Warren Western Reserve High School - Aurora Yearbook (Warren, OH)

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What we are Warren, Ohio is a city that is a small melting pot of its own. Although Warren was settled by the people of the Connecticut Western Reserve, because of the steel mills in Warren and Youngstown, Warren became a settling place for immigrants from Italy, Greece, and Poland. These foreign people came to Warren to work, live and raise their families. It is this influx of people from different countries that gives Warren its distinct ethnic heritage. Fortunately, unlike many larger cities, the ethnicity in Warren has remained alive. The Old Country names have changed little, if at all, and neither have the delicious recipes for pasta and pastry brought over by the wives of the new steel workers. Along with the cooking came the holidays and festivals: such as the Greek St. Demetrios Festival which is still celebrated today. Most important, Warren is an percentage of Warren and surrounding area residents The Republic Steel mill located in Warren is one of the largest steel producers nationally and the Packard Electric Co is the largest wire harness manufacturer in the country The farmland around Warren stocks many grocery shelves in the area making agriculture another important resource to Warren citizens. Along with smokestacks and fields however, Warren has a cultural side. The Packard Music Hall, first home industrial city, employing a large '-.,,i ' 'Sk ,axi- of the Kenly Players, is now a popular concert hall with Major Productions. Stars such as Loretta Lynn, ferry Lee Lewis and even Boxcar Willie and Ray Boom Boom Mancini have all performed to sellout audiences at Packard. Original works of art and choreography are also given a chance to be displayed at the Trumbull Art Guild and through the Warren Dance Centre. Of course what Warren is most noted for, especially among sports fans, is its production of football heroes. N icknamed Football Town U.S.A. , Warren has produced players such as Ross Brownerg once a Raider defensive end, and now Cincinatti Bengal 1179, as well as many college players. From the hoop end, Reserve is proud to claim the former court of Dave Ienkins who now plays basketball for Bowling Green State University. Beginning in September and ending with that final play-off between the Warren Western Reserve Raiders and the cross town rival The Harding Panthers, the football spirit is hot here in Warren. And-when the footballs are packed away, the basketballs come out and the second wind for Warren's sports begins. And this is WHAT Warren is. Something new is happening to Warren. Construction is under way here at Packard Park for the Downtown Development Project WH AT! 3

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Where Warren Ohio is not a large city, but by no means is it a small town either. Warren is a city without crowded, busy streets, loud, honking horns and bustles of angry, hurrying people. Yet, Warren is not a tiny village with only one gas station either. In fact, Warren has fifty-seven gas and service sto- tions. An area of 15.05 sq. miles, Warren is nestled in Northeastern Ohio be- tween Cleveland, Akron and Youngs- il W9 BIG on, Newton Falls, Lordstown, Levitsburgh, and Cortland. With 180 miles of streets, and with connections to the Ohio Turnpike and the Lake-to-River Highway fS.H.11j, travelers and Warren citizens travel easily through and around Warren. The city, which began as a small village on the banks of the Mahoning River, spread out and across the riv- er. Today the Mahoning River divides the city into the east and west sides. town. Closer to home are. the neigh- Warren Western Reserve sits snuggly -Cmmhousg Square, photo by Tribune photog- boring towns and townships, Niles, on the west side. I-gphgf Wmfum llewjs during the Summgr Ang Howland, West Farmington, Chompi- And this is WHERE Warren is. and Crafts Fair, 1981. if . ' ' W 'tt 4--ratwlzv ff.: f I ., .,,,.53,,,,z,V . . .K WHEREXS