Christmas Messages and Local Births in Rittman
Local column shares Christmas wishes from Jimmy Davis and notes on hospital convalescence. Births include Jeffrey Ray Reid and James Albert Johnson with family details. Cards and greetings encouraged to hospital and home addresses. Moose Women announce Jan 8 meeting and January chicken dinner plans.
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Hilding Johnson
Jimmy Davis
Jimmy
Rittman
Gladys
Bill Davis
Children’s Hospital
Akron
Tragic Accident Claims Life of Lyman A. Gish
Lyman A. Gish 57 of Sterling died in a morning accident when a car started and an automatic door opener failed. He collapsed and asphyxiated by engine fumes after leaving the car to fix the door. Survived by wife and two sons, with services held at Gillman Funeral Home.
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Lyman A. Gish
West Ohio
Wayne County
J. T. Questel
Gish
Schoor
Interact plans Hauenstein Children’s Fund for jackets
Interact, the high school service club, starts the Hauenstein Children’s Fund to buy cold weather clothing for needy pupils. Co-presidents Carl Rastorfer and Linda Wenger say the fund honors W H Bill Hauenstein, who for 23 years led the Rittman school system and privately funded similar aid. The fund will be run by four area principals and housed in the superintendent’s office at 68 W Liberty St.
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W. H
Bill’ Hauenstein
Interact
Hauenstein Children’s Fund
Hauenstein
Bill
Rittman
Wayne County Vocation High School
Smithville
Hauenstein Fund
W. Liberty Street
Tom Spear
Robert Miller
First Street
Ron Sommerville
North Street
Jerry Roth
West Hill
Larry Stuckey
Rittman Young
Rittman High ‘School
Clab
Kathy Mullins
Sheri Peterman
Sharon
Sally Sommers
Conley’s
West's Clothing Store
Ben Franklin
Loreen Gatehouse Rittman native dies after long illness
Services were held for Loreen Kay Gatehouse 21 of 90 Warren Street Wooster who died Thursday at Wooster Community Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Wooster, raised in Rittman, a United Methodist Church member, and a 1966 Rittman High School graduate. Survived by her father Carl and brother Terry. mother Florence died in 1967. Rev Daniel Remaley officiated. Burial Chestnut Hill Cemetery. Gillman Funeral Home arranged the services.
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Wooster
Gillman Funeral Home
Charles Turner
Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
Rittman
Loreen Kay
Mrs Rinard Dies At 92 In Rinard Mills
Mrs Anna K Rinard age 92 of 112 South Hickin died Saturday at Wayne County Home where she had been a patient for three weeks. Services were Tuesday in Rinard Mills with four daughters two sons and many grandchildren and great grandchildren among survivors.
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Rinard Mills
Anna K.rinard
South Hickin
Wayne County
Calais
Ohio
Wilma Ridgeway
Rittman
Ridgeway
Ada West
Birdie Masters
Mogadore
Nina Mendenhall
Ashland
Lewis
Wooster
Harry
Lille Cline
Graysville
Ida Lisk
Bellaire
Effie Gruber
Canton
Edna Pryor
Grand Rapids
Mich
Gillman Funeral Home
Public Sledding Declared on Metzger Avenue
City Manager announces Metzger Avenue from Hill Crest Drive to Hawthorne Avenue will host public sledding. Thru traffic banned 4 00 p m to 10 00 p m on weekdays and 10 00 a m to 10 00 p m on holidays and weekends.
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Metzger Avenue
Hillcrest Drive
Hawthorne Avenue
Rittman City Office Closed for December 25 26
The Rittman City Office will be closed Thursday and Friday December 25 and 26 per City Manager Robert A Trimble.
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Rittman City
Robert A. Trimble
Nominating Rittman Citizen of the Year 1969
Citizens committee calls for letters nominating a Rittman resident for Citizen of the Year. Nominations must arrive by Thursday January 22 to Mrs. Kenneth Hilty, Box 336, c/o Chamber of Commerce. The winner will be announced at the banquet Thursday January 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Kenneth Hilty
c/o Chamber of Commerce
Will Be A Auctioneer Edwin Rastorfer Starts Apprenticeship
Edwin A Rastorfer of Sterling recently graduated from Reisch Auctioneer School in Mason City Iowa. He attended Dec 1 to Dec 13 and begins a one year apprenticeship. He currently works as a lab technician at Morton Salt Company.
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Roger Marty
Raymond Marty
Sterling, RD
Penn State University
Roger
Norwayne High School
Kent State University
State University
Cleveland
Edwin A. Rastorfer
Sterling
Reisch Auctioneer School
Mason City
Rastorfer
Morton Salt Company
Braided Rug Artist Overcomes Polio to Create 9 by 12 Masterpiece
Mrs. Boss of 114 Greenwood braids rugs in four weeks as a handicapped polio survivor. At 77 she still works daily, sewing 50 garments per rug and has made about 200 rugs for friends and relatives. She quilts 18 quilts, bakes for neighbors, and inspired by family including chef son Jim in Cleveland and son Gerald in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Cleveland
Gerald
Cincinnati
Harvey Graham
Marietta
Sterling Area
Ashland
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Nadine-Trogdon
Betty
Garland McComas
Jeffrey Ray Reid
Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital
Lester Reid
Reid
Robert
Lisa
Louise Rose
Phil
Philip E. Schumacher
Marine Corps
Marine Corps Advisory Detachment
US Naval Advisory Group
Apo San Francisco
Calif
Wadsworth - Rittman Hospital
Albert Johnson
James Albert
Johnson
Terry
Randy
Patricia
Children’ S Hospital
Chris Jackson
Mary Kollert
Ruth Ann Hughes
Glendene Oe
Denise Snoddy
Jim Sleman
Elaine Breece
Brad Payne
Twyla Haulk
Elva M. Hutchison
Jon Clifton
Kenneth Zollinger
Kathy Rose
Peggy Wilson
Robert West
Arnold Gunnels
Elizabeth Hockensmith
Loretta Lively
Robert W. Gardiner
Nancy Jo Wenger
Timothy Miller
Michael Acker
Deloris Rohrer
Eugene Wallace
Jerry Race
Diane Dotterer
Kay Tomassetti
Nadine Trogdon
Joyce West
Women of the
Moose
Christine Givens
Carl Lowe
Moosehaven
M. H. Ellis
Academy of Friendship
Marion Jester
Jane Franks
Albert Schaad
Lyman Gish
Bill” Hauenstein
Rittman High School Athletic Association
Lyman C. Gish
Winnin
Johnman
Roger Hessidence
Citizens Committee
Mrs. Boss
By Nadine Trogdon
Ross
Mt. Zion
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