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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
1
At Monday night meeting council passes resolution 1550 to levy 2 mills to fund a village recreation program from 1940 through 1944. The measure heads to the November ballot for voter approval with rules suspended for second and third readings.
Approval of a 2 mill levy on all taxable property in Rittman is placed on the November ballot to support the village recreation program. If it fails, the program loses funding. Council also approves economies: deputy marshal R V Fredrick salary cut to $0 monthly while keeping custodian role, and merging deputy marshal duties with custodian.
The planned Friday and Saturday benefit for the Rittman fire department is postponed until after the Wayne County Fair in September due to conflicts with Labor Day weekend activities. The new Rittman Community fire truck arrives this Friday and will be displayed later. Pledged payments toward the truck should be made within the next week.
The board of education met in a special session to hire Jack Norris Coy of Cleveland as music teacher for the coming school year at Hitman schools. Coy, 23, recently graduated from Baldwin-Wallace with a BS in Music and a public school music major, plans to replace Frederick Ebbs who resigned to take a Hobart Indiana post. The board also authorized purchase of bleachers for the football field after more bids.
Robert Beachy and his Hereford steer head to the Wayne County Fair as a 4-31 Club baby beef entry. On C Louis Hickman farm north of Sterling, Arthur Giet, Robert Halliwell and Wade Johnson stand by a threshing machine blower. Melvin Beachy plows combine cats, and Joseph Landry stops his mower in a clover patch to light a pipe.
Despite adverse weather farmers around Rittman report good yields for corn oats and hay with wheat near average. Peach and apple crops fall short with apples down about 45 percent and peaches near ten percent below full yield while soy beans and fertilizer prices also noted.
A roll of straw board fell from a Boxboard truck onto Main Street near Lance Brothers Grocery around 11:30 a.m. Friday, blocking the east lane for nearly an hour. The load shifted after a trailer spring broke, sending one roll teetering on the end-gate before a passing Erie train and curbside balance sent it to the curb where an electric boxboard truck lifted it into another vehicle.
The Church Council of Rittman completes final plans for a union service at 7 30 Sunday evening in the high school auditorium. All Rittman churches are asked to cooperate for a large attendance. Dr H V Summers district superintendent Evangelical Churches eastern Ohio will deliver the message.
An adult paralysis case near Rittman is the 21 year old Joe Gresser on Wooster Road. It is the first adult case reported locally. Other recent cases include Dale Webner and Bobby Parkin, with Geraldine Smith and a Reed child under observation in nearby streets.
Police news reports William Bixler of Orrville was arrested by Constable Charles Hef felman for driving on a highway with insufficient lights. He was tried before Justice of the Peace Joe Sherrick and fined ten dollars plus costs.
The Rittman Ball Club travels to Sterling on Monday for a twin bill starting at 1 30 p m. Key Rittman players include Keneth Haldiman and Robert Schaad while Sterling fields pitchers Rink Weadry and Paul Maibach.
Forty six merchants participate as two Rittman residents claim awards in the fourth annual Rittman Silver Dollar Night. Mrs Burgess Hatten receives 15 dollars and Mrs Everett Winkler 20 dollars, with prizes presented at the Diana Theatre after earlier City Hall recognition.
After a quiet summer, Rittman schools reopen Tuesday at 1 p.m. with three buildings in use. Superintendent Von Garver outlines first day routines for high school and kindergarten, with a 1 p.m. arrival for buses and staff and a full day beginning Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.
Rittman plans ten boxing bouts for Labor Day evening at the recreation field. Matches include Tiger Kerr vs Red Stackhouse and Homer Dawson vs Kid Mahler of Easton with Ray Huff vs Jim Bain. Vincent Reigns expresses willingness but awaits partner. Organizers Echenefer and Ditch assist. crowd seating and PA system arranged.
The Rittman Alumni Banquet will be held at the pavilion in Rittman Central Park at 6 p m Saturday August 31. After dinner by the Church of Christ women there is a brief program and then a dance at City Hall auditorium for alumni members. There is also a room reserved at City Hall for older alumni. A separate note reports a shell station break in through a rear window with 951 57 taken from a cigar box.
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