Kindergarten Operetta Peter Rabbit Planned for Friday May 12
Plans are underway for a kindergarten operetta Peter Rabbit to be presented Friday May 12 at 2 pm in the high school auditorium directed by Miss Il¢ Smith. The cast includes Peter Rabbit Dick Williams and many others with Mother Rabbit Ann Reffert and McGregor Dick Gilman. The program will feature Kindergarten Rhythm Band selections.
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Peter Rabbit
Il¢ Smith
Dick Williams
la Verne Grella Mopsy
Eleanor Schneider Cottontail
Nelson Murray
Mother Rabbit
Ann
Reffert McGregor
Gilman
Joan ‘Schreiber
Robert ‘Potts
Judy Sparks
Dixie Hardigrove
Gene Kitts
Ugene Alford
Joe Beaver
Jim Becerra
Buddy Bellamy
Barbara Workman
Kindergarten Rhythm Band
Install Officers Sunday at United Brethren Church
Officers chosen in the annual reorganization of the United Brethren Church will be installed in morning worship on Sunday April 23 at 10 30. Names include church treasurer Henry Lendy financial secretary Mrs John Rohrer finance committee W E Shook Henry Leady Mrs Porter Melvin Mrs Karl Kohler Mrs John Rohrer Rev W E Price ex officio class leader Rev W E Price chief usher Melvin Beachy church pianist Mrs John Collins assistant pianist Twila Shook chorister Ethel Johnson assistant chorister D R Niles secretary of the officeial board Esther Bruny Directors of Christian Education Rev W E Price general director I H Bott adult director Harold Snyder children's director Evelyn Harter Smith Congregational representatives at large R V Fredrick M R Beachy Paul Johnson Leon Adams
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United Brethren Church
Henry Lendy
John Rohrer
W. E. Shook
Henry Leady
Porter Melvin
Karl Kohler
W. E. Price
Melvin Beachy
R. V. Fredrick
M. R. Beachy
Paul Johnson
Leon Adams
Rittman High announces fifth period honor roll list
Principal W. H. Hauenstein releases the fifth period scholastic honor roll showing 26 students with varied grades. Freshmen Christine Graham leads all A’s. other A students include Robert roles across freshmen to seniors, with several B and two B’s noted. junior high honors list also included with seventh and eighth graders named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman High School
W. H. Hauenstein
Christine Graham
Tom Miller
Shirley Over
Joan von Rodenberg
James Kanehl
Mary Wilhelm
Irene Bostos
Joan Rolph
Faye Schorle
James van Gilder
Martha Woyat
Nick Bostos
Wilma Copley
Raymond Lance
Eugene Over
Janet Bauman
Dorothy DeVore
Eileen Fackler
Eleanor Hartzler
Laurine Jerzy
Joan Milford
Helen Zvada
Gresser Holstein passes 3000 lb butterfat milestone
Irvin J. Gresser & Sons of Sterling own Irmavale Grace Orms No 1903101 a registered Holstein known as Grace. Grace has a lifetime DHIA record of 104,847 lb milk and 3173.2 lb butterfat across seven consecutive years, one incomplete. Few Wayne County cows match this achievement and many never reach the long record needed for recognition beyond the 3,000 lb butterfat lifetime mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin J. Gresser & Sons
Sterling
Irmavale Grace Ormsby
Grace
D.H.I.A
Wayne County
Rittman Ration Board Reschedules Meeting to April 26
The Rittman Ration Board will hold its meeting on Wednesday April 26 instead of Thursday April 27, per the notice.
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Rittman Ration Board
Senior Play Cast Anticipates Sellout Friday
The senior play Thumbs Up is expected to sell out Friday at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. Cast members Wilma Copley Roy Davis Anne Stefanica Irene Bostos Ken Seebauer Joyce Warpster Twyla Shook Kathleen Ashbrook Joaf Britton are listed among those involved on stage and in seating.
