21 WFMJ archives  / August 26, 1962 | Members of the Arnold High School marching band were among dozens of bands that had camped at Thiel College in Greenville, Pa., 62 years ago. Here, the band’s majorettes prepare to work on their routines.

August 27

1999: Mahoning County's 350 Democratic precinct committeemen select Randall Wellington, a retired Youngstown police officer, as county sheriff, filling the term of Phil Chance. In a separate vote, they chose Ed Reese to return as a Mahoning County Commissioner, filling the seat vacated by the resignation of David Engler.

Farmers National Bank Corp. declares a 2-for-1 stock split, the third split the bank holding company declared in five years.

The Loghurst Farm Museum, built in 1805 and believed to be one of the oldest log cabins remaining in Ohio, is being moved 50 feet from U.S. Route 224 in Canfield. 

 

1984: Thomas Costello, 34, of Youngstown, is in Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, one of 18 people burned when an errant fireworks canister landed among fans in Three Rivers Stadium after a Pirates game. 

Truman Capote, author of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood," dies in Los Angeles at the age of 59.

Advertisement: Greenwood Chevrolet, seven 1984 Corvettes in stock, were $26,997, on sale $22,997.

 

1974: The Western Reserve Transit Authority, which will take delivery of 50 new buses in September, anticipates breaking even financially in 1974 because of an expected 9,000 additional student riders.

Aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh dies of cancer in Hawaii. Lindbergh made a low-altitude flight over Youngstown on Aug. 3, 1927, and dropped a canister with a message for Mayor Charles Scheible. That canister was retrieved by two boys, A.J. Zelinsky and A.W. Robertson.

Clergymen from various denominations gather at Tippecanoe Country Club for a golf outing to honor Bishop-designate William Hughes, who will be ordained on Sept. 12. 

 

1949: Fire believed to be of an incendiary nature kills Arthur R. Bauman, 16, brother of Richard Bauman, justice of the peace in Beaver Township.  A glass jug containing gasoline and a similar broken jug were found near where the fire started. 

Coins totaling $5,132 are taken from a slot machine seized from the Jungle Inn. Meanwhile, the state fire marshal, Harry Callan, remains adamant about demolishing the building. 

Sharon's secondary education system is undergoing its biggest change in history, as freshmen are transferred from the high school to the junior high school.