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Perhaps the most pretentious and costly of Sidney's homes have been built north of the public square, and on the heights of Ohio and Walnut avenues, these magnificent situations attracting even the earliest settlers for home building, while the vicinity of the churches kept many on the levels of North Ohio, Main and Miami avenues. The south end, however, since the extension of the streets and the park improvements, has become equally favored, and is by many considered the most attractive portion of Sidney. The great places on the hills are impressive, and the newcomer sees them at once. Indeed they form a large part of that view which makes trav- elers on the railroads remember the conductor's call of "Sidney !"
But, hidden among Sidney's elms and maples on South Main and Ohio avenues are roof trees quite as attractive in their way, and much easier to reach after a day's work at the office. One of the show places of the south side is The Chimneys, which was not built for a show place at all, but for a home for his mother, by Herman Tappè, jr., a Sidney youngster, who grew up amid poverty and hardship-at which he laughed and made faces-and developed, with his mother to encourage him, a unique talent as a designer of fash- ions that has made him famous as a costumer all over the United States. Herman Tappè's artistry extends farther than mere hats and costumes, however, and, while his success is great and enviable in his line, he might easily have succeeded in a more permanent line of art, had the advantages of early training been his. On the same lot where stood the modest little frame cottage into which the Tappè children were crowded by circumstance, stands now the artistic home upon which has been lavished much more than money- thought, taste, humor, idealism and infinite patience and seeking. The quaint white gables and the chimneys, the roof with its life-like cats, the hedge and the parapet surrounding the compact grounds- which extend to the south, from the deep porch, in the most charm- ing of little formal gardens, with a fountain and statues hidden in recesses of the hedge-and the stiff old-fashioned bouquets that top
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the gateway pillars are a lure to the inner recesses of the house, in which the penchant of Mr. Tappe for the antique has been carried out with utmost finesse in every apartment, the whole being as fas- cinating as a picture book-and most livable, beside! Nestling in a deep cushion in an ingle-nook in the living room, lies a royal Persian cat, with the soft yellow of its fur so velvety, its slumber so repose- ful, that one is startled to find it porcelain. Porcelain cats! Pour quoi? It is a Danish custom, and is derived from mythical times. In ancient days, a legend tells, the Royal Court desired to replenish the ranks of knighthood with the strongest youths of the nation. The contestants were put to severe trials of strength. One, young Harald, was requested, as a last test, to lift a sleeping cat from the floor. Pull as hard as he might, only one foot could he lift, and that was immediately relinquished by his failing hand. Yet the whole court had trembled when they saw even that one paw lifted, for the sleeping cat represented the power of the whole government, and, theoretically, the cosmic force of the universe! Hence, the cat on the roof tree and in the ingle-nook, signifies the strength of the house or the power which preserves the sanctity of the home and fireside. Incidentally, the cats, which were unprocurable in America during the war, were designed by Mr. Tappe himself, and many a yellow Persian may be found in other homes than The Chimneys. Herman Tappè's headquarters are, of course, in New York, where his brothers and sisters have followed him, all now successful, yet unforgetful of Sidney days and faces.
Fraternal organizations in Sidney began at an unusually early date for so small a pioneer town. The Masons organized Temper- ance Lodge No. 73 in March, 1825, and were chartered at the petition of Dr. William Fielding, Robert Blakely, John Lenox, James Wells, Elisha Williams, John Blakely, James DePuy, John McCorkle, Abra- ham Kensinger, and Lemuel Loughry. From 1835 to 1845 the lodge was suspended, following the death of William Morgan-which was by some attributed to Masonic machinations. Summoned together again after a ten years lapse, by the worshipful master, Dr. Fielding, it has gone forward ever since on a full tide of popular favor. Masonry had a home in Sidney before any church owned one, the consecration of their first hall, in Hailman's first tavern on the north side of Poplar street, occurring in 1826, when the great and solemn occasion closed with a banquet at "Mr. Blake's hotel." Additional chapters have been chartered since then, and the fraternity numbers a great proportion of Sidney's foremost men.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Sidney Lodge No. 60, was established in 1846, upon petition of J. Hailman, W. M. Ross, T. M. Carey, E. Pretzman, A. G. Wilder, M. Thompson, and R. Rogers. The first year's elections included the names of Dr. H. S. Conklin, Thomas Blake, B. W. Carey, David Bulle, C. Starrett, Ben- jamin McClain, and Paul Mowry. The Patriarchal Circle was insti- tuted in 1882. The Oddfellows have occupied the Monumental hall for the past twenty years.
