St. William Church festival ends

CHAMPION — One of the first festivals of summer in Trumbull County, the St. William Church festival, has ended.

The church’s pastor, the Rev. Mike Smar, announced to the congregation last weekend that the festival, started just after the parish was established in 1963, had been held for the last time in 2006.

The festival was held on the church grounds in early June each year and featured food, rides, kids games and games of chance.

Father Smar said a committee made up of chairmen and women decided to end the festival at a recent meeting. The committee said the festival brought in varying amounts of profit over the years but had hit a profit ceiling in recent years, he said.

Another consideration was the increasing difficulty in finding volunteers to work the festival, Father Smar said, including finding a chairman to run it.