Looking Back Article Listing and Index – Springfield News-Sun 1992-2001 The following is a list of articles from 1992-2001 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, Curatorial Assistant. # Date Topic/ 1 2/24/92 Steel Products; Ohio Lyric Theater 2 3/2/92 Schaefer Jr. High, Warder Park School 3 3/9/92 Steel Products 4 3/23/92 Bushnell School, Grayhill School 5 3/30/92 Big Four Park, High Street 6 4/6/92 Springfield Pure Milk Co., G.E. Hoss Grocery 7 4/27/92 Central Jr. High Orchestra 8 5/4/92 French & Hecht, Inc. 9 5/25/92 Schaefer Jr. High 10 6/22/92 Reid Jr. High 1942 Basketball Champions 11 6/29/92 Clark County Lumber 12 7/13/92 F.W. Myers Drive-Away 13 7/20/92 Buckeye Incubator Girls Softball Team 1935, Higgies Restaurant 14 8/3/92 Harmony School, 1934 15 8/10/92 VFW Post 1031 1935 Minstrel Show at Memorial Hall 16 8/17/92 Snyder Park Jr. High 1942 Football Team 17 8/24/92 Plattsburg High School Class of 1942 18 9/28/92 Merchants and Mechanics Bank building 1971, Shawnee Hotel 1919 19 10/5/92 Ohio Masonic Home, Rickly Memorial Hospital, Ohio Masonic Home Girls Cottage 20 11/2/92 Robbins and Myers 1953 and 1954 Baseball Champions 21 11/16/92 International Harvest Press Shops 1939 22 7/27/92 Central Junior High 23 9/14/92 Highlands Elementary 1928 1 Looking Back Article Listing and Index – Springfield News-Sun 1992-2001 24 9/ 21/92 Skylighter’s Canteen 1949 25 10/19/92 New Moorefield High School Class of 1934 26 10/26/92 Main Street 1908, Fountain Square 1908 27 11/30/92 Second Lutheran Softball Champions 1934 28 12/14/92 Imperial-Syncopated Orchestra, Oak Grove Class of 1928 29 1/25/93 Rockway School, Rockway School Fire 1929, Trump-Littleton Insurance 30 2/1/93 Catholic Central Class of 1931 31 2/8/93 Odd Fellows Home Band 1929-1930 32 3/1/93 New Moorefield Boys Basketball 1939, Schaefer Junior High Boys Basketball 1944 33 3/8/93 Center St. YMCA Campaigners 1939 34 3/8/93 John Swonger, Springfield Replica 35 3/15/93 Springfield Newspapers Inc. Building, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Springfield Post Office, Aerial Springfield 36 3/22/93 Fountain Square, City Hall, Marketplace, Heritage Center, Arcade 37 3/29/93 Olive Branch High School Class of 1933 38 4/5/93 Delta Kappa Gamma Alpha Eta Chapter 1939, Marketplace, Arcade 39 4/12/93 Arcade, Myers Market, Wiegel Market 40 4/19/93 South Charleston High School Class of 1943 41 5/3/93 Buses Replaced Trolley Cars in 1934 42 5/10/93 Crowell-Collier Baseball Team 1925 43 5/17/93 New Carlisle 1898 2nd Grade Class 44 6/7/93 Northern School 1939 7th Grade Class 45 6/14/93 Sheley’s Service Station 1934 46 6/28/93 German Plane from WWI, Fountain Hotel, Big Four Park 47 7/5/93 Boy Scout Troop 1 48 7/12/93 George H. Ainge Tool, Die, & Machine Works 1924 49 7/19/93 St. Raphael School Band 1927 50 7/26/93 Hub Men’s Clothing Store 1920 51 8/2/93 United Spanish War Veterans Encampment 1926 52 8/9/93 Oak Grove High School Class of 1933 53 8/16/93 Urbana South Ward School Second Grade Class 1933 54 8/16/93 Esplanade 1920s, Fountain Square 55 8/16/93 Fountain Square 56 8/23/93 Wittenberg, Wittenberg Baseball Team 1890s, Wittenberg 1906 Play 57 8/30/93 E.W. Fulmer Company Trucks 2 Looking Back Article Listing and Index – Springfield News-Sun 1992-2001 58 9/20/93 Lorinda Jane Crabill (Louie) 59 9/27/93 Northern Heights School 60 10/4/93 Tractors, Parish Coal and Feed 61 10/11/93 Robbins and Myers Female Workers 1930, Robbins and Myers Ladies Veterans Club 1937 62 10/18/93 Plymouth Pickup Trucks outside Idle’s Garage 1940 63 10/25/93 Cedarville High School Class of 1928 64 11/15/93 William E. and Louise Crabill 65 11/22/93 Snowstorm Thanksgiving 1950 66 11/29/93 Schoolhouses in Clark County, Rocky Point School, Hopewell School, Center School, Spread Eagle School 67 12/6/93 Car with self starter in Snyder Park 1912 68 12/13/93 Charles L. Fox, South High School, Springfield High School, Eunice Connor Bronkar, SHS National Honor Society 69 12/20/93 Main Street 70 12/27/93 Wilbur Finran 71 1/3/94 Howard A. Weber, Orville Harrison 72 1/10/94 