Christmas crash and club gift mix up tale
An article recounts a near Christmas car crash as Bil and 8 Davis narrowly avoid a high speed vehicle, the driver ejecting through the windshield. It also covers a club gift auction that backfired when Mary Jane Frey received a soldering gun while Esther Overholt bought barbecue tongs, plus local anniversaries and social notes.
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Bil
Davis
Mary Jane Frey
Arts Club
Mary Jane
Margaret Williams
Detroit
Esther Overholt
Rittman
Esther
Rittman 1963 Progress Charts Growth and Plans
City township and school district surveys map 1963 growth. January notes include Twelfth Tree Burning and new leadership in local groups. March surveys frame plans for a near 2 million hospital project and comprehensive regional planning, with multiple community updates and notable local events.
Twelfth Night Burning Scheduled For Jan 6 Rittman
The Rittman Chamber of Commerce schedules the Twelfth Night Tree Burning for Monday January 6 in the Recreation area on Industrial Street with Dee Freed and Jim Moore in charge. A Citizen of the Year award will be presented Thursday January 30, with nominations to Chamber secretary Hazel Damron by January 21.
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Rittman Chamber of Commerce
Dee Freed
Jim Moore
Rittman Press
Hazel Damron
West
Ohio Avenue
Ietter
Rome
Jesus
Christ
God
Cana
America
Mrs. Vesta L. Miller Dies at 70 in Sterling
Mrs. Vesta L. Miller 70 of Sterling RD 1 widow of Howard D. Miller died early Friday at Wooster Hospital after illness. She lived all her life in the Sterling-Smithville area and belonged to Oak Grove Church and Georgetown Homemakers Club. Surviving are three stepsons Lloyd and Howard Miller of Orrville RD Leonard Miller of Smithville and two stepdaughters Letha Steiner and Cuella Flint of Sterling. Also 20 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren a brother Vernon Yoder of Calif and a nephew William Yoder of Wooster. Burial was at Oak Grove Mennonite Church Cemetery with Rev. Robert Otto officiating.
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Vesta L. Miller
Sterling RD
Howard D. Miller
Miller
Wooster Hospital
Sterling - Smithville
Oak Grove Church
Georgetown
Flint
Sterling
Vernon Yoder
Calif
William Yoder
Wooster
Youth For Christ
Germany
Oak Grove Mennonite Church
Robert Otto
Spread Cheer Troop 746 Caroling for Needy Family Aid
Senior Girl Scout Troop 746 spread Christmas cheer by caroling at homes of Bob Heames, Coleen O Neal, and John Simonton, who have health issues, and donated food clothing and toys for a needy family. Mary Hessidence hosted the girls after the party.
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Bob Heameses
Ted
Coleen O'Neal
Bob Heames
Conhame
John Simonton
Mary Hessidence
Local names list appears in OCR fragment
A jumble of personal names and initials includes JLindsey Williams James Witzberger Robert Simonton Joseph Brandt Robert Ewing Ivan W Day Doris Wertz Ruth Black Dee Goffinet Russell Bendel Cona Williams Kenneth Frase Fran Sandrock Mrs Doyle Chi Gary W Martin Robert Tennent John D Perin Beecher Noble Jr Drusilla Kennedy Trene Copley Snell Pat Peterman Fran Schindler Lewis Muckleroy Joyce West Hildh Sprowl Vera Kay Roy Welling Ronald Kuntz Betty Mellor. The fragment lacks a cohesive article structure or clear event.
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Jlindsey Williams
James Witzberger
Robert Simonton
Joseph Brandt
Robert Ewing
Ivan W Day
Doris Wertz
Ruth Black Dee Goffinet
Russell_ Bendel
Cona Williams
Kenneth Frase
Fran Sandrock Mrs
Doyle Chi Gary" W Martin
Robert Tennent
Drusilla Kennedy Trene- Copley
Pat Peterman
Fran Schindler
Lewis Muckleroy
Joyce West
Hildh Sprowl
Vera Kay
Roy Welling
Ronald Kuntz
Betty Mellor
Council Set to Meet After Holiday Break
The council resumes with a regular meeting scheduled next Monday. It last met officially December 2 when new members were sworn in. Informal sessions handled the Vogt-Ivers planning survey and next year’s budget. The 1964 budget and appointments to the Parks and Recreation Board, Board of Zoning Appeals, Planning Commission, and Cemetery Board are slated for approval.