The Knights of Pythias, Summit Lodge No. 50, was organized in 1873, the charter members being Tobe Weinstein, O. O. Mathers, H. H. Sprague, S. Alex Lecky, Robert Given, Henry Wagner, M. D.,
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A. J. Robertson, Daniel Toy, sr., B. F. Martin, J. A. Stipp, Harvey Guthrie, W. H. Goode, C. R. Joslin and W. W. Robertson.
The B. P. O. E. also have an active organization in Sidney, and own a home on West Court street.
Neal Post No. 62, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized in 1871 with twenty-two charter members. The post was named in honor of Capt. William Neal, of the 20th O. V. I., who was killed at Kenesaw mountain.
Sidney's political life has been as vivid as any phase of its civic development. Town and county have had a fair share in the public life of the state and nation, and have experienced within themselves a tense condition of partisan activity and struggle, which on the surface may have seemed at times to divide households against themselves. Underneath, however, there are stronger bonds than those of political party, knitting society into one. The famous Val- landigham mob of 1864, when partisan blood rather boiled over and which gave to peaceful Sidney its nearest approach to a riot, has long been a source of quite non-partisan amusement, as old men are wont to laugh at the quarrels of their boyhood days. There is an amusing incident of the days when the Whig melting pot had fin- ished its work, and the two great parties of the century had come out clearly distinguishable :
Two Sidney men, brothers-in-law, "Uncle" John Duncan and "Father" David Edgar, had found themselves, the one in the char- acter of a simon-pure Jeffersonian Democrat and the other in that of a primordial Republican. Mr. Duncan appeared as a Democratic candidate for county treasurer. There was an immediate clash between them.
"But, of course, David, you'll vote for me?" ventured Mr. Duncan, hopefully.
"But, of course, John, I won't!" flashed Mr. Edgar. The brothers fought throughout the campaign. Mr. Duncan was elected. The signing of his bond became necessity. With no hope at all, Mr. Duncan said, gloomily,
"Of course, David, you won't sign my bond?"
"Of course I will, John !" returned Mr. Edgar, and they were one family again. It was a characteristic instance of the fact that there is no real dividing line in Sidney. Strongly Democratic at the polls, Sidney not infrequently drops party politics and acts for the public good alone, and the live and let live spirit is uppermost in every vital matter.
The Sidney that is, is good to look upon, and infinitely better than the Sidney that is past, in all the conditions of living. A little more public spirit, generally distributed ; a little more thought for and about "the other fellow"; a little more homogeneity in the mass, a willingness to follow a standard ; a little elevation of that standard, and a broadening of the civic vision-these are the things needed to make, of the Sidney that is coming, all that it ought to be.
War Activities in Shelby County
In the scant and casual records of Sidney's past, one finds few details of the life and doings of its citizens out of official circles, and,
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except for the records of the Civil war veterans, little mention of the participation of the men of Shelby county in previous wars. But enough evidence remains, in the form of military titles, to con- nect a just proportion of the fighting forces of the community with every call of patriotism uttered through the century.
Not behind any other period of its history has the response of both city and country district been in the recent world war, now happily concluded-though the poignancy of sacrifices made has not yet faded from broken homes, where hearts are still bleeding and tears are yet undried.
