Rittman area notices and school activities August events
Frederick Fetzer receives his M A in History at Indiana State University during August 15 commencement. Creston Community Service Club hosts fish fry and Ox Roast August 15 and 16 to benefit the Emergency Vehicle Project. Rittman High cheerleaders plan clinic at West Hill School August 12. Local obituaries and health updates include Viola Eikleberry’s 90th birthday and Donald Rodgers’ illness. Welcome Wagon hosts final coffee hour August 12. Ohio Match Company retirees invited to August 14 picnic. Stark Wayne Lung Association mobile unit visits Orrville August 11 for free pulmonary tests. Mrs Clinton Osborn undergoes major surgery at Wayne General Hospital. Rittman Middle School cheerleaders raffle a radio won by Gloria Schaffter.
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Frederick Fetzer
Indiana State University
Frederick
Francis Fetzer
Easton Road
Rittman
Creston
Stark-Wayne Lung Association
Breathe Mobile
Orrville
City Hall
Water Street
Stark
Wayne Counties
Mayor's Court July 30 Rittman Reckless Ops and Warrants
Tarrin Bratcher of Rittman faced reckless operation charges with a $42 fine. Mark Edwards of Rittman received a bench warrant for failing to comply with court orders, with a $35 fine. Rex O Kick of Rittman was cited for peeling tires with a $20 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarrin Bratcher
Rittman
Mark Edwards
Rittman Bench
Rex O. Kick
Rittman audit flags misc city expenditures as illegal
State Auditor findings accuse Rittman of improper disbursements from July 1971 through December 1973 including 890 to the Chamber of Commerce and 60 to the Pee Wee Football League. Amounts were later returned to the city treasury. Minor bookkeeping errors cited were corrected. all other funds were aud ited as in order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
State Auditor’s Office
Rittman Chamber of Commerce
Pee Wee Football League
Leonard G. Over
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Rittman Pee Wee Football League
Rittmanites Help Find Historic Fort Meigs
Rittman High School history and anthropology teacher Robert Glazier leads a team including three boys and his sons to excavate Fort Meigs near Perrysburg, Ohio. Randall Buchman of Defiance College heads the archaeology effort with advisor Dr Robert Boehm. The fourth year of digs aims to restore the 1813 fort, with public opening last week and a project cost near one million dollars funded by a bond approved by Ohio voters.
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Glazier
Rittman High
Scott
Grant
Steven
Randall Buchman
Defiance College
Defiance
Ohio
Robert Boehm
Fort Megis
Toledo
County GOP Picnic Set in Smithville for 1975 Fund Drive
Wayne County Republicans plan an old-fashioned picnic on Friday August 15 at Bovers Green Acres Smithville to bolster their 1975 fund-raising campaign. Featured speakers include Congressman Ralph S Regula former Ohio lieutenant governor John Brown and State Senator Tom Van Tickets available in Rittman from Ben Bodager Jim Frye and Dale Rohrer.
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Wayne County
State Sets Gas Rate Hearing By Ohio PUC
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ordered a public hearing to start September 8 1975 at 9 30 a m in Hearing Room 2 65 South Front Street Columbus to review Columbia Gas of Ohio s plan to curtail gas in Rittman and elsewhere Intervenors must file by August 18 1975 and testimony should be complete Statements are limited to 10 minutes and 25 copies of written material are requested Public witnesses are to address first step of the plan with later hearings on the second step
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Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUC
Columbia Gas of Ohio
Rittman and
Elswhere
Ohio Department Building
South Front Street
Columbus
Columbia
Schedule for Rittman High football and public notices
Rittman High School requires all football candidates to have a physical exam before August 13 and get cards from the high school. Equipment handout is August 12 with seniors at 9, juniors at 10, sophomores at 11. bring five dollars for insurance. Freshmen start double daily practices August 20 at 8 30. Public statements start September 8 at 7 30. Columbia asks PUC to approve a two step curtailment plan with priority classifications for end use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman High
Columbia
PUC
New Candidates Vie For Rittman Mayor And Council
A lively political season in Rittman sees Ray Muller challenging incumbent Mayor Ashton Hall, who has led the town 12 years. Four candidates filed for three council seats, with incumbents Wertz Hardgrove and Smith unsure of re-election. Filing deadline is 4 p.m. Wednesday August 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Ray Muller
Ashton Hall
Hall
John Baldwin
Muller
Packaging Corporation of America
Board of Zoning Appeals
Rittman Community Fund
Rittman Lions Club
Rittman Council
Deloris Wright
John Dodril
James W. Markley
Ralph Leroy Johnson
Wright
Tom Wertz
Warren Hardgrove
Elmer Smith
Jimmy Howe
Rufener Drive
Morton Salt Family Picnic at Chippewa Lake Park
The Morton Salt Company of Rittman sponsors a day at Chippewa Lake Park for union members and families on Saturday August 9. Park opens 11 a.m. Lunch at noon with table service. Euchre tournament games and door prize drawings conclude the day. Tickets grant children free rides ice cream and lemonade.
