Local News Briefs From Orrville Area Community
Emma Ruth Ressler, 33, of Sterling Road, was admitted for observation at Orrville Osteopathic Hospital. Mrs. Luke Dawson, 283 North Seneca, is a medical patient there after a bursitis attack. Club events include a Brown Derby Canton outing and a Christmas gift exchange. Firemen’s Auxiliary and various clubs plan dinners and parties. births and anniversaries noted. many birthday wishes and local social notices.
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Emma Ruth Ressler
Menno Ressler
Sterling Road
Orrville Osteopathic Hospital
Luke Dawson
North Seneca
Canton
Rittman
Bodager Named President of New City Council
City Council members organize new committees at a Monday night session in City Hall. Bodager, veteran member since 1964, is named council president and William Forrer joins as a newly elected member.
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Robert Bodager
William Forrer
Ashton Hall
William Holt
Ed Musser
Holt
City Planning Commission
Bodager
Clarence Kunkler
Yman Gish
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Gish
Park and Recreation Board
Kunkler
Musser
Len Over
Hazel Damron
Will Laughlin
Christian E. Rhonemus
Council
Urban Renewal Hearing Draws Broad City Response
About 100 residents from Rittman’s South side attended a City Hall hearing on the proposed Urban Renewal Program. City Manager Laughlin and Mayor Ashton Hall explained the plan with questions and varied opinions following the presentation.
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Rittman
South Side
City Hall
Ihose
South
Rittman College Plans Holiday Homecoming Dance
City Hall will host a holiday homecoming dance for students from Rittman. City Manager Will Laughlin announced the event and a definite date will be announced in the next issue of The Press.
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Rittman
City Hall
Will Laughlin
Laughlin
Littlest Outlaw at City Hall Saturday in color
The Littlest Outlaw will be shown in color Saturday at 2 p.m. at Rittman City Hall running 75 minutes. Pedro Armendariz and Joseph Calleia star as action drives the tale set in Mexico about a 10 year old stable boy who runs off with a thoroughbred horse and a reward is offered for capture of the key and animal.
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Rittman City Hall
City Hall
Pedro Armendariz
Joseph Calleia
Mexico
Plan Tour For Shut-ins In Rittman For Christmas
City Manager Will Laughlin announces a holiday tour to view Christmas lights for shut-ins and invalids. Julie Harris, recreation director, plans the outing while at college. Details will follow after her return and arrangements are completed.
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Rittman
Will Laughlin
Julie Harris
Julie
Mrs Laughlin New Librarian at Rittman Public Library
Mrs Roberta Laughlin is appointed librarian at Rittman Public Library, taking over December 1 after Kathleen Hilliard's resignation. She previously worked at Lincoln High School Library in Des Moines and earned English degrees from the University of Iowa and Drake University. The Laughlin family moved to Rittman in December 1964, residing at 132 North Second, with assistants Gladys Rolph and Mary Ethel Cummings.
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Roberta Laughlin
Rittman Public Library
Kathleen Hilliard
Laughlin
Lincoln High School
Des Moines
Iowa
University of Iowa
Drake University
Gladys Rolph
Mary Ethel Cummings
Serviceman Bruce Wertz Returns Home
Bruce Wertz son of Mr and Mrs D Wertz 46 Washington hope to be mustered out and home by Christmas after service in Vietnam He left for duty in September and was in Saigon during the Viet Cong hotel bombing Wertz entered the Army in 1963 serving at Fort Gordon and Fort Benning now an Sp 4.
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Linda Langton
Robert Langton
Washington
Barberton Citizens Hospital
Barberton
Garry Tucker
Paul Tucker
Metzger
Linda
Larry
Tucker
Martha
Leslie
Bruce Wertz
D. Wertz
Washington, Hone
San Diego
Calif
States
Bruce
Vietnam
Saigon
Fort Gordon
Ft. Benning
Lions Hold Christmas Banquet At Brown Derby
Lions Club members and wives attend a Christmas banquet Monday evening at Thevaldine at Brown Derby Norton. Rev and Mrs James Watt will be special guests. Mrs Phyl lis Kocher of Akron will entertain. Twenty five turkey raffle winners will be drawn before the evening ends.
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Lions Club
Thevaldine—at
Press Reporter Takes Test Designed For Homemakers
A press reporter recounts taking the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow test at Rittman High School and concludes the modern homemaker must juggle many roles from mother and wife to planner and professional. The narrator shares humor and frustration as she struggles through sections on family relations, child development, health, finances, and sewing.
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Korpsman
Betty Crocker
Rittman High School
Iowa
Janet
Jim
Pat Starcher
Verniece Fawcett
Rittman Press
Fran Sandrock
Elementary School Musical Promises Seasonal Singers
Elementary, junior high and fourth to sixth graders perform a varied Christmas program Tuesday at 8 pm in the Ritman medical school gym. Highlights include carols, sacred music, orchestral pieces, and humorous numbers with narrators and multiple school choirs.
