Rating Changes for State Route 94 and Nearby Roads
The Rittman Chamber notes Route 94 from Route 5 to Wadsworth gains a higher rating due to 1800 vehicles daily including 300 trucks. They seek widening and final surface coat, black topping Route 548 Easton to Marshallville, and widening Route 224 Lodi to Wadsworth for faster traffic. Patch work on Route 604 due in weeks. no plans to upgrade Route 604 west to Ashland. Route 94 now on par with Route 3 Wooster to Medina.
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Rittman
Wadsworth
Rittman Chamber
Morce
Easton
Marshallville
Lodi
Tomsic
Ashland
Wooster
Medina
Rittman Booster Club Escorts Team To Cleveland Game
The 4 Team To Ballgame Booster Club of Rittman took the Rittman High School basketball team to the Cleveland Detroit game in Cleveland Monday night. Drivers were Charley Ward Russell Riggs Coach Hall Russell Bell and Bill Williams. The booster club thanks these men for furnishing their cars.
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Booster Club of
Rittman
Cleveland
Charley Ward
Russell Riggs
Coach Hall
Russell Bell
Bill Williams
Pigeon with Silver Band Reported at Mrs Boling’s Window
Mrs Walter Boling reported to the press office a pigeon with a silver leg band numbered 527 and an old band on the other leg. The bird fluttered and pecked at her window, appearing beautiful and large, and she enjoys its company while wondering if the owner might want it back.
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Walter Boling
Second Ink Plant Opens in Rittman as IPI Expands
International Printing Ink known as IPI buys a large building on Sterling Avenue near the B and O Railroad in Rittman to house a new ink service facility and branch. The conversion is to be completed by January 1951 and will replace the Wadsworth Branch as the main ink service center for printers and lithographers in the area. James Hocevar will lead the new operation with his Wadsworth staff.
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International Printing Ink
IPI
Ohio Boxboard
Rittman
Wadsworth
Interchemical Corporation
New York
N. Y
Sterling Avenue
IPI Rittman
James Hocevar
Council Urged to Approve Rittman Pool Plan
Herald Mougey recreation chair proposes a one acre lake style pool with asphalt bottom and filter plant in the new recreation area at an estimated cost of 25000 dollars. An engineer would draft plans for state health approval costing about 1250 dollars funded by community subscription. The postmaster stresses pool need after a drowning death, noting many local children swim in nearby Wadsworth.
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Wadsworth
Burritt
Rittman
Mougey
State Health Department
Births in Rittman and nearby towns update
A series of birth announcements lists new babies born to families in Rittman Marshallville Doylestown Seville and surrounding areas. The records show multiple August birth dates including August 5 August 7 August 9 August 11 August 12 August 14 and August 16 with parents Truman and Mrs Watts Leonard Bigger Clyde Falk Victor Clark Matt Kramer Henry Helm Leslie Barret Richard Brenneman Carl Schwab Jr Robert Bell and others named.
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Truman Watts
Rittman
Leonard L Bigger
Clyde Falk
Marshallville
Victor Clark
Doylestown
Matt Kramer
Henry Helm
Leslie Barrett
Richard Brenneman
Seville
Carl Schwab
Robert Bell
Bowlers Meet Captains Of Men’s A And B
League bowling teams and bowlers at large are invited to a meeting next Monday at 7 pm at Rittman Recreation alleys. Merle Cline, Ritz proprietor, says the meeting will discuss rules and problems for the coming season. Bien shee meeting noted for August 28 at 8 pm. women bowlers to provide names to captains or league secretary Helen Grace Workman.
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Rittman
Merle Cline
The
Ritz
Helen Grace Workman
Police News Briefs Reflect Minor Offenses and Probation
Stevie Demeter and James Edwards faced stop sign violations with fines of 5.00 and costs. William Malis of Salt St. Rittman was charged with intoxication and disturbing the peace with 4000 dollars and costs and placed on one year probation. Hubert Williams, associated with B and O camp car worker, faced intoxication and disorderly conduct with 15 dollars and costs. Hambrick recorded intoxication and disorderly conduct with 15 dollars and costs.
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Stevie Demeter
James Edwards
William Malis
Salt St. Rittman
Hubert Williams
Hambrick
Mayor Hoover Court Screens Five-Hour Beating Trial
Five Chippewa Lake men faced a Sterling assault case in Mayor Hoover court after a four to five hour trial. Herbert Howell Leonard Howell Dan Eakens and Donald Baitch pleaded not guilty with Theodore W Foskett and Irvin S Strong defending. Prosecutor Sherman Dalby presented witnesses. verdict found all four guilty with fines and probation terms imposed.
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Mayor's Court
Common Pleas Court
Chippewa Lake
Herbert Howell
Leonard Howell
Dan Eakens
Donald Baitch
Josep Marshall
Sterling
Medina
Theodore W Foskett
Drvin S. Strong
Sherman Dalbey
Hoover
Leonard Over
Joé Marshall
Lee Gorey
Thelma Bradley
Marshall
Ire
Jonald Baitch
Set Meeting Date For Local P. T. A.
An executive meeting of the P. T. A. of Rittman held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Melenbacker decided to hold regular meetings on the third Monday of each month. Due to a date conflict the September meeting will be on the second Monday the 11th. Committee announcements will be printed soon.
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P. T.A. of
Rittman
Carl Melenbacker
Melenbacker
Park Program Ends With Contests And Stories
The Park Program sponsored by the Three Arts Club wraps up Friday August 25 with a contest day awarding prizes for longest pigtails and most freckles among other contests. Stories are planned by Mrs. D B Davidson and Mrs. Lewis Hoover on Aug 21 and 23, handicraft classes on Aug 22 and 24, and Professor Peabody Marshall Conover will perform magic before the summer program ends.
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Three Arts Club
D. B. Davidson
Lewis Hoover
Willowbrook
Earl Widmer
Graham Hagey
Peabody
Marshall Conover
Rotary District Governor Hiram W. McGrath visits Rittman Ohio
District Governor Hiram W. McGrath of Rotary District 229 will visit the Rotary Club of Rittman on Aug 24 1950 to confer with club officers including President Sylvan Wiles and Secretary Herbert Yabroff. He is general manager of Columbiana Pump County and leads 186 district governors over 075 clubs worldwide.
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Hiram W. McGrath
Rittman
Ohio
Hirdman
McGrath
Rotary
Yendon
Hio
Sylvan Wiles
Herert Yabroff
Columbiana Pump Counny
Columbiana
Rotary Club of
Ittman
South
Central America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Islands
The
Pacific
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