Alberta Shew to Wed Akron Man Saturday
The residence of her sister in Sterling Street will host the wedding of Miss Grace Alberta Shew to Harry Feinman of Akron on Saturday September 2 at 8:30 pm Rev V S Goodale will officiate. About thirty relatives attend with Frank Ulrich singing solo prior to the ceremony. They plan a Chicago wedding trip and Akron residence after. Miss Mida Musser returns to Baldwin Wallace College September 3 after helping on her parents farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wenger
South Mainst
Grace al Berta Shew
Harry Feinman
Easter Avenue
Akron
V. S. Goodale
Rittman Church of Christ
Frank Ulrich
Gerald Spaulding
Chicago
Ira Shew
Sterling
Sterling High School
Barberton School of Commerce
B. F Goodrich Co
Mida Musser
Baldwin-Wallace College
Ed Musser
Rittman Ordinance Regulates Fire Department Cooperation
Village of Rittman ordinances authorize mayor and clerk to contract with Milton Township Wadsworth Wooster and other Wayne County municipalities to exchange fire equipment and personnel during emergencies. Contracts define emergencies, limit exposure, and may be terminated with 30 days notice. Chief may handle calls from noncontracting towns. Ordinance takes effect as allowed by law. Published August 31 and September 7, 1944 in The Rittman Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Milton Township
State of
Ohio
Wadsworth
Medina County
Wooster
Wayne County
John W. Baldwin
Rubles Host Birthday Dinner for Grandson Sonny Ortt
Mr and Mrs Charles Ruble entertained at a six o clock dinner Saturday evening in honor of their grandson Sonny Ortts second birthday A chicken dinner ice cream and birthday cake were served Guests included the Rubles Mr and Mrs A B Ortt and Rev and Mrs Albert Henry Sonny who has been cheerful through illness received books cards toys and three birthday cakes as presents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ruble
Sonny Ortt
A. B. Ortt
Albert Henry
Sonny
Willing Workers corn roast in Central Park Friday evening
The Willing Workers Class of the United Brethren church hosts a corn roast at South Pavilion Central Park Friday Sept 1 at 6 PM. Each member brings their own table service. The Missionary Society meets Sept 7 at 7 39 PM led by Mrs Price. All members urged to attend with a guest. WBA social Sept 5 in Central Park with Mrs Moyer and Mrs Smith on serving committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
South Pavilon
Central Park
Missionary Society of United Brethren Church
Wm Price
WBA
Anna Moyer
Sue Smith
Personal notices from Belden area social scene
Reports of weekend travels and hospitalizations in the Belden and nearby communities. Frank Harrod family visits Belle Center Ohio and returns Ora Harrod home. Knepps back from Lighthouse Point vacation. Iris Hiers from Bowling Green attends Three Arts Club anniversary. Conny Ortt's condition worsens. taken to Lakeside Hospital Cleveland. Sonny Ortt observed by doctors at Akron Children’s Hospital. H. B. Foster and Florence leave for Morris, New York. Ann Harrison and grandmother visit West Middlesex relatives. Cpl Bill Bodager on 72 hour pass visits family. Visitors to Bessie Schumacher home include Otto Boyer Seville Elmer Feichter Barberton Schumacher family and others. Lulu Bird and Irene visit from Mt. Sterling Kentucky. Neal Bellamy guests Frances and Bernice Baker of Huntington. Trent and Killough families and Mell Kennedy visit Roy Trent for Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. A Knepp
Lighthouse Point
Chautauqua Lake
N. Y
Harry Hiers
Iris
Bowling Green
A. H. Thomas
E. E. Day
U M. Wenger
Three Arts Club
Conny Ortt
Albert Henry
Lakeside Hospital
Cleveland
Sonny
A. B. Ortt
Akron
Children Hospital
H.B. Foster
Florence
Morris
Wm. Swartz
South First St
Ann Harrison
College St
B. Harrison
Wooster
Rittman
West Middlesex
Bill W. Bodager
Marine Detachment
Anacostia
W. W. Bodager
First St
Bessie Schumacher
Otto Boyer
Seville
Elmer Feichter
Irene
Barberton
Lorne Schumacher
Loyal Oak
Wilbert Schumacher
Donald
Manchester
Marjorie
Jack
Lulu Bird
Mt. Sterling
Omar Spencer
Baby
Front Street
Neal ‘Bellamy
Frances and
Bernice Baker
Huntington
W. Va
Charles Trent
Jim Killough
Mell Kennedy
Marshallville
Roy Trent
Appointment as Executrix for Bertha Roush estate
Eve lyn Shank of 1184 Benton Street Barbertori Ohio named executrix of the Bertha Roush estate of Milton Township Wayne County Ohio. Creditors must file within four months or be barred. Notice dated August 2 1944 and published August 10 17 24 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Evelyn Petit
