Bet and events fill town Tuesday notes
Kelly Bell chowed through three pounds of fish fillets at Bob Wenger’s as part of a big bet. Boyd Bodager tops ticket sales for the Friday senior class entertainment. Rev Davidson and family spent Sunday night in a tourist cabin after high water near Coshocton county. Rotary Club enjoyed a Navy Antarctic Expedition film under Byrd. Don Holcomb redecorates the Square Diner. A wise man buys china to keep his wife from distrusting the dishes. Scout Drive nets 1075 dollars for town troops at Thursday meeting.
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Kelly Bell
Bob Wenger
Community Calendar Highlights From Rittman Chamber
Calendar prepared by the Publicity Committee lists events at Rittman High School and City Hall. Key items include Swiss Family Fraunfelder on April 16, a Cleveland Browns film on April 20, Stony Cooper Jamboree on April 26, and Around the Clock Style Show on April 29 with venue details and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Chamber of Commerce
Fraunfelder
Cleveland Browns
Stony Cooper
Mothers Club
City Hall
Car Stolen From Parked Plymouth In Town
The Plymouth sedan of Dr. E R Alexander was stolen Sunday between 6 and 7 p m from in front of Shook Lumber Yard and was found abandoned near musk rat farm east of town at 9 30 p m. It suffered no damage beyond being in a ditch. Several women attended a district garden club meeting at Sharon Center on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. W. Osborne
Harry Brenneman
L. L. Kimsey
Fred Forstner
Ivan King
John Baldwin
District Garden Club
Sharon Center
Check Fire Hazards Chief Winkler Urges In Clean-Up Week
Fire Chief Everett Winkler urges Rittman residents to remove fire hazards during Spring Clean-Up Week to reduce housing damage and homelessness. He warns about careless smoking, unused rubbish in homes, and unsafe fuses, stoves, and heaters, stressing complete extinguishing of matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Winkler
Rittman
United States
Father and Son Banquet At First Evangelical Unit
Men are invited to bring their sons to the annual Father and Son banquet at the First Evangelical United Brethren Church Friday evening April 28 at 6 30 o clock. The speaker will be Joe Thomas of Hayesville with special music. Tickets are limited to 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Joe Thomas
Hayesville
Rev Rich to Speak at Youth for Christ Meeting
Rev Norville Rich from Pasadena California will be guest speaker at the Youth for Christ meeting Saturday evening at City Hall. A program of special music will be presented.
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Norville Rich
Pasadena
Calif
Youth For Christ
City Hall
Birthday party honors Carolyn Wald at April gathering
Mrs. Charles Wald entertained 21 friends for her daughter Carolyn's 13th birthday on Friday evening April 9. The group played games danced and received many gifts. Refreshments of ice cream cake and punch were served.
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Charles Wald
Carolyn
Booster Club To Sponsor Two Coming Attractions
Rittman Booster club met eight members at the high school. They completed plans for showing Cleveland Browns football pictures Tuesday night April 20 at 8. Public admission is free. The club will present Stoney Cooper and his Climb Mountain Gang in a jamboree at the high school Monday evening April 26. Ticket sales are handled by Jack Wenger and Robert Steiner.
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Rittman Booster Club
High Stool
Stoney Cooper
Jack Wenger
Robert Steiner
Boose
Local Ladies Lead Akron Bowling Tourney
Leaders in the 22nd annual Akron Women's Bowling Association tournament dominated the action at North Hill Recreation. In doubles, D. Wald and M Ritter of Rittman posted 1126 to lead, pushing B. Rosenberg and B. Ankomeus of Wadsworth to second with 1117.
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Akron
North Hill
D. Wald
M Ritter
Rittman
B. Rosenberg
B. Ankomeus
Wadsworth
Special Council Meeting Hears Sidewalk Protests
The council met Friday evening to hear petitions against sidewalk constriction on private property. Alex Peronis urged fixing a Front street sewer before sidewalks are relaid, and other requests from east Diagonal to S Park street, Walnut street, Grandview Metzger avenue, and a segment of SEE Avenue were noted as accepted.
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Alex Peronis
Front St
Main St
Diagonal
S. Park St
S Park St
Walnut St
Grandview Beefond Metzger
See Ave
Corporation
Cancer society campaign aims ten thousand in Wayne County
A $10,000 goal was set for the Wayne County annual American Cancer Society drive started last week. Collection boxes were placed in various businesses in Rittman on Monday.
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Wayne County
American Cancer Society
Rittman
Village Council Seeks State Aid to Improve Route 94
The Rittman village council voted to request state aid to upgrade Route 94 through town after contacting the state highway division engineer, who warned funding may be scarce this year. The meeting also addressed street digging permits, crossing repairs, sidewalk projects, park caretaker approval, storm sewer plans, and noise complaints from Rittman Packing Co.
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C. E. Rhonemus
State Highway Division
Rhonemus
Long Rain Halts Farm Work Across Local Area
Three day rainfall totals near three inches per Ohio Experiment Station figures. Sunday 1.9 inches, Monday 0.5 inches, Tuesday 0.55 inches, totaling 2.97 inches. Despite rain streams remain unflooded and highways open. Fields will not be worked until next week due to ground saturation.
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Ohio
Funeral Services Held for C A Biddle 85
Calvin A Biddle aged 85 died Saturday April 3 at the home of his daughter Mrs John F Hatfield Rittman RD 1. Funeral services were held Tuesday April 6 at the Rittman Church of Christ. He is survived by two daughters Mrs Hatfield and Mrs Frank Covell of Wadsworth, a brother Arthur of Massillon, a sister Mrs C A Wendland of Massillon, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Burial was in St Michael's cemetery Marshallville with L A Mill funeral home of Boyles town in charge.
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Calvin A Biddle
John F. Hatfield
Rittman RD
Rittman Church of Christ
Mr Biddle
Navarre
Hatfields
Hatfield
Frank Covell
Wadsworth
Arthur
Massillon
C. A. Wendland
St Michael's Cemetery
Marshallville
L. A. Mill Funeral Home
Boylestown
Births in Sterling and Dayton add to local families
A son was born to Mrs John Lance of Sterling at Wadsworth hospital on Thursday April 8. A daughter named Ann Cheryl weighing 6 pounds was born to Mr and Mrs Clair Brickel of Dayton Tennessee. Mrs Brickel is the former Martha Hoover.
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John Lance
Sterling
Wadsworth Hospital
Ann Cheryl
Clair Brickel
Dayton
Tenn
Brickel
Martha Hoover
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Boyd Bodager
Rotary Club
Navy
Byrd
Don Holcomb
R. Andy Gmitter
John Bellamy
al Branstetter
L. N. Roudabush
Winkler
Rich
Booster Club
Roy Forrer
Grant St
Erie
Ki W. Osborne
Erie Railroad
J. Rhonemus
State Public Utilities Commission
Bul Baker
William Simpson
Council
Brookside Dr
Oward Clippinger
Alpheus Goffinet
John Rohrer
Mr Goffinet
Clippinger
Granndview Land Co
Sam Ruble
Ray Palmer
Basil Hardgrove
Tom Polize
Rittman Packing Co
Clarence Kunkler
Dan McKenzie
Forrer
E E Mills
Wayne County Common Pleas Court
M. R. Ritter
C. A. Biddle
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