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100 years

Jan. 9, 1916

Supt. McVay was in Bellefontaine Saturday to meet with the superintendents of Urbana and Bellefontaine for the purpose of arranging for a triangular debate among the three high schools. It was agreed the debates would be held on March 31. Each school will have an affirmative and a negative team with the affirmative team traveling to the other school.

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Membership in the Business Men’s gymnasium classes of the Y.M.C.A. is increasing rapidly. Much enthusiasm is being shown over the game of volley ball which is rapidly becoming a popular game wherever it has been given a fair trial.

75 years

Jan. 9, 1941

Two men, active in the business life of Sidney for many years were claimed by death this morning. C. J. Winemiller, member of the city council and dean of Sidney grocerymen, died at his home on Park Street following a heart attack. He had operated a grocery at Park and Oak Streets intersection for 33 years. A. C. Getz, long associated with the industrial life of Sidney as general manager of the Sidney Machine Tool Co., died at his home in Bon Air.

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Carl Zellerman of Minster escaped with a scratch on his face when a large plank pierced the windshield of his car as it went off State Route 66 between Mount Jefferson and Houston and struck the guard rail. Another plank from the guard rail pierced the radiator of the car.

50 years

Jan. 9, 1966

Letters of appreciation to the people of Sidney and Shelby County from their “adopted” unit on the battle front in Viet Nam were received in Sidney today. The letters were from Capt. William R. Wilson, commanding officer of Troop A, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division. This was the unit selected to receive the Christmas remembrance from the people of this area. The letter received by this newspaper from Capt. Wilson included copies of letters mailed to the governor of Ohio, and to the mayor of Sidney.

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A Sidney High School senior, whose field of interest has always been home economics, was awarded the Dayton Power and Light Co.’s $500 Junior Homemaker Scholarship Award Saturday. Sharon Stockstill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Stockstill, R. R. 3, Sidney, received the award from Robert Ruther, Sidney district manager for the utility, at the completion of the contest held at the Port Jefferson Community Center.

25 years

Jan. 9, 1991

The artist featured at the Amos Memorial Public Library for the month of January is Billie Lydia King, a resident of Jackson Towers, 333 E. North St. Her works were also featured during the Sidney-Shelby County YMCA Senior Artist Show in December. Although she worked in related fields of art, Ms. King did not begin painting until she was over 68 years of age.

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IN EASTERN SAUDI ARABIA (AP) – The people who would fight listened anxiously to Armed Forces Radio in the desert or watched television in the cities as U.S. and Iraqi delegations met in Geneva. Then Wednesday’s talks ended and Secretary of State James A. Baker III announced that he saw no signs of an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait. A few groans broke the silence among viewers at the U.S. military’s Joint Information Bureau. “I think we’re going to war,” said Sgt. 1st Class Earl Godette, 36, from Illesheim, Germany, where his 11th Aviation Brigade is based.

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Out of the past

These news items from past issues of the Sidney Daily News are compiled by the Shelby County Historical Society (498-1653) as a public service to the community. Local history on the Internet! www.shelbycountyhistory.org

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