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Vogt-Ivers
Parks and Recreation Board
Board of Zoning Appeals
Planning Commission
Cemetery Board
Mother Of Local Woman Succumbs
Services were held Saturday at 1 30 p m for Mrs Minnie Yoder Hershey 85 mother of Mrs Maynard Gillespie of Rittman She died Thursday morning at Wayne County Hospital where she had been a year and a half She was born in Green Two to Simon and Sarah Anna Lichtenwalter Griner on May 17 1878 She was a member of the Rittman Presbyterian Church Surviving children include Glenn Yoder Orrville Mrs Martin Hill Rocky River Gordon Yoder Loudonville Mrs Carl Maurer Wooster and Mrs Earl Fults Chicago Ill There are 18 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren Deceased relatives include Mr Yoder 1917 a daughter Grace Schaner and four brothers Burial was at Oak Grove Cemetery with Rev James Watt and Rev Albert Henry officiating.
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Minnie Yoder Hershey
Maynard Gillespie
Rittman
Hershey
Wayne County Hospital
Green Two
Simon
Sarah Anna Lichtenwalter Griner
Rittman Presbyterian Church
Glenn Yoder
Orrville
Martin Hill
Rocky River
Gordon
Bank Announces Extra Dividend at Ritt man Savings Bank
Board votes an extra dividend of .50 a share payable December 31, 1963. Total 1963 dividend is 2.50 a share. Annual meeting for shareholders set for Wednesday January 8 at 2:00 p.m. to elect directors and review the year’s operating statement.
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Rittman Savings Bank
Junior Achievement Conference delegates named
Fre Holland and Jim Howell will represent local Junior Achievement at JAMCO63 in Dayton this week. About 600 delegates from 43 cities in six states and Ontario attend at the Biltmore Hilton Hotel December 26 to 29 to learn about free enterprise and business operations from leading executives.
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Fwo_Rittman
Junior Achievement Management
Dayton
Fre Holland
Victor Holland
West Sunset
Tochesey
Junior Achievement Company
Jim Howell
Russell Howell
East
Ohio Avenue
Inko Arts
JAMCO
Kentucky
Michigan
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Windsor
Ontario
Canada
Biltmore-Hilton Hotel
R C Can declares cash and stock dividends
The board of directors of the R C Can Company declares a 12 12 cent per share cash dividend an increase of 2 1 2 cents and a 5 percent stock dividend on common stock an increase of 2 percent payable January 31 1964 to stockholders of record January 15 1964 The board intends to continue quarterly cash disbursements at the new rate.
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R C Can Company
Patrolman Hurt In Car Mishap
Patrolman Marvis Carmichael is confined to Wadsworth Municipal Hospital after a Christmas morning crash south of Rittman on Route 94. The cruiser went off the road into a ditch. Carmichael was unconscious upon ambulance arrival with possible back injuries. City officials planned to question him to determine the cause later today.
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Rittman
Marvis Carmichael
Wadsworth
Carmichael
Charles Mann
Grays
Mann
Mrs Ester C Riggenbach 1887 76 obituary notice
Mrs Ester C Riggenbach 76 of 71 Greenwood Street Rittman died Thursday after a weeklong illness at Wadsworth Municipal Hospital Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 pm at Gillman Funeral Home Burial followed at Acme Lutheran Cemetery Pastor Mr Bishop officiating She was born January 12 1887 to Jacob and Anna Holpp Ben de, a retired Orrville carpenter and longtime Rittman resident She worked for the Ohio Match Company and belonged to Acme Lutheran Church Women Missionary Guild Surviving are her husband Arch stepsons Vernon Wooster Walter Orrville and William California One brother Roy Bendel of Wadsworth.
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Ester C Riggenbach
Greenwood Street
Rittman
Acme Lutheran
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Riggenbach
Wadsworth Municipal Hospital
Orrville Carpenter
Ohio
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Anna Holpp
Ohio Match Company
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Ruiggenbach
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Walter
William
California
Roy Bendel
Library to close early for New Year’s Eve
Rittman Public Library will close at 5 p.m. Tuesday December 31 and reopen at 3 p.m. Thursday January 2 1964. Librarian Mrs Kathleen Hilliard announced the schedule.
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Rittman Public Library
Kathleen Hilliard
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