125 Years
January 2, 1899
The year of 1899 was ushered in an appropriate manner. Just as the town clock struck the hour of 12 Saturday night, the Reed band began to play at the northwest corner of the square, causing a large crowd to congregate. They rendered several selections.
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While responding to a fire call about 5 o’clock yesterday evening, the front axle of the hook and ladder broke, just as it reached the Donaldson and Bryant broom factory after being fixed up, the wagon was brought back to the firehouse. The roughness of the streets is supposed to have caused the break.
100 years
January 2, 1924
The 11-room house, known as the Perry Howell homestead, in Orange township south of Sidney was totally destroyed by fire last night. The house was one of the most complete homes in this section of the county, being equipped with every modern convenience. James Sarver discovered the fire while driving by the home. Some furnishings were removed by neighbors.
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The stock and fixtures of the Albers Grocery Co., on the east side of the public square, were purchased this morning by Sam Piper. Mr. Piper will rearrange the stock and reopen the store again for business next Saturday.
75 years
January 2, 1949
Donald Brant, Kettlersville area farmer, was named secretary of the Shelby county fair board at a special meeting of the board of directors in the assembly room of the court house over the weekend. Brandt will serve the remaining two years of the unexpired term of the late James Rhoades who lost his life last month.
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Cletus Magoto, East Poplar street, was appointed deputy sheriff of Shelby county today by Sheriff Robert Gearhart. In announcing the appointment, Gearhart said a second deputy would be appointed in the next few days. Magoto has been employed at the Ross Pattern and Foundry Engineering Co. for 20 years.
50 years
January 2, 1974
The emergency room at Wilson Memorial Hospital will have extend- ed coverage by the end of the month, Carl P. Rueth, chairman of the hospital’s board of trustees has confirmed. Coverage by a physician will now include seven days a week, excluding the hours between 8am and noon.
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Gifts sometimes come in large sizes. Such was the case when Edison State College received a quit claim deed to a 130-acre parcel of land off Looney Road. Donor of the land is the Hartzell-Norris Trust Foundation. J. Daniel Francis, chairman of the college board, stated that with title to the land the work of planning the campus and buildings can now begin.
25 years
January 2, 1999
The new Adams Funeral Home currently under construction is expected to open in March.
Owners Mark and Julie A. Adams of Sidney are constructing a facility at 1401 Fair Road, the first of its kind in the county. Mark Adams said all funeral homes in Shelby County have been in place for many years and are converted houses. He said the current funeral parlor owned by him and his wife was established in 1902.
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COLUMBUS Ellen Joslin of Sidney is one of two new trustees of the Ohio Soybean Council. She was elected during the December board meeting, held at the Ohio FFA Center in Colum- bus.Joslin will serve a three- year term representing soybean producers in District 7 comprising Auglaize, Mercer and Shelby counties. Joslin and her husband, Rob, farm 800 acres of soy- beans, corn, and wheat in Shelby County. She also works part time for the Shelby County Board of Elections.
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.
