21 WFMJ archives / April 22, 1972 | The second annual March of Dimes Pledge Walk 51 years ago took place under rainy skies.  From left, Mahoning County Sheriff Ray T. Davis;  Mrs. Anthony Sertick and her son, Tony,  March of Dimes poster boy; Municipal Judge John J. Leskovyansky; Dan Maggianetti, retired Boardman police chief; Ella Kerber, walk coordinator; County Commissioner John Palermo and Chief Deputy Sheriff Stanley Kreider, walk chairman.

April 27 

1998: Austintown Township trustees are trying to determine how to best utilize Wedgewood Park Community Club, which the township purchased in 1997 for $60,000. The pool will not be used this season, but the baseball field will be. 

Firefighters from several companies battle a barn fire on the Althouse Farm near Salem. About 50 dairy cows and calves died in the fire. 

Residents along Tod Lane in Youngstown want to see new playground equipment installed in Crandall Park, where the old equipment is, in a hollow next to the duck pond.  However, federal law says the playground must be accessible to the handicapped.

1983: The Interstate Commerce Commission has granted Conrail approval to abandon a mile of track through downtown Youngstown, from Westlake's Crossing to the Himrod junction. The city will pay Conrail $2.5 million to remove the track and reroute rail traffic between the Haselton Yard and  Brier Hill. 

Five calves die in a fire that destroyed a 100-year-old barn on the Ron Ligo farm in New Wilmington. A water main broke when firefighters opened a hydrant, leaving parts of New Wilmington and a Westminster College dormitory without water overnight. 

Greg Kreiger, manager of the Brown Drug Store in Boardman, is installed as president of the Eastern Ohio Pharmaceutical Association.  

1973: Ohio Highway Patrolman Gregory Nappi, Patrol Sgt. Robert A. Speedy and Mahoning Deputy William Johns are honored for their roles in apprehending Pittsburgh Steeler Ernie Holmes following his March 16 rampage in the Mahoning Valley. 

Mayor Jack C. Hunter issues his 11th and 12th vetoes, upsetting legislation to remove parking meters on Market Street and reducing the barber's license annual fee from $7.50 to $5.

Fran Cunningham, a founder of the Warren Junior Women's League, is named Woman of the Year by the Warren Business and Professional Women's Club. 

1948: Dairy state congressmen push a law that would require triangular packaging for oleomargarine so that consumers can't confuse it with butter. 

Youngstown city council does an about-face and backs Mayor Charles Henderson in his veto of an ordinance that would have allowed some marble boards in the city. 

Bids will be sought for the operation of a refuse disposal and salvage plant, which would allow the closing of Youngstown’s existing dumps.