The report of the Shelby county draft board is to be given here complete, but it must be remembered, in reading the totals, that the draft did not include many who went from this county, from other places where they were temporarily located, into the United States forces ; or who, in their eagerness to do their part, did not wait for the United States to enter, but enlisted from Canada. "Company L," of the O. N. G., who had served throughout the Mexican border campaign, is not included in the totals, nor many others who sent no word, of their departure, from other points, until letters came from overseas to tell the story. The exact number of volunteers, who went before the selective draft had been decided upon, has not been ascertained. Letting the figures of the draft board speak for the rest, we find that in the registration of June 5, 1917, there were listed 2,078 men, divided as follows: Class I, 468; class II, 240; class III, 121; class IV, 1,042 ; class V, 207. Of the whole, 424 were inducted into the service, and, of those not drawn, 68 enlisted. The June and August, 1918, registrations totalled 233 names, divided into: Class I, 117 ; class II, 57; class III, 12; class IV, 29; class V, 18. The reg- istration of September, 1918, covering the ages from nineteen to thirty-six, exhibited 1,217 names, divided into: Class I, 480; class II, 4 ; class III, 18; class IV, 661 ; class V, 54. Covering the eighteen- year registrants, were 234 names : Class I, 230; class II, 0; class III, 4. Of the men aged from thirty-seven to forty-five, unclassified, there were 1,389; the total September registration being 2,840, and of all registrations, 5,151.
Thirty-eight of the September registrants were inducted into the S. A. T. C., bringing the total number of inductions by the draft board to 491, with 70 enlistments recorded, making a record, for the county board, of 561 names, to which the reader must add the many suggested whom the draft board did not reach, but who nevertheless are to be counted among Shelby county's young patriots.
The draft board, whose work was most faithfully carried out, consisted of B. F. Martin, chairman; W. T. Amos, secretary ; Dr. M. F. Hussey, medical examiner, and Miss Anna Hennessey, chief clerk. From September, 1918, to January, 1919, a soldier clerk was employed as extra-being James Stuber, a "limited service" recruit from the fish and game department at Columbus. The work of Dr. Hussey in the first draft calls for special mention, great personal sacrifice and labor being expended in the examination of 640 men, with only occasional help in cases of haste, from Drs. J. W. Costolo, O. O. LeMaster and C. E. Johnston. The character of the personnel of the board was such as to gratify the entire community, exercising
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justice, discrimination and due human sympathy in the discharge of their duties.
Only one contingent of Shelby county soldiers was sent away with any public demonstration of farewell, that of May 28, 1918, when the largest group, 115 men, departed on the day of the great war chest parade, in which they were a leading feature, escorted to the station, where they entrained, by an immense crowd. For the rest, they had gone in little companies, as they were summoned, with only intimate friends to wish them Godspeed from quivering lips and aching hearts. Sidney sent of its finest younger surgeons to the service of the nation, and the brightest of her young men went first and most eagerly. Many have won honors and come home to love and hope, or have found their work the gateway to material advancement in other fields. Four Sidney boys attained high rank as aviators, Lieuts. R. D. Kenny, William Orbison, Frederick Stiles and Voress Loudenback. Lieut. Orbison electrified his home county by thrilling flights on war chest day. Lieut. Kenny was retained for months as commander of primary solo flight at Barron field, Texas.
But the inevitable sadness of war fell heavily on the county, thirty-three of its brave lads being sacrificed. Ten of these were Sidney boys, the remaining twenty-three being from homes all over the county. Twenty-one sleep in France; eleven died in different plague-stricken camps during the terrible influenza epidemic; and one "suffered a sea change." Their names, collected and printed with brief biographies, in a memorial pamphlet by the Shelby county memorial association, are here recorded, followed by those of the association. Upon the occasion of the memorial mass meeting, an eloquent address was delivered by Hon. Charles M. Wyman, which forms part of the material of the pamphlet. It is not reproduced here, but it was a beautiful tribute to the patriotism of the dead, and full of inspiration to the living. In the freshness of grief, words are often but futile messengers of comfort to the bereaved; but the sympathy they carry lives long after their echoes die.
The brightest laurels we can lay upon the graves of our boy heroes in France, or upon those of the victims of camp scourges in the United States, are, however, only pale symbols of the glory with which their story crowns the county.
"Lest we forget !"