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Wilma Copley
Roy Davis
Anne Stefanica
Promoter
Irene Bostos
Ken Seebauer
Joyce Warpster
Twyla Shook
Kathleen Ashbrook
Joaf Britton
Cage Miller
Mrs Peter Petit Dies Monday at 67
Mrs Peter Petit, 67, died Monday morning at 6 at her home south of Rittman in Milton Township. She leaves her husband and four children: Mrs James Davis of Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs Leo Kallenborn and Mrs William Whitmore of Doylestown. and Edward of Wadsworth. Services were held Thursday at St Anne's Church with Father Farrell presiding. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Ebert Funeral Home arranged the funeral.
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Peter Petit
Rittman
Milton Township
James Davis
Knoxville, Tenn
Leo Kallenborn
William Whitmore
Doylestown
Edward
Wadsworth
St. Anne's Catholic Church
Father Farrell
Ebert
Evangelistic Campaign Opens Sunday at Church of God
An evangelistic campaign begins Sunday April 23 at the Church of God 47 E Ohio with Rev Hollie McClanahan as Evangelist and Harold Henry in charge of music The Walking Bible Rev McClanahan born in Kentucky is famed for Bible memory Meetings start 730 pm with a special Sunday service at 2 pm featuring singing testimony and fellowship Local and visiting choirs to participate including Creston Wadsworth Greentown and Rev Herbert Shankle Akron with his choir of colored singers.
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Church of God
Ohio
Hollie McClanahan
Harold Henry
Rev
McClanahan
Kentucky
Knapps Church
Creston Church
Wadsworth
Greentown
Herbert Shankle
Akron
Rittman service notes list medals and assignments for WW II personnel
Cpl Kenneth E Haller of Rittman Ohio awarded the Medal for Rifle Marksman and assigned to the 1550th Service Unit at Fort Knox. Other local service details include brother Glen overseas, Eula Borisic enlisting in the WAVE, and new postings to Fort Jackson Camp Forrest and Camp Breckenridge. Multiple furloughs and a recruitment note for Vernon J Grossenbacher are also listed.
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Cpl
Kenneth E. Haller
George Haller
Sterling Avenue
Rittman
Ohio
United States
N. B. Briscoe
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Cpl Haller
Corps of Military Police
Army
680Th Engr. Topographic Co
Fort Jackson
S. C
Sylvester Calabris
Jay Griffith
Russell Howell
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Everett Emch
Wade Rohrer
Local veterans' notes connect service across theaters
Barry B from Rittman lists Army antiaircraft service from 1941 with training at Fort Eustis and Camp Stewart and overseas in 1942 to Ireland North Africa and Italy. Cpl Bert M Hornyak USMC and Pfc Santo Cocollo of Wadsworth met in Tarawa fox hole. Hornyak son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hornyak, in Marines since 1941. Sgt Harold M Lehman in Europe briefed for new combat life in England. A/C John R Swigart assigned to 308th AAFTD RAF PS Prim Stamford Texas.
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Barry
APO
New York
N. Y
Edwin Grossenbacher
Rittman R. D
Army
Coast Artillery
Fort Eusties
Camp Stewart
Pearl Harbor
Ireland
North Africa
Italy
Cpl
Bert M Hornyak
USMC
Pfc
Santo Cocollo
Wadsworth
Tarawa
Cocollo
Hornyak
George Hornyak
Rittman R.D
Ohio Boxboard Co
Harold M. Lehman
Betty Lehman
Strategic Air Forces
Europe
England
John R. Swigart
308Th
Aaftd-Raf PS
PRIM
Stamford
Texas
Waste Paper Drive Totals 2400 Lbs at Rittman School
Waiter Keating of the Rittman Waste Paper Co. reported the school collection reached 2400 pounds on Tuesday, reflecting strong participation in the local waste paper drive.
