125 Years
Feb. 14, 1898
The Democratic County Central committee met in the grand jury room of the court house Saturday and fixed the date of Apr. 4 as the time for holding the county democratic primary election for the selection of nominees for the offices of auditor, recorder, commissioners and infirmary director.
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C.J. Briggs was this week awarded the contract to furnish the public library with about $800 worth of new books.
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John W. Booze, of Jackson Center, has been in Botkins working up the telephone line between those two communities.
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Among the list of appointments made by Governor Bushnell and sent to the Senate yesterday for the confirmation was that of S.J. Hatfield, of this city, as a member of the State Board of Parole.
100 Years
Feb. 14, 1923
Glen cemetery at Port Jefferson is being enlarged and extensive beautification is in progress. A.L. Nettleship, Harry Miller, and David Etherington, the trustees responsible, are putting forth every effort to make it the most beautiful cemetery spot in Ohio. They have called in Herman J. Shie, landscape architect, to assist them in this work.
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Postmaster Lee announced today that during the month of January the sale of Treasury Savings certificates at the Sidney post office amounted to $20,756.
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The Missionary Federation of the city will observe the annual day of prayer on Feb. 16 at 2:30 o’clock in the parlor of the First Presbyterian church. This will be a union service of all churches of the city, with Rev. Roebuck, of Anna, the principal speaker.
75 Years
Feb. 14, 1948
Appointment of a three-man, bipartisan board to manage all municipally owned public utilities in Sidney, was made public today by Mayor Waldo A. Patton. The board, which will employ and exercise authority through a registered engineer, comprises Clyde Millhoff, appointed for two years; William Kingseed, four years, and Harry Forsyth, six years. Future appointments, under the legislation, will be made every two years for terms of six years.
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Carl E. Sharp, of Wilson avenue and Mark Goettemoeller, of Fort Loramie, were re-elected as Shelby county advisory councilmen by members of the Miami Valley Cooperative Milk Producers Association at their first annual county meeting yesterday. Waldo Michael, of this town, was elected as a third representative from the county to the council.
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Rev. James P. Kelly, son of Mrs. C.C. Kelly, South Main avenue, will be ordained by Archbishop McNicholas in Sts. Peter and Paul Church at Northwood on Feb. 28. His first solemn mass will be celebrated the following day in his home town church, Holy Angels, in this city. Rev. Kelly is the first son of the Holy Angels church to join the Glenmark Missioners, Glendale, O.
50 Years
Feb. 14, 1973
Formation of the Amos Industrial Park on Joslin land on Vandemark road, given preliminary plat approval by the Sidney Planning Commission last night, was announced today by J. Oliver Amos and William T. Amos, developers.
First purchaser of land in the new park will be Sidney Printing & Publishing Co., publishers of the Sidney Daily News, Coin World, Linn’s Stamp News, Gun Week, World Coins, Numismatic Scrapbook and Graphic Arts Printing.
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The contract of Shelby County School Supt. Clifford Bunnell was renewed for three years by members of the Shelby County School Board last night. Bunnell has been superintendent of Shelby County schools since Jan. 1, 1966.
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The Lucky Barrel prize continues at $600 with registration under way at The Famous. The name of Mary Sparks was drawn Tuesday at Dorsey’s Downtowne, but she had not registered.
25 Years
Feb. 14, 1998
PHOTO – Valentine’s Day is a time for all ages to show how they feel. Above, the king and queen of hearts, Karl and Thelma “Crickey” Martz, are crowned at Fair Haven Shelby County Home. The Martzes were married July 4, 1929.
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COLUMBUS – The Ohio Parole Board on Friday voted to permit the execution of death row inmate Wilford Berry. The board voted 8-0 not to grant clemency. Berry, 35 of Cleveland, was sentenced to death for the Nov. 30, 1989, slaying of Cleveland baker Charles J. Mitroff, Jr. during a robbery.
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PHILADELPHIA – President Clinton’s proposed $1.10 cigarette price hike would cut teen smoking nearly in half and keep as many as 2.8 million teen-agers from lighting up over the next five years.
