Recreation levy on ballot without residents' permission
Council approved placing a .5 mill recreation levy on the November ballot, a five cent tax per $100 valuation, while noting streets north of W Sunset and south of Home Ave remain unaccepted and unopened for public use with warning signs "Travel at your own risk." The village faces other fiscal and infrastructure notes including a $125,000 sewer bond on the ballot and insurance concerns for the cemetery.
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W. Sunset
Home Ave
Council
Rittman
Ready plans for 1 266 docal youngsters return to school
The article outlines delayed start plans for 1 266 elementary and high school students next Wednesday with doors opening at 8 and dismissal at 2 30. Teachers begin Tuesday with a breakfast then principal meetings. Freshmen orientation at the high school and kindergarten parent meetings on Tuesday set early conditions. Kindergarten entrants must be five by Sept 15, 1957 and bring birth certificates for records. Ohio law requires full physicals before school start. health forms may be turned in during Tuesday parents’ meeting or first day. Kindergarten teachers named for North St and West Hill. Lunch room, milk program start, bus routes and boundaries for West Hill outlined with changes to routes and new attendance zones.
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West Hill
Ohio
Wayne County Health Department
Edward Boyle
Richard Lease
New West Hill School
Wed
Board of Education
Meadowvale
North Fifth Street
Woodland
Hawthorn
Orchard
Maplewood
Hillcrest
Gardenview
Metzger
Hicken
North Street
Sunset Heights
Ohio enacts motor bike and scooter license law
Police Chief Charles Heffelman says Ohio's new motor bike and motor scooter license law is in effect. The process requires vision and traffic sign tests, a $0.50 temporary permit, a driving exam by state patrol, and a $1 license certificate. Appointments are by telephoning the State Patrol in Wooster, with exams at Memorial Hall Buckeye St from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Wednesday.
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Memorial Hall
Buckeye_St
Rittman Seville Football Clinic Teaches Football Skills
Rittman residents may attend the Tuesday night football clinic to boost local sports support. The session runs 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. with coach Homer Pyle leading demonstrations of offensive and defensive formations and a review of game rules. Arnon Reeder directs a 20 minute band show before the scrimmage between Rittman and Seville. Afterward spectators meet coaches and players in the cafeteria.
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Rittman
Homer Pyle
Arnon Reeder
Seville
Rittman Public Library Labor Day Closure
The Rittman Public Library will be closed all day Monday September 2 in observance of Labor Day. The library will open at 3 p.m. Tuesday and will offer Saturday evening hours from 6 30 to 8 30 p.m. beginning Saturday September 7.
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Rittman Public
Freeway Work Begins in Wayne County on North-South Route
Wayne county will host the initial construction of the North-South Ohio Freeway. Work starts September 5 on a four mile section a farm two miles south of West Salem on Route 301. The 340 million dollar project will connect the Great Lakes with the Ohio River.
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Wayne County
Ohio
West Salem
Great Lakes
Ohio River
Utility Commission Tests Long-Distance Lines
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission installed a traffic order at the local telephone office to measure average times for placing long distance calls. The $1,750 machine, active now through Friday, will monitor toll line overloads and call completion times in Rittman after resident complaints.
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Wooster
Commission
Rittman
D. M. McMasters
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
D. M. Cadwell
The
McMasters
Rittman to Add Major Commercial and Post Office Projects
Civic leaders there forecast a commercial building surge as three new structures costing at least 300000 unfold in the Rittman business district. A new 135000 post office is planned within a year, with construction to start this fall and completion aimed for 1959.
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Rittman
Cty Hall
Services Held for Sterling Mailman Carl Livingstone
Funeral services were held for Carl Livingstone of Sterling at Gillman Funeral Home. A rural mail carrier for 23 years, he worked in Sterling after moving from Holmesville where he served 10 years. He belonged to Evangelical United Brethren Church, Knights of Pythias, and the Rural Letter Carriers Association. He is survived by Opal his wife a daughter Dana three sons Paul of Fremont and Dean and Glenn at home two sisters Ruth Miller Wooster and Elva Wagner Millersburg a brother Stanley Holmesville and four grandchildren.
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Carl Livingtone
Sterling
Livingstone
Holmesville
Evangelical United Brethren Church
the Knights of Phythias
Rural Letter Carriers Association
Opal
Dana
Paul of
Fremont
Dean
Glenn
Ruth Miller
Wooster
Elva Wagner
Millersburg
Stanley
Headless Horse Legend Told In Rogues Hollow Tale
Anthony Paridon relays a Rogues Hollow legend about a Headless Horse seen near a low hanging oak by Route 65. Michael Walsh, son of a long-time miner, supposedly encountered the eerie site while returning from Clinton with mule shoes, a story framed as local lore.
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Rogues Hollow
Anthony Paridon
Michael Walsh
Mike Walsh
Walsh
Rogues . Hollow
Albert Hoffman
E. M. Allen
Pool to Close After Labor Day
The Rittman pool will close for the year after Labor Day according to recreation board chairman Russell Riggs. Officials warned that anyone trespassing or damaging the pool property will be arrested and brought to court.
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Rittman Swimming
Russell Riggs
Recreation Board
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