125 years
May 11, 1896
Sidney remains without a fire chief today, despite the 28 ballots cast during the council meeting last night for the specific purpose of choosing a chief. None of the four votes nominated for the position received the required majority of all votes cast by the council members. The nominees for the position were: George Covil, Jasper Wade, Charles Eisenstein and JH McClung. After the unsuccessful attempt to name a fire chief, the council adjourned until next Monday evening.
100 years
May 11, 1921
Through the efforts of a committee appointed by the Kiwanis club, BO Worrell, former director of the Sidney band, has agreed to meet with them next Wednesday to discuss the possibility of Sidney returning and taking on a new band. Mr. Worrell is currently in Ottumwa, Iowa, conducting symphony concerts.
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Employees of the Thedieck department store company, with the support of several friends, will be performing the comedy “Mary’s Millions” on May 26 in the high school auditorium. Cast members include: Victor Taylor, Waldo Patton, Lionel Dickas, Kenneth Rike, Charles Keeler, Lillian Rhule, Irene Corbin, Margaret Eshman, Katherine Eilers, and Cecilia Gattes.
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Police Chief O’Leary arrested and detained two men and a woman on suspicion yesterday afternoon. The trio owned a large Packard car taxi sedan. They had no money and were begging enough to get a new tire. According to reports from Cincinnati, they were on their way to Toledo. The boss tried to determine if the car had been stolen.
75 years
May 11, 1946
The crack epidemic that has struck a number of surrounding towns in the past few weeks caught up with Sidney over the weekend when five branches were entered and safes were broken into. Victims included: Klipstine Lumber and Supply, the New York Central Freight House, Fogt and Fleckenstein, Evans Johnson Co., and Sidney Woodworking Co.
50 years
May 11, 1971
NEW BREMEN – The elected queen of the New Bremen Festival and Homecoming, which will be celebrated from June 11th to 12th, will be Ellen Friemering.
When she was a freshman and sophomore, she was a homecoming attendant, and last year she was a delegate to Buckeye Girls State. She plans to go to college next fall and get a degree in psychology.
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A Bellefontaine man who served as the city’s principal from 1964 to 1969 was named the new superintendent of Hardin Houston School District in Shelby County.
Joseph E Daley, 43, will take up his new role on August 1st. The Hardin-Houston Education Authority has decided to hire Daley at a special Tuesday evening meeting. The announcement was made this morning by County Supt. Clifford Bunnell.
25 years
May 11, 1996
CINCINNATI (AP) – In a year of renewal, major league baseball faces an old problem: what to do with Marge Schott?
The owner of the Cincinnati Reds has caused further uproar by wiping off her claim that Hitler started off well and simply “went too far.” She first used the line in a newspaper interview four years ago, which then caused quite a stir.
Her decision to repeat the line during an interview with ESPN that aired Sunday night prompted Jewish organizations to demand her overthrow and left baseball’s top officials preoccupied with an undesirable issue.
Acting Commissioner Bud Selig said Monday that he and National League President Len Coleman are considering the matter.
“Len and I are investigating this together,” said Selig. “Len and I spent much of the day doing it.”
While Selig and Coleman were talking privately, the Anti-Defamation League and American Jewish Congress called for baseball to either re-punish Schott or force them to give up control of the team.
This news from previous editions of the Sidney Daily News is compiled by the Shelby County Historical Society (937-498-1653) as a public service for the community. Local history on the internet! www.shelbycountyhistory.org