George I, Petit
Doylestown
Ohio
Wayne County
Bertha Roush
Evelyn Shank
Benton Street
Barbertori
Milton Township
Service Notes for Crile Hospital Veterans Fund Drive
Community drive urges W W II veterans at Crile Gen Hospital to receive comfort items and funds. Local organizers Mrs Rose Presnick and R M N Fredrick coordinate weekly drop offs at City Hall and Rose Beauty Shop Wadsworth. Donations support candy gum fruit and money to buy items and phone calls home for five minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U S. Crile Gen. Hospital
Crile
Rose Presnick
Rose Beauty Shop
Wadsworth
Presnick
R .Mn. Fredrick
Rittman
City Hall
Rittman Public Schools Staff 1944 45 Names New This Year
The list records Rittman Public Schools staff for 1944 45 across elementary and high school buildings. It identifies new names in bold and covers teachers across grades 1 8 including department heads and specialists, plus principals, coaches, secretaries, custodians, bus drivers, and board members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Public Schools
Ira Smith
Emma Force
Evelyn Smith
Esther Wagner
Betty Boyle
First Street
Kathryn Allarding
Ethel Hauenstein
Mollie Bell
Ruth Baker
Lucille Kretder
Ethel Irvin
Mary Orr
Margaret Swartz
Idelle Tuccinardi
Myron Steiner
Clyde Kindig
Gail Lance
Madeline Bixel
Helen Murray
Ruth Beattie
Hilda Over
Victor Gravereau
E. O. Hart
George J. Allarding
Stanley Davia
Eli Stoltefus
W. H. Hauenstein
W. A. Garver
Marie Hayden
J. Scott Christian
William Rike
Millard Fulton
M. R. Beachy
E. C. Burker
H. S. Squibbs
Jack Williams
O. J. Shong
W. W. Bodager
L. G. Over
Bessie Schumacher
Navy assigns postmaster’s kin to amphibious duty in Virginia
Postmaster from San Francisco along with Tysha, wife of a Navy seaman, and James Hawkins on 17 day leave share news of service. Stanley R. Tuska of Rittman now trains at Little Creek as Radarman on invasion ships. Lt. David S. Fredrick of the Maritime Service and Helen Atkins of New York visited the Berker home recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Stanley R. Tuska
Rittman
Amphibious
Little Creek
Tysha
S. Main Street
James Hawkins
David S. Fredrick
Maritime Service
New York
Helen Atkins
E. C. Berker
Army air forces discharge update for Wooster corporal
Cpl Elmer A Buchanan 24 of Wooster Ohio returned from service outside the continental United States and is being processed through the Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No 2 in Miami Beach. His next assignment will be determined after a 24 month tour with a quartermaster subsistence detachment in Alaska. His wife Bessie lives at 15744 W Liberty St and his mother Ellen at 705 Spruce St Wooster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Elmer A Buchanan
Wooster
Continental United States
Army Air Forces
Service Members and Families Share War News and Addresses
Cpl Harold L. Hanes serves in France with APO No. 350. S Sgt. Wayne Stoll, formerly of Rich Motors, states he’s hospitalized for over a month with a fractured back from a fall in Italy. six weeks in a cast. He notes heat. nights are cool and mentions the southern France invasion. Addresses and assignments for several service members are listed including Capt. Howard D. King at Salman Field Monroe La and Donald L. Rohrer aboard USS PC 1367 in New York City. A recount of Cpl Edgar Beil’s unit nearly wiped out in Italy and the memorial service for Sergt. Dale C. Hubbard, missing since July 1943 and dead by July 1944, is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Stoll
Rich Motors
Italy
France
Hystry
APO
New York
Capt. King
Rittman Hi
Selman Field
Monroe
Howard D. King
Salman Field
Harvey Rohrer
Dale C. Hubbard
Chatham
Ohio
Hubbard
War Dept
Spain
Nelson Maurer Earns Navy Ensign Wings
Nelson H Maurer 22 son of Harry Maurer of ae won his Wings of Gold and was commissioned a Ensign in the Naval Reserve after flight training at Pensacola Florida known as the Annapolis of the Air. He is now designated a Naval Aviator and will go on active duty at a Navy air training center before assignment to a combat zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson H. Maurer
Harry Maurer
Naval Reserve
Naval Air Training Center
Pensacola
Fla
Annapolis
Ensign Maurer
Navy
Gas Co Canning Fair Opens September 5
Ohio Fuel Gas Company agent D P Potts announces entries begin September 5 for the Home Canning Fair. No entry fee. 60 dollars in prizes plus ribbons across 13 fruit, 12 vegetable, 11 pickle, and 8 miscellaneous categories. Entries run to September 13 with judging September 15 at a nearby fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P Potts
