Vindicator file photo

Vindicator file photo

A REPUBLICAN TRADITION: Prominent Mahoning Valley Republicans gathered for the annual McKinley Club dinner at the McKinley Memorial in Niles Feb. 7, 1977. Pictured, from left, were Anthony Bernard, a first-term Trumbull county commissioner who was elected club president; Youngstown Mayor Jack C. Hunter; H.H. “Pete” Rider, club secretary, and Fremont J. Camerino, Niles council president and club treasurer.