Parking lot on S Main okayed by council in Rittman
The village council approved a plan to open a new parking lot off S Main Street. Armand Goffinet offered his lot if the village fixed it up with entrances at Goffinet's Brenneman's Grocery and the Moose Lodge. The solicitor and village engineer were authorized to prepare papers and seek an exit to Murdoch Street later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armand Goffinet
S. Mainst
Goffinet’s
Brenneman's Grocery
Moose Lodge
C. E. Rhonemus
C B Parrett
Murdoch St
S. Main St
Daley
Clippinger
Fairlawn
Mainst
Rhonemus
Meadowvale
Rittman
Water Board
Geo B Quatman
Ohio Central Telephone Corp
Rittman Press
Ralph J Krabill
Citizens Telephone Committee
Citizens Committee
Krabill
Mr Quatman
Rittman to Lease 1120 Bleachers from Derby Downs
The Rittman Athletic Association plans to rent bleachers seating 1120 spectators from Derby Downs Akron at 200 dollars per 1000 seats plus transport and insurance. Installation on the west side of the field aims to ease crowding for the first home game. Some existing stands will be moved to ends. Exact move date is undecided. Bleachers will also be used at a forthcoming swimming meet in Cuyahoga Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Athletic Association
Derby Downs
Akron
W H Hauenstein
Cuyahoga Falls
New Fayette Inc Truck Body Plant Planned for Rittman
Walter Fahey announces Fayette Inc will establish a truck body plant east of Rittman in a leased Owen Landis building. The plant will use a plywood center aluminum laminated material claimed to be as strong as steel yet lighter and non rusting. Production aims at 15 trucks daily with 30 plus workers, prioritizing local hires.
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Rittman
Walter Fahey
Fayette, Inc
Fahey
Owen Landis
Local Names Drawn for Full Jury Duty
Names drawn for grand and petit jury service. Grand jurors from Rittman area to report Sept. 7 at 9:00 am EDST. include John Coffey and Grace Holley of Creston, Hugh Bchanan, R. D., and John Winkler of Rittman. Petit jurors report on notice. include Mrs Je King and Glenn Pinkley of Rittman, Mrs Glenn Adams of Sterling, Ward Bauman of Rittman, Warren Bodager of Rittman, Herman Biddinger of Doylestown, and Forest Lance of Sterling.
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Rittman and Vicinity
John Coffey
Creston
Grace Holley
Hugh Bchanan
R. D
John Winkler
Rittman
Petit Jury
Je King
Glenn Pinkley
Glenn Adams
Sterling
Ward Bauman
Warren Bodager
Herman Biddinger
Doylestown
Forest Lance
Football practice opens with 42 candidates in session
Coach Ashton Hall reports 42 players reported for the first practice. Seven lettermen return as two daily sessions run until school starts. Wayne Bennett trains linemen and handles early scouting while Don Beery coaches the Jr High squad. First games set for Canal Fulton September 17 and Orrville September 24 at home.
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Ashton Hall
Hall
Wayne Bennett
Don Beery
Canal Fulton
Orrville
Frank Kitts
Dick O'Brien
Neil Milford
Vernon Hoskinson
Harold Walker
Warren Hardgrove
Maurice Chenal
Joe Cardace
Bruce Slater
Ronnie Hardgrove
Wayne Berger
Paul Cshuta
Gene Ditch
Jim Dusky
Rittman Scouts Plan Lodge Fund Drive and Benefit Game
The Rittman Scout Organization outlined plans to raise funds for a proposed lodge. Boxes designed by Ohio Boxboard Co were shown and distributed to local businesses. A benefit double header baseball game is planned for Sept 11 with Ohio Boxboard and Akron Goodyear teams contributing proceeds to the building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Scout Organization
Scout Lodge
F .O. Kanehl
Ohio Boxboard Co
Rittman
Pete Lalich
Ohio
Akron Goodyear
Rittman Junior Legion
County Legion
Vernon Phillips
Ohio Public Service Co
Rittman, Sterling and
Creston Power Company
F. O. Kanehl
Mary Ethel Cummings
George Ehemann
Lester Steele
Charles Wald
Jim Dwyer
Graham Hagey
George Sandrock
Lewis Hoover
Frank Close Discusses Relative Values and Loyalties
Frank Close former superintendent of Wadsworth schools spoke before the Rittman Rotary Club this Thursday on the topic Relative Values and Loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Close
Wadsworth Schools
Rittman
Merchants Drawing Awards Winners Announced
Mrs Raymond Leichty of 39 Salt street won the $50 prize at the Merchants drawing Saturday night. Mrs Bertha Gasser of 45 Salt street took $15 and Mrs Bes sie Schumacher of Rittman R D received $10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Leichty
Salt St
Bertha Gasser
Bessie Schumacher
Rittman R. D
Reunions and Picnics At Rittman Park Schedule
The Rittman park plans two weeks of reunions and picnics at the large pavilion with events on August 29 30 September 1 2 4 and 6 including Hartzler Rich First Church of Christ National Council of Catholic Women Willing Workers Bodager and Reuhlen reunions. Alpheus Goffinet notes both pavilions are already reserved for all Sundays next summer indicating strong park interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Park
Hartzler
Rittman First Church of Christ
Wooster National Council
Rohrer
Monroe County
Sun
Reuhlen
Bodager
Alpheus Goffinet
Rittman’s Park
Return home Saturday from trip to Europe
Mrs Germaine Chenal and her son Maurice return Saturday from a summer trip to Switzerland and France. They left in late June, visited relatives, toured sites in Switzerland, spent time in Paris, and Maurice took about 600 photographs. They traveled aboard the Queen Elizabeth with famous passengers including Alice Faye Phil Harris and Sophie Tucker returning from the Olympics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germaine Chenal
Maurice
Switzerland
France
Paris
Alice Faye
Phil Harris
Sophie Tucker
51 Freight Cars Wrecked in Streamlined B&O Derailment
Fifty-one cars loaded with mixed merchandise derailed near Lod on the B&O line at 5 am Sunday. Eleven cars were completely destroyed by flames after a rail on the east-west track broke as the 29th car passed the control tower.
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New York
Chicago
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Citizens Group
S. Main Street
S. Main
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Krabull
Kiabil
Rittman Inter- Beak
Public Utilities Commission
Jor
Europe
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