Frederick Napier Annandale, Sidney, Ohio, Company L, O. N. G., died in France, of wounds received in action. Age, thirty years.
Floyd Briggs, of Sidney, Ohio, Company L, O. N. G., killed in action in France. Age, nineteen years.
Homer R. Colby, of Loramie township, 6th regiment, U. S. Marines, died in France. Age, twenty-two years.
Grover Cox, of McLean township, 9th Training battalion, died at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Age, twenty-six years.
Louis Henry Daniel, of McLean township, U. S. navy, U. S. S. Trippe, washed overboard and lost at sea. Age, twenty-two years. Benjamin Logan Englerth, of Anna, Ohio, Medical Officers' Reserve corps, Coast artillery, died in France. Age, twenty-six years.
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Leo John Francis, of Loramie township, 159th Depot brigade, died at Camp Taylor, Kentucky. Age, twenty-three years.
Robert Comer Fogt, of Dinsmore township, U. S. Marines, U. S. S. Cincinnati, died at Key West, Florida. Age, twenty-one years.
Stephen L. Francis, of Loramie township, Company D, 329th regiment infantry, U. S. army, died in France of wounds received in action. Age, twenty-five years.
Noah Wilson Haner, of Sidney, Ohio, Company L, killed in action, in France. Age, twenty years.
Edward William Heiland, of Dinsmore township, Company L, died in France, of wounds received in action. Age, twenty-three years.
John Henry Helminger, of Jackson township, Company H, 330th infantry, died in France, of wounds received in action. Age, twenty-nine.
Ralph Emerson Hineman, of Dinsmore township, Company K, 103rd regiment, 26th division, died in France. Age, twenty-three years.
Don Henly John, of Sidney, Ohio, 158th Depot brigade, died at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Age, twenty-one years.
Leopold Alonzo Kah, of Dinsmore township, Company D, 153rd regiment infantry, died in France, of wounds received in action. Age, twenty-five years.
James McKinley Latimer, of Turtle Creek township, Troop B, 15th cavalry, U. S. army, died in France. Age, under seventeen years.
John J. Layman, of Washington township, 158th Depot brigade, died at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Age, twenty-two years.
Clarence Nathan Maxon, of Sidney, Ohio, Company L, killed in action, in France. Age, twenty years.
Lloyd Leslie Mottoe, of Salem township, Depot brigade, died at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Age, twenty-two years.
Earl Munch, of Jackson township, Company B, 146th regiment, killed in action, in France. Age, twenty-two years.
Raymond G. Nettleship, of Salem township, Company G, 148th regiment infantry, died in France, of wounds received in action. Age, twenty-six years.
Walter Raymond Pence, of Sidney, Ohio, Marine corps, died in France. Age, twenty-one years.
Henry Elmer Regula, of Jackson township, 158th Depot brigade, died at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Age, twenty-two years.
Abram Robinette, of Washington township, Company K, 4th regiment, U. S. army, died at Camp Perry, Illinois. Age, twenty- two years.
Orla Sylvester Scherer, of Jackson township, Company L, died in France. Age, twenty years.
Anthony Michael Sherman, of Sidney, Ohio, 6th regiment, U. S. Marines, died in France. Age, twenty-three years.
Robert Lee Smith, of Green township, Company B, 104th U. S. Engineers, died at Camp McClellan, Annison, Alabama. Age, twenty-three years.
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Simon Peter Snapp, of Perry township, volunteer in 13th Cana- dian battalion, died in France, of wounds received in action. Age, thirty-eight years.
Herman Henry Soelman, of Van Buren township, 159th Depot brigade, died at Camp Taylor, Kentucky. Age, twenty-three years.
John E. Stanridge, of Sidney, Ohio, Company M, 329th infantry, U. S. army, died in France, of wounds received in action. Age, twenty-four years.
Carl Frederick Troester, of Sidney, Ohio, 32nd division, U. S. army, killed in action, in France. Age, twenty-three years.
Oden Wilkinson, of Perry township, Training detachment, Me- chanical institute, U. S. army, died at Cincinnati. Age, twenty- ,seven years.
