125 Years
December 19, 1891
A space of two feet between a flying train and a vehicle is the reason a fatality is not recorded in this item. As engine No. 105, with the passenger train due here at 10:30 reached the North Street crossing this morning, a horse and buggy dashed onto the track. The crowd at the railway station was horrified, but in a fraction of a second that feeling changed as the vehicle was seen to clear the iron horse. The engineer came up to the station smiling, and said he missed the buggy by two feet! It is not known who made the escape, as they drove out of town without saying anything.
100 Years
December 19, 1916
From the most reliable information, we are prepared to say that the factories in Sidney are paying out between $35,000 and $40,000 per week at the present time for labor. More business is being done in Sidney than at any former time in the history of the city. We are having greater prosperity and everybody that wants work can find something to do.
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A stranger in the area, who gave his name as W.F. Collins, suffered severe cuts about the head when he apparently walked into the side of a passenger train at Kirkwood last night. John Hammond, operator at the C.H. & D. station there, said the man had been sleeping in the station and when the train came along he suddenly got up and dashed out. Notified by Hammond, Deputy Sheriff Hugh Burns and Merchant Policeman Shinn took a taxi to Kirkwood and then returned Collins to jail here after his injuries were treated by physicians from Piqua. He was charged with drunkenness.
75 Years
December 19, 1941
Carl F. Berger was elected president of the Sidney Recreation Commission when the group completed its organization last evening. Floyd Evans was named secretary. Serving on the appointed group, in addition to Berger and Evans, are Arnold Henke, Carl Custenborder, and Cecil Watkins. It will be the responsibility of the newly-appointed commission to plan and guide an expanded recreation program for the city.
50 Years
December 19, 1966
Lee Kaufman, 456 Edgewood Street, was named to fill the vacancy on the Sidney Board of Education when members held their regular monthly meeting Monday evening. Appointment of Kaufman fills a vacancy on the board created by the recent death of H.E. Roth Jr., who was serving as president of the board at the time.
25 Years
December 19, 1991
Christmas Sketch: Waiting to take off over the house tops is this Christmas reindeer drawn by Kris Herbert, a Houston High School student. There are only six days left until Christmas.
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MORAINE, Ohio (AP) – General Motors Corp.’s announcement that it plans to shut down 21 factories over the next four years was met with relief and apprehension at GM’s truck assembly plant in this Dayton suburb. Speculation had been building this week that the Moraine plant, which employs about 3,500 workers, would be closed. But in a satellite broadcast to GM workers Wednesday, GM Chairman Robert Stempel didn’t say whether the plant was among operations targeted for closing.
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Members of the Botkins chapter of the Future Farmers of America recently devoted a Saturday to sprucing up the four corporation limit signs around the village. Among the seven students who worked on the project were Jason Wagner, Phillip Vehorn, and Jason Krebs, who is president of the local FFA chapter. The Botkins FFA spent approximately $200 and completed the work as part of a community project.