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Morton Salt Company of
Rittman
Chippewa Lake Park
Edison Delivers Tax Check For Second Half Taxes
Edison delivers a tax check of 121367.28 by Ohio Edison to Wayne County treasurer Ethel Parker on July 30 1975. G E Falk district manager presented the payment. a similar amount was paid in March for 1974 first half taxes. About 77 percent of the 24 million paid in 1975 funds schools. the rest supports township city and county operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Edison Company
Wayne County
Ohio Edison
Rittman
G. E. Falk
Ethel M. Parker
Ohio
Mass for Chenal held at St Anne's Church Rittman
Mrs. Germaine A. Chenal 78 of 180 Sterling Ave died Saturday at Wayne Co Home Wooster where she had lived since February She was born October 16 1896 in St Ursanne Switzerland came to the United States in 1923 and to Rittman in 1927 She was a member of St Anne's Church Surviving four sons Germain Roland Robert Maurice one brother Charles Ammann sisters Antoinette Ammann Helen Fischer 12 grandchildren two great grandchildren Mass of the Resurrection was held at 10 00 a m Tuesday from St Anne's Church with Father Joseph R Buescher officiating Burial was in St Anne's Cemetery Rosary was recited Monday at Gillman Funeral Home
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Germaine A. Chenal
Sterling Ave
Wayne Co
Wooster
St. Ursanne
Switzerland
United States
Rittman
Maurice
Circle Pines
Minn
Charles Ammann
Pittsburgh
Antoinette Ammann
Helen Fischer
Bern
St. Anne’s Catholic Church
Joseph R. Buescher
St. Anne's Cemetery
Gillman Funeral Home
Hospital Admissions List Given for late July to early August
The report lists admissions from July 28 to August 3 including Clarence Nichter of Doylestown Mrs Kenneth Hilty of Sterling Mrs Ben Vaughan of Creston Jon Pereira Mrs John Johnson Joseph Felix of Rittman Evie D Loving of Rittman Carolyn Markee of Rittman Louis Workman of Doylestown Elizabeth Daman of Doylestown Judith Litthe of Doylestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Nichter
Doylestown
Kenneth Hilty - Sterling
Ben Ben Vaughan
Creston
Jon Pereira
John Johnson
Joseph Felix - Rittman
Evie D. Loving - Rittman
Carolyn Markee - Rittman
Louis Workman
Elizabeth Daman
Judith Litthe
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Robert Stoll
Zeb Vance
Rittman United Methodist Nursery School
University of Akron
Rittman High School
West Hill School
Clair Blough
Jeff
Donald Rodgers
Franklin Hospital
Franklin, Pa
P.O. Box
Donna Jackson
Woodland, Rittman
Ohio Match Company
Darling Park
Wadsworth
Clinton Osborn
Joyce Burkhart
Wayne General Hospital
Rittman Middle School
Junior Rufener
Gloria Schaffter
Sterling
Mayor's Court
Meigs
Perrysburg
Fort Meigs
America
Robert
GOP
The
ASIX
Mike Stucky
Tom Sauer
Morton Salt
Edison
Ray
Chenal
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