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100 years ago in 1923:
The winning entry of a contest to name the new street in the Wick and Stephens allotment on North Mahoning Avenue in Warren was Packard Drive. And instead of one cash prize of $25 going to one person, 29 $1 prizes were to be sent to 29 persons who submitted the Packard name.
Mears, Wick and Stephens chose the name of Packard for their new street because of their desire to honor the memory of the late W.D. Packard, who did so much for this city. Since 20 people suggested the name Packard in the contest recently closed in the Tribune, they decided to add four dollars more to the prize and to split it twenty-nine ways.
Thousands of names were sent in, historical, agricultural, floral and personal -- the name of Harding predominated, there being several hundred Hardings sent in. There were scores of Coolidges and many sent in names made up of a combination of Wick and Stephens.
50 years ago in 1973:
Large employers, including cities in the Mahoning Valley were soon to be able to use a state computer to develop carpools, William Fergus, director of the Eastgate Development and Transportation Agency announced.
There was to be no charge for the federally subsidized service provided by the Ohio Department of Transportation.
In recent months, with the onset of the energy crisis, carpools developed by computers had been promoted by radio stations in Pittsburgh and elsewhere.
25 years ago in 1998:
A Warren artist's reproduction drew national attention with his project to replicate an original George Washington Mourning Epaulet worn by honorary pallbearers at some of the ceremonial rituals paying homage to the Father of our Country following his death on Dec. 14, 1799.
Knowing the bicentennial of Washington's death in 1999 would herald a national and international outpouring of activities and events, Troy Kahler proposed his commemorative piece to the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. To his surprise, they commissioned him to create a limited edition 200.
Even before Kahler officially unveiled the tear-shaped epaulet encased in a shadow-box frame at George Mason University in Washington earlier that year, he had heard from historians and researchers, asking questions and sharing information. The artist got his idea from his uncle, Gerald E. Kahler, a recognized authority on Washington and a former Trumbull County resident.
-- Compiled from the archives of the Tribune Chronicle by Emily Earnhart.