21 WFMJ archives / November 17, 1986 | Living Lord Lutheran Church in Howland decorated its sanctuary for Thanksgiving services 37 years ago with symbols of the past. Pictured, from left, Kay Fisher, Georgia Koehler, and Ann Morgan, with the Rev. Dean Sanberg, pastor.  

November 22

1998: Andy Milovich, general manager of the minor league baseball team that will begin playing in Niles, says the team's still-secret name will reflect the Valley's industrial history and grit. 

A Thanksgiving meal of turkey and trimmings for 10 in 1998 will cost, on average, $33.09, an increase of 4 percent. 

Dr. George McCloud, dean of Youngstown State University's College of Fine and Performing Arts, points out that while YSU's enrollment has dropped 13.6 percent in the past five years, from 14,502 to 12,533, enrollment in fine and performing arts has increased by 26 percent, from 780 to 926.

1983: The Sawhill Tubular Products Division of Cyclops Corp. has funded an additional 3 months of Emergicare, a program providing temporary emergency and surgical care for unemployed Sawhill Workers through Sharon General Hospital. 

Fowler Township trustees in Trumbull County approve the creation of an Eastern Petroleum Services injection well on the property at Route 305 and Warner Road despite opposition from a large group of township residents.

Speaking to the Congress on the Economic Futures of the Great Lakes States, General Motors Chairman Roger B. Smith and United Auto Workers President Owen Bieber agree that Great Lake states have to stop luring industries from each other and work to attract new industries to the region.

1973: William Sullivan Jr., director of the Western Reserve Economic Development Agency, announces the creation of an 11-member select committee to study the area's energy needs. 

The St. Christine Booster Club honors John Christy for 29 years of coaching youth football teams from 1953 when the school was founded. 

The White House discloses that an 18-minute segment is missing from a subpoenaed presidential Watergate tape. Judge John Sirica suggests that all subpoenaed material be placed in the court's custody.

1948: Mayor Charles P. Henderson submits to City Council a $6.8 million municipal budget that includes $41,000 for additional policemen and $670,000 for new cruisers. 

Southington Methodist Church in Trumbull County celebrates its 110th anniversary. 

The Ohio Progressive Party seeks official recognition by the secretary of state's office, which would give it a permanent spot on Ohio ballots.