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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
7
Postmaster Robert J. Hickin said nearly all social security act registration blanks have been received and sent to Washington. An estimated 1200+ employees registered with about 50 unsubmitted at last report. Delays due to late submissions may affect timing of registration cards.
Rittman area residents and relatives are listed visiting, traveling, or recovering. Mentions include Hendrickson in Akron and Columbus, McGee returning for vacation from Otterbein College, and various attendances atinstallations, conventions, and church events in Seville, Cleveland, Orrville, and Akron.
A man suffered irregular heartbeats due to gastric pressure after meals. 치료 freed from gas, he now eats normally and reports normal heart rhythm.
Neph ew Freddie Harms of Cleveland visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs C L Gordon. Mrs C C Gregg and Mrs F Snyder spent Thursday in Wooster. Miss Elizabeth Hershey and Charles Hershey went to Akron Saturday. Mr and Mrs Carl Rizer visited the latter's father Joseph Koeth and Mrs Floyd Holzhiemer in Cleveland on Sunday.
Members of the Rittman Public School faculty shared a chicken dinner at Smithville on Monday evening with all but three present. The group exchanged gifts and had fun as the event concluded. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union plans a meeting at Mrs. H. F Longenecker’s home on S. Main St. Wednesday December 30 with Mrs. C. J. McGee as secretary and Mrs. J. E. Benek as program leader.
The Daughters of America plan their regular meeting on Tuesday December 22 with an urged attendance and a 10 cent gift exchange plus lunch. A bingo party at Mrs William Harmon Salt Sr yielded high score for Mrs Osa Snyder and consolation for Mrs William Matz. St Ann's church hosts a dish sale in Hershey and Rohrer building Friday and Saturday with extended hours. M W of A Christmas party at Union Hall Tuesday December 22 at 7 pm includes Santa and children’s treats hosted by Ladies of the Camp.
An old fashioned spelling bee capped the PTA gathering this month with the younger generation taking first place. Doris Cunning ham, a senior, spelled down the group while Mrs JJ Glover placed second.
The United Brethren church will present a Christmas program by the Sunday school classes on Sunday evening. A miscellaneous program has been planned with Miss Donia Steele as program committee chair.
A Christmas program presented by the Young People on Tuesday December 22 1936 at 8 p m features solos duets trios quartets group singing and instrumental numbers with a short sermon by Rev Albert Flory all are invited.
A family birthday dinner was held Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Sam Graber to honor Mrs Graber’s birthday anniversary. Guests included Mr and Mrs Joe Werkler and son Lester, Miss Fannie, and Peter Liechty.
Mrs Vera Davis and son visited Cleveland relatives. Seville forms a garden club with Miss Carrie Belchler attending its organizing meeting and Mary Fixler named president. Mrs Goffinet recovered from flu and hosted Celia Ziegler from Rittman. Cap Miller, known for apple butter, made a final batch reaching 1600 gallons this year.
At a recent meeting staged for a story attributed to J Edgar Hoover a smooth outsider travels to a town and threatens local married men with a false charge. Report says seventy five percent paid up without asking for details, suggesting a guilty conscience.
Arthur Griffith son of Mr and Mrs W A Griffith operators of Pastime Gardens announces his betrothal to Miss Julia Petrovich of Forest City Pa The marriage is planned for Christmas Day at the Griffith home in Marshallville Griffith a Marshallville High School graduate class of 1932 is employed by Albert J Brown plumber The bride to be works as a waitress at the Stone Jail Tavern on State Route Hametown
The Easton Local of the Akron District Milk Producers Association re elected officers for 1937 Chauncey F Gatehouse as president Otto L Thomas as vice president and Ernest H Zimmerman as secretary treasurer all of Marshallville R D Zimmerman and Kosier named to trucking committee Zimmerman led signatures drive this week to ship milk to Akron in the year ahead.
Marshallville reports Marshallville items show Trustee David C Musser nursing a severely sprained wrist from cranking his tractor. Musser is a prominent farmer operating an elder press. Other local farmers listed include Leland Musser George Handwerk Calvin Handwerk Vin Handwerk Bimer Snyder and others.
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