Beckley & Myers Ice & Fuel Company, Phil Schmidt & Son Grocers, Ora Stafford Transfer and Storage, J.D. Yowler 73 1/24/94 Polio Vaccination Clinic 1950s 74 1/24/94 Snow Storm 1950 75 1/31/94 H.E. Driscoll and friends in Buick 1920 76 2/7/94 Kelly-Springfield Trucks sent for use in Mexico 1916 77 2/7/94 Reverend Mary Silver “Sister Silver”, Little Zion United Holy Church 78 2/14/94 Budweiser Clydesdales 1953, Schartz’s Clock Cafe 79 2/21/94 Grand Opera House, Springfield Opera Club 80 2/21/94 Eagle Tool and Machine Co. Employees 1940 81 2/28/94 Washington Elementary School 1930, Emerson Elementary School 1930, Donnelsville Elementary 1934 82 3/7- Springfield Police Department 1904, Patrol House, Prison, Richard E. O’Brien, Henry Spichty, Robert Moody 3/21/94 83 3/28/94 John F. Kennedy Visit to Springfield 84 4/4/94 Schmidt’s Drugs 85 4/11/94 Duffey Family 86 4/18/94 Corner Café Wimpy Burgers 1930s 87 4/25/94 Eddie’s Flowers 1940s 88 5/2/94 National Supply Company Supervisors Banquet 1941 89 5/9/94 Ehrhart’s 3 Looking Back Article Listing and Index – Springfield News-Sun 1992-2001 90 5/16/94 Springfield City Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1934 91 5/16/94 Mother Stewart 92 5/23/94 North Hampton Baseball Team 1944 93 5/30/94 Gus Sun production of Ben Hur and B.H. Greene 94 6/6/94 Olive Branch High School Class of 1944 95 6/13/94 Fred Frank and Sons on Father’s Day 1952 96 6/20/94 Zerkle-Terre Haute School Champaign County 1911 97 6/27/94 Boxing Match, 2nd Infantry Company at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, 1917, U.S. Army Corps Unit 98 7/11/94 Terre Haute School’s Toy Band 1930-31 99 7/4/94 Springfield High School Football Champions 1933 100 7/11/94 Crowell-Collier Mail Room 1930s 101 7/18/94 Unidentified Boys Pictures in CCHS Collections 102 7/25/94 Unidentified Girls Pictures in CCHS Collections 103 8/1/94 Catholic Central High School Class of 1944 (All Classmates Listed) 104 8/8/94 Calvary Lutheran Church Men’s Bible Class 1915 105 8/15/94 WWII Bomber Nose Art 106 8/15/94 Forrest Gall 107 9/5/94 Snyder Park 108 8/29/94 Rogers and Allen Family photo 109 8/22/94 Forrest Gall, Funeral procession, Band performance, Girl with Gas Mask, Songstress Performing 110 9/12/94 Company B Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry 1898 in the Spanish-American War 111 9/19/94 Catholic Central High School Class of 1954 (All Classmates Listed) 112 9/26/94 Charles Cregar Architecture, Marketplace, Post Office, St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Raphael Church, Arcade, Charles Cregar, 113 10/3/94 YMCA 114 10/10/94 1916 Photo of Downtown Springfield, Springfield Fish and Oyster Market, Bernstein Building, Karg & Nelson Smoke Shop 115 10/17/94 Fountain and High, Hub Store, Arcue Building, Myers Daily Market, Mattie Guthrie’s Lunchroom, Purity Ice Cream, Clauer Brothers Food, Delinanos Furrier, Peacock Beauty Salon, Wade Optical, Weil’s Boot shop 116 10/24/94 U.S.S. Santee, Rodney Hites, Oris Bowman 117 10/31/94 Covenant Presbyterian Church 118 11/7/94 Urbana, Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in Urbana, Champaign County Courthouse 119 11/14/94 Knute Rockne, Wittenberg Football 1929 120 11/21/94 South Charleston High School Class of 1939 4 Looking Back Article Listing and Index – Springfield News-Sun 1992-2001 121 11/21/94 Sculptures in Springfield 122 11/28/94 Springfield Storefronts 123 12/5/94 John T. Bryan 124 12/19/94 Christmas Cards 125 12/12/94 Wittenberg Class Photo January 7, 1926 126 12/26/94 Gus Sun 127 1/2/95 Frank Braun 128 1/9/95 Ada Irene Crabill 1896 129 1/16/95 Kelly-Springfield Trucks 130 1/23/95 Betty Price Adler, Lois Mason, Gus Sun 131 1/30/95 Wooden Water Pipes 132 2/6/95 Springfield Postcards, Gus LeBolt’s Cigar Shop 133 2/13/95 Cultice Family 134 2/20/95 Oscar Ladley’s Civil War Letters 135 3/20/95 Robbins & Myers 20 Year Veteran Employees 1941 136 3/27/95 Thackery Creamery Champaign County 137 4/3/95 Car advertisement 138 4/10/95 Lawrenceville High School Class of 1945 139 4/17/95 Sheep Shearing 140 4/24/95 L.G.