Gordon Wright, of Sidney, Ohio, Company A, 23rd infantry, 6th division, U. S. army, killed in action, in France. Age, twenty- two years.
The Shelby county men composing the Memorial association are :
From Sidney, P. R. Taylor,* J. D. Barnes, Rev. W. B. Love, I. M. Apple, J. Wilson Roy,* W. P. Collier, William Young, C. C. Kelly, P. L. Frazier, M. A. Doorley, H. E. Bennett, James E. Way, Brice Smith, P. O. Stockstill, Louis W. Kah, Orin Staley, and James Sharp.
From Botkins, Thomas Kennedy and Benjamin Artkamp.
From Anna, J. W. A. Fridley, R. D. Mede, Wilson Dill, T. S. Price, J. F. Ailes, and John Deiters.
From Houston, G. W. Carpenter, Dr. J. S. Strosnider and J. F. Flinn.
From Jackson Center, F. M. Wildermuth and Elmer Meranda. From Swanders, Robert Evans and George Knasel.
From Piqua Road, Frank Rhodes and John Booher ; and W. J. Sherman, Fort Loramie; Bernard Brandywine, Minster; Isaac Green, Pemberton ; B. C. Epler, Port Jefferson ; John Wones, Maple- wood; Henry Eisenhut, Kettlerville; and Dr. S. S. Gabriel, Lock- ington.
Not only to the dead is honor due, but to those who lived, sharing the risks and dangers, enduring the drudgery and dreary waiting, missing the great adventure, or coming out of it with maimed bodies and blinded eyes-or, fortunate to seek once more the opportunities they sacrificed at the call of liberty-uncrowned by the immortality vouchsafed in a patriot's death. The work of the memorial association may not be laid down until these, all, have been recognized by some fitting token of permanent dignity.
Of all the great drives for funds during the war, that of the Y. M. C. A. was the first to be organized and put across, if the initial drive for Red Cross membership in 1917 be excepted.
Sidney having no local Y. M. C. A., Hon. J. E. Russell, appointed to have charge of the campaign in Shelby county, was under the necessity of building from the foundation, in order successfully to raise the quota of $15,000 assigned to the county. Mr. Russell,
* Removed from Shelby county.
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assisted by Mr. W. E. Kilborn, organized the county outside of Sidney, succeeding by personal and intimate work, in securing a chairman for each school district, in nearly all of which the detail organizations were promptly effected, though a few were somewhat slow. In Sidney, of course, it was possible to make the most head- way, and as soon as the chairmen had accepted, a dinner was held at the Methodist church banquet hall, to which the group were invited, as well as many prominent citizens, a guest of honor being Dr. Bunton, of Dayton, who presented the subject and inspired the working forces for the effort they were about to make. Early in January, 1918, the drive took place, the county going "over the top" figure, and rounding up $16,500. The success of this first drive set the pace for the county, in other drives, all of which were greatly assisted by the foundation laid for future organization by the thor- ough work done under Mr. Russell.
The second drive for funds conducted was that of the Knights of Columbus, which was launched by a banquet at the K. of C. hall on the evening of January 25, 1918, at which the Protestant and Catholic clergy of the city were present and addressed the company, in addition to speeches from Chaplain Grusemeyer of Camp Sher- man, P. R. Taylor of the local Red Cross, A. J. Hess, W. A. Graham and Charles M. Wyman. The Catholic clergymen who spoke were Fathers Fortman, of Holy Angels'; Kreuzkamp, of the parish at Russia (Shelby county) ; and Blottman, assistant at Holy Angels'; and the protestant churches were represented by Revs. W. B. Love, R. Wobus, William Pieffer, and R. W. Ustick. The speeches were all short, pithy and enthusiastic, all seeming to seize eagerly this opportunity to show that in the real crisis of living, there is no division caused by creeds. Incidentally, the K. of C. slogan adopted was "Everybody welcome. Everything free." The weather being the most severe of the whole winter during the dates set for the campaign, with deep snows, piled in heavy drifts, making many country roads impassable, not only were the majority of the country chairmen prevented from coming to the banquet, but also from do- ing their expected part in the canvass. But in spite of this, the quota assigned, $5,000, was over-subscribed by nearly fifty per cent, the sum of $7,113.34 being amassed, a big "thermometer" on the north side of the Court House registering hourly the progress of the drive. There was fine co-operation among the people of the county, and with better weather, the quota would have been doubled. The chairman, Mr. Ed. F. Salm, was assisted by Mr. Ed. C. Wolf, secretary, Mr. Ben. B. Amann, treasurer, and Mr. Charles M. Wy- man, publicity man.
