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100 years ago in 1923
The celebration of the Greek Christmas, which falls two weeks after the observance of the birth of the Christ child by the large number of Christians of the world, was an event of great interest to the members of the Greek Orthodox churches. The celebration of the event that they observe as the nativity was commenced just after the hour struck midnight and all Greek churches held a Mass, which was attended by thousands of people in all of the cities in the Mahoning Valley of the faith.
In Warren, it was observed most fittingly with services in the Greek Orthodox and the Romanian churches, which were filled with worshipers who remained for several hours in the churches after the services had concluded to see the daylight of their Christmas arrive. In each church, a real manger was set up and the birth of the babe was proclaimed with great reverence.
50 years ago in 1973
The year 1972 was what fire Chief Harold C. Everitt of the West Bazetta Volunteer Fire Department termed a "safe and sane year," in the township as the local department recorded its lowest number of fire calls and fire loss in the years of its existence.
The department only answered 26 calls during the year, two of which were mutual aid calls to other districts, leaving a total of 24 calls in the West Bazetta Township Fire District, which included all the area west of Mosquito Creek. An estimated fire loss of approximately $27,000 for the year was an all-time low in the department's history, according to Everitt.
One of the major activities of the year was moving into the new $90,000 fire hall located at the corner of Durst Clagg and Everitt Hull roads. Architect for the modern new station was Wachter and McClellan firm of Warren.
It was constructed of cement block and brick and had six bays, ample office and radio room space, equipment space and a spacious meeting room that could accommodate approximately 100 people.
25 years ago in 1998
Both sides said they wanted to talk but neither had yet been able to end what had become a four-day standoff between the board of education and 177 Liberty Local School District employees.
Board Vice President John Lallo said Superintendent Bruce Jones failed to reach a federal mediator, which meant students wouldn't return to class until the next week.
Without a federal mediator to supervise talks, neither side could return to the bargaining table. The mediator had refused to meet with Liberty educators until one side or the other changed its original offer.
The two striking unions -- The Liberty Education Association and Liberty Association of Classified Employees -- asked for 4 percent raises in each of the upcoming three years, a deal board members said they couldn't afford. Instead, the board offered school employees 2 percent raises for each of the upcoming three years.
10 years ago in 2013
Local health care providers were encouraging Mahoning Valley residents to protect themselves as the year saw an increase in hospitalization as well as respiratory difficulties due to the influenza virus.
"If you are sick, certainly you need to stay at home and get well. If you need attention in the hospital, you need to come down," said Humility of Mary Health Partners spokeswoman Tina Creighton. "We don't want anyone else getting sick."
According to the weekly FluView report prepared by the Influenza Division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 29 states, including Ohio, were experiencing high levels of influenza-like illness.
Nationally, the proportion of people seeing their health care providers for such illness had doubled over the previous four weeks from 2.8 to 5.6 percent.
-- Compiled from the
archives of the Tribune Chronicle
by Allie Vugrincic.