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Sny
Jara
Three Arts Charter Members Return For 10th Anniversary
The Tenth anniversary of the Three Arts Climb chartering was marked with a picnic supper in Central Park pavilion on Saturday evening. Twenty six attendees included twelve charter members and two former members from out of town. Calls were made for yearbooks and former members’ letters read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
Mise Iris Hiers
John Winkler
Wm. McQuigg
Loyal Oak
Marjorie Stoolmiller
Cleveland
Hiers
Bowling Green
Mr. Ritter
Gladys Day
Ed. Reffert
Robert Hickin
Rittman
Esther Bruny
Mary Ethel Cummings
Gail Lance
Ralph Overholt
Dora Wright
H. F. Jeffers
Akron
M. E. Stilwill
Massillon
Marian Stipe
Hamilton
Ontario
Evelyn Baker
Harry Bedford
Mollie Bell
D. B. Davidson
Earl Gillman
Ralph Gwaltney
Basil Hardgrove
Ernest Harrison
E. J. McConnell
A. J. Tuccinard
Winkler
Harrison
Overholt
Cummings
Births and social notes from Wadsworth area
A 944 lb baby girl Barbara Allen born to Mr and Mrs Albert Woyat of Rittman R D on August 24. Barbara Ann born to Mr and Mrs Leo Vetter of Doylestown R D on August 25 at Wadsworth hospital. Thelma Cumede of Conrad, Ray Snyder of Columbus, and Pearl Boyes visited the Welch home Saturday. A son born to Mr and Mrs Nelson Boyes on August 31 at Wadsworth hospital. Carl Hoo and Ann Serling's camerary fund toast last Friday will sponsor a bingo party at Hall on September 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Woyat
Rittman R. D
Barbara Allen
Barbara Ann
Leo Vetter
Doylestown R. D
Wadsworth Hospital
Thelma Cumede
Conrad
Ray Snyder
Columbus
Pearl Boyes
Sam Welch
Nelson Boyes
Carl Hoo
J. Ann's Camerary Fund
T Serling
Hall
Postmaster Halts City Carrier Service Starting Tuesday
Postmaster Robert Hick announces a needed curtailment of city carrier service starting Tuesday Sept 5 due to five employees entering the armed forces since May 1942 and no replacements. The second post in the afternoon is dropped in the business section as Melvin Troxel handles routes from east side to west hill with parcel post after school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hick
Melvin Troxel
West Hill
Wartime Slang Emerges in Dover Eatery
Ed Yachhelm reports a new wartime term KWITCHERDAMCRABIN spotted behind a Dover restaurant counter. The word’s meaning is unclear but shows local linguistic creativity during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kwitcherdamcrabin
Ed Yachhelm
Dover
VFW Convention Echoes Ambition and Debate in Chicago
LL Kimsey reports from Chicago that a delegate who shows a willingness to work gets more than he can handle at the VFW convention. The piece highlights energetic discussions, mounting expectations, and the political currents shaping the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LL Kimsey
VFW
Chicago
Salvation Army fund drive committee named for Rittman
The Salvation Army launches its annual fundraising drive with C M Forman and H S Squibbs listed as the Rittman committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
C M. Forman
H. S. Squibbs
Rittman
County Fair Offers Kids Ticket With Waste Paper Bundle
A Rotary horseshoe tournament story ends with Fritz Kanehl beating John Fisher for first prize while Tony Tuccinardi takes the award home. The county fair promotes a kids ticket with every 15 lb waste paper bundle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fritz Kanehl
John Fisher
Tony Tuccinardi
Wooster Kiwanis Hear Captain Rhonemus Talk
CAP RHONEMUS received a fine reception for his splendid talk before the Wooster Kiwanis club on Tuesday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap Rhonemus
The
Wooster Kiwanis Club
Town council highlights sewer repairs and fines total
Ed Poete reported ongoing concerns about basement water issues now resolved after sewer work. Mayor Baldwin announced a banner month, collecting 223.60 in fines and fees. The council approved a new light rate ordinance and franchise with Martin Reserve Power Co, aimed at expanding free street lighting citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED Poete
Sewera
Baldwin
Martqn Reserve Power Co
Troop 410 at Round Lake Scouts earn Star and First Class
Troop 410 spent the weekend at Round Lake where Don Baker Ray Twinem and Tom Miller were awarded the Star Rank Dick Stocker was raised to First Class Scout Also present were Scoutmaster Ray Putter and assistants Avery Kinch and Lester Steele Committeemen Boyd Miller and Fred DeMaria James and Robert Duskey Ronald Hardgrove Joe Gaborsky Harold Wallace Eugene Helms and Dick O'Brien
