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A-10 Wednesday, June 27, 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, February 12 and 16, 1943 Mrs. David Corn was host- ess to the Garden Club at her home Thursday afternoon on South Ninth Street. It be- ing guest day, each member invited one guest. The pro- gram for the afternoon was centered on "Better Flow- er and Vegetable Gardens." Each member had on display some unusual can of vegeta- ble or fruit, among these were canned figs, potatoes, pepper rings and many others which were interesting to the guests and the members. The meet- ing opened with the singing of "America, The Beautiful," followed by a group of songs sung by Mrs. Helen Black, accompanied by Mrs. S.E. Dillin at the piano. A gener- al discussion on the culture of fruits, vegetables and flow- ers was held. Mr. E.S. Bogue, county agent, gave a most interesting talk on "Small Gardens."Refreshments of punch and cookies were served. Dick Sharp (center) and Red Robert Smith (guard), two of Winslow's star basket- ball players were injured, in the game between the Eski- mos and the Red Devils from Jeffersonville, at Winslow. The Eskimos won by a score of 47 to 39. Smith suffered a stomach injury in the second quarter and was "out" 15 min- utes after suffering the blow. Sharp received a deep cut over the eye in the first quar- ter. Smith led the scoring with 14 points and Sharp tallied 13. Miss Ruth Miller, student in the Indiana Deaf School, was one of the blood donors for the American Red Cross Blood Bank, a few days since, from that school. All students nineteen years of age in good health and with consent of their parents, gave blood. Miss Miller is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Miller of this city and will gradu- ate from the Deaf school this spring. Marriages: The marriage of Miss Eileen Davis, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Davis, of Kansas City, Mo., to Lieutenant Mose Gross, U.S.N., son of Mrs. Sam Gross of this city, took place Sunday, Feb. 7 in Kansas City. Births: Born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morton, of Otwell, a seven pound girl; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Lem- mon are the proud parents of a nine pound baby boy born at 2:25 Wednesday afternoon. The baby was named John Mi- chael; Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Booth, February 7, a seven and a half pound boy in Detroit, Mich; Mr. and Mrs. Blythe Malott are the proud parents of a baby girl named Betty Jean. Deaths: Edward Spillman, a former resident of Winslow, died in the Veteran's hospital in Indianapolis, Wednesday; John Hobson of near Deck- er, Indiana, died sudden- ly on the Earl of Carr farm near Bowman, Indiana, Mon- day morning at 9 o'clock. Mr. Hobson was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Carr. Death was due to a heart attack; Green Wes- ley Corn, a retired farmer was found dead Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock at the home of his sister in Augusta. He had suffered a heart attack and was found sitting in a chair by his sister; Mrs. Hannah E. Smith died Sunday morning at 2:15 o'clock at the home of her daughter. Heart trouble was given as the cause of her death; Funeral services were conducted Monday at 3 p.m. at the residence for Joanne Edrington, infant daughter of Doyle and Esther Gentry Edrington, of the Blackfoot community, who died Sun- day afternoon at 1:15. SIXTY YEARS AGO The Petersburg Press Tuesday and Friday, May 13 and 16, 1958 Two men were injured when a pickup truck and trail- er overturned on Highway 57, one mile south of Petersburg, ay 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning. William Stewart, Evansville, is in the Daviess County Hos- pital with a bruised chest. His friend Jackie Burch, Bowling Green, Ky., is also in the Daviess County hospi- tal with a concussion. Depu- ty Sheriff Allen Smith report- ed that Stewart was headed for Evansville from Michi- gan. Stewart was moving fur- niture on a four-wheel trailer. Smith said the truck moved over as a car approached from Evansville and the trailer left the highway. Stewart tried to get the trailer back on the pavement, but the trailer jack- knifed and flipped the pick- up over. Stewart was pinned under the truck, but Smith said that the muddy shoulder saved his life. Numerous per- sons near the accident helped raise the truck off of Stewart. The truck belonged to Hor- mouth Painting and Siding Co., Evansville, where Mr. Stewart is employed. Three residents of Pike County who are graduating this month from local high schools have been selected for scholarships to Indiana University. They are among approximately 600 who will receive grants ranging from $100 ro $1,000 to apply toward their first year of college edu- cation. Local scholarship win- ners are Glezen, Earl R. Hen- son, Petersburg H.S., state scholarship; Wendell F. Ropp, Petersburg, H.S. child of dis- abled veteran scholarship: Ot- well, Karen Ruckriegle, Ot- well H.S., special scholarship. Preston Potter, of Win- slow, has made the first entry of Pike County Wheat