125 Years
January 29, 1899
Ed McVay yesterday afternoon received a machine which will add materially to the equipment of his laundry. It is a collar and cuff shaper. It removes all rough edges and gives the collars and cuffs their proper shape.
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A meeting will be held at the skating rink tomorrow night for the purpose of organizing a polo team. 75 Years
100 Years
January 29 1924
Surveyors for the Big Four railway company have been in the Quincy area for the past several days, making surveys for the purpose of securing estimates of costs for straightening the track in the vicinity of Quincy and DeGraff. Plans call for continuing the work from west of Sidney as far as Silver Lake.
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The new gas well being drilled in the Jackson Center field is expected to furnish an ample supply for local needs. The company has had a lot of bad luck on this well, having lost a string of tools. The well is down approximately 300 feet.
75 Years
January 29, 1949
More than 500 members and friends of the Producers Credit Association attended the 15th annual meeting held last evening in Sidney high school auditorium.
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Jubilant followers of Russia High school’s cage fortunes were not let- ting the rain drops damper their high spirits today as they toasted their Raiders to the skies for retaining the basketball championship in a convincing fashion by defeating Jackson Center last night by a score of 46 to 28.
50 Years
January 29, 1974
Typical of the horse sense Shelby County Commissioner Merton Maxwell seems to be known for is a statement he has made that if any two people always agree, only one of them is thinking.
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NEW YORK-The number of business establishments in Shelby County is at a high level, according to a government report. There are more of them in operation in the county, in proportion to population, than in many areas of the country. Listed in Shelby County are a total of 598 firms that employ one or more persons. The number is exclusive of “Mom and Pop” enterprises that are self-operated.
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Mrs. Melvin Pfister, secretary of Unity Grange, has been awarded a blue and gold pin, the award from the state grange secretary for 10 years of prompt and accurate reporting of monthly grange meetings.
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As the county seat and major employment center in Shelby County, Sidney contains 43 per cent of the total housing stock to be found within the county. The Ralph L. Woolpert Co. has made a comprehensive analysis of all residential building conditions within the City of Sidney on the basis of a field survey conducted in 1971.
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Fairlawn Middle School today reported the highest rate of absenteeism in the school in the past four years. Mark Klopfenstein, principal, said 75 out of 250 students were out of school today with the winter flu.
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VERSAILLES- Many people of this area were surprised when they tuned in on the Bob Braun Show on WLW-D last Monday to see a Versailles High School graduate, Dr. Marvin Cain, son of Mrs. Forrest Cain who still lives on a farm near Versailles. Dr. Cain, a veterinarian who has a large modern animal clinic in Cincinnati, was discussing the use of acupuncture in the treatment of animals.
25 years
January 29, 1999
Sidney City Council Monday night endorsed the Shelby County Cultural Plan following a presentation by Gateway Arts Council officials. Volunteer Larry Jutte provided background information on the plan, which was done to determine a direction for future cultural arts programming. The plan identifies five, goals. The first is to increase opportunities and the amount of arts activities within the schools and community. The second is to plan and establish a cultural arts center. Currently, the Gateway Arts Council utilizes the Monarch Community Center.But the center also serves as headquarters for the Senior Citizen Center of Sidney and Shelby County. Membership in the senior center is approaching 1,000, so arts officials anticipate looking for a new site.
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HOUSTON — Houston didn’t have anybody light up the scoreboard, but there were five players scoring anywhere from eight to 11 points. And that balance proved to be the difference in the Wildcats’ 47-44 victory over the Minster Wildcats in a non-league boys basketball game here on Tuesday.The verdict left both teams at 7-4 on the year. Houston coach John Willoughby said he fully expected a low-scoring game. “I thought it would be that way,” he said. “They’re like Loramie. They hold the ball and hold the ball, and run a lot of time off the clock. I thought we did a good job on their guards. (A.J.) Ernst and (Matt) Quinter are both excellent guards and we needed to contain them.”
These news items from past issues of the Sidney Daily News are compiled by the Shelby County Historical Society (937-498-1653) as a public service to the community. Local history on the Internet! www.shelbycountyhistory.org. Visit the Sidney Daily News website, www.sidneydailynews.com to read the rest of the week’s columns.
