Springfield News-Sun Looking Back Articles 1992-2013 The following is a list of articles from 1992-2006 from the weekly “Looking Back” local history series from the Community News section of the Springfield News-Sun. The majority of the articles were written by Tom Stafford. The articles are sorted by date and the main topics for each article are included. Below the article list is a comprehensive index of photographs, people, places, and topics found in each article. The number following the item in the index refers to the number assigned to the articles in the main list. If the number is BOLD, that means that there is a photograph of the person or place mentioned in the article. Photocopies or print quality scans can be taken from these articles. Index compiled by Natalie Fritz, Amber Lopez, Irene Newton, Sue Hebner, Jaymi Green, Lauren Instenes, Cindy Saturley, RaeAnn Jent, Virginia Warren, and Hannah McCartney – Completed April 2017 # Date Topic(s) 1 2/24/1992 Steel Products; Ohio Lyric Theater 2 3/2/1992 Schaefer Jr. High, Warder Park School 3 3/9/1992 Steel Products 4 3/23/1992 Bushnell School, Grayhill School 5 3/30/1992 Big Four Park, High Street 6 4/6/1992 Springfield Pure Milk Co., G.E. Hoss Grocery 7 4/27/1992 Central Jr. High Orchestra 8 5/4/1992 French & Hecht, Inc. 9 5/25/1992 Schaefer Jr. High 10 6/22/1992 Reid Jr. High 1942 Basketball Champions 11 6/29/1992 Clark County Lumber 12 7/13/1992 F.W. Myers Drive-Away 13 7/20/1992 Buckeye Incubator Girls Softball Team 1935, Higgies Restaurant 14 8/3/1992 Harmony School, 1934 15 8/10/1992 VFW Post 1031 1935 Minstrel Show at Memorial Hall 16 8/17/1992 Snyder Park Jr. High 1942 Football Team 17 8/24/1992 Plattsburg High School Class of 1942 Springfield News-Sun Looking Back Articles 1 18 9/28/1992 Merchants and Mechanics Bank building 1971, Shawnee Hotel 1919 19 10/5/1992 Ohio Masonic Home, Rickly Memorial Hospital, Ohio Masonic Home Girls Cottage 20 11/2/1992 Robbins and Myers 1953 and 1954 Baseball Champions 21 11/16/1992 International Harvest Press Shops 1939 22 7/27/1992 Central Junior High 23 9/14/1992 Highlands Elementary 1928 24 9/21/1992 Skylighter’s Canteen 1949 25 10/19/1992 New Moorefield High School Class of 1934 26 10/26/1992 Main Street 1908, Fountain Square 1908 27 11/30/1992 Second Lutheran Softball Champions 1934 28 12/14/1992 Imperial-Syncopated Orchestra, Oak Grove Class of 1928 29 1/25/1993 Rockway School, Rockway School Fire 1929, Trump-Littleton Insurance 30 2/1/1993 Catholic Central Class of 1931 31 2/8/1993 Odd Fellows Home Band 1929-1930 32 3/1/1993 New Moorefield Boys Basketball 1939, Schaefer Junior High Boys Basketball 1944 33 3/8/1993 Center St. YMCA Campaigners 1939 34 3/8/1993 John Swonger, Springfield Replica Springfield Newspapers Inc. Building, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Springfield Post Office, 35 3/15/1993 Aerial Springfield 36 3/22/1993 Fountain Square, City Hall, Marketplace, Heritage Center, Arcade 37 3/29/1993 Olive Branch High School Class of 1933 38 4/5/1993 Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Eta Chapter 1939, Marketplace, Arcade 39 4/12/1993 Arcade, Myers Market, Wiegel Market 40 4/19/1993 South Charleston High School Class of 1943 41 5/3/1993 Buses Replaced Trolley Cars in 1934 42 5/10/1993 Crowell-Collier Baseball Team 1925 43 5/17/1993 New Carlisle 1898 2nd Grade Class 44 6/7/1993 Northern School 1939 7th Grade Class 45 6/14/1993 Sheley’s Service Station 1934 Springfield News-Sun Looking Back Articles 2 46 6/28/1993 German Plane from WWI, Fountain Hotel, Big Four Park 47 7/5/1993 Boy Scout Troop 1 48 7/12/1993 George H. Ainge Tool, Die, & Machine Works 1924 49 7/19/1993 St. Raphael School Band 1927 50 7/26/1993 Hub Men’s Clothing Store 1920 51 8/2/1993 United Spanish War Veterans Encampment 1926 52 8/9/1993 Oak Grove High School Class of 1933 53 8/16/1993 Urbana South Ward School Second Grade Class 1933 54 8/16/1993 Esplanade 1920s, Fountain Square 55 8/16/1993 Fountain Square 56 8/23/1993 Wittenberg, Wittenberg Baseball Team 1890s, Wittenberg 1906 Play 57 8/30/1993 E.W. Fulmer Company Trucks 58 9/20/1993 Lorinda Jane Crabill (Louie) 59 9/27/1993 Northern Heights School 60 10/4/1993 Tractors, Parish Coal and Feed 61 10/11/1993 Robbins and Myers Female Workers 1930, Robbins and Myers Ladies Veterans Club 1937 62 10/18/1993 Plymouth Pickup Trucks outside Idle’s Garage 1940 63 10/25/1993 Cedarville High School Class of 1928 64 11/15/1993 William E. and Louise Crabill 65 11/22/1993 Snowstorm Thanksgiving 1950 Schoolhouses in Clark County, Rocky