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Lake
Don Baker
Ray Twinem
Tom Miller
Dick Stocker
Ray Putter
Avery Kinch
Lester Steele
Boyd Miller
Fred DeMaria
James
Robert Duskey
Ronald Hardgrove
Joe Gaborsky
Harold Wallace
Eugene Helms
Dick O'Brien
Family visitors and military members vacation/visit notes
Mrs Howard D King formerly Estella Goodhart of Wooster and children Howard Jr Jimmy and Elizabeth Ann spent a week with their mother and grandmother Mrs R E King southwest of town. Mr and Mrs L E Swope hosted their sons Sam Swope Navy V-12 Denison Uni Granville Sgt Foster Swope Fort Jackson and his fiancée WAVE Lieut Betty Sanford of Washington DC. Mrs C G Haulk and son Dallas returned from a vacation visiting Valparaiso Indiana Detroit Michigan and Cleveland. They were joined home by Mrs Haulk's niece Miss Priscilla Palmer who spent the week with the Haulk family. Mrs Frank Harrod and daughter Jeanette retired Tuesday night after a few days visiting in Newport Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard D King
Estella Goodhart
Wooster
Howard, Jr
Jimmy
Elizabeth Ann
Monroe
R.E. King
L. E. Swope
Sam Swope
Navy
Denison University
Granville
Sgt
Foster Swope
Fort Jackson
S. C
Betty Sanford
Washington, D. C
C. G. Haulk
Dallas
Valparaiso
Ind
Detroit
Mich
Cleveland
Newport
R. I
Gannones Transfer Rittman Property to Loosier couple
Louis E and Ethel G Gannon transfer Rittman property to Virgil W Loosier and Mary B Loosier for $1 finalizes deed with all usual covenants and rights conveyed to new owners in the Ohio town transaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. and
Ethel G. Gannon
Virgil W. Loosier
Mary B. Loosier
Rittman Property
Sterling School Opens Tuesday With Busy Preparations
The Sterling Milton Rural School plans a 9 AM Tuesday opening with a Labor Day faculty meeting at 2 PM. The board refurbished eight classrooms and offices, cleaned blinds, and updated facilities. Lunch manager Mrs Greene reports over 700 quarts of fruit and vegetables canned. donations welcome. Staff includes Mary Josephine Schrock, Josephine Zaluinger, Clara Winkler, Sylvia Rees, Lenore Shisler, Esther Lance, Mie Barbara Bixler, Florence Hunalecker, Geneva Travik, Vernon Chaney, William Hartmay, and Roy Sinclair. Bus driver Dewey Hartman joins three contract drivers Lloyd Adams, John Ramsler, and Ernest Saal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Rural School
A& Sterling
Board of Education
Dave Johnson
Iodian
Mrg. A Greene
Mary Josephine
Schrock Stent
Josephine ‘Zaluinger
Coocd
Clara, Winkler
Sylvia Rees
Wats We Lenore
Florence ‘Hunaléker
Geneva Tra
Apply now for new A gas ration books for motorists
Motorists are urged by the District Office of Price Administration to file for renewal of basic A gas ration books. Fill the one page form, detach the back cover, sign and mail by September 9 to the local War Price and Rationing Board. Do not apply in person. processing by volunteers in designated schools, with books arriving by September 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Office of Price Administration
Coxe
Frank Sohar 67 dies at Milton Township home
Frank Sohar 67 died Saturday at 3 am at his Milton township home three miles southwest of Rittman after months of illness and a brain hemorrhage. Survived by wife Mary and several children. Funeral services arranged for Monday at 9 am at St Anns Catholic Church with Rev. J T Farrell officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Mrs Claude Smith of Wright St a patient at Wadsworth Hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sohar
Milton Township
Rittman
Akron
Sohar
Mary
Joanna
James
Louis
Pfc
Charles
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alberta Shew
University of Michigan
F Goodrich
Robert Stoolmiller
Rittman Press
U. S. Saunders
Said
Rubles
Frank Harrod
Bobby
Barbara
Belle Center
Ora Harrod
Freeman Rufener
W B McCarthy
Ohio Boxboard Co
Ensign McCarthy
Morris Hall
Soldiers Field Station
Boston 63
Mass
Harvard
Pvt
Everett Emch
Camp Rucker
Alabama
John E Steiner
152 Infantry
San Francisco
Calif
Hawaii
Harold L. Hanes
Donald C. Adams
NATTC
Jacksonville
Canton
Sardis
Donald Rohrer
Donald L. Rohrer
USS
Fleet Post Office
New York City
Edgar Beil
Martha Blatter
85Th
Custer
Fifth Army
85Th Division
Nelson Maurer
ARTS
Joe Wald
N. State St.lp
Sterling School
Claude Smith
Wright
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