in the 1958 Five acre Wheat Con- test. This contest is an annual event and is sponsored by the Pike County Wheat Improve- ment Association in conjunc- tion with the Agricultural Ex- tension Service and Igleheart Brothers Milling Company of Evansville. Any farmer, with a better than average, field of wheat, may enter the con- test. There is no charge and the wheat is judged on town- ship, county and district ba- sis. Wheat is judged on purity and thickness of stand, num- ber of grains in mast, free- dom from diseases, and cul- tural practices. In 1957, John Carter, of Madison township, was the district winner, and since this is the only area of the state which has a contest of this sort, it is fair enough to say that Mr. Carter was the champion of wheat growers in Indiana. The Petersburg Jaycees elected James (Ferd) Richard- son as president of the orga- nization for the coming year. Richardson succeeds Elvis Gross. Other officers elected Wednesday night were Rob- ert Shafer, first vice-presi- dent, Herschel Ault, second vice-president, and Jim Wer- ner, treasurer. Marriages: Miss Ruth Brockridge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brockridge, of the Zoar community, be- came the bride of James Car- lisle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Carlisle, of Velpen, on Satur- day, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. in the Zoar Methodist church Births: Mr. and Mrs. Rich- ard Gilmore, Monroe City, an- nounce the birth of a daugh- ter, Tuesday at the Daviess County hospital. Deaths: Funeral servic- es for Travis H. Arnold, 55, were held at the Harris Fu- neral Home, Monday, at 10 a.m.; Ernest C. Rhoades, 53, of Watson, Ark., was drowned Tuesday, May 6, while helping drag debris from a railroad track. He was caught in a rope and thrown into the Arkansas River about ten miles from the mouth of the Mississippi. The body has not been found; Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Juanita (Lounsdale) Lindy following a two week illness; Funeral ser- vices for George William Sor- gius, 80, Otwell, will be at 3 p.m. Friday (today) at the Ot- well Methodist church with Rev. C.J. Hayes officiating; Funeral services for Norman E. Williams, 77, Oakland City, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Oak Hill cemetery; Mrs. Andy Dillon, of Otwell, received word of the death of Harry Clark, May 10 in Port- land, Oregon. FIFTY YEARS AGO The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 30, 1968 The valedictorian of the class of 1968 is John Brand, son of Mrs. Ethel Brand and the late William L. Brand. John had a four year grade av- erage of 96.71. The salutatori- an is Susan Dougan, daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Dougan and the late E.P. Dougan. Susan's four year average is 96.70. Mrs. Amil Lee who lives south of Winslow on the Au- gusta road was taken to the St. Joseph's hospital in Hunt- ingburg suffering from inju- ries received in a car-truck accident Saturday morning. Mrs. Lee was a passenger in the 1965 Chevrolet driv- en by her daughter, Mrs. Jer- ry (Sharon) Austin, of India- napolis when the accident oc- curred. They were returning home from Pikeville Church of Christ when a 1966 Ford truck driven by Al Wessel, of Jasper, came around the curve on the wrong side of the road, according to Lee, and crashed head-on into the Austin car. Mrs. Lee re- ceived lacerations about her head, injured left knee, right ankle and back. Mrs. Austin is suffering pains in her neck and from chills and remains at the home of her parents this week. The car was a to- tal wreck. The Joint Committee of the Social Science Research Council of Learned Societ- ies has awarded John S. Mc- Connell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. McConell, Salem, former residents of Winslow, a Foreign Area Fellowship for 12 months, beginning on September 1, 1968. The grant, which has a value of $4,960, will enable Mr. McConnell to complete the course require- ments for the Certificate in Russian Studies, to under- take further Russian lan- guage training, and to carry out preliminary research on his doctoral dissertation on soviet economics at the Uni- versity of Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Boen- berger will be celebrating their Golden wedding anni- versary with an open house at their home south of Win- slow Sunday, June 2. Friends and relatives are invited to at- tend from 2 p.m. until 4. A free nurse refresher course will be offered to "inac- tive" registered nurses by the general hospitals in Evans- ville. This offer is designed to relieve the nurse shortage in this area and to maintain high levels of patient care. Births: To Mr. and Mrs. Wesley O. Elaman, of Buck- skin, a son, Brad Stewart; To Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes, of Oakland City, a son, Dar- rell Keith; To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hart, of Lynnville, a daughter, Jennifer Gail; To Mr. and Mrs. James Brogan, of Francisco, a daughter, Ja- mie Kay; To Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Briedenbaugh, of El Centro, Calif., a son, Mark Scott; To Mr. and Mr. David Chamness, of Washington, a daughter, Julie Ann. Deaths: Memorial servic- es for Mrs. Hattie Risley will be held today, Wednesday, at the Winslow United Method- ist Church; Marion A. Coom- er, 47, dropped dead from a heart attack at his home in Petersburg on May 25; Peters- burg lost one of its beloved cit- izens in the very early morn- ing hours Tuesday, May 28, when Mrs. Magdalene Eng- lish was called by death; Mrs. Pearl Preston, 85, of Alford, died at 7:25 p.m. Saturday, May 25 in the Daviess Coun- ty hospital; Services for Mrs. Rena D. Burger, 89, of Evans- ville, who died at 5 p.m. from a broken hip she received in a fall May 17, will be to- day, Wednesday, at 1 p.