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100 years ago
in 1924:
Before a crowd of more than 2,000 raving fans, the Warren Moose baseball nine and the famous Homestead Grays broke even in Sunday's bargain day attraction at Moose Park. One run was the margin of victory attained by each club. The Moose copped the first 9 to 8 while the second encounter went to the visitors to the tune of 4 to 3 in seven innings. Only by a great rally in the last half of the ninth inning did the Moose nine emerge from the hectic struggle a victory by that lone tally. The rally in question netted two runs after two were out and grabbed victory from defeat. The second game went only seven innings, time being called at 6 o'clock sharp to abide by the law governing Sunday baseball games. In their half of the eighth the Grays rallied three more times but the score reverted to the end of the seventh inning which gave them a one-run margin.
50 years ago
in 1974:
A sprawling red brick structure that served as a "home" for thousands of local children in need over 50 years was to be turned into needed parking facilities for Trumbull Memorial Hospital. From 1924 to 1970, it served as the Trumbull County Children's home. Since early 1971, it served as a "home" for youthful drug abusers seeking rehabilitation at the Northeastern Ohio Council on Drug Abuse's Freedom House. The 13 residents of the home were relocated to a new temporary Freedom House headquarters on Brookfield Avenue in Brookfield Township. TMH had purchased the six-acre Children's Home complex in 1964 and later leased it to Freedom House. The former children's home building was sold by the county to TMH for $284,000 in 1964. The area around the house, turned into parking previously, would see an additional 130 parking spaces added to the 750 car capacity.
25 years ago
in 1999:
Warren Township trustee candidate Allen Briggs was caught by surprise when he learned from a reporter that he would be facing not only the incumbent, Terry Ambrose, but also his own brother, for a seat on Warren Township's board of trustees Nov. 2. "It's news to me. I don't even know what party he is," Allen Briggs said when told that his younger brother, Mark C. Briggs, met the deadline to run as a write-in candidate in the trustee race. Mark, of Burwell Road, said he didn't know Allen was on the ballot either -- at least not until he got to the Board of Elections office. Mark said he and his brother did not see much of each other. He was going to file but his work schedule prevented it, so he filed as a write-in to run against the incumbent, not his brother. Allen, in turn, said his brother's run was news to him, that Mark did not know anything of the business (of running). Allen also added that he was campaigning only for himself, "I am only interested in my positions. I am not interested in anybody else's."
10 years ago
in 2014:
Cancer survivors and area children needing medical help received thousands of dollars and aid thanks to the Red, White and Boom Charity Ball hosted by Mayor Doug Franklin and his wife, Kenya. The couple sponsored their second charity ball, the first was held as a part of Franklin's inaugural events. When the doors opened, there were already 170 tickets sold at $60 per individual or $100 per pair. The Franklins decided the bulk of the proceeds -- after expenses -- would be donated to Warren's Relay for Life, the 37th largest Relay in the United States, at that time, and the Children's Rehabilitation Center, which had helped more than 1,000 children and families, at that time. Franklin credited the charity ball success to Covelli Enterprises, AVI, Cortland Bank, Talmer Bank, the Western Reserve Building Trades Commission and others.
Compiled from the archives of the Tribune Chronicle.