125 Years Ago
Sept. 24, 1899
There will be a live and clay bird match at Sulphur Heights tomorrow.
Two enlistments have been made by Recruiting Officer Charles Bowdle of the Thirty-ninth Infantry. Herbert Simmons and Grant Jenkins have enlisted. It is expected that they will soon be ordered to the Philippines.
A little trouble occurred on the north side of the square this morning, caused by the digging of the holes for the erection of the new telephone poles on the inside of the curbing. The consent of the property owners had not been obtained and they objected. The work of digging the holes was stopped and they were filled up again.
100 Years Ago
Sept. 24, 1924
In a ten inning game, full of thrills, yells and good baseball, Anna High School defeated Pemberton High School 10 to 7. This is the first game to be played in the new Shelby County High School League. The entire Anna High School was present, everyone wearing tags labeled, “Plaster Pemberton, Let’s Go Anna.”
LOST: Automobile crank. Return to Motor In. Reward. – adv’t.
ANNA – The Naugle Hardware store had a demonstration of the Happy Home Steam washing machine at the home of Mr. J..J. Fogt on Thursday.
75 Years Ago
Sept. 24, 1949
Mrs. Clarence Piper, newly elected president of the PTA of Perry rural school, presided at the initial meeting Thursday evening. The organization accepted the funds from the class of 1949 of the school and from Unity Grange toward an electric scoreboard for the gym.
Since 1911, suppers on Friday nights have been an important part of the Business Girl’s association. More than 30 members and guests were present last evening for supper last night in the Business Girl’s home on East Poplar. The first meetings in 1911 were held in the Methodist Church. Dr. Olive Ailes founded the organization.
50 Years Ago
Sept. 24, 1974
The Shelby County Commissioners Tuesday passed a resolution stating the need for a center for the handicapped in Shelby County.
A street improvement on West Avenue, just north of North Street, has been completed, noted Supt. Lloyd McClain, Sidney Street Dept. A single spur set of railroad tracks has been removed and an incline or “hump” has been removed, he said
Mrs. Tim Jones was one of 10 women attending a session Tuesday for the establishment of a Women’s Center for Sidney and Shelby County.
ANNA – The first woman councilman to serve the village was sworn in at the Tuesday session. Mrs. May Myers was appointed by Mayor Richard Eshleman to fill a council vacancy. Council members are concerned about the leniency of the Anna Police force. No arrests or citations have been made within the past six months.
25 Years Ago
Sept. 24, 1999
School officials want to construct a new complex near Sidney High School that would contain about 158,500 square feet of space for a new middle school and new central administration offices. Estimated cost of this project is $20.3 million. The middle school would be located north of Fair Road and west of the Shelby County Fairgrounds. There is ample space in that area for a new school, officials have said. Access to the school would be from Fair Road. Those attending the meeting expressed support for plans to offer all-day kindergarten throughout the district. Some were interested in helping with the levy campaign. They were directed to contact the Citizens for Sidney Schools Committee, which is organizing the campaign.
The United Way Board of Trustees approved Rufus “Rick” Sims Jr. as a new board member at its August meeting. Sims was approved to begin his first three-year term of office Sept. 15. Sims is a resident of Sidney and 15 employed by Sprint Communications as a business service specialist. He currently serves as a Sidney City Council representative at-large. He has completed 51/2 years on council. He also serves on the Shelby County Metropolitan Housing Authority Board. His past community service includes the Steering Committee for the Senior Citizens Center that consolidated three of the senior service programs in the county. In 1999 he served as one of 13 com- munity volunteers outside the United Way Board that reviewed five of the agencies that are supported through the annual fundraising campaign.
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.
