Baby Jennifer Lynn Wallace Born in Barberton Hospital
Mr and Mrs Robert Wallace announce the birth of daughter Jennifer Lynn at Barberton Citizens Hospital on March 23 weighing 5 pounds 15 ounces. She has three older brothers Terry Jeff and Mike and grandparents Mary Smith and Minnie Wallace. The family resides at 331 North Seneca Road, Rittman.
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Robert Wallace
Jennifer Lynn
Barberton Citizens Hospital
Mary Smith
Rittman
Minnie Wallace
Jennifer
Terry
Jeff
Mike
Seneca
Mrs Gordon to celebrate 90th birthday with family
Mrs Alfred Gordon will celebrate her 90th birthday on April 14. She has four children Charles and Carl of Rittman, Marie Beck of Seville, and Mabel Kmch of Kalamazoo. She has 13 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren. The children invite an open house at Wayne Savings and Loan Social Room in Rittman on Sunday, April 11 from 2 to 5 pm. No gifts.
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Alfred Gordon
Charles and
Carl
Rittman
Marie Beck
Seville
Mabel Kmch
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Gordon
Wayne Savings and Loan Social Room
Bluffton College First Semester Dean’s List Honors
Tom Magier of Rittman has been named to Bluffton College's first semester Dean's List. Students named to the list achieved no grade below B and maintained a 3.3 point-hour ratio.
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Tom Magier
Felix Magier
RFD 1
Rittman
Bluffton College
Legion Dance at hall April 10 by Tony's Trio Plus 1
The American Legion hosts a dance at the legion hall on April 10 from 9 to 12. Tony's Trio Plus 1 will perform. Admission is six dollars per couple. A buffet will be served. This is the last Legion Dance before the big July event. Public invited.
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American Legion
the Legion Hall
Tony
Legion
Smithville
Norwayne
Rittman
The
Legion Hall
Dexter Woods Named to Dean's List at Omo Northern Uni
Dexter Woods of Rittma Ada Ohio earned Dean's List honors at Omo Northern University for the winter quarter. The freshman student majors in History and Political Science reflecting strong academic performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter Woods
Rittma
Omo Northern University
Ada
Ohio
Water Crisis Prompts City to Build New Wells
Rittman after years of seeking a new water source finally advances a $1.25 million plan to drill three wells near Sterling, install pipelines to Sauer and Metzger, and add a new reservoir tower by 1977. The project, aided by state discovery and federal funds, faces a 25 year payback while wary citizens protest rate hikes.
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Samuel Taylor
Coleridge
Rittman
Chippewa
Wadsworth
Mariner
Sauer and Metzgersts
Well Sight
al Imhoff
Rittmanites
Warren Hardgrove
Michael Winter
Federal Insurance Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Larry Moedt
Winter
Orrville man named Clerk Treasurer by Rittman Board
David Plahuta of Orrville was appointed Clerk-Treasurer of the Rittman Board of Education succeeding Margaret Williams. His salary is 9000 dollars per year through December 31, 1976. He and wife Sue Jenkins Plahuta reside at West Church Street. He is a 1975 Bowling Green BSBA and 1973 Miami University arts and sciences graduate with prior work at Kaser and Bock Heinz Agriculture and Morton Salt.
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David Plahuta
Orrville
Rittman Board of Education
Margaret Williams
Plahuta
William
Williams
Sue
Jenkins) Plahuta
Hilltop Manor
Apt
D-8
West Church Street
Ohio
Wadsworth
Kaser and Bock
Maumee
Heinz Agriculture
Bowling Green
Morton Salt Company
Rittman
Stolen CB Radio and Tools Lead List of Local Thefts
A CB radio valued at 149 dollars was stolen from a vehicle on Medina Street March 27. A truck entry on March 27 yielded a CB radio and tools valued at 570 dollars on Bellevue Street. A locked N Main Street theft March 3 involved a 161 dollar item. A Seneca Street home was broken into with antique silverware etc. Stolen items include seven wrenches and two hand saws. A church break in on April 3 took a power unit three microphones and 4 dollars. A damaged exhaust system power steering and ignition on an auto stolen March 26. Two juveniles reported missing March 30 and later returned home. A missing juvenile apprehended March 24 by Wayne County Sheriff's Office. Suspects arrested awaiting juvenile court action. Incident notes include March 27 traffic near East Ohio Ave where Ronald Goodhart backed from a parking space after a horn blast.
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Medina Street
Bellevue St
Wayne County
Sheriff's Office
South Main and
Salt Streets
ACB
N Main Street
Hickin Ave
Seneca Street
Thomas I. Henderson
Rittman
East Ohio Ave
Ronald E. Goodhart
Goodhart
Henderson
Community Calendar and Local Business Health Debate
Community events fill the week with meetings from the Junior Mothers Club Rotary and VFW Auxiliary to school track meets and open houses. PCA official Derhammer warns current regulations burden Wayne County industries while EPA measures show air quality within limits amid calls for tighter waste rules.
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Derhammer
PCA
Rittman
EPA
Morton Salt Company
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Don Jordan
Houston
Texas
Don
Muriel Jordan
Medina St
Sterling
Council
Dave Plahuta
Larry Stucky
Plahuta,Is
Bowling Green State University
Sam Genovese
Bob Derhammer
Reid Lesser
Morton Salt
Cbs
Junior Mothers Club
Chippewa Valley Bank
Walt Hanner
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Carole Gormley
Angie Hardgrove
Loretta Lively
Joanne Murray
Region Hall
Rittman High School
Rotary
United Methodist Church
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Milton United Presbyterian Church
City Hall
Chippewa No 2
VFW
VFW Club
Rittman Middle School
Northwestern
Norwayne Junior High
Green
Salt and Paper Channel Shakers
J.A
Wadsworth Blue Tips
CB Club
Steiner Youth Center
American Legion Auxiliary
Tops
Library
Norwayne High School
Hillsdale
Waynedale
Rittman Firemans
Welcome Wagon Club
Stark
Environmental Protection Agency
Lesser
Robert Agnew
Lindhurst Ohio
Arnold Helmick
Protage Lakes
Agnew
Rt. 5
Helmick
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