125 YEARS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1899
City Councilman Stowell stated last night that the Big Four railroad company was putting in heavier rails on their line and elevating their track in some places from six inches to two feet. The City Solicitor was instructed to have the necessary papers ready to enjoin them should they attempt to raise their tracks through Sidney and interfere with the grades of streets.
100 YEARS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1924
When the Orange and Black assembles on the field this evening it will be their last practice before the game Saturday. The team has been put through some strenuous practice sessions during the last week to put them in condition for the opening game. Piqua will be faced by a much stronger aggregation than last year when the Border City poled up a 26 to 0 score on the Shelby County lads.
75 YEARS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1949
Miss Evelyn Wright is dead – Miss Wright, who had been so beloved by the hundreds of children she had taught down through the years in the primary grades in the Sidney public school system. She was a teacher in both Third and Fourth ward buildings and at First ward was principal before retiring in 1945 after 34 years in that profession.
50 YEARS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1974
The noon sun beamed down as the annual Vespa Quarterback parade got underway last weekend. The Sidney High School Football Moms’ float caught on fire near the United Telephone building.
25 YEARS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1999
PHOTO: New faces in the Sidney City School system are David Gross, a speech therapist; Ina Howard, first-grade teacher for Central; Doug Evans, Sidney High School science teacher; Jenna Gumbert, seventh grade science teacher; Polly Kemper, a Title 6R instructor at Emerson Elementary; and Shane Sprankel, a music teacher at Northwood.
PHOTO: Botkins Local School will have several new teachers this year. Daniel Knepper, elementary and high school art teacher; Jason Liette and Trisha Long, social studies instructors; Tom Platfoot, learning disabilities tutor; and Jeremy Pleiman, first-grade teacher.
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.
