Armbrust Family Sees Pvt Marvin Depart for Germany Tour
Pvt Marvin Armbrust visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Armbrust on Sterling Road in Rittman last week before leaving Thursday for Fort Dix New Jersey. He will ship out for an 18 month tour of duty in Stuttgart Germany. Mrs Armbrust and daughter April will remain in Stockton California for now.
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Marvin Armbrust
Rittman
Eddie Armbrust
Sterling RD
Marvin
Fort Dix
Stuttgart
Germany
Armbrust
April
Stockton
Calif
Vercoes celebrate fifteenth anniversary with Amish dinner
Mr and Mrs Paul M Vercoe marked their fifteenth wedding anniversary by dining with an Amish family in Millersburg. Jeff Vercoe asked for home made milk, highlighting their fondness for homemade foods. Crocus bloom reports follow from Mrs Robert Shook of 53 Washington with colorful early season flowers visible across her yard.
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Paul—M. Vercoe
Millersburg
Vercoes
Vercoe
Jeff
Robert Shook
Washington
Mill Workers Joint Council Pres. Named in Midwest
Robert Meade of Local 150 was named president of the Mill Workers Joint Council for sul phiate and paper mill workers in the Midwest Packaging Corp. of America. The South Bend meeting elected Charles Paden of Local 730 as vice president and Harold Oros of Local 402 as secretary treasurer for a two year term. Local unions from Ohio Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin attended along with international representatives and VP Earl C Taylor of Cincinnati. The group discussed mutual concerns and actions to address shared problems.
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Robert Meade
Midwestern Packaging Corporation of America Joint Council
South Bend
Ind
Charles Paden
Youngstown
Harold Oros
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ohio
Indi
Ana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Earl C. Taylor
Cincinnati
Meade
Rittman Fire Crews Fight Grass and Home Fires Last Week
Rittman firemen answered five calls last week including three grass fires and a home fire at the Pearly Robinson residence. A 2:20 pm Wednesday grass blaze north of Sterling Avenue and a 6:01 pm Thursday pole fire on South State Street are noted, with another grass fire Friday on South Hickin Avenue and a Saturday blaze near Route 604 south of Rittman. The Planning Commission will discuss a proposed minimum housing regulations code aimed at safety and sanitation, not mandatory inspections, with potential city council action in April or May.
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Rittman
Sterling Avenue
View
Hillside
Rittman Planning Commission
Ohio
Riman City
Planning Commission
Macauley—Gosney
Gosney
Gosner
Wooster
Barberton
Strongsville
Medina
Rittman City
Benjamin Saurer 79 Retired Farmer Rites Set
Services for Benjamin Saurer 79 long time Rittman resident and former West Ohio Avenue resident will be Thursday at 2 pm at Apostolic Christian Church He died Tuesday at Barberton Citizens Hospital after a long illness Visitation Wednesday 6 to 9 pm at Gillman Funeral Home and one hour before services Burial in Rittman Cemetery He is survived by son Harry of Rittman daughters Esther Venner and Evelyn Schweinsberg both of Wadsworth ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren The minister will officiate
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Benjamin Saurer
West Ohio Avenue
Apostolic Christian Church
Saurer
Barberton Citizens Hospital
Gillman Funeral Home
Laurer
Rittman
Sara-Lece
Doylestown
Harry
Aad
Richard
Esther) Venner
George
Evelyn) Schweinsberg
Wadsworth
Rittman Cemetery
Firemen's Auxiliary to Meet at Station April 9
Mrs Ronald Goodhart will host the Fireman's Auxiliary at the fire station on Tuesday April 9. In a recent meeting at Mrs Robert Gillman home nine members and two guests attended. The Auxiliary bought a new refrigerator for the new fire station kitchen and Mrs Holcomb won the mystery package.
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Ronald Goodhart
Fireman’s Auxiliary
Robert Gillman
Dennis Franks
James Holcomb
Holcomb
R. W. Ashbrook Buried After Long Illness
Services were held Saturday for Ray W. Ashbrook age 80 of 113 South State. He died at Wayne County Hospital after a long illness. Born in Delaware Ohio he moved to Rittman in 1905 and worked 47 years at Ohio Boxboard. Surviving seven children and many grandchildren, funeral by Gillman Funeral Home. Burial in Rittman Cemetery.
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Ray W. Ashbrook
South State
Mr. Ashbrook
Wayne County Hospital
RHS Choir Wins State Contest Eligibility In Ohio
Rittman High School concert choir earned a chance to compete at the state level in Columbus on April 27 after 65 contestants earned straight ones at Akron University. Directors praised the choir’s excellent tone interpretation and blending, naming two choirs in the class as outstanding.
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Rittman High School
Columbus
Carolyn Warren
Akron University
Martin Shaw
Theron Kirk
Jeannie Ramsier Accepts CIA Position in Washington DC
To Washington Jeannie Ramsier daughter of Mr and Mrs Ike Ramsier left last week for Washington DC where she has accepted a position to work with the CIA in the capitol city.
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Jeannie Ramsier
Ike Ramsier
Washington, DC
The
CIA
Capitol City
Employment Bus In Rittman Next Week
A mobile bus from Ohio State Employment Service Wooster office will visit Rittman’s Safety Building on April 9 10 and 11 from 9 am to 4 pm. The unit offers potential employment counseling training on the job corps and job development with employer contacts and aptitude testing. Youths age 16 through 22 may receive personal contact and assistance upon notification.
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Ohio State Employment Service
Wooster
Rittman
West
Ohio Avenue
William Herbert
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Girl saves brother and parents in upstairs fire at Hill side home
Bonnie Robinson, 13, awoke to smoke, dragged her sleeping 7 year old brother Tracy down stairs, closed the door behind them, and alerted parents in time to confine the blaze to one upstairs bedroom. Firefighters assessed minor water damage and no estimate of loss.
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Bonnie Robinson
Tracy
Mrs. Pearly Robinson
Hillside
Rittman Fire Department
Bonnie
Robinson
Patricia Robinson
Particia
Robinsons
Bonnie Todas
Roon Su Tu
City to Prosecute Evaders of Tax Ordinance Penalties
City manager Macaulies announces enforcement of the tax ordinance with penalties starting April 16. Violations include failing to file returns or making incomplete or fraudulent returns. Penalties include interest on due payments up to $50 fines and up to six months imprisonment per offense under Section 12.
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Gosney
Good Friday And Easter Sunrise Services Planned
Community services will be held at United Methodist Church and First Baptist Church on Good Friday from 1:30 to 3 PM with four speakers. William Blair, William McCombs, Charles Turner, and James Watt lead half hour sessions with themes I Thirst Father Forgive My God My God and final prayers before sunrise service on Easter morning referenced at First Baptist Church.
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United Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
William Blair
First Baptist Chuch
William KO McCombs
Calvary Baptist Church
United Methodist
Charles W Turner
First Brethren
Ifs
Bernat Raper
First Church of God
Christ
Harp Ensemble to Close Season at Rittman High
The Rittman Fine Arts Foundation presents a harp concert at Rittman High School on Tuesday April 23 at 7 30 PM featuring eight harps and harpists from Oberlin College. Details will appear next week.
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Rittman Fine Arts Foundation
Rittman High School
Oberlin College
City program invites residents to plant trees this spring
Rittman officials remind residents to contact the City Clerk’s Office to place orders for city planted trees. Each tree costs 50 and the city will plant one tree on the tree lawn with an optional additional service for 200. Orders must be in by April 19 per City Manager Macauley Gosnay.
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Ted
Rittman
Roksan
Macauley Gosnay
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