Community Arts Club and Garden Group Notes
Women meet Monday at Mrs Lindaey Williams home with speaker Gertrude Ward on palmistry and zodiac signs. Ruth Longworth leads Tuesday talk on Our New President and the First Lady. Garden Group discusses Best Plants of 1961 and Forcing Branches next Wednesday hosted by Ruth Longworth. Local notices include school board meeting at North Street School and travel updates from Frederick Willems on leave.
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Lindaey
Williams
Gertrude ‘Ward
Wooster
Arthur Bauman
Ivan King
Jen Halidman
Man ‘Garden
Ruth ‘Longworth
Marjorie Gilbert
Rittman Board of’ Education
North Street
Frederick Willems
The
Air Force
Nancy
Faye
Orchard Street
Willems
Frederick T. Willems
Fox
APO
New York
Rittman High Math Class Finishes Canvass Work
The Mathematics Class of Rittman High School completed a canvass for the new bicentone project. Miss Ruth Saterena is noted for reporting the results and the club sold promotional materials receiving a check for 168 dollars.
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Anvassing
Rittman Bicentone
Rittman High School
Weate
Rittman Press
He.arive
Ruth Saterena
Rutsin Press
Willard Hilty Receives National Scouting Award in Akron
Willard Sham Hilty of Rittman receives the National Scouting Award of Silver Beaver at a Sheraton Hotel banquet in Akron. He has 17 years of Scout service as Neighborhood Commissioner for Chippewa District and Troop 405 committee member, plus past roles in Pack 3400 and Troop 405. He also serves as a Deacon and Sunday School teacher at Milton Presbyterian Church and as Assistant Postmaster for Man for 27 years.
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Willard
Sham) Hilty
Nat
Akron
Rittman
Hilty
Akron Area
Boy Scout Council
Sheraton Hotel
Chippewa
Rittman American Legion Post
Ritteeman
Man
PCA Employees Credit Union Declares 5 Percent Dividend
The PCA Employees Credit Union announced a five percent dividend to 105 members at its 18th annual meeting. 1961 dividends will be paid semi annually on June 30 and December 31. Joe Felix was re elected president for a ninth term. Roy Van Nostran and Carl Adams joined the Credit Committee with 1961 officers including Don Kirk vice president Red Gilbert treasurer and Frank Fetzer secretary Mrs Pereira remains assistant treasurer with aides Mrs Weber and Mrs Castor in the office.
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PCA’ Employees Credit Union
Joe Felix
Gene Harris
Harry Menegay
Paul Baker
Frank Fetzer
Roy van Nostran
Carl Adams
Don Kirk
Red Gilbert
Pereira
Frank Weber
Lynn Castor
State approves sewage plans before work can start
The city must obtain state approval for Stillson and Associates designs before bidding and construction on the 225000 project can proceed. Plans propose a 40 foot diameter digestor, grit removal, new pump, upgraded meters, sludge tanks, and secondary digestion upgrades on 11 acres near the B and O tracks. The project will be funded by bonds backed by water and sewer rates with state permits renewed to June.
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South Corporation
Packaging Corp
Water Pollution Control Board
State Department of Health
State Department
Board of Public Ute
Air Quality Tests Underway in Rittman
City Manager Charles Mann says a state industrial hygiene survey of Rittman air will be released in weeks. The Division of Industrial Hygiene tested two weeks using a portable unit at Atlas Freight Office on Industrial Street and will study results after removal this weekend. Residents had complained chemicals may be harmful as weather brought smoke from plants. Mann noted a new police car arrived and officers will take six weeks of training in Wadsworth.
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Rittman
Charles Mann
State Division of Industrial Hygiene
Atlas Freight
Mann
Wadsworth
Rawiga Club elects Heames president and honors members
Robert Heames of Rittman will head the Ra wiga Country Club board for the year. At the annual meeting 200 shareholders named committee chairs led by Max Cole for golf and Clarence Kunkler for greens. Lifetime memberships were awarded to Kunkler Erich and Kohler. retiring president Ed Stentz received a plaque. Dues rise to 145 for golf and 70 for social to fund upstairs updates including a ballroom. Membership increases from 350 to 400, with new shareholders required to be golf members.
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Robert_Heames
Clarence Kunkler
Mel Erich
Carl Kohler
Ed Stentz
Rawiga Country Club
Mel Emch
Center
Emch
Robert Heames
Kunkler
Karl Kohler
Insurance Firms File Suit Against Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Eight insurance companies sue the Ohio Fuel Gas Company in Wayne County Common Pleas Court seeking 42176.12 for explosion and fire that damaged Wayne Packing Co on Front Street on February 11 1959. They claim gas was shut off then reactivated without notice after business hours, filling the building with gas and causing the blast. Losses are listed as 18904 for the building and 523/372 for contents. Names include Standard Fire Insurance Co Citizens Insurance Co of New Jersey Philadelphia Fire and Marine Insurance Co Fireman's Fund Insurance Co Richland Knox Mutual Insurance Co Pearl Assurance Co Ltd General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corp and Utah Home Fire Insurance Co.
