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100 years ago in 1923:
The handsome new Niles theater, known as “The McKinley,” was to formally open with Manager Brady to present the famous film “The Miracle Makers” for his patrons.
The new building in the second block of North Main Street had been under course of construction for two years. It was a handsome structure built of white brick, and had two storerooms on the street elevation.
The interior of the theater surpassed many theaters in the Mahoning Valley for its artistic decorations and stage setting. J.R. Brady of Sharon had leased it and had employed an eight-piece orchestra to present the music every afternoon and evening. R.C. Carter was the director and he was assisted by seven picked players.
50 years ago in 1973:
Trumbull County Auditor Patrick J. Sullivan announced the tentative 1973 real estate and public utility tax rates (collectible in 1974) and reported that of the 57 taxing districts in the county, 28 had no rate changes, 16 had high rate changes and 13 had lower rates than the previous year.
Sullivan said that any changes in tax rates from the 1972 schedule was due to voted bond issues on tax levies in the districts.
The average rate for the county was $43.67 a year per $1,000 valuation. That was slightly higher than the 1972 average of $42.72. Sullivan said that property taxes are not paid in advance, but rather the tax year is always one year behind the calendar year in which taxes are collected.
25 years ago in 1998:
U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant, D-Poland, named area leaders to serve on a committee he was forming to secure the future of General Motors Corp.’s vehicle assembly plant in Lordstown.
The committee, to hold its meeting on the second floor of the Phelps Building on the Youngstown State University campus, included several local businessmen serving as co-chairs and representing the Columbiana County Republican and Democratic parties and United Auto Workers Local 1112.
An executive committee included then-Mahoning County Auditor George Tablack; Youngstown Mayor George McKelvey; and several businessmen and leaders, lawyers and representatives of YSU.
Traficant had written a letter to Gov. George Voinovich and Gov.-elect Bob Taft to reaffirm the state’s commitment to secure the future of the 5,500-worker Lordstown plant, a key part of the Mahoning Valley, pumping more than $600 million each year into the economy. He also asked for a meeting with GM Chairman John F. Smith and other top GM officials.
10 years ago in 2013:
A city employee charged with stealing 15 copies of the Tribune Chronicle per day from a coin box in April was ordered to pay more than $2,200 in restitution costs after completing a theft diversion program, at a cost of $200. In exchange, the charge of theft against Dennis J. Griffing was dismissed by Warren Municipal Judge Terry Ivanchak.
Griffing pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge in July and qualified for the program because he had no prior criminal offenses. But the operations department employee and brother of the city auditor cooperated with an investigation and admitted to a detective to routinely stealing stacks of the newspapers out of different coin boxes and distributing them to fellow employees over a period of months.
Officials at the Tribune Chronicle said newspaper thefts in general over the past year had been significant and the newspaper continued to pursue charges in connection with any thefts that occurred.
Compiled from the archives of the Tribune Chronicle by Emily Earnhart.
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