Local births and community notices from Barberton area
Lori Lynn Licause was born November 17 at Barberton Citizens Hospital to Mr and Mrs Jack Licause of Ritter, weighing six pounds nine ounces. A 50th birthday celebration for Larry Wertz featured a dinner with relatives at Young's, with cake and gifts. The column also notes local happenings, birthdays, anniversaries, and a giant snow spaceman crafted by the Doylestown area families Darrell and David Easterling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Licause
Ritter
Lori Lynn
Barberton Citizens Hospital
Lori
Friday
Larry Wertz
Dallas- Gopley
Lewis Lutz
Roy Huffman
Doris
Young's
Edward Easterlings Ritttman
Darrell
David
Doylestown
Christmas Concert Sunday at RHS Rittman
Rittman High School hosts a 3 p.m. Christmas concert featuring the choir and concert band in the school gym. Maria Cuny Casares from Argentina will present a solo Spanish carol, with Mrs. Carolyn Warren directing vocal music and Dennis Antram conducting the band. The program includes works by Waring Shaw Anderson and selections by the Choralettes Prep Chorus Choir Boys Boy's Ensemble and Freshman Girls Chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman High School
Carolyn Lambert
Rittman
Argentina
Maria “Cuny” Casares
Carolyn Warren
Dennis Antram
Fred Waring
Robert Shaw
Choralettes
Prep
RHS
Victor Herbert
Harold L. Walters
Alfred Reed
Leroy Anderson
Percy Faith
John Warrington
Prep Chorus
Waring
Warner-Stickles
Christine Williams
Johann Pfust
Shaw
Alice Parker
Laveen
Stickles
Martin
Luther
Adoremus
Martin Shaw
Mrs Catherine Kelbly Buried in Marshallville
Services for Mrs Catherine Kelbly 61 of Marshallville were held Saturday at East Chippewa Church of the Brethren. She died at home Thursday from a heart ailment. Born in Wayne County she lived in the area all her life. Surviving are her husband Clair a son Kenneth and a daughter Lucille, four sisters and two brothers, seven grandchildren. Burial followed at the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Kelbly
Marshallville
John Collins
Rittman
East Chippewa
Wilford Blatter
Ross—Kelbly
Harriet Lynn
Dayton
Anna Cummings
West Alexandria
Joe Collins
Florida
Church
Funeral Mass Held for Mrs Margaret R Frigge in Cleveland
Funeral mass recited Friday in Cleveland for Mrs Margaret R Frigge 85 mother of Margaret E Frigge St Ann parish house. Burial in Calvary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Margaret R. Frigge
Margaret E Frigge
St. Ann
Calvary Cemetery
High School Bond Issue Won’t Be On May Ballot
Rittman board of education unofficially decided a May bond issue to build a new high school likely cannot pass. Weighed factors include 40 percent opposition baseline and added opposition from organizers. Plans to repurpose the First Street building for junior high use were outlined to address space and facility gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Board of Education
Rittman
W. H. Hauenstein
Robert West
First Street
West
Orrville
Wadsworth
Hauenstein
Russell Frey
Frey
Meades Scout Family Adds An Eagle To Ranks
Richard Meade will become the third Eagle Scout in his family and the first Rittman family with three Eagles. Court of Honor for Troop 405 at American Legion Hall will feature awards to David Pait and others, with merit badges and new tenderfoot Scouts announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehard Meade
ESS Lo Scouts
Hiis
Robert Meades
Rittman
Richard
Fox Scout
American Legion Hall
Glen Kahl
Leroy
Cluippewa
Akron
John Imhoff
Brad Bodager
James Shank
David Pait Aviation
Richard Meade
Robert Bodager
Moose Lodge Christmas Party for Members Children
Christmas party for Moose members and grandchildren at Moose Lodge on Saturday at 2 pm with cartoons Santa and refreshments for children 12 and under. Members should report attendee counts to the Lodge. A box social follows at 8 pm with Ned Long as auctioneer and gifts wrapped in Christmas paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose
Moose Lodge
Ned Long
James Killough
Leo Matz
Women of the Moose
Roy Franks
Carl Lowe
Albert Schaad
Thomas Schaad
Robert Perrin
Editor Examines Homemaker Test Not All Cooking Skills
Dan Brubeck details a Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow test experience. He notes the exam mixes math and practical家庭 issues with attitudes, describing questions on diapers costs and denier terminology and reflecting on tests shaping beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Brubeck
Betty Crocker
Mrs. Lillian Gish 89 Dies At Home In Rittman
