Looking Back Through the pages of the Wapakoneta Daily News
100 YEARS AGO, MAY 24, 1922
⬛ DR. STREIGHT, Osteopathic Physician, 105 West Mechanic Street. Phone, Canal 1983
⬛ 14—This is our 14th year in the confectionery business in Wapakoneta. We established a vicinity wide reputation in serving nothing but
the VERY BEST of everything. Abraham New Confectionery. Hotel Steinberg Block
“I’ll Meet You at the Central Drug Store”— Our store is a meeting pace for friends, “dates” by the score are made over our phone, and we
sell hundreds of stamps. It is little friendly services of this kind that have made the Central
Drug Store the most popular store in town. You don’t have to Buy just because you Come into our Store. Anderson’s Central Drug Store. “The
Store of Friendly Service.”
⬛ That Auglaize County heads the list of all counties in the state of Ohio in the number of pupils enrolled in public schools who are
studying the German language is shown in a report from the state school superintendent. It
shows that out of 224 students in Ohio studying the language, 101 are in Auglaize County. The only other counties which have German in the
schools at all are Mercer, Allen, and Putnam. County Superintendent Drummond said that
students in Minster, New Bremen, and New Knoxville schools are studying the language. At New Bremen, ‘tis said, the demand for the teaching of German in the high school is almost
nil, and it is probable that the language may be dropped from the curriculum there.
⬛ FOR SALE—RED, pink, and white peonies for Decoration Day, at 60 cents per dozen. Mrs. John Kiefer, 607 East Auglaize Street.
75 YEARS AGO, MAY 24, 1947
⬛ Old Fashioned Square Dance, Park Plan— May 24 and every Saturday evening this summer at Stang’s Slaughter House, 3 miles north of Anna, 2 miles south of Botkins, on U.S. Route
25. Mac. Alexander Music. Herby Blue’s Floor. Refreshments. Public Invited.
⬛ NOTICE—JUST received a complete new line of fine luggage reasonably priced for graduation presents. Yocum’s General Store, 9 E. Aug. St.
⬛ Today is National Poppy Day. Help a veteran of World Wars I and II by buying a poppy. Your support will be appreciated.
50 YEARS AGO, MAY 24, 1972
⬛ Mrs. Lois Brown, 104 ½ West Auglaize Street, died on May 22 at St. Rita’s Hospital. Her husband, Charles A. Brown, whom she married in 1936, survives.
25 YEARS AGO, MAY 24, 1997
⬛ Congratulations, RODEO coloring contest winners. 1 Free Admission goes to: Brittani Regula (age 7), Lindsay Vernon (age 9), Lucas Regla (11), Tayla Maxwell (6), Daniel Cook (7),
Garrett Lange (6), Joshua Eads (7), Joel Cook (5), Corey Lotridge (5)
⬛ Meggan Hager, Caitlin Acconcia, and Danielle Place were winners in an essay contest for Buckland School 5th graders—“what the American Flag Means to Me”—sponsored
by the Buckland Village Council. The students will ride in the village’s Memorial Day parade and read their essays during a ceremony in
Buckland Cemetery.
⬛ John Madigan, 65, of Middle Street, died May 22 at his residence. Mr. Madigan was a wastewater treatment operator with the City of Wapakoneta for 25 years until his retirement
in 1988. He was awarded the Korean Service Medal and three Bronze Stars for his service in
the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean Conflict. He was a 1951 graduate of St. Joseph High
School