21 WFMJ archives / March 25, 1985 | Princeton Junior High teacher Robert Nalepa directs students in art class 38 years ago. Princeton had 572 students, the largest enrollment of the five junior highs in the Youngstown City School District.
 
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1998: Salem city officials complain that since 1994, Columbiana County commissioners have rejected 40 percent of the annexation petitions filled by land owners seeking annexation from Perry Township to the city. By acreage, twice as much land is denied annexation as is approved. 
 
As local educators discuss the implications of the murder of four girls and a teacher by two boys at Jonesboro, Ark., middle school, Suzanne Barbati, who teaches conflict management classes at Hayes Middle School in Youngstown, says, "We just had a drill on what to do if there's a tornado. Is it getting to the point where we're going to have to have sniper drills? Oh, I hope not."  
 
Ron Calcagni, a Chaney High graduate and former quarterback at Arkansas, credits his family's support for his success, including his promotion to offensive coordinator at Oklahoma State University.  
 
1983: Youngstown Democratic central committeemen vote to endorse City Council President Patrick Ungaro by a vote of 116 to 16 over Joe Teague. 
 
Thomas R. Couche Jr., a senior at Jackson-Milton High, is elected Ohio governor of Key Club International at the state convention in Columbus. 
 
The Mahoning County Medical Society is planning a referral program for people who have lost their medical insurance and cannot afford medical coverage. 
 
1973: Youngstown leads Ohio cities in dropping crime, with an 11.9 percent reduction in serious crime in 1972, compared to 1971.
 
Youngstown pays penalties of $321,000 to Workmen's Compensation because of the high accident rate among city employees on the job. 
 
Area supermarket managers say a proposed meat boycott will have the opposite effect of that intended because stores will be forced to increase prices on other products to make up for losses in meat sales. 
 
1948: Dr. Wilbour Eddy Saunders, the headmaster at a New Jersey school for boys, tells 3,000 people at the St. John's Commandery Easter sunrise service at the Warner Theater that universal military training would have saved the lives of thousands of American boys in World War II. He had opposed a draft for 25 years until visiting some of the military cemeteries of Europe.
 
Alfred A. Pritchard retires from the choir of St. John's Episcopal Church after singing in it for 50 years. 
 
First Baptist Church of Hubbard will launch a Campaign for Christ with a family dinner.