125 Years Ago
Sept. 3, 1899
The Bimel Mutual Aid outing at Steinle’s club house on Labor Day will be conducted as all affairs are given by this organization, first class. No improper characters will be allowed on the grounds.
DAWSON Charles Wintringham, of Houston, is studying telegraphy under our agent, E.J. Enyart.
ANNA – Edward Harmon will preach in English in the grove south of town Sunday morning.
100 Years Ago
Sept. 3, 1924
The sixty-sixth shooting match of the Shelby County Deer Hunters’ association will be held Tuesday at the fairgrounds. For more than 66 years this band of veteran sportsmen have met for an annual conclave and shoot, after which it is customary to gather around a mam- moth campfire and swap stories and reminiscences of the days of yore when the fertile fields of the Great Miami Valley were populated with vast herds of deer, moose, and elk.
Byron W. Joslin has returned home from the National Encampment of the G.A.R. in Boston.
75 Years Ago
Sept. 3, 1949
Hemmert’s service station will open at Botkins on Saturday, is the announcement coming from owners of the new station, Clarence Hemmert and his sons, Paul T. and Richard.
A $5 subscription to The Sidney Daily News went out to Lauren Lenhart, of Jack- son Center, as the tall corn derby winner. His 15-foot, one and half inch stalk was the highest submitted in the month-long contest.
Top honors were captured in the Ohio state fair by August Cordonnier, of near Russia, and, Edwin Zorn, R.R. 1, Jackson Center, for their prize winning pork and beef animals.
50 Years Ago
Sept. 3, 1974
The psychological end of the vacation season struck the Shelby County area with an abnormally severe emphasis yesterday as rain, wind and plunging temperatures created an atmosphere. more reminiscent of Thanksgiving than Labor Day.
Beehive United Baptist Church is 100 years old and parishioners celebrated the event Sunday with homecoming festivities. The church is located on Ohio 47 four miles east of Port Jefferson. Among ministers attending were Bud Robinson, Leamon Branscum, and Gilbert Phillips.
25 Years Ago
Sept. 3, 1999
Tickets for Sock and Buskin Community Theatre’s production of “Hello, Dolly” are now on sale at Mail Boxes Etc. in the Kroger shop- ping center in Sidney. “Hello, Dolly” will be performed Sept. 9 at 7 p.m., Sept. 10 at 8 p.m., Sept. 11 at 8 p.m., and Sept. 12 at 2 p.m. at the Sidney High School auditorium. Tickets are also available by calling 492-9390 and leaving a mes- sage. Director Jane Kaufman has also announced that the role of Ermengarde is now being played by Krissy Carter of Sidney. This is Carter’s first Sock and Buskin performance, although she has been involved in stage productions at Jackson Center High School, where she is a student. Also, Teresa Kleinhens of Sidney has joined the women’s chorus.
The Sidney Fire Department recently lost more than 50 years of experience with the retirements of Robert Driskell and Ed Foster. They began and ended their careers as local firefighters at about the same time, and it’s not surprising, considering they’re related. Foster’s wife, Charlotte, is Driskell’s niece. The men went to Sidney High School together. “We’ve known each other since we were itty-bitty ones,” Driskell said. Neither one of them had thought about becoming firefighters. Driskell said the opportunity arose and he applied. He said the most enjoyable part of being a fire- fighter is that no two days are the same.
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.
