Plastapac to Produce Flower Pots in Rittman
RAID announces the purchase of the former Strata-Aire building on South Main Street and leases it to Plastapac Corporation a new firm to mold plastic products. Forest Wall president says production begins immediately on flower pots for Florist Telegraph Delivery Company with 30 local employees planned as orders grow.
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Rittman Area Industrial Development Corporation
Strata-Aire
South Main Street
Plastapac Corporation
Forest Wall
Plastapac
Florist
Telegraph_Delivery Company
Rittman
Masetoke
Sterling Avenue
Wall
Chester Fish
Wadsworth
Plastacraft Corporation of
Kurzkasch, Inc
Cleveland
Community notices and family updates from local readers
Stan and Madeline Tyska have returned from vacation at Head Island Camp Britt Ontario. John R Winkler came home from Wooster Community Hospital where he had surgery July 16. Todd Alan Rodgers born July 17 at Wadsworth Municipal Hospital weighing seven pounds nine ounces. Mrs Floyd Talbot home after a week at Wadsworth Hospital. Charles Wightman and Richard Beech Street back from Steubenville visit. Pep Club meeting Thursday Aug 8 6 30 pm. Hillbillie Stomp planned at Holy Family School Hall Stow Friday 9 to 42. Donors welcome. Rawiga tournament rounds this week. Township Trustees meet Tuesday 8 pm Sterling Township Hall. American Legion Post meets Tuesday at East Sunset. Blough family 49th annual reunion Aug 4 at Rittman Central Park. Mildred and Lew Burnett Cona Lin Williams Fritz Kanehl back from Bedford Springs. Kathy Bernhardt visiting from Chicago. Ruth weekend class reunion. Mary Hessidence returned to Chicago with Kathy. Jim Patty Witzberger Kim Cindy at Mayville Lake Chautauqua. Norman Jensen Lori Carolyn Doug Dave to visit Brooklyn and Berkshire Hills. Sightseeing in Niagara Falls and Canada. Mike Douglas show guests Ruth Wallace George Kelbly Harry Geiser Rue Perry. Ida Rohrer birthday with family dinner. John Zivicks anniversary Friday Fred Orrs anniversary Saturday. Dick Hammond Henry Helms and James Mullins anniversaries upcoming. Herbert Shane anniversary Tuesday. White elephant sale planned later this summer booster Slim Wilmot 925-5247.
Milton Trustees Explore Zoning Debate and Prospects
A Milton Township zoning meeting at Sterling's firehouse drew trustees and area reps to weigh the pros and cons. Speakers cited GM’s Hudson move and dumping risks in unzoned Chippewa, stressing local control and clear rights while planning to place a zoning question on the November ballot after a state master plan is completed.
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Sterling
Milton Township
Morris Boyd
Hudson Township
Leland Musser
Chippewa Township
Union- 7
Salen
Ligher
Boyd
Wayne County
Wilford Blatter
Chippewa
Musser
Blatter
Congress Township
Hastings
Congress
Fasig
Wooster
Tisher
Rawiga
Milton
State Department of Industrial and Economic Development
Rittman Builders Farm Association Organizes Local Group
Rittman builders contractors suppliers and realtors form Rittman Builders Association naming Vernor K Steiner as president and Andy Banders as vice president. Orin Rufener elected secretary treasurer. Committees study Wayne County Building Code with tentative recommendations due at City Hall Monday at 7 30 and for City Council on Aug 19.
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Rittman
Rittman Builders’ Association
Vernor K. Steiner
Andy Banders
Orin Rufener
Wayne County
City Hall
Austin Gift
Vernon Steiner
Ross Kelbly
Ed Woyat
Joe Winkler
Bob Halliwell
Chester Rufener
Ivan Fraze
Keating
Fred Winkler
Albert Gasser
George Kelbly
G.fetter
Dale Rohrer
Arnold Shook
Don Neihaus
Ramsier Roofing Sold to Ed Imhoff
The sale of Ramsier Roofing and Sheet Metal to Ed L. Imhoff was announced this week. Imhoff, a local balding contractor and longtime Rittman resident, will locate his sheet metal, air conditioning, heating and roofing business at 71 Salt Street as Ramster Sheet Metal, Ed L. Imhoff, owner. Present employees will remain with the firm. Imhoff and his wife Mildred live at RD 1 Rittman with daughters Pam and Lynn.
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Ed L. Imhoff
Imhoff
Rittman
Salt Street
Ramster Sheet Metal
RD 1
Mildred
Pam
Lynn
Route 94 Will Skirt Lake Site
Route 94 will be graded to raise the highway above water level between Rittman and Wadsworth to avoid a reservoir. Engineering plans by Engineering Associates of Wooster target 1966 construction with a 7.6 mile new route from Ohio 5 to US 224 and limited access sections. Local officials including Jack Sommer and Charles Mann attended the Ashland meeting on re locating the Wadsworth airport.
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Rittman
Wadsworth
Ashland
Engineering Associates of
Wooster
Jack Sommer
Charles Mann
Muskingum Conservancy District
Department of Highway
Klotz
Wadsworth Airmen
Ohio 5
Wayne County
Medina County
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad
Bow Sees Federal Spending Outpacing Revenue
Frank T. Bow compares federal fiscal results to a family budget in the 1963 record. He notes revenue rose but spending rose more, adding about 6.23 billion debt over three years, with defense costs insufficient to cover the deficit and emergency action urged to protect the dollar.
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Washington
John Doe
John Winkler Sells Insurance Agency
John R Winkler sells Winkler Insurance Agency in Rittman to David A Hill of Wadsworth. Hill brings 14 years in claims underwriting engineering sales and public relations and will relocate to Rittman soon to operate the agency while Winkler relocates with his family to Phoenix Arizona.
