1955 year in review highlights Doylestown and Rittman
The year featured a 20 acre plot for a new grade school in Bennie Laurer’s plan, Doylestown’s biggest homecoming, and the Aug 29 Mardi Gras parade with royalty Betty Gillespie and David Sholaras-royalty. Local leaders and groups won league titles, a Junior Achievement building began in Rittman, and notable deaths included John Fisher age 79.
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Bennie Laurer
Doylestown
Betty Gillespie
David Sholaras
The
Bobby Mougey
Charles Ashman
First Brethren
Arizona
Ohio Boxboard Co
Junior Achievement
N. State St
United States
Brethren Church News Watchnight Fellowship Plans
Sterling Brethren Church invites all for a watchnight fellowship supper at 6 30 p m with games and devotions throughout the evening. Brethren Youth Fellowship meets at the Floyd Movie home this Friday night December 30 at 7 30 p m. all youths are invited.
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Brethren Church
Brethren Youth Fellowship
Floyd Movie
Lord of All film at Sterling First Brethren Church
The sound motion picture Lord of All in natural color will be shown at Sterling First Brethren Church on Sunday January 1 at 7 30 p m Colleen Townsend and Noel Reyburn lead the story of a young trumpet player Phil Sutherland who seeks worldly fame yet discovers a Christian call A Ladies Aid quilting day is set for Thursday January 5 and quilters are needed Choir rehearsal is held each Wednesday from 7 30 to 8 30 p m.
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First Brethren Church
Sterling
Phil Sutherland
Phil
Christ
Colleen Townsend
Noel Reyburn
Evangelist Services Set at Local Church January 4 to 15
Evangelistic services conducted by Rev Dewey Whitwell D D begin January 4 at 7 30 p m and run through January 15 at Evangelical United Brethren Church excluding Saturdays The Nashville Tennessee based evangelist is president of the Association of Evangelists and a longtime church leader Public invited Milton Garden Club to meet January 2 at 8 p m at Mrs Paul Maibach home with roll call on A suggestion for the good of our society Hosts Lynnie Steele and Mrs E H Miller
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Evangelical United Brethren Church
Dewey Whitwell
D.D
Nashville
Tenn
Whitwell
Association of Evangelists
Tennessee Conference
E.U. B. Church
Milton Garden Club
Paul Maibach
Lynnie Steele
E. H. Miller
Creston Woman Wins New Car in Christmas Contest
A Creston woman, Mrs Harold Lance, won a 1956 Pontiac in the Creston Progressive Merchants Christmas shopping contest. The event occurred Dec 23 at the annual Christmas party with prizes including a fat steer and de luxe doll. Various merchants donated gifts and the Norwayne band performed.
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Harold Lance
Creston R.D
Creston Progressive
Roger Everly
Creston
Robert Gammel
Santa
Board of Trade
Easterday
Huffman
Amoco
Matteson Drugs
Nichols Pontiac
Creston Live Stock
Harman
IGA
Inklers Volunteer Grocery
Creston Bakery
Coffey Insurance Ageny
Chambers Gulf Station
Cabell Radio and TV
LaReine Market
Hilson’s
Cresland
Chevrolet
Sellars and
Long
McIlvaine Sohio
Ritzi Jewelry
Creston Hardware
King’s Shell Station
McIlvaine
Buick Agency
Margaret Fitzham
J. C. Murray Funeral Home
M. J. Gordon
B. M. Foster
Robert Way
Ramsier Motors
W. L. Good Poultry
Wayne, Uhl
D. E. Crisplip Rubber
Hookway Greenhouse
Sonnedecker Coal
Stebbins National Bank
McIntire Basket
Rastetters Tavern
Gertenslager Meats Inc
Knepp
M.m.rhoads Insurance
Don Irvin
Rhoads
Ced
Rittman Press
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Vernon Steiner
Art Bauman
Robert Wenger
Orla Houglan
Avery Kinch
Paul Mogler
Ohio
Rittman
John Baldwin
Russell_Frey
Ittman Press
A. J. Grant
Sterling Brethren
U.S. Gov't
U. S
W. Bodager
Peoples
Federal Savings
Rittman, Ohio
Margaret Fitzthum
RED Bird
Loin End
Albro
Pork Sale
Maxwell
N.B.C
Minute Maid
LOIN
Oscar Mayer
Wadsworth and Rittman
Creston Garden Club
C. R. Obermiller
Jonh Allen
Chester Stewart
Frank Stellar
Kenneth Glasgow
Garden Club
John Coffey
Harriet Hatfield
Mildred Wolfert
Robert Schmidt
S” Main
Harry Gertenslager
Teh
Mit
Citra Mest
Miracle
Elna
Daley
Buick
America
Jackie- Cleason
Hugh-L-Strickland
AGS
Sgt Seed
Balt
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