Sleepwalker Sale promises 10 percent off Friday night bargains
Rittman stores announce a first annual Sleepwalker Sale open from 9 p.m. to midnight with 10 percent discounts on hundreds of items and special gifts. Participating shops include Ben Franklin Store, Brown Cleaners, Rittman Hardware, Stepfields Pharmacy, Moore Jewelry, Wrights Pharmacy, and more with features like free haircuts, prizes, pony rides, and two popsicles for one.
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Ittman Stores
Rittman
Rittman Hardware
Man
Haulk’s
Miracle’s
Mogler’s
E. L. Moore
Dr. Brown Cleaners
Quality Food Center
Wald’s
Bill’s
Ben Franklin
Rupp
Ebert Electric
Bodager-Agency
Ford
Stepfields Pharmacy
Rittman Press
Brown Cleaners
B & W Oil Company
Rittman Bowling Center
Murray’s Bakery
Rittman Department Store
Bill's Cash Market
J. W. Frye Company
Moore Jewelry
Wright's Pharmacy
Ward’s Grocery
Bodager Agency
Rupp Brothers Sohio
King’s
Golfing misadventure at Pine Valley ends in lake
Superintendent W H Hauenstein loses four old balls to the lake at Pine Valley Golf Course while chasing luck with a mix of aged and new balls. Neighbors tease him about skin divers as he vows to skip the last nine holes. The item also covers local reunions, travels, and graduations in Osage Park and surrounding area.
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W. H. Hauenstein
Pine Valley
Squibbs
Loyd Hoover 66 dies. Friday rites in First Brethren Church
Lloyd H. Hoover 66 of 7 South Third Street died Tuesday at Wadsworth Municipal Hospital after a brief illness. Services Friday at 2 p.m. in First Brethren Church, with viewing Thursday 7–9 p.m. at Gillman Haines Funeral Home and one hour before services at the church. Hoover lifelong Rittman resident and former Packaging Corp of America telephone specialist. survived by wife Zelda predeceased, four daughters, three brothers, four sisters, 13 grandchildren, and twin brother Floyd. Burial in Rittman Cemetery. Pastor Charles W. Turner to officiate.
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Rittman
Hoover Brothers
Lloyd H. Hoover
South Third Street
Wadsworth Municipal Hospital
First Brethren Church
Gillman-Haines
Hoover
Floyd
Lloyd Hoover
Packaging Corporation of America
Marlys Smith
Lois Jean Triplett
Bluffton
Phyllis Hostetler
Orrville
Adelbert
Clayton
Minnie Cassel
Florida
Grace’ Reynolds
Mentor
Blance Moomaw
Wooster
Pearl Clippinger
Zelda
Charles W. Turner
Rittman Cemetery
Zoning OKed for Shopping Center Near Main and Sunset
Council approved rezoning three and a half acres from residential to commercial at North Main Street and East Sunset Drive to support a $400 000 shopping center by George Construction of Warren Ohio. The plan includes a 14 000 square foot supermarket a branch bank hardware store and pharmacy with local firms given first option to lease. Frey of Rittman owns the land and seeks further expansion north of the site.
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North Main Street
East Sunset Drive
Russell W. Frey
Rittman
George Construction Company
Warren
Ohio
City Planning Commission
Frey
Baldwin couple to return to Florida this week
Mr and Mrs John Baldwin of Ft Lauderdale Florida have been in town since August 1 disposing of property on Fourth Street and visiting friends. They plan to return to Florida this week.
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John Baldwin
Ft Lauderdale
Fla
Fourth Street
Florida
Board of Education
Gene Ewald
Cleveland
College of Wooster
Patricia Bradford
Euclid
Worthington
Ohio State Fair Grounds
North Street
Turkish Men Visit Rittman in Cultural Exchange Tour
Two Turkish businessmen from Istanbul, S. Adil and I. Atagar, visited Imperial Plastics in Rittman and a local hardware store to study American business practices. The State Department program linked them with Dr Cahir Chorba and William Higg as they toured Akron rubber firms and planned returns to New York and Turkey.
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Rittman
Imperial Plastics Inc
S. Adil
I. Atagar
Istanbul
Turkey
Akron
Albert Muren
Imperial Plastics
Rittman Hardware
State Department
New York
Adil
Atagar
Cahir Chorba
William Higg
Chorba
Mardi Gras King and Queen Chosen for Rittman Festival
Diminutive Sue Ann Marty and eight year old Allan Ramsier won the Mardi Gras crown in Rittman’s Fun Day Festival chosen by playground participants. A coronation at 4 30 p m will crown the King and Queen with Mayor Orlan A Houglan officiating.
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Sue Ann Marty
Allan Ramsier
Rittman
Sue
Paul Marty
West Park and
Allan
Roy ‘Ramsier
Meadowvale
Linda Walker
William Walker
North Metzger
Barb Conroy
Conroy
Cleveland
Marge Gilbert
West
Ohio Avenue
Danny Baker
Paul Bakers
Jon Halliwell
Robert Halliwells
Danny
Brookside
Jon
Maplewood
Orlan A _ Houglan
American Legion Hall
East Sunset Drive
Legion Hall
Industrial Street
Rittman's
Civil Affairs Company
Wooster
Little
Rittman and Sterling
Barb Lewis
Sue Mays
Sue Rohrer
Bill Ridenour
WHLO
American Legion
JayCees
Recreation Department
Blatter Urges Milton Township Survey Support
Wilford Blatter chairman of the Milton Township Trustees urged residents to cooperate with a survey tied to zoning plans. He said the Ohio Development Department assists in a comprehensive planning program and asks residents to provide information for planners to gather.
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Wilford Blatter
Milton Township
Rittman Press
Blatter
Development Department of Ohio
Final Bookmobile's Summer Run Ends with Last Stops
Wayne County Librarian Katherine R. Schantz announces the bookmobile's final summer trip. It will stop at Marshallville on Thursday August 22 from 6 30 to 9 p.m. and at Smithville on the same day from 2 30 to 5 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne County
Katherine R. Schantz
Marshallville
Smithville
Council Moves Toward Green River Ordinance
The Wooster council cleared first reading by a 4 to 2 vote on a Green River style peddler ban ordinance. It would bar uninvited sales on private property and replace the current permit system. Two readings remain before passage with a three vote majority needed for final approval.
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Green River
New Milford
Warren Hardgrove
Rhonémus
Rhonemus
Council
Wyo
Enrollment figures for September set at 1720 students
Enrollment for September 3 totals 1720 youths across four buildings with 68 teachers and 60 classrooms plus five rooms for special classes. Breakdown shows 158 kindergartners 1100 grade students and 462 high school pupils, up from last year’s 1661.
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Wright’s
Iran
Sand Rock
Albert Matheny
Wexford
Houglan
Osage Park
Evelyn Houglan
O. A. Houglan
Mae Mann
Largo
Harry Smith
Leesville
Snick”’ Steiner
William Spencers
Spencer Grocery
Georgia
Tennessee
F. S. Ward
Portsmouth
Chatanooga
Tenn
Miami Beach
Chuck Mann
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
O. C. Snyder
Columbus
Orie Berkey
Ike Ramsters
USA
Phoenix
Ariz
A. R. Pierce
Tuscon
Mexico
Nogalas
Bancroft
Canada
Mel
Jean Pratt
Melanie
Ed Brophy
William Mouquin
Bernardsville
N. J
W. P. Kain
Westfield
AFA
United Fund
Sue Ann Marty and
Ess
Sala
Fasor
Avon Lake
Lora
Aronerus
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