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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1932
Page
4
Public notice page from The Rittman Press lists subscription prices and advertising rates for business locals church notices and society events. It shows one year six months and monthly options and notes lower display ad charges with no charge accounts.
Local residents hosted and visited kin over Christmas in numerous homes. Guests included the Trents, the Webbers, the Bakers, and the Longeneckers among many families in Rittman and nearby towns. Attendees traveled from Wooster, Akron, and Creston, with several college students visiting from Notre Dame and Wooster College.
The Stuart Erwin comedy follows a bookish heir to fifty million who seeks life lessons from two teachers Alison Skipworth and Susan Fleming. Also listed are Red Dust with Clark Gable and Jean Harlow as the drama unfolds in Cochin China, Virtue and its haunting marriage night, plus a murder climax as Carole Lombard and Pat O'Brien star. The program notes a midweek presentation and a Wednesday Thursday screening.
We extend heartfelt thanks to all who assisted with their services cars and words of sympathy at the death of our beloved husband and father 16 p Mrs D G Steiner and Family.
We thank neighbors and friends who helped during our father’s illness and death. Signed by Mrs. Vincent Marble George, Charles Smoyer, and Paul Smoyer.
Card of Thanks thanks those who assisted during a time of illness and expresses appreciation for flowers sent by Grover Snyder and family. Also includes a quip: staying up all night makes one wise as an owl, though the daytime showing owl’s lack of sense.
Readout of Rittman High School plans for the second semester. Activities include regular basketball schedule and March tournaments, junior class play, senior class play, and the junior-senior banquet. Literary contests ongoing with pennant points system. Annual for 1933 in progress with staff chosen and work underway.
The outlook for 1933 is cautiously optimistic as people close the books on 1932 and plan for the year ahead. Analysts note relief as bank failures slow, European debt questions clarify, and farm prices look to improve, signaling a thorough readjustment beyond money and trade. The piece urges a shift in mindset toward working for personal gain and tempering expectations, warning against reliance on easy prosperity.
The United Brethren Church calendar lists Rev. C J McGee at 72S Main with contact 142 L. The note invites worshipers for a New Year service and describes a Sunday school officer election to be held during the session.
Newton D Baker warns 25,000 families and over 200,000 youths have become wanderers and hobos with no work or homes. He notes some morale remains high as Americans donate aid to ease the crisis, urging continued help this winter despite strain on charity resources.
The Clayton Dohner auto repair shop will relocate to Gordon's Service Station in Ernest after January 1. About a year ago Sigmund Ruud at Davos Switzerland achieved a 265.74 feet jump on skis.
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