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Waiter Keating
Rittman Waste Paper Co
New Books Arrive at Public Library in Wooster Area
Rittman Public Library adds new titles from Wooster including Priestly Let the People Sing Prigsbly Black Out Goudge Towers in the Mist and Meese Mary Carstens Dear Enemy and Lassie Come Home plus other children's and adult titles.
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Wooster
Rittman Public Library
Cretley
Goudge
Madame Dorthea Knight
Design In
Diamonds
Mantle
Mears
Wild Boar
Adams—The Living
Jefferson Widdemer
Aube
Bridge
San Luis Rey
Meese
Mary Carstens
M.D. Webster
Dear Enemy
Webster
Daddy Long Legs
O'Hara
My Friend
Flicka Stafford
Pony For Sale
Knight-Lassie
Come Home
Stong
Missouri
Canary Daugherty
Abraham Lincoln
Hogan—The Monkey Twins
Shepard—The Cat Next Door
Nolen
Fun and Frolic
Walton
Hogan
Bigger
Legion to Buy Christ Wenger Home in Rittman
The Rittman post of the American Legion has tentatively agreed to acquire the late Christ Wenger home at S First St and Maple. The building committee plans to remodel the property for club rooms and a meeting hall.
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Rittman Post
The
American Legion
Christ Wenger
S. First St
Maple
Court Briefs: Keltz V Keltz Suit Over Neglect and Cruelty
Dorothy A. Keltz of Creston files suit against Edwin Keltz of Camp Selbert Alabama claiming gross neglect extreme cruelty and infidelity. Married August 5 1931 at Rittman they have two children. Petition notes property agreement and that he waived Soldier and Sailor Act rights. Attorney Charles C. Jones represents plaintiff.
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Dorothy A. Keltz
Creston
Edwin Keltz
Camp Selbert
Ala
Rittman
Births in Rittman and Wadsworth Hospital Arrivals
A daughter is born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beery of Rittman R. D. south on Friday April 14 at home. A daughter arrives to Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Keesling of North State Street on Sunday April 16 at Wadsworth hospital. Louis Sohar of Shinersburg is born on Sunday April 16.
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Robert Beery
Rittman R. D. South
Woodrow Keesling
N. State St
Wadsworth Hospital
Mrs
Louis.Sohar
Shinersburg
Harold Beery Undergoes Operation At Wadsworth Hospital
Harold Beery underwent an operation at Wadsworth Hospital last Friday. The report notes the procedure was performed without complications and Beery is in stable condition awaiting further recovery.
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Harold Beery
Wadsworth Hospital
Re classification of 25 men into 1 A pool
A second draft meeting last Friday classified 25 more men into 1-A and granted deferred status for others. Names listed include Hoover Meritt Ei cher Poetter Wiliams West Stillwell King Miller Kinch Uh Leyda Swisher Faber Houser Spradlin Yarman Holt Hal Werntz McConnell Adams Shisler Streb Brown Engel Sommer Lapp Hochstetler McFarren Neiman Cramer Sommer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne C. Hoover
Charles W. Meritt
Donavan J. Eicher
Clarence F. Poetter
Pyar W. Wiliams
Rébert H. West
William A Stillwell
Joseph E. King
Werden D. Miller
Avery Ft. Kinch
Kenneth Uh
Ralph Leyda
Fora J
Albert E. Lapp
Harvey J. Hochstetler
Cullen C, McFarren
Roy. F. Neiman
Howard W Cramer
Ervin W. Sommer
Only 20 For 98 Men Call April 26 Draft
Orrville draft board reports calls for 48 navy and 50 army men for April 20. Only 20 can be sent due to age limit 26. Ninety six eligible men in the region were reviewed with 13 navy and seven army volunteers. An unofficial May call for 300 navy examinees was noted. Local assignations include Vernon Yoho Yovon Borisle Rittman Navy Eugene Rake Marshalmville Navy Carl Seliera John Tynka Rittman Army Harold Musser Marshalmville Army Clyde Wertz called from State St Medina board for Navy April 25.
