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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1956
Page
1
Citizens of Rittman are urged to shop and mail early to handle the record Christmas mail volume. Postmaster H W Mongey warns late mailing strains postal staff and facilities and urges cooperation to ensure timely delivery, stressing thought over arrival date and simple mailing steps.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday at the Ev United Brethren Church in Sterling for Mrs Matilda Hickman 63 who died at her home in Sterling Wednesday after a lingering illness Born near Sterling she was a daughter of Joseph and Mary Pap Woyat and lived in Milton Township most of her life She was a member of the Ev United Brethren Church Missionary Societies Ladies Aid and Milton Garden Club She is survived by her husband Charles L Hickman six daughters Baulah Halliwell Alice Adams Donna Uhler Darlene Buss Shirley Buss and Sue and one son Clarence D Hickman
Wooster notes Mary Woyat of Sterling as mother of the deceased with one sister Mrs. Jayne Jace of Sterling and brother E. J. Woyat of Rittman. The obituary mentions 16 grandchildren and one daughter preceded her.
Floyd Lewis age 22 of Main Street died from injuries after a two car collision three miles north of Orrville last Tuesday. His wife LaDonna Duckworth received chest injuries and fractured ribs. Police say James-Finley Blankenship drove his car into the Lewis vehicle as it traveled east on Route 94. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
J N Andrews executive vice president of Ohio Boxboard Company was reelected a director of the National Paperboard Association. A Wittenberg College graduate, he joined the company in 1936, became VP of sales in 1948, and advanced to VP and general manager of the carton and board division in 1953 and executive vice president in 1956.
Services were held Monday at Armstrong Funeral Home in Seville for Mrs. Ruby A. Snyder 54 who died at her home on LeRoy Seville Road after a brief illness. She was a Seville Baptist Church member and is survived by her daughter Charlene at home and sister Mrs. Wesley Hummel of Rittman Rev L R Chapman officiated Burial was in Mound Hill Cemetery in Seville.
The Rittman Indians try to snap a two game skid as they welcome Smithville for their first home game. After opening on the road with losses to Doylestown 54 to 59 and Strasburg 54 to 59, Karl Benchoff and Everett Berry led improving scoring while Benchoff posted 23 in the Doylestown loss and Miracle added 13 in the Strasburg setback.
The Rittman School Board balanced the budget and discussed bill payments and equipment purchases. A state report notes $8,000 more in state revenue. A noon lunch schedule now ends 11:45 for grades four to six, 11:30 for older students, with milk and lunch money collection reduced to once weekly. Mrs. David Frederick was named to oversee hearing tests, and the board considered new eighth grade texts.
A collection of handwritten letters from young readers and families in Rittman Ohio detailing toy requests for Christmas. The notes mention toys like wagons bikes trains and farm sets, along with home details and family circumstances.
The Rittman Chapter of the Moose Club on S Main Street filed for a liquor license with the Ohio Board of Liquor Control. No hearing date is set. Churches Milton Presbyterian and EUB Church protested within 400 feet. A prior attempt was blocked when no club representative appeared in Columbus. No new permits can be issued from November 1 during a regular state election year until January 16 following.
Wayne County American Cancer Society unit offers one or two color educational films on cancer to clubs. Ten titles are available for screening.
Young readers aged 6 to 11 in Rittman Ohio can enter by coloring two Christmas cartoons printed in the Rittman Press. Mail or deliver entries by December 17 postmark, with name address and age on the back. Entries may be unlimited. prizes judged on neatness accuracy and originality.
L K Burnett production coordination manager and assistant to the senior vice president at The Ohio Boxboard Company Rittman Productions Division has been named Paper Maker of the Month by Noble & Wood Machinery Company. Burnett, a Hartford Connecticut native with 27 years in the industry, joined Ohio Boxboard in 1948 and was promoted in 1952. He serves in multiple industry groups and lives in Rittman with his wife Mildred and two sons.
The high school announces second six weeks honor rolls for 1956-57. A receivers include Lois Fry Linda Reynolds Donna Bordacs Almeda Jacquay Cynthia Calabria Kathleen Moore Sandra Schaad Betty Blosser. A and1 B names include Linda Melenbacker Rosemary Woyat Carol Shook Betty Lapp Brenda Seebauer Lois Bauman Rose Marie Bostancic. A and2 B recipients are Anna Hochstetler Sandra Goffiner Carol Lapp Vera Wheeler Constance Rhonemus Judy Emch Lorena Starcher Jane Emch Mary Alice Grant Karl Benchoff Karen Bodager Sandra Trogdon. At Junior High Principal Myron H Steiner lists second six weeks honors with First Honor Roll Doris Bauman Dick Reffert Elizabeth Hochstettler Ann Karlen Sue Rohrer Thomas Gwaltney James Saal Joy Brady Carol Butcher Hazel Darby Ann Melenbacher Linda Poholski Michael Steiner Earl Wasson Ed Weideman Shari Sandrock Sandra Tomassetti Seventh Grade Joyce Williams Janice Hessidence Patti Aebi Tom Saurer David Bernhardt Karen Adams Penny Reffert Frances Freed and eighth graders Linda Copley Douglas Mosley Jacqueline Grieve Ray Rogers Gary Leatherman. Second Honor Roll includes Jimmy Breece Helen Preattle Bonnie Riggenbach Allan Weber Susanne Maus Inex Stauch and Cheryle Workman eighth grade.
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