Local Notes from Rittman Area and Beyond
Community updates include the Benek family returning to Pomona after a three week visit, Chuck McCoy and daughters trip to Canada, Norwayne Class of 1957 reunion at Pleasant Hill State Park, and tennis champions Riggs and Hilty facing post title struggles. Also reported are Maibach Furniture employees golf outing, Mangan death in Akron, Oehler family hospital progress, Florida visitor in town, and sign change for Packaging Corporation of America replacing Ohio Boxboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Benek
John
Tom
Pomona
Calif
Rittman
Barberton
Los Angeles
Chicago
Pleasant Hill
State Park
County library district move wins approval in Wayne County
A campaign by the District Friends of the Library groups in Rittman Doylestown and Creston succeeded with a Wooster Library Board resolution asking for a county wide library district. The plan would include all school districts served by the Wooster board while Orrville remains separate. After months of effort the campaign aims to avoid duplicate costs and ensure equal library representation across the county. A five member arbitration panel was formed and the final step is approval by the Wooster Board of Education before formal proceedings begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Doylestown
Creston
Wooster Court House
John Cox
Wooster
Orrville
Cedric Paullin
Spoksman
Mayors’ Committee For
Shreve
Ray Halteman
Frank Taggart
Joseph Graber
Wooster Board
Fron
Paullin
Cox
Taggart
Walter Brahms
John Chittum
Wooster Board of Education
B of E
Sleepy Owl Cafe Theft Under Investigation
Police report a Sunday night break in at Sleepy Owl cafe with cash, merchandise, and whiskey stolen. $414 taken from an unlocked register and the rest from a cigar box. liquor insured. Entry via a hole in a glass window. Joe Ladavac, owner, was away. investigators plan lie detector tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Heffelman
Joe Ladavac
Ladavac
Heffelman
Three Run For School Board Posts In Rittman
Three Rittman men seek the two Board of Education seats in the November election. Alvin Steiner and John Winkler join Sylvan Wiles who was wounded last week in seeking posts. Steiner farms at RD Rittman and Winkler runs an insurance agency on South Main Street. Incumbents Jack Williams and Robert West are not filing for re election. Township officials will win without opposition with Paul Baker as township clerk Frank Yoder and Merle Heffelman unopposed. Yoder replaces Caleb Blanton who is not seeking re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Board of Education
Sylvan Wiles
Alvin Steiner
John Winkler
Steiner
RD Rittman
Winkler
S. Main Street
Jack Williams
Robert West
Paul Baker
Frank Yoder
Merle Heffelman
Yoder
Caleb Blanton
Last Rites Held For Mrs. Almira Wilson
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Almira Wilson 89 of Rittman Ohio who died after a short illness Born in Pritchard West Virginia she moved to Rittman with her husband John in 1942 later dying He leaves sons Charles E Kenneth Oliver a daughter Elizabeth Lester who died in 1929 plus 16 grandchildren 30 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren Services were led by Rev J E Wheeling at the First Baptist Church and she was buried in Rittman cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almira Wilson
RD Rittman
Pritchard
West Virginia
Rittman
John
Gragston Baptist Church
Charles E
Kenneth
Oliver
Denton
Texas
George Hatton
Benjamin Booth
Ethel Blankenship
Mingo Junction
Ohio
Elizabeth Lester
J. E. Wheeling
First Baptist Church
Rittman Cemetery
Fined In Court for Malicious Conduct in Rittman Case
Noah Willman of Rittman paid a $33 fine in Wooster Municipal Court last week after a malicious conduct charge. He allegedly rammed a fist through a door at his wife’s home on RD 1 in Rittman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Willman
Rittman
Wooster
Willman
RD 1
Village Engineer Levers Steps Down to Enter Construction
Stan Levers, village engineer since 1953 and six months full time, submitted a resignation letter stating he will stay on until September 1. The council expected to formally accept at Monday’s meeting as a search for a replacement begins. Levers resides in Wooster and plans to leave civil engineering for the construction business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Levers
Levers
Lever
Wooster
Ten Osteopaths Return To Orrville Hospital Board Reversal
Ten physicians who resigned from Orrville Osteopathic Hospital agreed to rejoin the staff following hospital board and State Osteopathic Association plans. Notables include Dr. Virgil Rose’s replacement and doctors from Rittman Clinton Doylestown Massillon and Canal Fulton.
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Orrville Osteopathic Hospital
William Walker
Donald Rose
Rittman
The
State_Osteopathic Association
Virgil Rose
Robert Swager
Orrville
Robert Mitzel
Clinton
Glen Cook
Doylestown
D. L. Carozza
Creston
Charles J. Gohn
Kidron
Charlott Weaton
Massillon
John Heim
Canal Fulton
Township Plans May Ballot Zoning Vote By Voters
Township trustees began plans to place zoning on the May primary ballot in Milton Township. Clerk Paul Baker said voters will decide in the election. In other business the board approved ditch work on rebuilt bridge roads to prevent flooding and approved four narrow road signs for Township Roads 106 and 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Township
Paul Baker
Three Arts Club Plans Show and Dine at Canal Fulton
Three Arts Club members and guests will attend the Wednesday August 12 performance of White Sheep of the Family starring Edward Everett Horton at Canal Fulton Theater.Chicken a la Tramp box suppers will precede the show. First meeting of the year and September business meeting follow. For trip info call Mrs. Russell Frey or Mrs. Frank Hisem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Arts Club
Edward Everett Horton
Canal Fulton Theater
Canal Fulton
Russell Frey
Frank Hisem
Fire damage set at $3 500 on County Road 70
Fire and smoke caused an estimated 3500 damage at the Jack Larch home on County Road 70 between Rittman and Doylestown Friday morning. Firefighters from Doylestown battled the blaze in Chippewa Township. Local fighters are not under contract to enter Chippewa.
