125 YEARS
MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1899
The Toledo, Lima & Cincinnati electric railroad company expects to run an electric line from Toledo to Cincinnati. It will run through Sidney over Main Avenue.
100 YEARS
MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1924
One of the first farmers in Shelby County to thresh was Charles L. Baker, of Green Township. He threshed 172 bushels of wheat from five acres making an average of 34 bushels per acre. The price paid by the elevator has varied from $1.10 to $1.15 per bushel.
75 YEARS
MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1949
For New Idea farm equipment repair service, call us. 1809-1. Also, Blount, McCormick-Deering, John Deere, New Holland, Dunham. W.E. Baumgardner, East Court St., Sidney. – adv’t.
50 YEARS
MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1974
George Davis, a 50-year-old laboratory supervisor at the Copeland Corporation had nothing but praise for tournament officials after capturing the second annual Shelby County Open at Moose Country Club and Shelby Oaks golf courses this past weekend.
25 YEARS
MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1999
CLEVELAND (AP) – A federal judge has struck down one of the nation’s oldest school voucher programs, one that allowed Cleveland students to attend private or parochial schools at taxpayer expense. With many city schools opening today, district officials braced for the possibility of having to absorb thousands of children cut off from private schools.
Two local pastors have left their positions at Sidney churches. The Rev. Heth Corl has retired from pastoral duties at First United Methodist Church and the Rev. Thomas Danklefsen, associate pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church has resigned his position at the church.
PHOTO: Teachers and staff new to Sidney City Schools are Vicki Kemper and Fran Dembski, both fifth-grade instructors at Northwood school; Nancy Stiefel, special education supervisor; Adam Taylor, a heath instructor for Bridgeview Middle School; Kim Buckly, a Title VI-R instructor at Central Elementary; and Shauna Kinninger, a special education instructor for Central.
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.
