Gas line upgrades expand residential supply in Rittman
Ohio Fuel Gas Co installs a six inch line on E Ohio Ave serving Madina, N Seneca, Industrial Sts, and E 2 Ohio Ave, plus an Elliott St line by the Erie RR tracks serving the south end. Eight and ten inch pipes are being laid. Total cost about 7300 dollars. Crum Construction Co of Grafton handles the work, to be finished this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Homes
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
E. Ohio Ave
Henvea
Madina
N. Seneca
Industrial Sts
Ohio Ave
Elliot St
Erie RR
Moat Homes
Council debates recreation program and salary controversy
The council mulls a long running recreation program dispute at Monday’s meeting. A Feb 9 deadline looms as Recreation Director Homer Pyre’s $3600 annual pay is challenged with a possible salary repeal triggering a new three reading ordinance and staffing doubts. Also up is a request to rezone 15 lots on N Main Street from residential to commercial.
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Homer Pyre
N. Main St
Home St
Residents rebuild after historic flood hits Rittman area
In Rittman and Bitimie, residents finish cleanup two weeks after a record flood. Damage exceeds 100000 dollars with many losing clothing and furniture. All 50 families displaced have returned to rebuild as plants resume operation and volunteers aid with food clothing and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bitimie
Fighting Pane Ang
Sinclair-Valentine Co
Atlas Freight Lines
Big Four Co
R .C. Can Co
Industrial St
Wayne Packing
Front St
Ace-Hi
Trogdons Market
E. Ohio Ave
Daleys Furniture
Mogler Electric
Jamie Mills Bakery
Protector Inc
S. Main St
Ohio Fuel Gas
Ohio Central Telephone
Ohio Edison
Water-Department
Rittman
Red Cross
Board to choose new member for Rittman School Board
The Rittman School Board will meet Wednesday to appoint a replacement for George Griffith who resigns February first after moving to Tennessee. A circulated petition nominates Alvin Steiner of RD Rittman, though board members say it has no legal effect and expresses voter preference.
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Rittman School Board
George Griffith
Tennessee
Alvin Steiner
RD Rittman
Minstrel Show Interlocutor George Alexander Named
George Alexander named interlocutor for the upcoming PTA Minstrel Show to be held March 13 14 at the Rittman High School auditorium. He returns for a second year and co writes half of the show with Charles McCoy. Alexander is vice president of the Rittman Press and lives at 21 Fairmont Ave with wife Dorothy and two sons. He moved to Rittman in 1954 after Continental Can Co. in Pittsburgh. He is Legion Commander of Post 423 in Rittman and active in the Lions Club, twister, and past Carnivale chairman in 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Alexander
PTA
Ada Davis
Rittman High School Auditori
Alexander
Charles McCoy
Rittman Press
Fairmont Ave
Dorothy
Doug
Rick
Rittman
Continental Can Co
Pittsburgh
Death Notice for Emma Gertrude Pratt in Bellaire
Mrs Emma Gertrude Pratt 69 died in Bellaire City Hospital after a long illness. Services were held Saturday at Walter Bauknecht Funeral Home Bellaire. She was born in Monroe County and a Church of Christ member. Survived by husband two daughters one brother and three sisters including Mrs Ella Bigler of Rittman. Several nieces and nephews in Rittman survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Bauknecht
Bellaire
Emma Gertrude Pratt
Bellaire City Hospital
Monroe County
Church of Christ
Ella Bigler
Rittman
Seville game ends in bizarre own basket for two points
Rittman stars Marv Bauman misplayed rebound amid Seville miscue as ball struck his hand and bounced into Seville’s basket for two. The fluke likely decided the outcome, while Len Overs waits for a warranted pay raise correction and Al Selbee faces possible injury before key weekend matchups with Orrville and Northwestern.
