125 YEARS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1899
The popular Steinle Club house down the canal has been visited by over a thousand people so far this summer. Almost every day or evening parties make the trip on the pleasure boat “Gondola” for a few pleasant hours there. The rates are as follows: for thirty or less, $8 for the round trip.
100 YEARS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1924
Members of the Ku Klux Klan held a meeting Monday night in an open field northeast of Sidney on the Murphy pike. The speakers’ stand was a flat top wagon lighted by electricity, a large lighted electric cross being the decoration. After the speaking quite a number of new members were taken into the organization.
75 YEARS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1949
Coach Tom Pierson’s Sidney high school Yellow Jackets launched drills for their 1949 football campaign. A total of 50 candidates engaged in the opening workout which was more or less confined to “loosening up” exercises.
Dr. Richard H. Breece is Jackson Center’s new doctor. The community has been without the services of a physician since Dr. C.M. Gillespie left town several months ago.
50 YEARS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1974
LOCKINGTON – About 80 Lockington area residents crammed the ancient brick Washington Township House last night to make clear to the zoning board their feelings about 200 acres of land to accommodate a Spring Creek Gravel Co. proposal for a gravel mining operation. Last night’s protests revolved around three issues: fear that the mining operation will endanger the area’s water supply, fear that the gravel trucks moving in and out of the area will create a safety hazard, and reluctance to have a “scenic, historical area” disfigured.
25 YEARS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1999
When two Shelby County residents attended chiropractic college together, the seed was planted for a local practice to some day be opened. Dr. Anthony “Tony” Eshleman of Anna and Dr. Bryan Olding of Sidney opened the Shelby Chiropractic Health Center at 679 N. Vandemark Road on Aug 9.
PHOTO: Pictured in the photos above and below are new teachers in the Jackson Center School district. Shown are: Carl Moeller, high school physical education; Traci Sanderson, English and gifted; Pam Coon, elementary art; Jon Cook, social studies; Sandra Corbit, high school art; and Chris Gardner, high school math.
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.
