HITS BITS By Brenda Adams
Susan Rebecca seven Ibs arrived July 27 via stork express in Villavicencio Colombia on hand to greet Dale Meade Jeanie Meade Two year old Wendy Mae will help take care of the new baby Grandparents are Robert Meade and William Graham The Shook Winkler Ryland families toured Illinois and Missouri for Lincoln and Twain sites then DuQuoin for NCHA Camp Vention with 6187 families in 101 degree heat Families of John Zivick and Lindsey Williams saw a three earved rabbit in their yards Mr and Mrs Herbert Wolfe and family visited Morgantown WV They have four children Pam Buddy Trudy and Teresa If you run into Rick Shreve have him show you his birthday toes.
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Susan Rebecca
Stork Express
Villavicencio
Colombia
S.A
Dale
Jeanie Meade
Wendy Mae
Robert Meade
Easton Rd
Rittman
William Graham
Washington
D. H
Ohio
Robert Shook
Norman Winkler
Duane Ryland
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Petersburg
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Missouri
DuQuoin
NCHA
Vention
Herbert Wolfe
Morgantown
West Virginia
Mrs. Wolfe
Pam
Buddy
Trudy
Teresa
Public Excursion to Fallen Timbers and Fort Meigs
Wayne County Bicentennial Committee announces an all day Aug 21 trip from Wooster to Perrysburg Ohio to visit Fallen Timbers monument Fort Meigs and reconstructed fort. Bus seats 40 depart 8 a m return about 6 p m cost 12 50 reservations at Rittman Press includes lunch and transport.
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Perrysburg
Ohio
Anthony Wayne
Wayne County Bicentennial Committee
Fallen Timbers
Wayne
Ft. Meigs State Park
Wayne County Historical Society
Wooster
Lund
Rittman Press
Toledo
Ft Meigs
United States
Doylestown Bicentennial Committee Finishes Job
Doylestown’s Bicentennial Committee held its final meeting and ended operations on Tuesday July 27 after two years of work for the nations 200th birthday. The group dispersed funds totaling 171.38 and offered recommendations for a 1977 Sesquicentennial celebration.
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Doylestown
Child Abuse Charges Filed Against Rittman Parents
Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor Steve Knowling filed child abuse charges Friday against Dennis and Susan Grisola of 23 Grant Street Rittman for the death of seven week old Paul Mark. Medina County Coroner Dr. Andrew Carson ruled the cause of death as aspiration after the infant vomited and inhaled fluids. police reports noted substantial bruises on the child’s back.
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Wayne County
Steve Knowling
Dennis
Susan Grisola
Grant Street
Rittman
Paul Mark
Medina County
Andrew Carson
Rittman Police
Prosecutor’s Office
Community Calendar Highlights for August Week
The Chamber hosts a Golf Barbecue at Rawiga Country Club with 1:30 pm golf and 6:30 pm barbecue. Other events include Senior Citizens at Legion Hall, Rotary at noon, Local No 150 meetings, City Planning at City Hall, a Medina swim meet, Grand Squares at City Hall, Women of the Moose, and Volunteer Firefighters gatherings. Rittman Tennis Classic August 6–8 invites public to Tennis Courts on Industrial St. Vacation Bible School begins at United Methodist Church August 8, Calvary Baptist VBS August 9–13, Milton Township Trustees and City Council meet evenings, Tops at the Library, Firemans Auxiliary, All Sports Booster Club events.
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Chamber of Commerce
Rawiga Country Club
Legion Hall
Rotary
United Methodist Church
Hal Leach
City Planning Commission
City Hall
Falling Oaks
Medina
Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
Calvary Baptist
Milton Township
Sterling
Rittman Mental Health Center Visits Local Community
The Rittman Community Branch of the Wayne Holmes Mental Health Center serves the town with staff including Twila Zimmerly psychiatric social worker and receptionist Eleanore Wesman. Current hours are Wednesdays 8 a m to 9 p m and Fridays 8 a m to 5 p m. Dr Kaln visits one morning monthly and a male staff member is present one day per week.
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Rittman’s
Wayne-Holmes Mental Health Center
Rittman Community
Twila Zimmerly
Eleanore Wesman
Dr Kaln
Rittman
Wayne-Holmes Center
Wooster
Sterling
Ms Zimmerly
Goshen College
Goshen
Indiana
Salem Oregon
Twila
Ohio State University
Wadsworth Approves Bond for National Metal Abrasives Plant
The Wadsworth city council approved a $1 million industrial revenue bond to lure National Metal Abrasives Co to the old Wadsworth Foundry, a subsidiary of Product Experts Inc of Cleveland. The plan will add 25 to 40 jobs, ending a six month effort, with McDonald and Co as bond placement agent.
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Wadsworth
Cleveland
Mobile Unit To Service Rittman
Wayne County health officials expect swine flu vaccine to reach Ohio by late September with a staged rollout starting October 1. The bivalent vaccine targets A Victoria and A New Jersey strains and will begin with seniors and chronically ill, followed by schools and workplaces, then mass clinics for adults. Jet injector guns will speed administration across the 88 counties as trials on under 18s continue.
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Wayne County
Edward Gatz
Gatz
John Irvine
Ohio Department of Health
New Jersey
Health Department
Ohio Health Departments
Ohio
Wayne County Health Department
City Hires Counsel For Rittman Labor Talks
The city of Rittman hires Lincoln Oviatt of Wooster to handle contract negotiations with the Rittman Employees Association. Oviatt, with Critchfield firm since 1956, will negotiate with REA and meet with City Manager Larry Moedt, City Solicitor Carl Bradford, and REA’s Thomas Palecek. An ordinance passed July 13, 1976, to allow a special counsel for the city end of talks.
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Rittman
Lincoln Oviatt
Wooster
Rittman Employees Association
REA
Oviatt
Critchfield, Critchfield, Critchfield, and Johnson
Larry Moedt
Carl Bradford
Wadsworth
Thomas Palecek
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Brenda Adams
John Zivick
Lindsey Williams
Rick Shreve
Gen.Wayne
Steve Zollinger
Dan Gibbs
Fred Holland
Bob Arnold
Rittman Indians
Ministerial Association
Emanuel Church
David Holvey
First Baptist
First Brethren
United
Methodists
Milton United Presbyterian Church
Industrial St
Firemans
All Sports Booster Club
Wayne Savings Meeting
Rittman Mental Health Center
Orrville
Memorial Park
City
Safety Town Singers
Safety Town
Shelia Cartwright
Gretchen Wiiter
Michael Pyle
Linda Scaggs
John Ramsier
Mary Shler
Marla Knapic
Mary Vance
Three Arts Club
Rittman Police Department
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