Rittman Planning to Annex Two Areas Ahead of Growth
Rittman Planning Commission will ask City Council to annex two parcels west and north of town to accommodate 80 new Packaging Corp of America homes. One area lies along Sterling Avenue near Hawthorne and Greenwood, the other runs near North Seneca and Elm Drive with boundaries near Thonen Street to Overlook Drive. Acreage awaits assessment by City Solicitor C. E. Rhonemus before a petition to owners and county approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Sterling Avenue
Hawthorne Avenue
Greenwood Avenue
DeCourcey Street
North Seneca
Elm Drive
Thonen Street
Overlook Drive
County Line
Guilford Road
John Zivick
Planning Commission
C. E. Rhonemus
Annex
Wayne County
City—Council
Packaging Corp
Seven Run For Council In Rittman Race
One more Rittman resident joined the race for a city council seat and four others announced intentions to file before the 4 PM deadline at the Wayne County Board of Elections in Wooster. Wayne P Hults already filed and is listed as a candidate. Hults is an eight year Rittman resident and a former Navy veteran. He works as a technical designer for Babcock and Wilcox in Barberton and has a history in scouting and local church service. He and his wife Susie have three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittmanite
Wayne County Board of Elections
Wooster
Wayne P Hults
West
Ohio
Hults
Rittman
Indiana
Tri-State College
Angola
Rittman Cub Scout Organization
Webelos
Milton United Presbyterian Church
Babcock and Wilcox
Barberton
Convair General Dynamics
Ft. Worth
Tex
Texas Christian University
Navy
Masonic Lodge
Orland
Ind
Logansport_t
Susie
Jane
Jon
Doug
Dams Began As Chippewa Creek Watershed Bid Dates Set
The Chippewa Creek Watershed project moves forward with bids set for August 13 and 20. Medina County officials and Ohio Soil Conservation Service sign the agreement, kicking off a 27 acre dry dam on Medina County Road 40 east of Chippewa Lake. Completion eyed for year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa
Medina County Commissioners and
Soil Conservation Service
Howard Dunn
Medina County Commissioners
Kenneth Indoe
John H. Madden
Tom Stark
John Hocker
Claude Nickerson
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District
L. K. Burnett
Rittman
Chippewa Watershed Conservation Association
Ohio Soil Conservation” Service
Medina County
Burnett
Medina County Road 40
Shippewa Lake
Gloria Glens Allotment
Soil Concrvation Service
Hocker
Buck Creek
Medina
Slakaugh
Wayne County
State of Ohio
Marine Corporal Griffin Receives Purple Heart
Marine Corporal David L. Griffin 22 of Doylestown is awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in South Vietnam while serving with the First Marine Aircraft Wing. He helps provide aviation support to the First and Third Marine Divisions and other U S and Allied ground forces in the five northern provinces of South Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David L. Griffin
George W. Griffin
Doylestown
Susan K. Jeffers
Rittman
Marine Aircraft Wing
South Vietnam
U. S
Bloodmobile Visit Set For August 14 At Local Legion Hall
Bloodmobile crews prepare to collect 125 pints next Wednesday August 14 at the American Legion Hall. Patricia Black and Sharon Jones note many volunteers are away on vacation and urge residents to call 1 to 6 pm to assist. The event will feature nurses doctors and church women from First Church of Christ coordinating canteen and registration duties with several volunteer organizers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloodmobile
Patricia Black
Sharon Jones
American Legion Hall
Lester Boreman
John Lehman
Larry Wertz
Robert Stoll
Donald Houglan
Ruthian
Paul Mills
Doylestown
Robert Ge
Sterling
Harold Brown
Karl Gillman
Barbara Breece
Clarence Kunkler
Willis Lance
Peggy Walker
Linda Firis
Mary Ethel Cummings
W. W. Bodager
Arthur Bodager
Harold Widmer
Pattica Black
Cahit Chorba
Roland Burelli
F. M. Vargas
Rittman
B B. Nieswander
First Church of Christ
North Main
Rotarians Bring Bartok Circus to Rittman Town
Rotary club schedules Bartok Circus at Industrial Street Park with two performances on Thursday September 5. Proceeds support the Wadsworth Rittman Hospital building fund. Advance tickets available with reserved seating at 2.50 adults and 1.50 children. day-of prices rise. Vernon Phillips leads arrangements and notes ABC network TV feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trial Street Park
Wadsworth- Rittman Hospital
Vernon Phillips
ABC
Phillips
Houseworth Wounded in Vietnam War Action
Mr and Mrs William Houseworth, 221 North Seneca, report their son Charles Houseworth was wounded in action in Vietnam. He suffered shrapnel wounds to the leg and foot while on patrol July 1. He is with the US Marines at a South Vietnam outpost, Hat Wink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Houseworth
North Seneca
Charles
Vietnam
Houseworth
N Houseworth
FPO
San Francisco
California
South Vietnam
Rittman
Charles Houseworth
Rittman Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nadine Trogdon
William Coffrinn
Dover
Mass
Elizabeth
Coffrin
Connie Rhonemus
Mike. O’neil
Akron Children’s Hospital
Mike
Orris O'Neil
Ritter Drive
Brady Houser
South Second
Michael “Arnold
Wadsworth - Rittman Hospital
Mike Is
Bob and
Jo Arnold
Richard Williams
Ritter Rive
Laura Ann
Akron City Hospital
Bryan
Debbie
Charles McCoy
West Sunset
Jerry* Halliwell
North State
Dunlap Memorial Hospital
Amy Ann
Allen
Peggy
John Battenfield
Amos Battenfield
Berea
Lindsey Williams
George Rastorfer
John
Purdue University
Ed Bernhardt
Northbrook
Ill
Karl Melenbacker
Akron
David_Bernhardt
Dorothy Fetzer
Frank Fetzers
Wooster Presbytery
Floyd Fisher
Donald Fisher
Camp Patmos
Kelly’s Island
Virgil—Trogdon
Orrville Osteopathic Hospital
Betty Chenal
Germaine Chenal
Brad Breece
Fog and
Marcine Breece
Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital
Brad
Denny ‘Hammond
Deanna Rufener
Ellen Rufenier
Jessie E. Booth
Betty’ Rose Miller
Glen Burkey
Eugene Talbert
Raymond N. Pratt
Julie Harris Wertz
Robert Tasker
Wayne Dysinger
Jeff Hisem
Betty Gift
Tom Smoét
Clara’ Paulos
Loreen Gatehouse
Helen Steiner
Marjory Berkey
Irene Bauer
Frank Weber
Ben Cook
Debbie Clason
Roby Huffman
Berle Babler
Verne Gebhart
Bauman
Bablegs
Dallas
Texas
Oration of America
Commission
Zavick
James Deuble
Clarence .Kunkler
Frank P. Bases
Wayne P. Hults
Roy Sinclair
Purple Heart
Rotarians
Bartok Circus
Rotary Club
Indus
Borgens
Viet
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