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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
5
David Fredrick of Michigan joins relatives in Rittman as Modern Woodmen of America plans a meeting at 7390 in Union Hall on Tuesday night. A lengthy note explains the phrase in historical context about dog-house slang from slave ship days.
A fragment explains how sailors’ hauling tasks inspired melodies, as English observers noted the maneuvers and later attached the title Sea Shanties to these sea songs.
A Three Arts Club gathering in Rittman Central Park Pavilion honored Miss Iris Hiers. She and her father will vacation in a cottage at Long Lake near Harrison Michigan, then possibly move to Bowling Green Ohio. Family and friends listed include Mrs Basil Hardgrove and several club members.
Members of the Women’s Benefit Association were invited by Mrs. W. M. Brenneman to Wooster next Tuesday afternoon for their regular semi monthly gathering. Transportation arrangements are being made and those going should meet at 1 o clock in front of the Rittman Department Store. The program includes regular business transactions followed by a social.
Summer vacations and sickness of several members force the Missionary Interest Circle to postpone its Monday meeting. A new gathering is planned for the last Monday of the month with Mrs. A H Thomas as hostess at her Sheldon Avenue home.
Ruth Winkler will entertain U-Kum Club members next Wednesday afternoon August 7 at her country home. The gathering features the regular business sewing and social hour with refreshments served.
Mrs. C J McGee of 72 South Main Street spoke at the Missionary Fellowship Tea for young adult women held Tuesday afternoon at Sterling. She delivered an inspirational message on the need of young adults in missionary activities.
Rittman Music Club met in July at Shirley Strickland home on South Main Street with thirteen members present. Program included piano solos by members a game led by director Mrs Anna Norton a talk How to Get the Most Out of Your Practise Period by Evelyn Haller and solos by Barbara Cummings and Wilma O'Donald two guests.
Mr and Mrs Ray G Rogers are spending this week in Tonawanda New York visiting relatives.
Radio and stage voices shift as performers plan summer schedules and cross promotions. Lily Pons and Bonnie Parker are tied to performances while Johnny Reich emcees and walks miles weekly between venues. Bing Crosby, Kay Francis, and Ted Collins appear across NBC and CBS prime time and news slots as the summer season reshapes radio and music programming.
A compact set of kitchen instructions and recipe ideas including Hamburg bread crumb cakes, toast rings with creamed salmon and peas, marinated asparagus and tomato salad, peach halves with nut meat paste, honey refrigerator cookies, ham and corn breakfast dish, and a baked ham macaroni mushroom casserole. Recipes feature steps for soaking bread, soaking and cooking, making creamed sauces, toasting, assembling layered toast, making crust and fillings, and baking at standard oven temperatures.
Mrs. Clifford Veney suffered a badly burned left forearm and hand on Sunday when hot grease splattered on her arm. Joan and Jacqueline Britton left Monday for a week in Chicago with Mrs. Scott Willits. They plan a motor trip with Aunt Nan Britton through Wisconsin Indian reservations and will spend two weeks at Lake Vieux. The girls are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Britton of 8 Second Street.
Personal notices list Mr and Mrs Ray Wilson in transit to Hastings Ontario Canada for a vacation. Visitors include Miss Martha Castalick of Chilli cothe Missouri and Miss Irene Hanley of St. Louis Missouri at Fred Kamp residence. Other locals and guests appear, with health updates and a wedding attended by E C Prete and Virainis TMs to Victor Ratlom.
Statistics show that 85 percent of the total cost of any type of Naval vessel goes to wages of workers in the country. The remaining 15 percent funds essential materials for modern ships. Every state benefits from U S naval shipbuilding activities.
Navy developed the first power catapult at the manatee Dock of the Naval Academy in 1912. Lieutenant Ted Ellyson, an early aviator, tested this device as one of the Navy’s first pilots.
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