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Jack Larch
County Road
Rittman
Doylestown
Chippewa
Welcome New Arrivals In Rittman From Ohio
The Thomas Smith and Lawrence Stoller families were new arrivals in Rittman welcomed by Welcome Wagon hostess Hazel McConnell. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 26 South Fourth Street, have two children and moved from Cuyahoga Falls. Mr. Smith works at Goodyear Aircraft in Akron. The Stollers, 21 South State Street, moved from Paulding County with four children. their daughter Joyce is married to Dale Hartzler of Rittman and influenced the family move. Mr. Stoller works for Steiner Oil in Wooster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Smith
Lawrence Stoller
Rittman
Hazel McConnell
Wof
Welcome Wagon, Inc
Smith
South Fourth Street
Cuyahoga Falls
Goodyear Aircraft Company
Akron
Stoller
Mary
South State Street
Deadline to Vote for Master and Miss Rittman
Ballots must be received by Tuesday August 11 at 5 p.m. Vote tallies decide the royal couple for the Mardi Gras event August 14, with attendants chosen from top finishers. Registration for the parade opens at 6 30 p.m. August 14 at the North Main Recreation Field with seven classifications and prizes for each.
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Miss Rittman
Rittman Recreation Department
Rittman
North Main Street
QO. A. Houghan
Two Million Dollar Plan For Chippewa Flood Control
The Chippewa Watershed Association reports a flood control program costing about 2 million dollars with 90 percent funding from the Federal government. It proposes nine earthen structures including four dry dams and four flood dams plus a water supply dam near Orrville. If four flood dam sites are used for recreation the total could rise to about 2.5 million. Ohio Legislature recently set aside 30 thousand for a water feasibility survey.
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Chippewa
Chippewa Watershed Assn
F. P. Neuenschwander
Neuenschwander
Soil Conservation Service
Orrville
Hbe
Ohio Division — of Wildlife
Births in Rittman Doylestown and Seville Areas This Summer
Mr and Mrs Ray Dawson Rittman welcome a girl on July 26. Mr and Mrs William Conrad Rittman announce a boy on July 30. Mr and Mrs Frank Zakraysch and Mr and Mrs Francis Fetzer Rittman report a girl on July 30. Mr and Mrs Richard Ross Doylestown welcome a boy on July 30. Mr and Mrs Ralph Wellman Seville have a girl on August 3. Mr and Mrs Harold Weber Doylestown greet a boy on August 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Dawson
Rittman
William Conrad
Frank Zakraysch
Francis Fetzer
Richard Ross
Doylestown
Ralph Wellman
Seville
Harold Weber
Health exam required for new students at Rittman schools
Health examination proof is mandatory for all new students entering Rittman schools this fall. School Superintendent W. H. Hauenstein said only a parent signed religious objection statement exempts a student. The district seeks a summer science teacher and a replacement for Guidance Director Wayne Bennett.
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Rittman
W. H. Hauenstein
Hauenstein
Wayne Bennett
Legion Auxiliary Dinner August 24
The American Legion Auxiliary dinner is August 24 with reservations due by August 19. Reserve by calling Mrs. Wade Schaffter at 204 X or Mrs. Raymond Varisco at LSD. Dues may be paid at the dinner.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Wade Schaffter
204-X
Raymond Varisco
Lsd
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Chuck McCoy
Martha
Kathy
Carol
Canada
Chuck
Russ Riggs
Ken Hilty
Maibach Furniture
Maibach
Paul and
Tug
Joseph Gaborsky
Florence Mangan
Carl Oehler
Wadsworth Municipal Hospital
Erwin Sexton
St. Petersburg, Florida
Frank Bowen
Robert Oehler
Chicago, Ill
Ray Palmer
Carl
Bowen
Good Morning
Packaging Corporation of America
Homer Pyle
Red Cross
B. F. Garner
West
Redwood City
Mr. Garner
Jack
Garners
K. Webb Dungan
Pyle
Wes Peterman
Robert Tierney
Lockport, Ill
William Holt
Lincoln Drive
C. E. Rhonemus
Connie
Margie
Miami University
Oxford
Conniei
New York City
Uty
Max Wright
Robert
Buffalo
Douglas Ball
Sunset Drive
Lake Te Kippewa Ir
Quebec Province
Doug
Wille—Ball
Chester_Ball
Bal
Iberton
Pike
WBA
Women’s Benefit Association
Rose Jelenik
Cleveland
Jelenik
Ohio State
Alvena Heiks
Lena _Rizor
Cora Brenneman
Mrs. Wilson
Orrville Hospital
Three Arts
Rittman Royalty
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