Christmas Concert at RHS Promises Global Voices in Song
RHS hosts a Sunday 3 pm Christmas vocal and band concert in the high school gym. Director Gene Sharick describes a program of Christmas music from diverse ages and nations with notes given by the reader as each piece performs. The program opens with Chorale Prelude So Pure the Star and features The Christmas Concerto.
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Rittmn Hlgh
Gene Sharik
Sharrick
Gremp
Vincent Persichetti
Santa Claus to Visit Town in Chamber Event
Announcement notes Santa Claus is coming Friday and Saturday December 17-18 with gifts for everyone. Details on appearance time and location are confidential, but the Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event and promises further notices in this paper.
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Santa Claus
Chamber of Commerce
Bloodmobile Surpasses Goal with 137 Pints Donated
Bloodmobile collected 137 pints Monday toward a 425 pint quota. Credit goes to Bloodmobile chairmen Mrs. Dale Wudmer and Mrs. Kenneth Ramsier, WS volunteers, nurses, and donors including doctors Walker Rose Carozza Cook and residents of Rittman Creston Deviestown.
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Bloodmobile
Dale
Wudmer
Kenneth Ramsier
Efort
William Walker
D*e Rose
Rittman
Carozza
Creston
G E Cook
Deviestown
Citizen Of The Year Nomination Open For 1965 Award
Nominations are open for the 15th annual Citizen of the Year Award. Nominate through City Hall stating why the candidate has done most for the community. Nominations must be received by Hazel Darcon at Battraan City Hall, 30 Nork Afan, with voting in January. A $10 prize is planned for the winner.
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Rtran Charrier of Commerce
Tara Sear
Ritt
Hazel Darcon
Battraan City
Nork Afan
Jan Ty
Service Held For Mrs Foerstner
Funeral services were held Friday for Mrs Florence Foerstner of Rittman who had lived there 57 years. A member of the Order of Eastern Star she was a resident of Akron St Joho Lutheran Church. Survived by husband and siblings, services were conducted at Glendale Centers with interment in Akron.
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Florence Foerstier
Hore Storstrom
Vietager Sorsivin
Sarre Beittte
Minne Hamlin
Akron
Wes Erma Schutter
Glendale Centers
Rey Foxe Keebs
Thanted
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Shisler’s
Orrville
Fred Bucklew
Mae_ Beery
Adam Bachman
Sterling Firemen's Auxiliary
Dick O'Brien
Akron General Hospital
O’brien
Walters Siders
Kima
Denzel
Dorothy Hopton
Flint, Mich
Debra Ann
Dennis
Tom Hiles
Fort Carson
Colo
el Thomas E Hile
Theresa Ritter
Albert Altermatt
Columbus
Barbara Wegner
William Huebner
Joe Marfeld
Panama
Vincent Sonderman
Portsmouth
Jonathan Gasser
Randy Ball
Donna Riggenbach
Betty McComas
Ned Long
Jerry Lukach
Lisa Freed
Daniel Hoover
Atlee Hostetler
Carol Butcher
Terry Davis
Barberton Citizen's Hospital
Phyllis Ramster
Thelma Perry
Kathleen Wiles
Mildred Rohrer
Pam Ritchie
Leslie Gangler
Shirley Hathaway
Harry Maurer
al Breadhursts
Wilford Blatters
Walter Sommers
John Lengacher
Cletis Jacksons
Ralph Cline
Raymond Platts
Ganyard
Douglas Arnold
Gregg
Eugene
Raetta
Grandmothers Club
Williams Restaurant
Fred Kinder
Rittman RD
Sandra Lynn
Wadsworth- Rittman Hospital
Freddie
George
Patty
Judy
Ann
Chippewa Valley Pony Club
Fred Orr, Jr
Ritter
Rittman Board of Education
N. Mainst
State St
Antioinette Balloon
Russell Frey
Rittman Shopping Center
N. Main St
Sunset Dr
Robert E. Bodager
William J. Forrer
Bordager
Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital
Binnie Barnes
Brenda Salisbury
Linda Bateman
Margaret Beery
Barb Pollick
Mary Jane Berry
Pris
Cilla Crank
Barb McCormack
Joann Laurer
Carolyn Wiles
Peg Walker
Connie Tabor
Linda Rosenberg
Charlene Lapp
Carol Booth
Dwayne Nelson
Mrs. Laughlin
Mrs
Betsy
Svock
Carrs Nation
Bal
Bacs
Thes
Carol Lawrence
Rittman Med School
Carolyn Warren
First Street
Huron
Holly and the Ivy
Gregg Firns
North Street
Gene Sharick
Alleluia
Camille Saint-Saens
Hansel and Gretel
Humperkinck
Fred Weber
Rudolph the Red Weseer -Reindeer
Johnny Marks
The
Gladiators
Milton Vincent
Ada Davis Willead
Christras
Christrane
RHS
Santa
Chaercer of Commerce
Janwart
Florence Foerstner
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