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Rittman
Marv
al Selbee
Orrville
Northwestern
Selbee
Salle
Rittman City Race Narrow as May Primary Not Held
Voters in Rittman will not choose council candidates in May as a primary is not needed with five Democrats and five Republicans filing. Mayor O A Houglan and Clerk Len Over run unopposed. Democratic slate includes Hall Ramster and new candidates Wyatt Gable Gaborsky. Republican slate features Kinch Banders Bernhardt with Melenbacker Hughes seeking first terms. Treasurer Glenna Walker faces Paul Castor in November. Public Affairs board members Zivick Wenger Burnett return unopposed. May ballot mainly asks whether to adopt a charter form of government and to select charter drafters if approved.
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Rittman
O. A. Houglan
Len Over
Ashton Hall
Ed Ramster
Ronnie Wyatt
Don Gable
Joseph Gaborsky
Council
Avery
Glenna Walker
Paul Castor
John Zivick
A. M. Wenger
Lewis Burnett
Board of Public Affairs
Watershed progress discussed at Chippewa meeting
Members of the Chippewa Watershed Association will meet Wednesday at the Ohio Boxboard Co to hear a flood control update. Burnett, association chairman, will report on state meetings. Soil Conservation Dept survey crews return for two weeks of work aiming to finish by summer. State Water Division study expected by April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa Watershed ‘Association
Servation Dept
Burnett
State Division of Water Crew
Ohio Senate appoints 35 page nominees including Eugene McConnell
Eugene McConnell is named a Senate page in the Ohio State Senate. The appointment, arranged by state senator Danny Johnson of New Philadelphia, places him among 35 chosen statewide. Pages are college students who can balance a few hours weekly with classes to spark interest in government affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene McConnell
Senate
Ohio State Senate
Danny Johnson
New Philadelphia
Canvass Launches Crusade To Fight Cancer In Rittman
The 1958 Cancer Drive starts Monday in Rittman under Mrs Ralph Gwaltney and Mrs Kenneth Osborne. March ers will canvass the town next week to raise funds toward Rittman’s $1800 goal. American Cancer Society officials say no fixed maximum goal is set for the Crusade, adopting a “goal unlimited” approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman
Ralph Gwaltney
Kenneth Osborne
American Cancer Society
Orra H Fry services held for longtime Ohio Boxboard machinist
Services were held Tuesday afternoon at Gillman Funeral Home for Orra H Fry 87 who died Saturday at his home 16 S State St after a lingering illness He worked 37 years as a machinist at Ohio Boxboard Co Born January 22 1892 in Wooster Apple Creek area he later lived in Ashland and settled in Rittman with his wife Ethel Marie Surviving are his wife a son Harry of Rittman two brothers Arthur of Youngstown and Carl of Mansfield three sisters Grace McCliggage Polk Louella Strip Mansfield and Blanch Kierns Lexington and two grandchildren
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Gillman
Orra H. Fry
S. State St
Ohio Boxboard Co
Wooster Apple Creek
Ashland
Ethel Marie
Rittman
Harry
Arthur
Yongstown
Carl
Mansfield
Grace McCliggage
Polk
Louella Strip
Masfield
Blanch Kierns
Lexington
Francis Marion Champlin Dies at 88 in Ohio
Francis Marion Champlin, age 88, died Monday in Orrville Osteopathic Hospital after a lingering illness. Born in Grayson County Kentucky he lived in Glouster 65 years and later moved to Rittman to be with daughter Grace Smith. Survived by Mrs Smith four other daughters three sons and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Interment in Glouster Cemetery. Rev Miles E. Hoon officiated at services held Thursday at Wiley's Funeral Home Glouster.
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Wiley
Glouster
Ohio
Francis Marion ‘Champlin
Orrville Osteopathic Hospital
Grayson County
Rittman
Chéster
Grace) Smith
Oakdale Christian Church
Smith
Verda Britton
Chicago
Ill
Minnie Robinson
Detroit
Mich
Mary Chappell
Akron
Elizabeth Feth
Cleveland
Lester
Walter
Oscar
Wilmington
Del
Lewis, Champlin
Nelsonville
Miles E. Hoon
Glouster Cemetery
Library group to study ideas for better service
A special open meeting of citizens will be held next Tuesday at 8 p m at Rittman Library to consider suggestions for improving services. The event is called by Friends of the Rittman Library with reports from several committee chairs. The Wooster Library Board has asked for county wide input and a county district library, a proposal previously rejected by Wooster, with Doylestown Creston and Shreve seeking similar change.
