50 YEARS AGO
(From 1958 FPS Files)

Two Dellroy area men were listed by the Navy as being attached to the Sixth Fleet which landed troops in Lebanon. They were Raymond E. Betz, radar man third class, and Robert L. Elfifritz, seaman apprentice.
Work was progressing on the development of Carroll Heights Allotment No. 1 owned by Glenn C. and Joanne J. Reed.

The Carrollton Merchants baseball team, managed by Dean Abrahims, continued to play winning baseball by defeating Weir-Cove from Weirton, WV., 3-2.

40 YEARS AGO
(From 1968 FPS Files)

Willie Mae Campbell of Rt. 1, Malvern, was charged with second degree murder in the stabbing of John Brown Warren, 70, of Rt. 1, Malvern.
Carroll County’s outstanding 4-H girl and boy for 1968 were Joyce Ann McLoney and Ray Rummell. They were recognized at the 1968 Carroll County Fair which was moved from September to July.

Huebner Chevrolet and Oldsmobile Agency moved to its new, modern and spacious sales and service building on Canton Rd. at the north edge of Carrollton.

The oldest business in Dellroy and Monroe Twp., changed hands when the Magee Hardware, operated by Mrs. Virgina Magee, was sold to John W. Bullock and his brother-in-law, William Aston.

20 YEARS AGO
(From 1988 FPS Files)

The first shipment of hay donated by farmers in North Carolina arrived in Carrollton.

Jack Albrecht, a sophomore and student advisor of the Carrollton FFA chapter, was among those who attended a FFA leadership development camp held at the Ohio FFA Camp on Leesville Lake.

Carrollton Veterans baseball team won the E League of the Hot Stove.

Golfers earning awards at the Atwood Lake League outing held on the Atwood course were Tib Schneider, Maggi Early, Evelyn Price, Dorothy Schiefer and Joyce Hannon.

10 YEARS AGO
(From 1998 FPS Files)

Reigning over the  annual Carroll County fair as Queen and King were Kelli Hamilton and Darren Gartrell.

Three area high school students were participating in the annual Ohio Business Week held at the University of Findlay. They included Julie Fry and Angela McLean, both juniors at Carrollton High School, and Jennifer Jones, a senior at Jewett-Scio High School.

David Taczak, 17, son of Terry and Suzie Taczak of 5090 Brocade Rd., Amsterdam, qualified to swim in the YMCA National Swimming meet to be held Aug. 3-7 in Nashville, TN.