21 WFMJ archives / November 29, 1978 | More than 100 Ursuline High School students were volunteering 45 years ago in schools, nursing homes, community centers, and churches as part of the school’s service program directed by James Boyle and the Rev. Daniel Venglarik. Here Cathy Amendolara plays with children at the Good Apple Day Care Center, from left Jennifer DeLost, Jeff Brewer, Melanie Vines, Erin Stizza, Andrea Chicase, and Albert Monroe.

November 29

1998: The stakes for local government and schools are high if General Motors closes its assembly plant in Lordstown. The company paid nearly $2 million a year to Lordstown schools, and it is estimated that every employee at the plant pays $1,000 a year in taxes. 

When Mill Creek Park directors approved a deer hunt in the Hitchcock Woods area, they expected bow hunters to cull nearly 200 deer, but halfway through the hunt, only 25 were killed.    

Lowellville councilmen ask Solicitor Michael R. Piccirillo to research what can be done to control the noise from three gun ranges in or near the village, serving private citizens and police departments. Range operators say they are protected by Ohio law. 

1983: During a public meeting on the Youngstown Board of Education's proposed 10-year plan, most parents spoke in favor of a magnet school concept. 

Girard Mayor Joseph Melfi recommends that city employee wages be frozen through 1984.

Grove City College is taking on the U.S. Government in the Supreme Court, arguing that its students are eligible to receive direct federal grants even though college officials refuse to pledge in writing that they will not engage in discrimination based on sex, as defined in Title IX.

1973: A young burglar who smashed the front window of the Lowellville Savings and Banking Co's branch is captured inside the building by Boardman police. 

Gas and oil drilling firms are working around the clock in the Youngstown district, and their production of natural gas could make a difference in whether some businesses stay open or shut down. 

Warren Manufacturing Co., a manufacturer of steel strapping, will stay in the Mahoning Valley, moving from Warren to Youngstown, says N. Laird Eckman, director of the Regional Growth Foundation. 

1948: The sale of equipment at Club 22, formerly operated by Joe Budak at 22 N. Phelps St., is delayed because the Internal Revenue Service can't find a key.  About 75 potential bidders stood in the freezing cold for two hours before the sale was called off. 

The Jungle Inn, Trumbull County's notorious gambling den, opens for Sunday afternoon bingo, drawing 1,000 players to its first games. 

The area gets its first snowfall of the season, with Salem getting the most at 3 inches.