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Rittman Library
Friends of the Rittman Library
Wooster Library Board
Rittman Group
Edna K Comin
Russell W. Frey
Rittman Library Group
F. O. Kanehl
Kenneth Osborne
D. L. Davidson
C. E. Rhonemus
Ohio State Library Board
Doylestown
Creston
Shreve
Wooster Board
Services Held for Arthur Simons 62
Services were held at Gillman Funeral Home for Arthur Golden Simons 62 of 248 S Main St who died Sunday morning in Akron City Hospital after a brief illness He was born April 13 1896 in Adrian West Virginia and had lived in Rittman seven years He worked as a backline operator at Ohio Boxboard Co for six years He is survived by one brother Roy Simons Apple Creek three sisters Frantie Hatfield Booth West Virginia Lottie Hinchman and Virgie Hinchman Adrian West Virginia and several nieces and nephews Burial was at Lumberport Cemetery Lumberport West Virginia with William J S Harmer Funeral Home Shinnston West Virginia handling arrangements.
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Gillman Funeral Home
Arthur Golden Simons
S. Main St
Akron City Hospital
Adrian
W. Va
Rittman
Ohio Boxboard Co
Roy Simons
Apple Creek
Frantie Hatfield
Booth W. Va
Lottie Hinchman
Virgie Hinchman
W Va
J. E. Wheeling
Lumberport
William J. S. Harmer
Shinnston
Founders Day PTA Meet Set For February in Rittman
Rittman PTA plans its Founders Day program on February 12 at the high school auditorium. Local teachers will lead a discussion on Homework with a four member panel moderated by Wayne Bennett. A half hour social period precedes the meeting.
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Rittman Pta
Mee
Wayne Bennett
Rittman High School
Miriam ‘ x Mary
Betty Klotzle
Mildred Durigg
Helen Steiner
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Pyle
The
Minstrel
Ada Dayis
Wantillage
Len
Teaseek Council
N.A. George
Wayne County
YMGA
Wooster
Robert Taft, Jr
Crusade
Jack J. Fisher
Fisher
National Board of D
R. E. O'Brien
Donald Kimes
Kermit Mills
Vernen Sammons
Marion Sammons
Murial Jordan
Don Berry
Paul En Eugene Gishpane Petak
Lambert
Frank Burns
Mesdames
Howard Beene
Arthur Bodager
John Sr
Ralph Kennedy
Nick ‘Mach
Richard
Wenger
Croiet Salisbury
Lloyd Shankland
Russell Ott
Earl Weakland
Benchoff
Marilyn
Alice Warner
June Brown
Karen Fi
Joyce Williams
Nina Whi
Sue Hunt
G Sandrock
Richard Rupp
Heinz
Joseph Green
Haines
A. J. Grant
George
Der
Fred Kamp Sr
Nelson Shegts
Gene Branigan
Ed Ee
Carl Bowen
Ian Adkins
Russell Sprow
C. Cp. Wilson
R. J. Heames
Rollin Jones
Herbert Willems
Don Burkhart
Dale Rohrer
Russell Riggs
Herald Mougey
John Collins
Waele Rohrer
Glen Haller
J. R. Ma
Homer Castor
Glen JD
Frank Hisem
Clair Blough
C Culp
Charles _ Marker
Richard Allen
Clyde Semler
Pavia Ve Vernon Yoho
Harry di Widmer
W. M. Mesdames
Taylor Wilsga
Je Gillece
Ben Starling
Walter Mers
Don Niehaus
Mary - Joseph Troje
Robert Davis
Ie Bernhardt
Paul Williams
Roy Ramsiter
Ed Ramsler
W. D. Hilty
John W. Paul Mogler
George Herald Mougey
Robert Wright
Marian Schantz
Glen Pafman
Marion
Champlin
Arthur Simons
Lancaster
Penn
Pennsylvania Railroad
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