Rittman approves steel pool contract for 1951 project
City council awarded Koven Steel Swimming Pools Inc. a 53 800 dollar contract to build a 40 by 100 foot steel pool in the 32 acre recreation area within 102 days of notification. Total costs include 5 200 for sewer and water mains and about 8 000 for a bathhouse.
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Rittman
Koven—Steel—Swimming Pools, Inc
City. Co
American Legion Home
Homer Oore
Landis Ditch
Owen Landis
High School Pep Meeting Highlights Wadsworth Game
Schceile students performed a pep skit Friday February 13 with a Wadsworth game focus. Supt Hauenstein acted as a recovering gentleman while Mrs Overton Miss Mac Morris and others joined the skit and the band concert tickets were sold at 25 and 35 cents for students.
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Schceile
Mmerites Tetge
Fenders
Wadsworth
Supt
Hauenstein
Wilesz
Mac Morris
Sher Brats
Rittman Senior Class Thanks Community for Metal Drive
The Senior Class of Rittman High School expresses gratitude to residents and supporters who contributed to the paper and the Berap metal drive.
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Rittman High -School
Rittman
Local Names List Presented From Virginia Wenger Area
A dense roster of individuals appears A long list includes Virginia Wenger Jo Shrout Beverly Schaad Lewis Smith Carolyn Wald Frank Hardgrove Norman Campbell Eleanor Sch neider Judy Powolskiy Mary Louw Renuk Donna Shook Alberta Lance Janet Gwaltney Lovella First Joanne Blatter Jane Boyes Robert Burnett Jack Williams Gloria Trogdon Betty Noble Rhetta Armhurst Robert Batman James Frye Chandler Heeey Roy Steiner McConnell Angela D Alessand ro Betty Frey Donald Goffinet Gene Kitts Pat Lichty Myrna Scott Marlene Seebauer Roberta Hayton Robert Chenal Virginia Rohrer Myrtle Raines Lorene Rice Marion Bauman Car Maslak.
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Virginia Wenger
Jo Shrout
Beverly Schaad
Lewis Smith
Carolyn Wald
Frank Hardgrove
Norman Campbell
Eleanor Schneider
Judy Powolskiy
Mary-Louw Renuk
Donna—Shook
Roy Steiner
McConnell
Angela
D'Alessandro
Betty “Frey
Donald ™ Goffinet
Gene-Kitts
Pat_Lichty
Myrna_Scott
Marlene
Seebauer
Roberta Hayton
Robert ‘Chenal
Virginia—Rohrer
Myrtle Raines
Lorene Rice
Marion Bauman
Car
Maslak
F. H. A. Holds Meeting Amid Quiet Reports
The F. H. A. held a meeting with sparse remarks and routine updates as members discussed plans and forthcoming activities. Details remain limited in the report.
Rittman Birth Announcements Reported
Mr and Mrs Carl Adams Rittman announce a girl born February 11. Lester Fawcett Rittman announce a boy born February 13. E Robert Weakland Rittman announce a girl born February 13. John Siders Rittman announce a girl. Paul Copley Jr Rittman announce a girl born February 17. Raymond Lance Rittman born February 17 weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces. Ray Livengood noted February 16.
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Carl Adams
Rittman
Lester Fawcett
E. Robert Weakland
John Siders
S. Paul Copley, Jr
Raymond
Lance
Ray Livengood
Funeral services held for Dr C R Barnard 69 of Wadsworth
Funeral services for Dr C R Barnard 69 of Wadsworth were held Monday after a Thursday death. He ran an optometric practice in Rittman for years and owned jewelry stores in Rittman Wadsworth and Barberton with E G Hamilton. He previously saw patients weekly by appointment at the Sigler Hotel. His son Dr Amos Barnard an optometrist works with Dr E R Alexander.
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C. R. Barnard
Wadsworth
Hilliard Fu
Rittman
Barberton
E. G. Hamilton
Sigler Hotel
Amos Barnard
E.R. Alexander
Missionary Society Hears of Work Abroad in February Meeting
The Missionary Society of the Brethren Church of Smithville reports missionary activity in foreign lands led by Rev. and Mrs. K L Solomon with letters from Dora Roose now in Canton Canton. Ber netha Beery Alice Kime Sylvia Frank Thelma Bodafier Ruth Steiner and Minnie Overholt presided and read letters Lenore West gave the closing meditation.
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Women’ Misionary Society
The
Brethren Church of
Smithville
Mrscz
Pas E
Africa
Bia
K. L. “Solomon
San Jose
Costa Rica
Central America
Dora Roose
Canton
Bernetha_Beery
Alice Kime
Sylvia Frank
Thelma Bodafier
Ruth Steiner
Minnie Overholt
Katherine Hile
Martha Gott
Lenore West
P T A Round Table Discusses Playground Supervision
Miss Ethel Irvin and several community figures led a P T A round table Monday evening on playground supervision and parental help for teachers. Some questions remained unresolved and were tabled for future meetings as Mrs Russell Steiner and the Stricklands depart Wednesday for a Florida vacation with their son-in-law and daughter in Columbus.
