21 WFMJ archives / September 12,  1954 | Henry Drevet, left, superintendent of the Ohio Leather Co., Girard's oldest industry; Mrs. Edward Fialla, the mayor's secretary, and Mayor Joseph Catone were going over plans for Girard's Homecoming 71 years ago.

September 15

2000: Hope for the Valley, a committee of primarily area pastors, is collecting signatures to put a referendum on the ballot that would block an off-track betting parlor in Niles. 

Approximately 40 alarm buttons are being installed in the Lawrence County Courthouse, designed to summon police within minutes in response to an emergency. 

Manager Ted Kubiak praises his young Scrappers team for a gutsy performance as they drop the seventh game in the New York Penn League championship series to the Staten Island Yankees, 4-2. As the team started leaving Cafaro Field for the locker room, the fans began chanting "Scrappers, Scrappers."

 

1985: Dr. Robert Dodge, dean of YSU's Warren P. Williamson School of Business Administration, is working with mall developers, including Youngstown's Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. and the Cafaro Co., to develop a shopping center management training program. 

Catesby B. Cannon Jr., assistant managing editor of The Vindicator, retires after a 45-year career, which included working virtually every beat in the newsroom and serving as city editor for 17 years.

Edwin H. Arnaudin Jr.,  president of the steel group of Copperweld Corp., says the $23 million proposed to upgrade its Warren facilities will be diverted to other parts of the corporation if a new agreement is not reached with United Steelworkers Local 2243. 

 

1975: Albert J. Shipka, 61, long-time area labor leader and a member of the Youngstown State University board of trustees, dies after a three-year illness. 

Two photos by Vindicator Photographer Paul Schell are among the outstanding Ohio news pictures on display at Union National Bank. The exhibit contains the best new images in the state over the last five years. 

 

1950: Aetna Standard Engineering Co. will move its headquarters from Youngstown to Ellwood City and Pittsburgh. 

Two Jacobs Road boys, 15 and 17 years old, who have been missing for two weeks after calling their parents from the Canfield Fair, were located in Lexington, Ky., where they were working for $10 a day. 

Irate parents are given assurances by the University of Washington that no more nude pictures will be taken of their daughters and that 300 negatives will be destroyed. The photos were taken for use in a study at Columbia University on body types.