Homecoming Queen to Be Named Amid Festivities
Contestants’ photos mailed to Patricia Stevens Model Agency in Cleveland for judging by staff. The winner will receive a $50 savings bond and a $75 scholarship, with crowning on Monday August 20 and parade participation on Wednesday August 22 as part of five day events. Local acts, a greased pig race, and a grand prize car and television set are planned each night and at Friday and Saturday ceremonies.
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Patricia Stevens
Cleveland
Model Agency
Doylestown
Grandmothers
Wadsworth
E Janenki
Demjaneko Alexander Yalovjevich
Kiev
Leningrad
Into Arsists
City Engineer Seeks Basement Flood Reports in Rittman
Larry Smith city engineer asks Rittman residents affected by recent heavy rains to report basements flooded by backed up sewers. He wants the water depth at flood crest to identify which sanitary sewer lines are being flooded by storm water. Call the clerk at 101 to report.
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Larry Smith
Rittman
Smith
Bowen Reporter To Take Vacation Next Week
Mrs. Gladys Bowen of the Rittman Press will be on vacation next week. Readers with news to publish are asked to call the Press office at phone 77 before Wednesday noon. Bowen returns August 20.
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Gladys Bowen
Rittman Press
Bowen
Families visit New York trip and local visit in Castile
Mr and Mrs James Pasho and Mr and Mrs Jerry Sims hauser and friends toured New York City from August 3 to 7. On the return they stopped in Castile to visit Mr and Mrs Larry Carlson. Mrs Kenneth Osborne underwent surgery at Wooster Community Hospital and is reported to be recovering well.
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James Pasho
Jerry Simshauser
New York City
Castile, N. Y
Larry Carlson
Kenneth Osborne
the Wooster Community Hospital
Frey visits collective farm in Russia
Russell Frey reports from Moscow on a 3900 acre collective farm near Kiev. The visit shows farm management by Mastitsky, a red tape dominated conference, dairy operations with 160 cows, and a shift toward vegetables and berries. Output goals, wages, schooling, and family plots illustrate life in the Soviet collective system near the Irpen River.
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Frey
Russia
Russell Frey
Europe
Moscow
Ukraine
Kiev
Kazimir Adamvitch Mastitsky
District Soviet Committee
Irpen
Health Department to Reject unsigned letters of complaint
Officials of the Wayne County Health Department stated this week they will not consider unsigned letters alleging conditions needing investigation. They noted several anonymous letters from Rittman residents. writers may keep names private, but could be required as witnesses in court.
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Wayne County “Health—Department
Rittman
Crazy Buck auction offers groceries and houseware items
The Crazy Buck auction in Rittman Saturday night will feature groceries, houseware, auto parts and fishing gear valued over 100 dollars. Bids accept only Crazy-Bucks issued by local merchants, with baskets of groceries and various household items listed for sale.
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Rittman
Dee
Sing Out Sweet Land at Cain Park in Cleveland Heights
Cain Park presents Sing Out Sweet Land featuring Revolutionary ballads and jazz. The program emphasizes music over weak storyline and showcases strong performances in a Cleveland Heights venue known for cultural events.
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Cain Park
Sweet Land
Cleveland Heights
Local births in Rittman and Sterling record two boys and a girl
Mr and Mrs Robert Rosenberg of Rittman welcome a boy on August 3, Mr and Mrs Edward Shega of Rittman greet a daughter on August 4, and Mr and Mrs Benjamin Imhoff of Sterling announce a son born August 5.
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Robert Rosenberg
Rittman
Edward Shega
Benjamin Imhoff
Sterling
Polio Attack Reported In Rittman Child Ricky Fredrick
Ricky Fredrick eight year old son of Mr and Mrs David Fredrick is recovering from a poliomyelitis attack confirmed on Thursday He is the first polio case reported in Rittman this year He is confined to bed but his mother says he is not expected to suffer paralysis and he had received polio shots.
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Ricky Fredrick
Rittman
David Fredrick
Ricky
Mardi Gras King Jeff Blough and Queen Arlene Brown Named
Jeffrey Blough and Arlene Brown, ages four and five, win the Rittman Mardi Gras royal titles by popular vote with nearly 2,000 ballots. They will ride at 7 p.m. from Main Street to the square to be crowned, as seven prize classes and attendant youths participate.
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Jeffrey Blough
Arlene Brown
Queen
Rittman
Jeff
Arlene
Main St
Donald Hunt
Nancy Jo Berky
Linda Mills
William Reiss
Clare Blough
Fifth St
Christine
George Brown
Donnie Hunt
Heber Hunt
Sterling Ave
Sue
Cheryl
Nancy Jo Berkey
Robert Berkey
Meadowvale
Marjory Ann
Robert Mills
Rittman RD
Allan
Stuart
Karen
Nancy
Willie Reiss
Robert Reiss
Hickin Ave
Petes
Michael
Royal Party
N. Main St
Police fines and sentences for multiple local offenses
Ruby Parker received a 50 dollar fine and 30 days in jail suspended on a disturbing the peace charge if she leaves town within four days. A separate charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor was filed in Wooster. Other individuals faced fines, suspensions, and jail terms for disturbing the peace, reckless driving, stop sign violations, drunken driving, intoxicated operation, and assault during the same period.
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Ruby Parker
Wooster
John Reed
Henry Mullins
Ray Langarl
Walter Druin
Albert Sherwin
John Moore
Thomas Tabo
Hugh Heape
Guy Baker
Noah Wellman
Nathanial Duncan
Football Physicals Wednesday at Rittman High School
Rittman High School offers football physicals for players planning to join the team. Students should report to the Home Ec room on Wednesday August 15 at 2 p.m. for examinations. Any boy unable to attend should contact the coach. Practice for the coming season starts August 20 according to Coach Homer Pyle.
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Rittman High School
Ec Toom
Homer Pyle
Soldier Marcum takes part in field exercise in Germany
In The Service Frankfurt Germany Army Pvt Lowell B Marcum son of Mr and Mrs James Marcum Creston recently took part in a ten day field training exercise with the 3rd Armored Division in Germany Marcum a canvas and leather repairman in Company C of the division 122nd Ordnance Battalion entered the Army in July 1955 and received basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky He arrived in Europe in June of this year.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lowell B. Marcum
James Marcum
Creston
3Rd Armored Division
Marcum
122Nd Ordnance Battalion
Fort Knox
Europe
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Baltic
U.S.S.R
Siberia
Kulaks
Keir
Health Dept
Elvis Presley
Ohio Penitentiary News
Police_news
Russell W. Frey
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