Vindicator file photo / September  25, 1960 | Junior choir members of the First Presbyterian Church processed into the new church for dedication ceremonies 62 years ago.  Also included in the procession were flag bearers, the bell choir, junior and senior high choirs, and the motet choir.

September 25 

1997: Former Campbell councilwoman Juanita Rich says that she interprets a severed pig's head left on the doorstep of her home as a warning from mobsters not to "squeal."

Columbiana County commissioners say they support using a portion of marriage license fees to support a new domestic violence shelter that will replace one that went bankrupt.

Several nurses at Trumbull Memorial Hospital meet at the Mocha House in Warren with a representative of United Nurses of America to discuss organizing the hospital's newest bargaining unit. 

1982: Ronald R. Anderson, a Youngstown financier, finally achieves his long-sought goal of obtaining majority ownership of GF Business Equipment Inc., the Youngstown-headquartered producer of office furniture. 

F.W. Woolworth Co. announces plans to close 336 Woolco stores, including three in the Youngstown area -- in Niles, Liberty, and Boardman.

Mahoning County Sheriff James A. Traficant Jr. says he will continue to talk about the bribery case against him unless the federal court issues a gag order. 

1972: Fire destroys the two-story building housing the Lawrence County Motor Club and forces evacuation of the nearby New Castle Arms Motor Hotel.

Samuel J. Bonham, 79, former superintendent of Niles City Schools, dies of a heart ailment in a Columbus Hospital. 

Despite poor weather over the summer, the Niles Municipal Swimming Pool at Waddell Park got through the season with a deficit of only $2,700, compared to $10,000 the year before. 

1947: Edwin Turner, manager of the Youngstown Municipal Airport, says that leveling the entire 600 acres of airport land would permit the simultaneous landing of as many as a dozen airplanes, just as is done at the Cleveland Airport.

The Rev. Joseph T. O'Callahan, the hero chaplain of the USS Franklin, tells a crowd of 2,000 at Stambaugh Auditorium of the brave deeds of his shipmates aboard an aircraft carrier that was bombed in the Pacific during World War II.

The Youngstown YWCA membership drive reaches $3,858 toward its $6,000 goal.