Local Events

from Small Town Living in Gibson County

Cooking Corner

Princeton Theatre Four Old Broads Apr. 23rd, 24th, 30th & May 1st, 7 pm & May 2nd, 2 pm Oakland City Golf Course Saturday, March 6th & 20th 4-8 pm, Ribeyes only

Blood Drive

Monday 9:30 am - Bingo Tuesday 9 am - Exercise Class Wednesday 1 pm - Quilters Thursday 1pm - Art Class/Painting Friday 9 am - Exercise Class

K of C, Princeton Monday, April 5th 2 - 6 pm Walk-ins Welcome Appointments Appreciated Chamber of Commerce Planning Meeting Chamber Office, Princeton Friday, March 12th, Noon

Sausage Grind

K of C, Princeton Saturday, March. 6th, 6 -11 am Calll the club & order early

See page 22 for details Annual Ag Breakfast

K of C, Princeton Saturday, March 13th 6 - 10 am

Knights of Columbus Bingo

Open to Public every Thursday Princeton K of C, 6 pm

~ Help with Food in the Community ~ East Gibson Food Pantry Lord’s Pantry

Trinity United Methodist Church, 405 S. Mulberry St. Every Wednesday 9 am - noon Salvation Army Free Fort Branch Every Wednesday 9 am - noon Owensville Food Pantry 303 Church St. Tuesday & Thursday 8-12 & 1-4 pm Food Give Away Gibson St., Princeton Each Tuesday, 9-11 am Every other Friday, 2:30 - 4 pm Check Facebook for details.

Salvation Army Free Grab & Go Community Meal

Gibson St., Princeton Tuesday, March 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd at 5 pm

Food Pantry for Seniors

The Center for Gibson County Seniors, Princeton, behind Rural King Wednesday, March 10th & 24th 1 - 3 pm

UMC Delivers Dinners

Hillside Church, Princeton Monday, March 8th Call 812-385-2910 Salvation Army Food Pantry

Gibson St., Princeton Every Monday & Wednesday, 9-11:30 am & 1-3 pm

Fun at the GibsonFun at the Gibson Fun at the Gibson County FairgroundsCounty Fairgrounds County Fairgrounds

Sunday, March 28th Bridal Show Toyota Event Center, Fairgrounds, Time: 11am - 3 pm Saturday, April 24th Collectors Carnival Antique & Flea Market Fairgrounds, 8 am - 4 pm

Santa With A Cause Give Back Meal John’s Smokin’ BBQ Fundraiser Meal

Lafayette Shelter House 4, Princeton Saturday, April 3rd 11 am until gone Handgun 101

Red Dawn Armory, Princeton March 14th, 1 - 3 pm Call to be included Benefits Sheep Dog Asst. So. IN Program Oakland City preorder by March 27th pick up Saturday, April 3rd ribs $20 & butts $25

Have your events included by calling 812-664-1082 or email jancey@smalltownlivinggibsoncounty.com

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Carryout Available Serving Fresh Catfish Fillets & Fiddlers

Every Night Except Saturday

Picturing the Past Story and photos: Mayor Greg Wright Jack Spencer Maidlow was born in 1898, and began his petroleum business in Evansville in the 1910’s. He settled his business in Princeton by 1931, on North Brown Street. He was quoted as saying he fell in love with our town because of the beautiful mature trees that lined our city streets. In 1937, Maidlow started a satelite store of Sears and Robuck on the 100 block of East State Street. Sears would, for a time in the ‘50’s, be on North Main before building a state of the art facility at 310 West State Street, the current location of the Princeton City Hall. Jack Maidlow served as Gibson County Clerk from 1943 to 1946, resigning one year early in order to become Patoka township Justice of the Peace. By 1947, Jack Maidlow opened The Drive-in Market on the corner of West Broadway (Dorsey) Street and North Second Street. Maidlow’s offered groceries, toys and hobbies, gasoline, and fuel oil. Joe McEldery worked there at the age of 17, and at the end of the WWII, McEldery and well known Maidlow’s employee Ed Kunkel went into business for themselves forming Joe and Ed’s Radiator Shop on the corner of old 41 and North Main. In 1948, Maidlow’s son John began offering Greyhound bus service to Princeton, and by 1955, Maidlow’s added liquor to the ever-growing number of items they offered to the community. Jack Maidlow was best known for his popular newsprint ads in the Daily Clarion. He can be remembered for the “Maidlow Says” catch phrase starting each ad. Jack Spencer Maidlow died in August of 1973, and the business was sold to Tom and Norma Williams and Jerry and Julie Riffert. By this time, Maidlow’s had become exclusively a liquor store and, after building a new facility a couple years ago, continues business to this day. Maidlows Drive-in Market at Broadway (Dorsey) and North 2nd Street. Jack Spencer Maidlow longtime Princeton business owner passed away in 1973. The Maidlows of today. (photo: Jancey Smith) Seafood Specials at the . . .