125 YEARS
Saturday, Aug. 24, 1899
A team of horses hitched to a dray belonging to Jud Frey and loaded with household goods, frightened near the C.H.&D. depot this afternoon and ran away. The team was caught in front of the Wagner House.
100 YEARS
Saturday, Aug. 24, 1924
The County Normal School will open Sept. 2 at Anna. All who expect to attend should be present.
75 YEARS
Saturday, Aug. 24, 1949
ANNA – Leading public-spirited citizens of this up-and-coming community had little time for idle talk today as they accelerated final touches on their new mazda-tower system at the local athletic field, prior to turning on the powerful lights in formal ceremony.
50 YEARS
Saturday, Aug. 24, 1974
At a spring meeting of teachers throughout the Sidney school system, more than 200 unanimously favored work stoppage tactics as a last resort alternative if improvements in the school system were not made.
25 YEARS
Saturday, Aug. 24, 1999
Elizabeth Williams of Sidney recently was appointed the Shelby County District executive for the Boy Scouts of America. Williams said she got involved with the Boy Scouts while working as a nature director for Woodland Trails.
PHOTO: Recent additions to the Sidney City Schools staff include: Irene Cooper, a multi-handicapped instructor at Central Elementary; Wendy Clark, elementary music teacher; Amy Wolfe, a new third grade teacher at Emerson Elementary; Bill Overla, Sidney High School marketing teacher; Peggy Jacobs, a Longfellow kindergarten teacher and Cindy Fair, a Northwood multi-handicapped instructor.
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.
