125 years
Saturday, April 1, 1892
The rain came down in Sidney last evening in one way – from the clouds in great blinding sheets. Rivulets that would disappoint a thirsty ox at once went on a tear. Starrett and Tilbury runs extended their jurisdiction and swept everything near them. On Wilkinson Avenue, a bridge over the former stream was washed out. Gramercy Park and the Bell flats were submerged by the overflowing Miami. The canal got out of its banks near the Slusser and McLean scraper factory, and to save a possible disaster, the weir on the canal below town was opened. The oldest inhabitant who is always an authority, says, as usual, that he never saw so much rainfall in the same amount of time.
100 years
Saturday, April 1, 1917
Capt. M.L. Rhoades, Lieut. Arthur Silver, and Sgt. Roy Carey arrived in Sidney about 1 o’clock this morning and have opened a recruiting office at the armory to bring the local company up to full war strength.
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As members of the Congress assembled in special session at noon today, it was being accepted as a foregone conclusion that a declaration of war against Germany would be forthcoming.
75 years
Saturday, April 1, 1942
Supt. C.C. Crawford announced today that a new defense course would start in Sidney on Apr. 6, providing training of machine shop operators. The course, which will run for a period of 12 weeks, is a continuation of the course that concluded last week. It will be taught by G.J. Burkhardt of the high school faculty.
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The Orange Township defense council will have the sum of $156 for public defense use as a result of the scrap and salvage collection in the township, which netted more than 20,000 pounds.
50 years
Saturday, April 1, 1967
Miss Karen Knox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Knox of 652 North Ohio Avenue, will represent Paulding O. in the “Miss Universe of Ohio” pageant in Lima on April 21-22. Miss Knox was recently crowned “Miss Paulding of 1967.” She will also represent Sidney in the “Miss World Pageant of Ohio” in June, and Shelby County in the “Miss International Beauty Pageant of Ohio” this fall.
25 years
Saturday, April 1, 1992
Nostalgia from 1912: Participants are pictured ready for motorcycle races at the Merchant Association’s fifth annual picnic in Sidney on July 25 at the corner of S. Ohio Avenue and Court Street. The picnic included a parade, ballgame, dinner at the fairgrounds, and a bicycle race for children. Alfred Sayre won first place. There was also a guinea race, with Russell Blake winning; a sack race, won by Henry Snurr, and foot races. The first motorcycle race was called off in the middle due to an accident in which a young man, Eugene Abbott, received treatment at the scene.
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Karie Maurer, 18, and Mark Cantwill, 17, rehearse a scene from Woody Allen’s comedy “Don’t Drink the Water.” The Fort Loramie Drama Club will stage the comedy in the Fort Loramie Elementary School gymnasium.
