1:45 a.m. at Pe- tersburg Healthcare Center. Mrs. Marilyn Dickerson's first grade class—1970 Front row (l to r): Phillip Elkins, Jimmy Perry, Ricky Vickers, Timmy Coleman, John Pancake, John Yager and Eddie Tisdale. Second row: Dean Schmett, Perri Deen, Tina Harris, Mary Ann Gladish, Gary Kinman, Hope Hall, Ceandra Hale and Ruth Boyd. Back row: Kim Paddock, June Bouchie, Frankie Morton, Joe Henson, Gerald McCandless, Steve Shepherd, Mike Rowe, Mary Tool- ey and Andrea Williams. • Wednesday, June 20 • "Jaws" released (1975) • Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States (1782) Thursday, June 21 • U.S. Constitution ratified (1788) • The KKK kills three civil rights activists (1964) Friday, June 22 • F.D.R. signs G.I. Bill (1944) • Congress issues Continental currency (1775) Saturday, June 23 • "Mercedes" registered as a brand name (1902) • Nixon signs Higher Education Act (1972) Sunday, June 24 • Soviets blockade West Berlin (1948) • Jacqueline Bouvier and Senator John F. Kennedy announce engagement (1953) Monday, June 25 • Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) • Korean War begins (1950) Tuesday, June 26 • U.S. begins Berlin Airlift (1948) • Congress approves Federal Highway Act (1784) Source: History.com