Point School, Hopewell School, Center School, Spread Eagle 66 11/29/1993 School 67 12/6/1993 Car with self starter in Snyder Park 1912 Charles L. Fox, South High School, Springfield High School, Eunice Connor Bronkar, SHS 68 12/13/1993 National Honor Society 69 12/20/1993 Main Street 70 12/27/1993 Wilbur Finran 71 1/3/1994 Howard A. Weber, Orville Harrison Springfield News-Sun Looking Back Articles 3 Beckley & Myers Ice & Fuel Company, Phil Schmidt & Son Grocers, Ora Stafford Transfer and 72 1/10/1994 Storage, J.D. Yowler 73 1/24/1994 Polio Vaccination Clinic 1950s 74 1/24/1994 Snow Storm 1950 75 1/31/1994 H.E. Driscoll and friends in Buick 1920 76 2/7/1994 Kelly-Springfield Trucks sent for use in Mexico 1916 77 2/7/1994 Reverend Mary Silver “Sister Silver”, Little Zion United Holy Church 78 2/14/1994 Budweiser Clydesdales 1953, Schartz’s Clock Cafe 79 2/21/1994 Grand Opera House, Springfield Opera Club 80 2/21/1994 Eagle Tool and Machine Co. Employees 1940 Washington Elementary School 1930, Emerson Elementary School 1930, Donnelsville Elementary 81 2/28/1994 1934 Springfield Police Department 1904, Patrol House, Prison, Richard E. O’Brien, Henry Spichty, 82 3/7-3/21/94 Robert Moody 83 3/28/1994 John F. Kennedy Visit to Springfield 84 4/4/1994 Schmidt’s Drugs 85 4/11/1994 Duffey Family 86 4/18/1994 Corner Café Wimpy Burgers 1930s 87 4/25/1994 Eddie’s Flowers 1940s 88 5/2/1994 National Supply Company Supervisors Banquet 1941 89 5/9/1994 Ehrhart’s 90 5/16/1994 Springfield City Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1934 91 5/16/1994 Mother Stewart 92 5/23/1994 North Hampton Baseball Team 1944 93 5/30/1994 Gus Sun production of Ben Hur and B.H. Greene 94 6/6/1994 Olive Branch High School Class of 1944 95 6/13/1994 Fred Frank and Sons on Father’s Day 1952 96 6/20/1994 Zerkle-Terre Haute School Champaign County 1911 97 6/27/1994 Boxing Match, 2nd Infantry Company at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, 1917, U.S. Army Corps Unit Springfield News-Sun Looking Back Articles 4 98 7/11/1994 Terre Haute School’s Toy Band 1930-31 99 7/4/1994 Springfield High School Football Champions 1933 100 7/11/1994 Crowell-Collier Mail Room 1930s 101 7/18/1994 Unidentified Boys Pictures in CCHS Collections 102 7/25/1994 Unidentified Girls Pictures in CCHS Collections 103 8/1/1994 Catholic Central High School Class of 1944 (All Classmates Listed) 104 8/8/1994 Calvary Lutheran Church Men’s Bible Class 1915 105 8/15/1994 WWII Bomber Nose Art 106 8/15/1994 Forrest Gall 107 9/5/1994 Snyder Park 108 8/29/1994 Rogers and Allen Family photo 109 8/22/1994 Forrest Gall, Funeral procession, Band performance, Girl with Gas Mask, Songstress Performing 110 9/12/1994 Company B Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry 1898 in the Spanish-American War 111 9/19/1994 Catholic Central High School Class of 1954 (All Classmates Listed) Charles Cregar Architecture, Marketplace, Post Office, St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. 112 9/26/1994 Raphael Church, Arcade, Charles Cregar, 113 10/3/1994 YMCA 1916 Photo of Downtown Springfield, Springfield Fish and Oyster Market, Bernstein Building, Karg 114 10/10/1994 & Nelson Smoke Shop Fountain and High, Hub Store, Arcue Building, Myers Daily Market, Mattie Guthrie’s Lunchroom, 115 10/17/1994 Purity Ice Cream, Clauer Brothers Food, Delinanos Furrier, Peacock Beauty Salon, Wade Optical, Weil’s Boot shop 116 10/24/1994 U.S.S. Santee, Rodney Hites, Oris Bowman 117 10/31/1994 Covenant Presbyterian Church 118 11/7/1994 Urbana, Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in Urbana, Champaign County Courthouse 119 11/14/1994 Knute Rockne, Wittenberg Football 1929 120 11/21/1994 South Charleston High School Class of 1939 121 11/21/1994 Sculptures in Springfield 122 11/28/1994 Springfield Storefronts Springfield News-Sun Looking Back Articles 5 123 12/5/1994 John T. Bryan 124 12/19/1994 Christmas Cards 125 12/12/1994 Wittenberg Class Photo January 7, 1926 126 12/26/1994 Gus Sun 127 1/2/1995 Frank Braun 128 1/9/1995 Ada Irene Crabill 1896 129 1/16/1995 Kelly-Springfield Trucks 130 1/23/1995 Betty Price Adler, Lois Mason, Gus Sun 131 1/30/1995 Wooden Water Pipes 132 2/6/1995 Springfield Postcards, Gus LeBolt’s Cigar Shop 133 2/13/1995 Cultice Family 134 2/20/1995 Oscar Ladley’s Civil War Letters 135 3/20/1995 Robbins & Myers 20 Year Veteran Employees 1941 136 3/27/1995 Thackery Creamery Champaign County 137 4/3/1995 Car advertisement 138 4/10/1995 Lawrenceville High School Class of 1945 139 4/17/1995 Sheep Shearing 140 4/24/1995 L.G.