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Wayne County Common Pleas Court
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Wayne Packing Company
Front Street
Standard Fire Insurance Co
Citizens Insurance Co. of
New Jersey
Philadelphia Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co
Richland-Knox Mutual Insurance Co
Pearl Assurance Co. Ltd
General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corp
Utah Home Fire Insurance Co
PTA Minstrel Show End Men Return This Year
Six returning end men Bill Davis George Sandrock Don Neihaus Russ Lewis Ed Bernhardt and Andy Stuff join the PTA Minstrel Show. Cast rehearsals every Wednesday at the high school. Show runs March 17 and 18 in the high school auditorium. Co chairs are Mrs. Harry Ditch and Mrs. Glenn Butler.
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PTA
Gene Sharick Annou
Bill Davis
George Sandrock
Don Neihaus
Russ Lewis
Ed Bernhardt
Andy Stuff
Sharick
Harry Ditch
Glenn Butler
Winter Band Concert Next Thursday at Rittman High
The Rittman Concert Band directed by Gene Sharick performs Feb 9 at 7 30 pm in the high school gym. Guest baritone Larry L Douglas, formerly of the US Army Band, appears with Marsha Harris as piano soloist. The 60 piece band plays Brahms and Debussy with Scriabin Etudes and light selections, tickets 75 cents for adults 50 cents for students.
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Rittman
Gene Sharick
Larry L Douglas
US Army Band
Norton Public
Douglas
Simone Mantia Douglas
Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music
Washington Area
Marsha Harris
Rittman High School
Brahms
Claude DeBussy
Romeo and Juel
Tchaikovs
Scriabin
Leroy Anderson
Modest Moussorgsky
John Casavas
Hear Report On Parking Meters February 15
Council and Chamber officials will hear Frenau Inc on a parking study done in Rittman this fall. City Manager Charles Mann says the meeting is open to the public for opinions on meters. A prior survey by Engineering Associates was discussed last year before a study decision.
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Council
Chamber of Commerce
Frenau Inc
Rittman
Charles Mann
Engineering Associates
Winter Band Concert Set by North Central Schools
The Junior High Music Department of North Central School District presents a winter concert this Sunday at 3 30 p.m. in Norwayne High School. More than 160 seventh and eighth grade students will participate. Admission is free and open to the public.
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North Central School
Norwayne High School
Ritfman Band Seeks Patrons and Guarantors This Season
Ritfman High School Band launches a drive for subscriptions to the Patrons and Guarantors Program for the current concert season. Members sell $3 memberships granting two adult tickets per concert, with $500+ donors becoming guarantors for reserved seats and extra tickets. Subscribers are listed in concert programs and receive Spring Concert advance tickets by mail. Contact director Gene Sharick at 925-1696.
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Ritfman High School
tFand
Nhone
Gene Sharick
Mann Reports On State Meeting
Mann returned from the Ohio City Manager's Association meeting in Dayton stating his city faces problems but gains benefits such as hospitalization and insurance. He noted moves from village to city form and that 5 cities yearly adopt council manager governance. 1 747 towns use it nationwide. Discussions covered Supervisory Purchasing and Community extended Q&A on water supply pay scales personnel and contracts.
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Tharle
Mann
Ohio
Dayton
United States
AWOL Soldier Arrested in Break In Case
An 18 year old AWOL soldier from Fort Bragg NC was arraigned in Barberton Municipal Court on breaking and entering. Charles C Whitaker was arrested at D and K Supply on Clark Mill Road Monday night. Two younger boys in the building were sent to Akron Juvenile Center for action.
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Rittman
Barberton
Charles C. Whitaker
D and K
Clark Mill Road
Whitaker
Fort Bragg
Akron
Local Farmer Named To National Post
William A Ruttencutter, RD Rittman dairy farmer, named to a national committee on imports exports price supports and self-help. The panel, under National Milk Producers Federation in Washington, represents 500000 dairy farming families. Ruttencutter is Akron Milk Producers Inc. president and a Great Lakes Milk Marketing Federation director. The annointment was announced last week. Mr and Mrs Butterbutter and their four children live on County Road 108 west of route 94.
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Wiliam
Ruttencutter
RD Rittman
National Milk Producers Federation
Washington, DC
United States
Akron Milk Producers, Inc
Akron
Great Lakes Mil Marketing Federation
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