News from days past

1888

Will Hall of Piety Hill smiles. A daughter came to his house last Saturday.

Hon. James Hunt is receiving congratulations on his friends upon the advent of a male heir.

Miss Cora, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Hanawalt, is quite ill.

Kuhnke's cider mill and jelly and apple butter factory appears to be doing a good business. About a dozen hands are employed, part of the time day and night, and they claim to have plenty of work.

Mrs. C.G. Sanford is quite ill, having been afflicted with a stroke or paralysis last week.

90 years ago

1918

Mr. and Mrs. George Bemis received a telephone message from their daughter Mrs. Nelson A. Groves near Milan, stating that a fire had destroyed the two-story frame residence of the Groves family.

Kenneth, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kuns, was knocked down and run over by an auto while he was playing in the road. The occupants of the car, who were strangers, took him to his home. He was badly bruised all over with a gash over the right eye and a cut on the left knee.

Richard Stevenson had quite a reputation as a bronco buster, but he had an experience with John Ropke's Buckskin that took the tuck out of him. He saddled Buckskin and went out for a joy ride, and got along fine until he reached Green Creek, when Buckskin concluded to have some fun with him. Richard said the critter skinned his saddle off just like a schoolboy getting ready for bed, and that he dumped saddle and rider over the fence into a field and then tried to crawl through the fence after. When Buckskin had his play out, he ambled back to the livery barn, and Richard limped home the best he could.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wonnie Wagner.

Local deaths reported were: Robert Tuttle; and Frank Evy.

80 years ago

1928

Large signs at the village limits noting businesses in Clyde and maintained by Vitrified Iron Products Co. had to be repaired and parts replaced due to vandalism.

Several prominent Sandusky County Republicans, including Clara Hoffman and S.W. Trump, were named to the county executive committee.

70 years ago

1938

J.A. Conley, a local contractor, sustained bad bruises and a sprained ankle in a fall from scaffolding at city hall.

Irene Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hall, was painfully burned about the face and on her right hand by a gas explosion while she was preparing supper.

LeRoy Nichols Brown, 87, one of the oldest retired business men of the village, passed away.

Mrs. J.M. Widener sustained severe bruises from a fall down the back steps on her home.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Luff Laundy.

60 years ago

1948

Walter Auxter, an apprentice at the Mitchell Funeral Home for two years, completed that part of his training and entered the Cleveland College of Embalming for a year's training.

Ground was broken as construction got underway for a $2,000,000 plant expansion program at Clyde Porcelain Steel Corporation.

Daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bookmyer, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Liptock, Mr. and Mrs. Voyel Bennehoff, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Burgess, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ejhinger, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kapp Jr.; and sons to Mr. and Mrs. Lytle Albright, Mr. and Mrs. William Pfeiffer and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Dick; and twin daughters to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Fleming.

Local deaths reported were: Mrs. Kate Stanley; John C. Bookmyer; Roy Freeman;; Thomas E. Daley; and Mrs. Emma H. Walter Richards.

50 years ago

1958

Daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Mann and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Huffman; and sons to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Smercina, Mr. and Mrs. Gust McConnell and Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Godfrey.

Local deaths reported were: Lester A. Pawsey, 69; Mrs. Pearl McClory, 65; George A. Henry, 83; Mrs. Sarah E. Godfred, 76; Mrs. Helen Rosen, 72; the stillborn son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Dayringer; and the stillborn daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kearnie Patrick.

40 years ago

1968

Sherry Whitacker, who was seriously injured in an automobile accident Aug. 3, was released from Toledo Hospital. It was anticipated that Tom Jackson, who was injured in the same accident, would be released from St. Vincent Hospital in the coming week.

Sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Zane Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Ben E. Davis.

Local deaths reported were: Mrs. John (Marie Mann) Shea, 81; Dalton Wolff; Robert Clarke; Mrs. Priscilla Waddell, 70; Mrs. Trevor (Jennie Churchill) Norman, 77; and Mrs. Frank Rosenfelt, 65.

30 years ago

1978

Vickery United Methodist Church was observing the 90th anniversary of its founding with a homecoming.

Daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Hollenbaugh and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lenhart; and sons to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Fisher and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Collins.

Local deaths reported were: Mrs. Alex (Jean Patterson) Lawson, 68; Grant Robinson, 85; Leroy (Jeff) Hartley, 62; Lawrence Ballew, 62; Anthony J. Brown, 18; and Mrs. Mervyn (Jessie Waters) Callender, 75.

20 years ago

1988

Twin daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Dale Dukeshire; and sons to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tea, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wagner and Mr. and Mrs. Jody Keegan.

Local deaths reported were: Karen M. Zepernick, 21; Clyde I. Mott, 64; Dawson Galloway, 54; and Anavleea Freeze, 73.

10 years ago

1998

Twin daughters were born to Dr. and Mrs. Patrick Reineck.

Local deaths reported were: Ida M. Wilson, 67; John Christopher Shanahan, 63; Alice L. Miller, 79; and Arrietta "Airy" Jenkins, 80.

1 year ago

2007

Two parents attend a local school board meeting to report their children had been threatened repeatedly by a youth on a bus and outside school. Superintendent Todd Helms agreed to meet with families. He later reported the situation had been handled and that intimidation of children was not tolerated in the district.

Military chaplain Ken Lewis, on a respite home from the war in Iraq, talks about the challenges of helping soldiers maintain their faith in battle conditions. Lewis confessed during his visit home he was seeking his own peace while spending time with his wife and children.