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Rittman
John R Winkler
Winkler Insurance Agency
David A Hill
Wadsworth Hill
Wadsworth
John
Helen
Randy
Phoenix
Ariz
Equitable Life Assurance Company
United States
Hill
Winkler
Real Estate Transfers In Wayne County Area
Recent transfers at the Wayne County Recorder's office include Clifford P. Snell and Martha M. Snell selling a lot in Rittman to Harold J. Reynolds and Laura M. Reynolds. Raymond J. Seifert and Oneta T. Seifert sell to Aaron J. Peachey and Katie M. Peachey. John O. Beichler and Donna A. Beichler sell to Delbert L. Winkler and Carolyn G. Winkler. Continued on Page 2.
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Wayne County Recorder’s
Clifford P
Martha M. Snell
Harold J
Laura M. Reynolds
Rittman
Raymond J
Oneta T. Seifert
Aaron J
Katie M. Peachey
John O
Donna A. Beichler
Delbert L
Carolyn G. Winkler
RHS Band and Drill Team Join Fun Festival Parade
Rittman High School marching band and the 447th Civil Affairs Co USAR drill team from Wooster will form an honor guard for the Mardi Gras King and Queen at the Fun Festival Saturday August 7. A 15 minute drill demonstration is planned during the parade activities. The parade begins at American Legion Hall and proceeds to the recreation grounds on Industrial Street where the festival will be held.
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Rittman
Jerry Whims
Rittman High School
Civil Affairs Co Usar
Wooster
Mardi Gras
American Legion Hall
East Sunset
Industrial Street
Rittan Wll
Cams
American Legion JayCees and Recreation Department
Mayor's Court in session as Acting Mayor handles cases
Acting Mayor Ashton Hall heard a week of Mayor's Court cases in Rittman and Wooster area towns. Defendants include Dale Bonnette fined 3.50 for intoxication and Ronald Craddock 9.50 for crossing a yellow line. Multiple fines and jail days were imposed for intoxication fighting resisting arrest and related offenses involving Albert Christian Edward Rowe and others.
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Ashton Hall
Orla Houglan
Dale Bonnette
Rittman
Ronald
Blaine Craddock
Earl Douglas Boyd
Rittman RD I
Lyman Newkirk
Wooster
Dean Earl Boyd
David Watts
D.wi
Albert Christian
Barbara Killinger
Sandra Christian
Edward Orland Rowe
Edward A. Rowe
Creston Man Peter Steinmetz Dies at 73
Services held in Creston for Peter Steinmetz 73 who died at Lodz Hospital after a short illness. Born in Austria Hungary in 1914 he came to America and worked 15 years as a sausage maker for Sheller Gerstenslager Meat Co. Survived by wife Anna two daughters Mrs Mary Sinnett Seville and Mrs Katherine Kirkpatrick Creston a son Jack Wooster ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren a brother a daughter Elizabeth and a grandson. Burial in Maple Mound Cemetery.
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Creston
Peter Steinmetz
Lod
Hospital Wedneyia
Steinmetz
Austria-Hungary
America
Sheller F .Gerstenslager Meat Companies
Anna
Mary Sinnett
Seville
Katherine Kirkpatrick
Jack
Wooster
Europe
Elizabeth
Peter, Jr
Maple Mound Cemetery
Hospital Benefit Plans Style Show By Three Arts Club
The Three Arts Club plans a hospital benefit style show at Rawiga Country Club in late September. Mrs Larry Wertz chairs with Mrs Glen Bucht Mrs Allan Broadhurst and Mrs Ronald Hamilton arranging. Better Dress Shoppe of Medina supplies fall fashion for modeling.
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Rittman-Wadsworth Hospital
Arts Club
Rawiga Country Club
Larry Wertz
Glen Butch
Allan Broadhurst
Ronald Hamilton
Better Dress Shoppe of
Medina
Three Arts Club
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Stan
Madeline Tyska
John End
Mary
Tyska
Head Island Camp
Britt
Ontario
Sores Bay
John _R
Wooster Community Hospital
Walt
Ginny ‘Rodgers
Todd Alan
Brook
Wadsworth Municipal ‘Hospital
Floyd Talbot
Wadsworth Hospital
Charles Wightman
Richard
Beech Street
Steubenville
Mark Tooley
Ohio River
Akron Deanery Catholic Youth Council
Holy Family School
Stow
Jhon
American Legion Post
Legion Hall
Phye Onsene
Rittman Central Park
Lew Burnett
Cona
Lin Williams
Fritz Kanehl
Bedford Springs
Richard Kanehl
Bedford ‘Springs
Kathy Bernhardt
Carolyn Wiles
Sylvan “Wiles
Chicago
Mirs
Ed Bernhardt
Ruth
Mary Hessidence
Pete Hessidences
Kathy
Jim
Patty Witzberger
Kim
Cindy
Mayville
N. Y
Lake Chautauqua
Norman Jensen
Lori
Carolyn Doug
Dave
Brooklyn
Berkshire Hills
Albany
Niagara Falls
N. C
Canada
Minnie Wallace
North
Seneca Street
Edna Vetter
Albert
Bob Wallace
Harry Geiser
Rue Perry
Mike Douglas
Ida, Rohrer
Jay
Wade
John Zivicks
Fred Orrs
Dick Hammond
Henry Helms
James Mullins
Herbert Shane
Booster Club
Slim Wilmot
Barb Hauenstein
Lori Jensen
Marsha Harris
Rittman Builders Farm Association
Ed Imhoff
Ramsier
Frank T. Bow
John Winkler
John R. Winkler
RHS
Mayor's Court
North Main Street
United
Bob Newland
Ohio Central Telephone
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