100 years ago in 1924

An outstanding feature of the 121st anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church was observed with appropriate services both morning and evening. The communion was one of the largest in more than 20 years of the pastorate of the Rev. F.P. Reinhold.

A large company of people was received into the fellowship of the church, and in this group were two entire families, mothers, fathers and children. Seven children were dedicated to God by the rite of baptism. The Bible school was largely attended and the whole church seemed to rise to the occasion.

The culmination of the celebrations was in the form of a beautiful and impressive musical program rendered by the choir at the evening services.

50 years ago in 1974

A break-in at Currie Elementary School in Fowler-Vienna School District led fire officials to suspect that intruders might be connected with a mysterious fire that extensively damaged the eight-year-old building closed to classes as the inspector for the state fire marshal’s office investigated the blaze.

It was uncertain whether the blaze had been purposely or accidentally set and if the break-in thought one of two Gothic-style, look-alike, ground-length windows at the rear of the building might have been associated with the blaze. Trumbull deputies said they believed the intruder or intruders broke the window to get in and set the fire, but nothing appeared missing.

25 years ago in 1999:

James Johnson was moved by the fact that he and other veterans incarcerated at Youngstown’s private prison were not forgotten on the day set aside to honor those who served their country.

An inmate at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, Johnson, 53, was among 100 inmates who attended the prison’s first Veterans Day program.

Johnson was one of 68 inmates and 67 correction center employees recognized for their military service.

He said he was in prison on a probation violation, convicted of carrying a weapon while under a disability, meaning he was a felon and under law was not permitted to have a gun.

Having veteran organizations, like the Korean War Veterans Association, and others come into the prison to interact with the inmates invigorates the inmates and gives them hope for the future, Johnson said.

The keynote speaker, U.S. Army Major Carl Nunziato, who lost the bottom of both legs while in Vietnam, told the inmates that attitude, confidence and education must be kept ‘in the hole.’

10 years ago in 2014:

School counselors were learning about manufacturing job opportunities for their students through a manufacturing tour with stops in Warren at Ajax Tocco, a designer and manufacturer of inductive heating and melting equipment, and Gasser Chair Co., a furniture manufacturer in Liberty, sponsored by the Oh-Penn Manufacturing Collaborative.

The collaborative had received a $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. The funding was to be used further for career pathways in manufacturing, Cheryl Saffold, Trumbull County career coach with Oh-Penn, said.

One phase of the grant involved taking a “Boot Camp of Guidance Counselors” to visit local manufacturing facilities. Saffold said the boot camp was to expose counselors to “highly technical and computerized manufacturing” job opportunities available.

Compiled from the archives of the Tribune Chronicle by Emily Earnhart.