New Year Wishes and Local Anniversary Reminders
As 1971 ends, readers are wished a happy prosperous New Year for 1972. Anniversaries and birthdays are noted for Ira and Robison, Albert and Gasser, Ed Taylor, Sue Chorba, Chris Scaggs, Marian Roberts, J Brenneman, Lonnie Cook, Janet Hults, Lolita Miller, Heather Easterday, Willis Justice, Frank Kitts, Dallas Pelfry, Linda Firis, Rick Rigas, Harold Widmer, Mary Lou Gasser, Harry Johnson, Ed Thompson, Karl Rohrer, Vera Milanovic, Venona Berger. Judith Sabo earns education degree with honors. Judy Periera to start United Air Lines training. Sylvia Smith, 1012 Riverview Rd Sterling Ohio, is Dickinson College staff photo editor student at Carlisle Penn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick Rigas
Harold Widmer
Mary Lou Gasser
Harry Johnson
Ed Thompson
Sylvia Smith
Riverview Rd
Sterling
Ohio
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Rittman Calendar Highlights Late December to January
The Rittman Indians host Smithville at the high school gym on December 30. Rotary meets at noon. Fire department weekly trial run at 7 p.m. January 3 events include Arts Club at 8 p.m. Organizational Meeting at 8 p.m. for the Board of Education. Friendly mothers club at 8 p.m. Lions club at 6 30 p.m. at Williams Restaurant. Band Boosters at 7 30 p.m. January 4 Rittman Indians travel to Dalton. Milton Township Trustees meet. Olla Podrida at 8 p.m. Booster Club meeting. American Legion 423 also meets. January 5 Junior Mothers Club at 8 30 p.m. at Rittman Savings Bank meeting room. V F W meets at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Indians
Smithville
Rotary
Rittman Fire Department
Three Arts Club
Rittman Board of Education
Friendly Mothers Club
Lions Club
Williams
Rittman Band Boosters
Fires Devotion and Fiscal News in Cold December
In subzero mornings Rittman and nearby departments respond in bare gear to fires and rescues. The piece also notes Wayne County tax distributions for 1970 totaling over 1.23 million and a motor vehicle population rise across Ohio municipalities and outside areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne County
Ohio
C. Donald Curry
Eugene P. O’grady
City Christmas Tree Pickup Notice
Suburban Service will collect all Christmas trees on regular weekly pickup days or bi weekly Thursday routes. Place trees at the curb for collection. R A Trimble City Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.A. Trimble
Ohio Edison and Penn Power plan 1972 expansion costs
Ohio Edison and its Pennsylvania Power unit outline 1972 expansion budgets totaling 148.4 million dollars. The boards approved the plans in Akron and New Castle with Mansfield noting rising demand and higher equipment costs as the main drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Edison Company
Pennsylvania Power Company
New Castle
D. Bruce Mansfield
Ohio Company
Penn Power
Ohio Edison Board
Akron
Penn Power Board
Mansfield
From the Gang at the Rittman Press
Patricia Ryland leads a group including Dorothy Frerguson ennis Buss Robert Riggs Man Day Joseph Meer dohn McInerney Robert Sterche a in a community gathering at the Rittman Press offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Rittman Press
Patricia Ryland
Dorothy Frerguson Ennis Buss
Robert Riggs
Man Day Joseph Meerdohn
McInerney
Robert Sterche
CAPCO plans large power projects across Ohio and Pennsylvania
Ohio Edison's and Penn Power's new generation, under CAPCO agreements with Cleveland Electric Illuminating, Duquesne Light, and Toledo Edison, will be owned jointly. Two major plants, Beaver Valley nuclear units and Bruce Mansfield coal unit, will start operation in the 1970s, with billions allocated in 1972 and 1975 1980 timelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Edison
Penn Power
Central Area Power Coordination
CAPCO
Akron
New Castle
Shippingport
Ohio River
Beaver Valley
Edison
Bruce Mansfield
Citizen of the Year nominations urged with deadline near
The Rittman Chamber of Commerce asks for Citizen of the Year nominations before January 11, 1972. Nominations should be mailed to the Citizen of the Year Committee at Box 336, Rittman Ohio. Judges will weigh activity during 1971 and consider past background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Rittman Chamber of Commerce
Rittman
Ohio
Vern Phillips
Bob West
Robert Bodager
East Sunset Road Upgrade Plans Probed in Rittman
East Sunset would be widened to 24 feet raise up to six feet and straightened near the East Ohio Avenue underpass part of a project costing about 216000 with right of way and field engineering borne by Rittman The plan includes a new River Styx bridge and storm sewer work plus a potential EPA funded storm water diversion plant to prevent street flooding funded at about 140000 with 95 percent from EPA and 10 to 15 thousand potential state tax revenue for Rittman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
East Sunset
East Ohio Avenue
Rittman-Wadsworth
Don and
de Freed
Ford Motor Dealers
Merle Heffelman
Engineering Associates of
Wooster
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Reader
Engineering Associates
East Ohio
Council
Reader
Hall
Robert Trimble
Environmental Protection Agency
Trimble
EPA
R.G Beer Corp
Lodi Cable Service, Inc
Weldon Hardgrove
Light Busters Arrested Theft of Christmas Lights
Rittman police arrested four youths after fifteen complaints of stolen lights last week. A youth said he wanted them for his Christmas tree and another admitted smashing bulbs to hear them pop. Five youths 12 to 16 were placed with the Wayne County Juvenile Court after guilty findings for truancy and unruly conduct. A truck theft probe tied to Bedford Ohio professionals also involved arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Bedford
Ohio
Ohio Youth Commission
Wayne County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ira Robinson
Albert Gasser
Ed Taylor
Sue Chorba
Chris Scaggs
Marian Roberts
J. Brenneman
Lonnie Cook
Janet Hults
Lolita Miller
Heather Easterday
Willis Ray Justice
Frank Kitts
Dallas Pelfry
Linda Firis
Karl Rohrer
Vera Milanovic
Venona Berger
Judith Sabo
Berger
K.S.A
Judy
Pat Periera
United Air Lines
Rittman Fire Dept
Rittman, Sterling, and
Chippewa Township
Ercil Robinson
Robert Snyder
N. Hicken
George Spence
N. Metzger
Pennsylvania
Gertrude O Lidity
Robert Simonton
Joseph Brandt
Robert Broome
Lucille Meade
Ruth Dlensen
Audrey Whideman
Danie Witdeman
Glyndyne Regs
Helen Grant
Wharcine Jackson
Ruth Clarke
Lilke Buss
Cheryl Johnson
Penny Springer
Dorothy Sibheimer Olindsey Wihams
Light Busters
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