Years Ago

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2009. There are 65 days left in the year. On this date in 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the U.S. Constitution, is published in New York.

In 1795, the United States and Spain sign the Treaty of San Lorenzo (also known as “Pinckney’s Treaty”), which provides for free navigation of the Mississippi River. In 1858, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, is born in New York City. In 1904, the first rapid transit subway, the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT), is inaugurated in New York City.

October 27, 1984: The Buckeye Elks honors eight community leaders with life memberships. They are Dr. Herbert Armstrong, Eli Alexander, Robert Hackman, Clayton Ledbetter, Bishop James W. Malone, Atty. James Pazol, the Rev. Elizabeth Powell and Charles Shellogg Jr.

Democrat James A. Traficant Jr. predicts that the race for 17th District congressman will be a “blowout,” but stops short of claiming victory over incumbent Republican Lyle Williams.

Clyde A. Metz is named superintendent of the Hubbard schools at a salary of $40,000 a year.

The U.S. economy should grow at a steady rate in 1985, but massive trade and budget deficits will begin causing trouble as soon as 1986, Norman Robertson, chief economist at Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, tells 200 people at the annual seminar sponsored by Mahoning National Bank in Youngstown.

October 27, 1969: Nearly 600 people attend an ecumenical Reformation Service at Bethel Lutheran Church.

Thieves haul away 3,000 pounds of nickel valued at $15,000 from the New Castle Foundry Co. on Hobart Street.

Robert E. Ludt, a 1961 graduate of Poland Seminary High School, receives his doctorate in organic chemistry at Duke University. He is a research assistant and instructor at Duke.

A Volkswagen driven by a 71-year-old Grove City man strikes a deer in I-80 near Mercer, overturns and bursts into flames. Dead is Charles E. Sterrett.

October 27, 1959: Two armed bandits stage a daring daylight robbery at the Komara Jewelry Store in Struthers, escaping with an estimated $800.

The Youngstown Philharmonic Orchestra opens its concert season at Stambaugh Auditorium featuring Leonard Rose, famed cellist, and Joseph Gingold, violinist and concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra.

Mahoning County commissioners agree to pay Mr. and Mrs. Sam Henry $15,000 for 20 acres of the Henrys’ land off Tippecanoe Road for a new Boardman sewage treatment plant.

Edward J. Gilronan, Republican candidate for mayor, tells North Side Kiwanians that the city is in a crisis and decency must be restored if Youngstown is to attract new industry and people.

October 27, 1934: The $205,000 First Christian Church at Wick Avenue and Spring Street will be dedicated in special ceremonies that will include an address by Dr. Charles Clayton Morrison, editor of The Christian Century in Chicago.

Two Youngstown youths are starring on the football team at Newberry College, Joe Gibbons and “Buttercup” Weidman, both South High products.