The War Savings Stamp campaign, growing out of the Thrift Stamp successes, was begun about mid-January, 1918. Mr. Percy R. Taylor had been first appointed chairman of the W. S. S. sales in Shelby county, but resigned not long after, on account of change of residence to Toledo. Mr. Val Lee, postmaster at Sidney, was then appointed by the state director to fill the chairmanship, and organize the campaign, which had scarcely begun at this date. Mr. Lee utilized the twelve postmasters of the county as sub-chairmen, with full instructions, and quotas of stamps were placed at each
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post-office. Weekly reports on sales were required of them, and the relative percentage of sales was kept ever before them. The entire county force of mail carriers was impressed as salesmen for the stamps. Good headway was made, until April, by no other means but this, the postmasters without exception taking care of the busi- ness with unexpected ability. Mr. Lee, meanwhile, was mapping out his plan for the great drive, which he chose not to stage until the others should be past, and the early harvests had replenished the county purses. Up to June only about $150,000 had been sold, and Shelby county appeared to be a laggard. Appearances, as they often are, were deceitful. Chairman Lee's plan was now ripe.
As organized for the drive, the personnel of the committee was : Chairman, Mr. Val Lee; executive secretary, Urban H. Doorley ; rural chairman, Fred Wildermuth; board of instructors, D. Finley Mills, B. F. Martin, J. W. Simmons, H. E. Bennett, Judge J. D. Barnes, Wilbur E. Kilborn, W. J. Emmons, H. H. Needles, J. Ed- ward Russell, M. F. Hussey, and W. T. Amos. Executive com- mittee, W. A. Graham, J. W. Simmons, H. E. Bennett, Clem Crusey, J. C. Cummins and D. F. Mills.
The drafted men of the deferred classification to the number of fifteen hundred were taken as the basis for working teams, and summoned to a mass meeting held at the high school auditorium where they were addressed by George Mannix, of Darke county (since, by appointment, common pleas judge of Darke county), in an impassioned oration, unmatched in eloquence throughout the entire period of the war, which made a patriot of every lad in the crowded hall, ready to die for his country, if needed, and also to do, before dying, everything in his power as a salesman of War Savings Stamps. A captain was appointed in every precinct in the city, and in every township in the county. So thoroughly had the scheme of organization been worked out, that, in its final ramifica- tions, each canvasser had only five or six families to visit. The city captains were Hugh Bingham, Ted Flinn, Harry Piper, Carl Berger, G. U. Rhees, Herbert Quelhorst, F. N. Raterman, Walter Corey, Harvey Hanselman, Lee Francis, Orlie Rodgers, Roy Wones, Elmer Ludwig, Harry Hoewisher, Wm. Meckstroth, Clarence Pol- hamus, Roy DeWeese, Kerr Fulton, Milton McNeill, Clay Caven, F. X. Lauterbur, and Thomas Studevant. The rural chairmen were : Salem, J. C. Wones ; Jackson, John Duckworth ; Perry, Rev. Furrow; Green, Clifford Hetzler; Botkins, Thomas Kennedy; Anna, J. W. Fridley ; Franklin, Samuel Hunt; Swanders, S. E. Sherer; Clinton, W. H. McCloskey; Orange, H. M. Martin; Van Buren, Henry Becker; Turtle Creek, F. M. Hussey; McLean, Joseph Kloecker; Cynthiana, John Marshall; Loramie, Felix Francis, and Washing- ton, Mark Weymer.
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