Red Cross saw increased activity as result of ill and injured soldiers
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100 years ago in 1924:
Red Cross headquarters in the Western Reserve Bank Building was the center of soldier work for this week and all of August. The number of cases cared for in the office was more than in any month since the fall of 1922 when the government placed the responsibility of the disabled soldier and the adjustment of his standing on the soldiers of the Red Cross. A total of 1,616 contracts were made in service for the soldiers of the county. A report showing this work was presented at a meeting of the executive committee of the chapter. The major part of the work included was in the interest of the disabled and sick soldiers and their families reaching 374; compensation work, 82; health and hospital work, 77; bonus cases, 805; relief work, 117; rehabilitation work, 18, training work, 9; miscellaneous work, 508; and out-of-town cooperation, 53.
50 years ago in 1974:
Trumbull Common Pleas Judge David M. Griffith had tentatively scheduled a hearing to review matters regarding a noncertified strike by personnel in the Girard school system. The jurist set a hearing date after both sides in the work stoppage were in the courthouse arguing over legal matters involved in the strike. The judge indicated that both sides would continue negotiating over the weekend to resolve their differences and meet a possible accord. However, pickets remained at Girard schools, and teachers continued to honor them. Some students did not attend classes. The OAPSE requested Judge Griffith set aside his injunction, but no decision had been made.
25 years ago in 1999:
Signs outside of the cages read "Photo with tiger $10" as fair patrons, young and old stood in line to have a close encounter with an exotic animal at the 153rd Canfield Fair. The tigers, among the many special attractions, were part of a show that included proceeds to go to the Bridgeport Nature Center in Texas, for abused and mistreated big cats. The Bengal tigers, not pets, weighed as much as 40 pounds at 12 weeks and, when fully grown, would weigh 700 pounds, the trainers said. Fairgoers all around were seen enjoying the last days of the fair, buying lemon shakes and ice cream cones, tossing balls into hoops to win prizes, sitting on benches in the shade to cool off from the heat or waiting in not-too-long lines to ride the amusement rides.
10 years ago in 2014:
Trumbull 100 prepared to announce a major donation and an incentive program to lure additional dollars to support efforts to repopulate Warren's central city. The money was to expand the "Adopt a Home" program, which already had one house -- on Vine St. NE- renovated and ready to sell in what was called the "Garden District." The project was undertaken by Trumbull 100 – to seed the program focused on the Garden District's 22 blocks -- loosely defined by Park Avenue, Atlantic Street, Elm Road and High Street. Proceeds from the three-bedroom home, renovated for sale by the Trumbull County Land Bank, a program of the Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership, were to join the donation of Trumbull 100 and other donations to be reinvested into other home renovation in the Garden District -- to breathe new life in the neighborhood.
Compiled from the archives of the Tribune Chronicle by Emily Earnhart.