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Orrviila
Army
Navy
Rittman
Vernon Yoho
Yovon
Borisle
Eugene Rake
Marshalmville
Carl Seliera
John Tynka
My. Harold, Musser
Clyde Wertz
Iiving
On-N
State St
Medina Board
Wayne County Victory Garden and Tin Drive Call
The weekly Civil Defense calendar urges immediate actions to support Victory Gardens amid deepening farm labor shortages. Contact plowman Paul K. Howard in Creston for garden plowing and join local chairmen Robert Cash Smithville Ernest Harrison R. O. Barnes West Salem to boost garden production. Tin collection is emphasized to supply front line food containers.
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Victory Gardens
Paul K. Howard
Creston
Victory Garden
Robert Cash
Smithville
Ernest Harrison
Rittman
R. O. Barnes
West Salem
Judge Hunsicker urges youth welfare to solve recreation needs
Judge Oscar Hunsicker of Summit County Court of Domestic Relations told 250 adults and students that crime prevention rests with the community and courts only interpret and punish. He urged youths’ needs be met through beneficial projects, hobbies, wholesome supervised entertainment, and youth sponsored by adults in a safe environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hunsicker
Summit County Court of Domestic Relations
Rittmria
Village considers buyout of Marion Reserve Power Co
Village council votes unanimously to pursue acquiring the Marion Reserve Power Co and its property, authorizes a petition for court appraisal, and discusses municipal ownership versus private operation. Mayor Baldwin and council members present financials showing potential annual profit, while concerns about managing the utility persist. The meeting also covers sewer work, improving WiN. State sewer access, and a $25 contribution to the American Legion for Memories Day observance.
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City Hall
Marion-Reserve “Power Co
Ita Acton
Couinel
C. E. Rhomemis
Common Pleas
Coptrt
Wooster
Roberts
Roberts,to Give ‘Rittin
Ita
A. Ly
Ralph Krabill
Riteman Savings Bank
Power Company
Cleves Land
Q. A. Hotlan
John,Baldwin
K. W. Oxborne
Baldwin
Tomers Ud -the -Village
Willow- Brook
Fred Maler
Hellg
Tommy Run
Wadsworth Road
American Legion
2ND LIEUTENANT NOW Pictured here is 2nd Lt Clare Rohrer
2nd Lt Clare Rohrer son of Mr and Mrs Chas S Rohrer of S First St who wore his pilot's wings after training at Jackson Miss Air Base. He has returned for advanced training at Napier Field Ala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Rohrer
Chas. S. Rohrer
S. First St
Jackson
Miss
Napier Field
Ala
Press Books 5000th Printing Order This Week
The Press Publishing Co booked its 5000th printing order this week under owner Ernest Harrison. The historical note cites a Linotype composition for private brand salt box labels for Ohio Salt Co. The date given is April 13 in the report, though the text is garbled.
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Press Publishing Co
Celal
Ernest, Harrison
Mans
Ager
Ohio
Coe
Linotype
Pri
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U. B
Gresser Holstein
Irma Keating
Sam Swope
Grace Wenger
Jim Wenger
Gladys Sechrist
Betty Salter
Peggy Poe
SUN
Eula Borisic
Dimitrije Borisic
Ohio Ave
Hunter College
Frank Kitts
Q.M
Miami
Fla
James O. Kitts
Med. Bn
Camp Breckenridge
Pvt
Carl E. Schoeppner
G. L. Hinton
Mobile
Admirality Islands
Pvt. Schoeppner
Ohio Box Board
Canton
Kenneth Cook
U S. S. Goldsborough
Fleet P. C
Bob Manogue
Air Corps
Dick West
Signal Corps
Ned Gilbert
Panama
Sgt. Gilbert
Ellis Beckwith
Vernon J. Grossenbacher
Legion TO Purchase
Christ Wenger Home
Wayne County Civilian Defense Weekly Calendar
Hunsicker
Start Purchase
Marion-Reserve. Co
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