125 Years

March 30, 1892

John Heiser, who makes the celebrated Eagle plows, had 600 of these ready for the spring trade, and thought he had enough. They all left his ware room last week and he is at it again. He makes six plows every day, and will keep at it indefinitely.

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The fairgrounds committee will meet tomorrow afternoon. It will visit the fairgrounds and will recommend to the board of directors such improvements as the visit will suggest. It is understood that several members of the committee are strongly in favor of enlarging the grandstand by an addition of 60 feet. The improvement will pay for itself for two fairs.

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George W. Hull, state fish and game warden, will bring a car load of fish to Sidney tomorrow and place them in Tawawa lake.

100 Years

March 30, 1917

James Papas has sold the Colonial restaurant to Aleck Zygomalas and Steve Peters, both of Dayton. Both are experienced restaurant men and have taken over the operation. A Greek by birth, Mr. Zygomalas is a naturalized American citizen and has served five years with the U.S. Calvary, three years of which were spent in the Philippine Islands.

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At a meeting of the city park commission last evening, a number of residents of the Fourth ward were present and discussed the development of a park and planting of trees along the Glennova addition near the fairgrounds.

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As a “house warming” for the new rooms of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity the members invited a number of friends to enjoy an evening of cards and dancing last night. The new Victrola furnished the music for the evening. Mr. and Mrs. S.V. Wilcutts were the chaperones.

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A complimentary dinner was given at the K. of P. lodge last evening or the 30 members of the cast that presented the K. of P. minstrel several weeks ago.

75 Years

March 30, 1942

Members of the cast for the junior play to be presented next weekend at Sidney High school include: Mary Bess Joslin, Suzanne Kiser, Dick McVay, Pat Dill, Judy Kah, Doris Jean McClure, Bob Bertsch, Tom Ferguson, Sam Milligan, Dick Crusey, Maclin Hall, Bernadine Wiessinger, Lois Kennedy, Wayne Garrison, Tom Laws. The play is directed by Robert Kinney.

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John Foster, Paul Sherman, Voress Loudenback, Harley Clark, Lewis Boyer, Fred Pruden, Charles Benjamin, Taylor Cummins, and Dr. R.C. Comstock attended the second district American Legion conference at Bluffton Sunday.

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A total of $136.64 was realized by the Sidney Defense council as a result of the scrap campaign in the First and Fourth wards on Saturday. Collected was a total of 11,739 pounds of metal; 10,200 pounds of newspapers; 1,375 pounds of magazines; 915 pounds of rags, and 150 pounds of old rubber.

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Robert Scheiber, of Sidney High school, received a superior rating for his violin solo in the district instrumental contest at Wittenberg college on Saturday. Excellent ratings were received by the Sidney High school band, and Misses Dorothy Dull, Lois Whitney and Doris Jean McClure with their piano solos.

50 Years

March 30, 1967

James Rickey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Rickey, 214 Cherokee drive, was named today winner of the Optimist-sponsored Oratorical Contest for boys held this week at Parkwood Junior High School. The winner is scheduled to give his speech in further competition at Springfield on Thursday, April 6, against other area winners. Final prize in the national contest is a $1,000 college scholarship, awarded by Optimist International.

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Fred Linker, fair board president, huddled with Lloyd E. Lutz, Extension Service agent today on plans for the proposed multi-purpose building at the fairgrounds. Linker said the executive committee has agreed on a pole-type structure 55 by 96 feet in size. He and Lutz planned to go to Bellefontaine this afternoon to inspect a similar building on the grounds there. Estimated cost is about $5,000.

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Fire shortly before noon today completely destroyed a large barn at the farm residence of Robert Zerbe on the Doorley road, approximately a mile southeast of Sidney. Sidney firemen responding to the alarm found the inside of the structure in flames and directed their efforts to protecting several nearby buildings.

Cause of the blaze had not been determined, although it was discovered by Zerbe who was home at the time.

25 Years

March 30, 1992

Robert L. Zielsdorf, president of Peerless Machinery Corp. of Sidney, has been named to the Wright State University Foundation Board of Trustees. The WSU Foundation is the primary link between the university and the community. Zielsdorf joined Peerless in 1977 and was named president of the company in 1982. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame he is also a director of Bank One, Sidney, chair of the Shelby County Business Committee and a trustee of Wilson Memorial Hospital.

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Sidney area insurance agents Dennis and Deron Barker of the Barker Insurance Agency have been recognized for having one of the top agencies for the United Ohio Insurance Co., of Bucyrus. The Baker Agency received a plaque during a recent annual seminar in Columbus.