100 Years
April 4, 1916
At the meeting of the Commercial Club held last evening, L.M. Studevant noted the need for new homes in Sidney, pointing out that our factories are unable to secure as many men as they could use because of the lack of housing for their families. He estimated that 300 new homes are needed in the community.
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An informal meeting of the city council was held last evening for the purpose of discussing the matter of the purchase of another fire truck and pumper for the city. After considerable discussion it was decided to submit the proposition of issuing bonds for the purchase of a truck to a vote of the people at the August primary.
75 Years
April 4, 1941
Private First Class Albert Bulle, Ray Zook, and Jack Nichols are home from Camp Shelby at Hattiesburg, Miss., to spend 15-day furloughs with their parents.
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At the hearing before Judge Robert Nevin in Federal Court at Dayton yesterday afternoon, the sale of the John Wagner Brewery, recently made to the Frick Company, Waynesboro, Pa., for $41,000, was confirmed by the court.
50 Years
April 4, 1966
“Optimism – Youth’s Greatest Asset” which was the subject of the recent boy’s oratorical contest sponsored by the Sidney Optimist Club, will be discussed again at Tuesday’s luncheon meeting. Speakers will be the three winners of that contest, who will give their talks. Larry Helmlinger, Holy Angels School, who will speak again at the Optimist sponsored zone contest in Troy. The other two, who won second and third, respectively, in the local competition, are James Rickey, Parkwood Junior High, and Tim Heckman, Sidney Senior High.
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Boys and girls in Sidney grade schools are being invited to enter a traffic safety slogan contest, as part of a traffic safety improvement campaign to be conducted in May by the Sidney Optimist Club. Members of the committee include James Andrews, Gene Derringer, Donovan Hill, Max Michael, and James H. Rieck, with William Lang and James G. Johnson as co-chairmen.
25 Years
April 4, 1991
CINCINNATI (AP) – Pete Rose completes his three-month stay at a halfway house Friday, but it could be midsummer before the former ball player finishes his sentence of 1000 hours of community service for cheating on his taxes.
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Photo: Many people cross the Turkish border to escape the fighting in northern Iraq. This picture taken at this border town of Semdinli, Turkey, shows a refugee family with their children. In the background are people waiting to be processed.
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The Dayton Power and Light Co. Tuesday filed for a rate increase that would raise electric rates 27 percent over three years and increase gas rates eight percent. The increase would raise a typical gas and electric bill from $104.56 to about $121.32 a month, DP&L said. Dayton Power and Light serves part of Shelby County.
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Three new members of the Shelby County Veterans Services Commission are sworn into office Monday by Shelby County Common Pleas Court Judge John D. Schmitt. They are Donald Monnin, Russia, an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam era; Clyde Block, a U.S. Navy veteran of world War II aboard the USS Denver; and Weldon Oakley, a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Korean Conflict and was in the battle of the Chosin Reservoir.
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LONDON (AP) – Princess Diana skied for the first time since Prince Charles narrowly escaped death three years ago in an avalanche that killed a friend. The royal couple’s children, Princes William and Harry, skied for the first time Sunday. Their mother took them to a nursery slope on the fashionable resort of Lech in the Austrian Alps
