125 Years Ago
Sept. 25, 1899
Last week three horses belonging to Doc Minniear, of Green township, got at his seed wheat and ate so much of it as to kill all of them. They were worth about $300.
At city council last evening, Councilman Stowell stated that as the County Commissioners were contemplating making improvements on the gutters around the square, the four poles, two of the Central Union and two of the Electric Light company, should be moved inside the curbing.
FOR SALE: 60,000 new brick and 10 carloads of stone at Philip Smith’s. adv’t.
100 Years Ago
Sept. 25, 1924
Two motor busses which run between Dayton and Sidney met in a collision along the Children’s Home road late Wednesday. The busses were making the detour south of the city on account of the new oil that is being put on the Dixie highway. One bus was turned over into the ditch.
Democratic campaign headquarters have been opened in the rooms in the second floor of the Mathers homestead on Ohio Avenue near the post office. The Republican committee has opened headquarters in the Oldham building in the room occupied by E.S. Brautigam, auto dealer
75 Years Ago
Sept. 25, 1949
Ruth Kramer, International president of Altrusa, met Sunday morning with Sidney Altrusa president Irene Jarfus following an Altrusa district meeting in the Canal Room of the Hotel Wagner.
Gold Star Mothers of Shelby county participated in the beautiful ceremony in Loudenville yesterday at which Gold Star Mothers of Ohio were honored as were their late sons who were heroes of
World Wars I and II. Governor Frank Lausche spoke. From Shelby County were Mrs. Kenneth Ferguson, president of the local organization; Mrs. Iva Bunker, color bearer; and Mrs. Andrew Neer, first vice president.
VERSAILLES – A handsome new Ohio Telephone Service company building here will soon house Darke County’s first automatic telephone exchange. Dial switching equipment for the operation of the new system will occupy the second floor.
50 Years Ago
Sept. 25, 1974
A man has been shot to death, the admitted assailant has been acquitted, and many persons who were involved in this week’s murder trial in Shelby County Common Pleas Court are clearly unhappy.
Two local firms were represented at the 1974 International Machine Tool Show in Chicago, which attracted more than 78,000 visitors. They were Monarch Machine Tool Co. and Graphic Arts Division of Amos Press.
B&G Bituminous Co. employees of Sidney have put down asphalt at the site of field events at the new Sidney High School track facility.
25 Years Ago
Sept. 25, 1999
The lengthy process to finalize a plan for the new social services building in downtown Sidney came to a close Thursday morning when architects were told to cement the plans approved by the Shelby County Commissioners. John Freytag and Don Brulport of Freytag and Associates of Sidney were instructed by commissioners to provide final drawings and cost lists during their meeting Thursday. The final plans are to be presented at the commissioners’ regular session Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. Commissioners Dale DeLoye, John Laws and Larry Kleinhans all agreed on final plans established by a committee they appointed. Attending the meeting were committee members Terry Pellman, director of Shelby County Human Services and department personnel Thomas Bey and Steve Pulfer. The building will include a full basement plus an unfinished third floor. Laws said coordinating all departments regarding the layout of the office areas was a major obstacle.
So far, $12,638 has been raised for the 1999 Shelby County United Way campaign – 1.26 percent of the goal. The United Way Board of Trustees met Thursday morning to hear reports from the division leaders on the campaign tallies to date. It was the first weekly division report meeting of the campaign, which was launched Sept. 9 and continues through mid-November. The Special Gifts Division is leading in the percentage of goal reached to date, getting 24.48 percent of its $22,000 goal by raising $5,385. Mike Monnin and Jim Davis are co-chairing the division. Second is the Not-For-Profits Division, chaired by Dennis Ruble, with $854 – 11.39 percent of the $7,500 goal. Coming in third is the Education Division, chaired by Iddy Andrews, which has reached 9.61 percent of its $15,500 goal by raising $1,489. The goal for this year is $1 million. The United Way provides funding for 22 agencies.
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.