Mrs. Lillian I. Gish 89 longtime Rittman resident died unexpectedly at her home Thursday. Services were held Saturday at Gillman Funeral Home. Born near Orrville to John and Sophia Griffith she lived in Sterling before moving to Rittman in 1920. Survived by three sons Gale Lyman Ralph and two daughters Evangeline Olinger and Blanche Calame. Burial followed in Pioneer Memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian I.gish
Rittman
Gillman Funeral Home
Gish
Charles B
Orrville
John
Sophia McQuaid Griffith
Sterling
Gale
Lyman Gish
Ralph
Medina
Evangeline Olinger
Blanche Calame
Wooster
Albert Griffith
St Petersburg
Fla
Clyde C
Toledo
Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
Women's Clubs Offer Scholarships in Ohio
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs offers two scholarships for high school juniors and seniors. One provides an annual gift to an Ohio art school, the other offers 11 district prizes of 100 and a 990 top prize for study at an accredited school. Essay contest on "How to Drive to Stay Alive" no longer than 1900 words. Contests run through Rittman High School contact Wesley Preterman for details. Penny Art Scholarship allows painting submission with 100 word statement. Diane Flay, art teacher at Rittman High School, can provide details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ohio
American Safe Driving Institute
Through
OFWC
Wesley Preterman
Rittman High School
Diane Flay
Scouts Carol Brownie Troop 602 Hold Xmas Meeting
Scouts meet at Mrs Bill Davis home with nineteen members and one guest. They completed Christmas trees and learned new games and songs from Junior Scout Troop 581. A caroling party is planned for December 16. Scribe Lorna Lind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownie Scout
Bill Davis
Scribe
Lorna Lind
Two-Car Crash Leaves Mrs Rogel Serious in Barbeton
Victoria Rogel 34 remains serious at Barberton Citizens Hospital after a two car crash at Routes 3 and 6044. Her son Ronnie Jordan 16 was treated and released from Wadsworth Rittman Hospital. Mrs Mars Renuk 57 mother of Rogel’s driving partner was treated and released after her car struck roadside by Clyde J. Falk of Smithville RD. Renuk cited for failure to stop by State Highway Patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Rogel
Adams
Barberton Citizens Hospital
Ronnie Jordan
Wadsworth Rittman Hospital
Mars Renuk
Regel
Renuk
Clyde J. Falk
Smithville
Renute
Story Hour Stary Hour at Rittman Public Library
Mary Ethel Cummings will tell Christmas stories to children in grades two and three on Saturday at 1 30 at the Rittman Public Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Public Library
Mary Ethel Cummings
Rittman Citizen of the Year Contest Seeks Nominations 1966
The Rittman Chamber of Commerce invites letters nominating the First Citizen of 1966 with a $10 award to the writer of the winning nomination. Nominations are due January 9 and may be sent to Chamber secretary Mrs Slip Hilts 1b North Main. A banquet January 19 at Rawiga Country Club will crown the winner and elect three chamber directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Rittman Chamber of Commerce
Rawiga Country Club
Richard Gillman
Rey Lutz
John Zivick
Allan J Broadhurst
Rittman Savings Bank
Don Stepfield
Robert Stoll
Broadhurst
David Hill
Wayne Forrer
George Sandrock
Lindsey Williams
Glenn Parman
Ben Bodager
Kenneth Osborne
L. K. Burnett
F . Kanehl
W. H. Hallensrein
Russell Frey
W W. Bodager
Ralph Gwaltney
Evelyn Grant
Joseph Gahorsky
James Hile
R. D. Wenger
James W Prye
Holiday deadline adjustments for club and church notices
Early deadlines apply for all items from clubs churches and similar groups during the holiday period. The Dec 28 edition requires notices by Friday Dec 23 due to office closures on Dec 26. For the Jan 4 paper the cutoff is Friday Dec 30 because the press closes Jan 2.
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Dse
Rittman
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Kathy Wiles
Robert Wallace
Pamela Ritchie
Mildred Rohrer
Kathy Lavery
Julie Stoll
Mary Hamilton
Ruth Hughes
Laurie Greenbank
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Brad Payne
Glenn Griffin, Jr
James Hileman
Polly Hutchinson
Twyla Haulk
John A. Kennedy
Ritchie
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Gary Klotzle
Peggy Wilson
Jim Howes
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Luch
Dieffenbach
Norman Dello Joio
Hector Berlioz
Cuny” Caseres
Norman Luboff
the Shepherds
Amahl
Gian Carol Menotti
Terry
Armbrust
David McComas
Daryl Emich
Diane Pait
Mrs. C. Kelbly
North Central Association of Secondary Schools
Ohio State Department of Education
Mrs
Robert Meade
Meades
Randy Ball
Jim Snell
Claude Wolfe
Tandy Sanders
James Wenger
Joan
Carol Lawrence
Lillian Gish
U.S
D. Chuck
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