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Newspaper

The Rittman Press

Location

Rittman, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1937

Page

6

Local Student Notes and Social Highlights From Akron Area

A jumble of names and events lists students visiting Akron and nearby towns, with parties, theater trips, and hospital visits. Betty Schaffer mourns her grandmother as classmates offer sympathy. Notable mentions include Leona Harmon third in a declamation, and guests at stage shows in Cleveland and Barberton.

Ing ‘Ter Betty Schaff Migs Clark Akron Wirday Mr Haney Santa Claus Nelson Maurer Wallace Hoffelman Cleveland Mary Martha Volek Painesville Margaret Pavlie Genevieve Hobell Wadsworth Betty Schems Mary Peclith Charlotte McCulloch Dorothy Wenger Richard Cummings Robert Wenger Bertha Hickin Nck West

Notable Local Social and Career Shifts Noted

Echo page notices show Helen Kaser at a Home Economics conference in Wadsworth, visitors Ruth Studer and cousins, Martha Malfbach and Mabel Bauman in Mansfield, Melba Bauman visiting relatives, and Melzena Johnson returning to school after illness. The text also reflects on postwar career shifts from real estate to realitors and drummers to territorial representatives, with optimistic notes on progress and self esteem.

Helen Kaser Wadsworth Catherine Studer Ruth Studer Martha Malfbach Mabel Bauman Mansfield Martha Melba Bauman Melzena Johnson

Stamp Collectors Find All Want Odd Facts History

Stamp collectors in Rittman rise daily with 4 or 5 serious fans building a valuable stock. Obott Clippinger notes the hobby’s growth and describes rare stamps, artful issues, and curious facts from Santa Claus Indiana postmarks to living presidents on stamps. Local meetings and club activities are outlined alongside related community notices.

Rittman Obott Clippinger Athene Astrid Belgium Amerton Santa Claus Indiana United States Yorktown Wyoming Boulder Dam Robert Atlantic Wellman America

Kornhaus Jenny Wedding Ties Marshallville Families

Marshallville residents Henry E. Kornhaus and Edna Jenny wed at the parsonage of Rev W D Fisher in Weilersville on Thanksgiving Day. Kornhaus leads the local board of education, and the couple resides on a four acre farm. The district moved its December meeting up to pay teachers before Christmas. The board bought five acres for a proposed centralized high school, but the bond failed. A six acre tract near Marshallville is also noted. School finances are said to be in good shape. The district rehearses for the Christmas program on December 23.

Baughman Township Board of Education Henry E. Kornhaus Edna Jenny John Jenny California W D. Fisher Weilersville Smithville Paradise Union the Brethern Kornhaus Orrville Baughmen Township Massillon Marshallville Baughman Board of Education

Christmas Program By Chippewa Township Schools

Chippewa Township school districts Nos. 9 and 10 featuring Mrs Lowe and Misa Steiner presented their annual Christmas programs in Doylestown High School auditorium as a special feature of the Parent Teacher Association meeting last Wednesday evening at 8 PM.

P-T. A Chippewa Township Easton School Lowe Misa Steiner Doylestown High School

Honor Roll List from Marshallville High School Friday

Mrs Randall Co Etling assistant teacher announces Friday December 17 as Honor Roll night. Students achieving All As include seniors Dorothy Parsons Stevie Helen Wentach and freshman Pear Baer Dick Steiner Carl Stevie. All As and Bs include seniors Helen Baer Jeanetta Brown Roy Nolt Howard Poetter sophomores Velmina Engler Ralph Kershner and freshmen John Henry Erwin Mae Matson Glenn Nolt.

Marshallville High School Dorothy Parsons Junior Stevie Helen Wentach Pear Baer Dick Steiner Carl Stevie Helen Baer Jeanetta Brown Roy Nolt Howard Poetter Velmina Engler Ralph Kershner John Henry Erwin Mae Matson Glenn Nolt

Protecting Stream Banks From Erosion With Sausage Jetties

A guide from the SolId Conservation Service outlines erosion control for small streams in Wayne and Ashland counties. It details making rock filled wire bound sausage jetties at a 46 degree angle, anchoring into banks, and limiting length to 30 to 44 percent of flood width. Planting trees such as white willow and cottonwood near water’s edge completes lasting protection.

Wayne Ashland Solld Conservation Service

Willow cuttings and bank plantings for erosion control

The article describes planting willow cuttings five to eight feet long and one to four inches in diameter to withstand floods and weeds. Plantings extend from the water edge, with six to eight foot spacing, using logs and holes dug with hand tools, plus protection from livestock. It also notes supplementary plantings of locust or walnut in overflow areas and advises on erosion reduction and pasture rotation.

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