21 WFMJ archives  / December 23, 1974 | David Fleming, right, chairman of the Life Membership Committee of the Youngstown NAACP 50 years ago, presented fully paid life membership plaques to Renee, 6,  and Jennie, 8,  daughters of Dr. and Mrs. James Hovell. At the rear are life members Mrs. Mary Belton,  a retired Youngstown school principal and the first black teacher in Youngstown public schools, and Ronald Kessler. 

December 24


1999: Paul Alberty resigns from Poland Village Council to devote more time to his run for the Republican nomination for the 17th Congressional District seat held by James A. Traficant Jr.

The city of Warren will begin removing 70 illegal stop signs, which the Ohio Department of Transportation has found.

Seven Seventeen Credit Union will build a new Austintown branch at 6460 Mahoning Avenue for $886,000.


1984: Mayor Patrick Ungaro plans to sell 50 illegal electronic poker games seized by police to legal casinos. The machines cost about $4,000 each new and could fetch $1,000 each on the second-hand market, which will be used to equip the city police department.  

Vandals go on a spree along the Rt. 422 commercial strip in Niles, slashing tires and scratching the paint on at least eight cars.  Presents were stolen from three other vehicles. 

Dr. Frank L. McElree Jr. has been named medical director of emergency services at Greenville Hospital. He is a past president of the Mercer County, Pa., Medical Society.


1974: Some 450 registered nurses go on strike against the Youngstown Hospital Association. Urgent and emergency care continues at the North Side, South Side, and Tod Babies and Children's hospitals. 

Registered nurses at Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital accept a new contract offer with an hourly salary of $4.95.

The Salvation Army of Youngstown temporarily suspends its food voucher system until new vouchers can be printed.  Several vouchers were stolen in a burglary at the SA headquarters on Glenwood Avenue. 


1949: The physicians of Mahoning County are more than willing to do their part in treating patients who are not fully able to pay for necessary treatment, the Mahoning County Medical Society says. 

Arnold D. Stambaugh donates 120 acres of forest land in Mercer and Lawrence counties in Pennsylvania to the Mahoning Valley Council of Boy Scouts for camping.