Magnolia pilot instructor featured in 1996 FPS story

60 years ago

From 1966 FPS files

Susan Richards was crowned Music Queen of 1966 by her brother, John, at Carrollton High School, where she was a senior.

The seven Bell-Herron Scholarship winners included Jeanne McCartney, Phillip Blazer, Ava Dell Moser, Robert E. Magee, Edna Mae Shotwell, Glenn Maurer and Shirley Herrington.

The McCausland Dairy farm on state Route 43, east of Carrollton, which had been in the McCausland family since 1807, was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Grover.

Conotton Valley High’s Rockets gained their first win of the current baseball season by defeating Midvale 15-1.

50 years ago

From 1976 FPS files

The 11 recipients of Bell-Herron scholarships included Tammy Ayers, Amy Brumbaugh, Becky Peterson, Larry Patterson, Rick Burns, Ray Bucher, Bob Bowman, Marcy Seich, Tammie Henry, Larry Cogan and Loretta Cernava.

Approval of a teachers’ negotiations agreement by the Carrollton Board of Education resulted in a top salary bracket of $12,032 for teachers with 12 years of experience and a bachelor’s degree.

Ray Cole, a sixth-grader at Carrollton School, placed fourth in the regional spelling contest at Canton GlenOak High School.

Plans were being made for the first veterans swimming meet at the Carroll County Community Swimming Pool.

40 years ago

From 1986 FPS files

Ground was broken in Carrollton for a proposed $4 million shopping mall to be occupied by an Ames store, where the current Dollar General Market is located on state Route 43 north.

A five-member mock trial team from Carrollton High School took part in the preliminary round of the Ohio Mock Trial program at Cambridge. Team members included Amy Clark, Mike Hamilton, Amy Patterson, Jennifer Bolanz and Chris Jones. Carroll County Prosecuting Attorney John T.O. Smiley served as their legal adviser.

A young pitching staff led the Carrollton Warriors to three wins at the beginning of the 1986 baseball season.

30 years ago

From 1996 FPS files

Fox Township Fire Chief John Smiley was honored as the Firefighter of the Year by the Carroll County Firefighters Association for his involvement in the fire service since 1952.

Roy Hutmacher of Magnolia was the subject of a feature story in the April 18, 1996, issue of the FPS on his experiences flying the friendly skies in a single-engine aircraft.

Carrollton’s Jamie Burris was pictured scoring another run for the Lady Warriors softball team in their 11-6 victory over East Liverpool.

20 years ago

From 2006 FPS files

Shelby Rogers was pictured on the front page of the April 20, 2006, FPS celebrating her fourth birthday at Kiddie Land Park with her sister, Maysie, both daughters of Eric and April Rogers of Carrollton.

A new Carroll County Football League was established for the Carrollton Little Warriors.

Two brothers, Matt and Luke Walters, both actively involved in Scouting and the hobby of photography, won honors in the 2005 Buckeye Council Boy Scouts of America photo contest.

10 years ago

From 2016 FPS files

Those inducted into the 2016 Carrollton Schools Hall of Fame included Francis Prendergast, deceased; Christopher Snyder; Dr. Deirdre (Prendergast) Tessman; and Richard C. Walton, deceased.

Carroll County Sheriff Dale R. Williams received the President’s Award at the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Atwood Yacht Club.

Carrollton freshmen Allison Davis and Micah Donley were pictured while leading the Warrior runners in the 4x400 relay and 200-meter dash at the Lidderdale Invitational track meet.