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal church, Evansville; Marshall Willis, 76, died at 2:45 p.m. Sunday, May 26 at his home on East Main Street, Petersburg, af- ter a 17 months illness of lung cancer; Memorial services for C. Keith McAtee, who died May 24 in Denver Colorado, were conducted Tuesday af- ternoon, May 29 at 1:30. TWENTY- FIVE YEARS The Press-Dispatch Thursday, May 27, 1993 This Memorial Day week- end, thousands of area resi- dents will go to one or more of the many cemeteries in Pike County to place flowers on the grave of a loved one. They will find most or all of the ceme- teries have been freshly mowed and well-maintained. But did you ever think about how they got that way or how much work it is to mow a cem- etery? Two Spurgeon brothers are some of the many people who mow cemeteries in Pike County. Joe and Larry Julian and Larry's son, Chad mow 10 cemeteries in Pike County. The house of an Otwell family was destroyed by fire Monday morning. Otwell Fire Chief Faron McLaughlin said Dennis Hayes; house located about a mile west of Otwell on Highway 356 caught fire ear- ly in the morning. "We got the call at about 7:30 a.m. and when we arrived, there was dense smoke coming from it," said McLaughlin. He said it appeared to have started in the area of the kitchen but fireman were unable to pin- point the cause. Nobody was at home at the time the fire started, but the house and all belongings were a total loss. Petersburg City Council- men met Monday night and voted unanimously to buy a pumper fire truck. They agreed to buy the truck for $113,000 from Emergency One. It will replace a 1965 pumper truck. Prides Creek will get off to a quick start this year as the beach will open Saturday and next week they will host the Picking and Fiddling Contest. Marriages: Amy Barrett, of Winslow, and Bill Melvin, of Otwell, were united in mar- riage on April 10 at 4:30 p.m. at Glezen Revival Center Deaths: Marvin W. Brews- ter, 76, of Arthur, died Satur- day, May 22 at 9 a.m. at Dea- coness Hospital in Evansville following a lengthy illness; Grace M. LeClair, 75, of Madi- son, Tenn., formerly of Somer- ville, died Thursday, May 20, at 9 a.m.; Julia Elizabeth (Lib- by) Stephens, 71, of Littles community, died Friday, May 21 at 6:41 a.m.; Louis Chess- er, 87, of Vicksburg, Mich., died Thursday evening, May 13, at his residence; David I. Bell, 79, of Princeton, died Monday, May 24, at 9:55 a.m. at Gibson General Hospital; Verna A. Dillon, 85, of Hazel- ton, died Thursday, May 13, at 6:15 a.m. at her residence fol- lowing a short illness; Louise (McGlothlin) Spradley, for- merly of Stendal, died Mon- day at a hospital in Louis- ville, Ky., where she resided; Bertha V.S. Cockergam, 85, of Monroe City, died at 10 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vin- cennes; Alfred Helsley, 80, of Francisco, died at 3:30 p.m. May 18 at his residence; Mat- tie Lucille Bufkin, of Boon- ville, sister of Hallie Mae Brammer, of Spurgeon, died at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 18, at Professional Care Nursing Center in Dale; Velma K. Wil- son, 80, of Petersburg, died Friday, May 21, at 1:30 p.m. at Amber Manor Care Center in Petersburg; Maurice Eugene (Gene) Fears, 66, of Peters- burg, died Wednesday, May 19, at 7:41 p.m. at Daviess County Hospital in Wash- ington; Larry E. Wright, 41, of English, died at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, suffering from a hart attack. Wednesday, June 27 • Route 66 decertified (1985) • Germans get Enigma (1940) Thursday, June 28 • Workers assemble first Corvette in Flint, Mich. (1953) • Archduke Ferdinand assassinated (1914) Friday, June 29 • The Globe Theater burns down (1613) • U.S. space shuttle docks with Russian space station (1995) Saturday, June 30 • "Gone with the Wind" published (1936) • Sandy Koufax pitches first no-hitter (1962) Sunday, July 1 • Hong Kong returned to China (1997) • The Battle of Gettysburg begins (1863) Monday, July 2 • Johnson signs Civil Rights Act (1964) • Congress votes for independence (1776) Tuesday, July 3 • Battle of Gettysburg ends (1863) • Idaho becomes 43rd State (1890) Source: History.com Officers for the Class of 1989 The officers for the Class of 1989 for their junior year were front row (l to r): Holly Norrick, treasurer, and Stephanie Cox, secretary. Back row: Chris Adams, president, Linda Loveless, vice-president, and Amy Hatfield, historian.