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Hugh L. Strick-land
Florida
James Mason
Columbus
Jacksonville
Fla
Daytona Beach
Mason
Ohio
State
Universitys
Duets and Solos Shine in SOVErEL Music Club Night
The Mrs Robert Hardesty music club met Friday evening at SOVErEL with solos and duets led by Mrs Hardesty. Performances ranged from Ann Robinson's The Bee and Oh Susanna to numerous duets such as Home on the Range and The Dancing Starlet, with refreshments served.
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Soverel
Sree
Robert Hardesty
Peggy Frey
Jack Leatherman
Paula Baker
Margaret Kay
Linda Hile
Maine farmer and son win county corn growing contest
D fi L Maine Sterling Farmer and Son ee Char aff lakes good farming in their county. They produced 143 bushels of corn per acre to win the National Selected Fine Acre Corn Growing Contest. Delbert Moine and son operate a 160 acre farm. The elder Moine, 66, has farmed since he could walk and notes conditions were favorable due to light rainfall and moisture retention. They credit ground and moisture, with 3-2-12 fertilizer at planting and no side dressing. The contest drew over 9000 farmers nationwide with entrants from Wayne County including Elmer Rasserman and Wm Riggenbach.
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D. L. Moine
Delbert, Jr
Moine
Hatait
Canada
Wayne County
Elmer Rasserman
Wm Riggenbach
Local Bloodmobile Receives High County Ranking
Wayne County Red Cross honors three north townships Milton Chippewa and Canaan for leading blood donations during four 1952 visits in Rittman and surrounding areas. County average 138 pints with Rittman trio at 146. state ranking noted. Campaign notes next visits March 26 and April 14 with reminders to book early.
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Red Cross
North‘east
Milton
Chippewa
Canaan
Rittman
Argaoa
Doylestown
Erling
Greston
Ralph Fisher
Kebbener
Fisher
Wayne County
Putnam Counts—inghid Ints Fostoria, Showings. Mrs. Chas. L. Spoler
Cleveland Regional
Bowling Green debate team dominates Buckeye tournament
Earnest Weckesser and another Bowling Green State University debater led a duo to win all four rounds at the Buckeye debate tournament in Kent on March 9. The BG squads posted six victories and two defeats overall in the event. Public notices report Rotary club historians elected to document the sesquicentennial celebration.
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Earnest
Bud) Weckesser
Ernest P. Weckesser
Bowling ‘Green University
Buckeye
at-Kent
Milton Twor Nephins History Talk Scheduled
McConnell released notes for a talk to the Hittman Historical Society next Tuesday February 24 at the gathering hall G H Clippinger conducts research on the Park Board and Cemetery Board Milton Presbyterian Church plans observance of its seventh anniversary on September 20 historical committee led by G H Clippinger and Leah Groups includes church members preparing a church history draft
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McConnell
G. H. Clippinger
Leah Broups
Flac
Eee
Rittman Historical Society to Hear Early Milton History
The Rittman Historical Society schedules its February meeting at city hall on Tuesday February 24 at 7 30 p m. President E E McConnell will discuss the township history based on research from 1868 to 1900 with Wayne County history by Douglas noting 1818 to 1868. The society, organized in May last year, aims to expand local records as Wooster considers a county society.
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Milton
Rittman Historical Society
E-E—Mcconnell
Wayne County
Douglas
Glenn Berkey
Rittman — Te
Rittman_Historical_Society
Wooster
McConnell
Ethicweeke
EE Avoe
Rittman Press
Cancer Crusade Reaches Rittman Area With Literature Drive
The Cancer Crusade in Rittman and nearby towns is underway with canvassers distributing literature and collecting donations. About 30,000 pieces of literature are being distributed countywide to educate and raise funds for the cause.
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Rittman
Rittman clubs push to chronicle local histories
The Rittman Historical Society urged clubs and organizations to document their histories as Ohio marks its sesquicentennial. New and longtime groups including Church of God and Morton Salt workers join the effort, with coordinators named to compile histories for a permanent community record.
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Press
C Church of God
Morton Salt ‘Co Imtan
Aitte Mie Workers of Americ
Rotary Clab
Ladies T Auxpiary
The
America Legion
Day of Prayer Observed by Local Churches
Women plan a Day of Prayer at the Presbyterian Church on Friday at 7 30 p m with an organ preludes, scripture reading, prayers for colleges in the Orient and literature, and solos by local church singers. Harr Neely, a missionary from Africa, will speak. offertory supports home and foreign missions. Everyone invited.
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Rittman
Cornel
Presbyterian Church
Church of God
Orient
Ev. U. B. Church
Sterling Ev. U.B. Church
Baptist—Church
Church of Christ
Harr Neely
Africa
Presbyterian—Church
Doylestown Soldier Returning To States
Pfc. James W. Hanawalt son of Mr and Mrs Ross H Hanawalt of Doylestown returns to the United States under the Army rotation program after 16 months in the Far East. A Chippewa high school graduate he joined the army in March 1951 and served in Korea and Japan earning the Combat Infantryman badge Korean Service Ribbon UN Service Ribbon and Army of Occupation Medal.
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James W. Hanawalt
Ross H. Hanawalt
Howard St
Doylestown
United States
Army
Far East
Chippewa High School
Hanawalt
Camp
TSS
Icavalry
Comibat
Last Rites for Mrs Lee Grunder at Presbyterian Church
Mrs Lee Grunder funeral service held at Pres by church with Rev John DeChant officiating. Gary Murray sang The Lord's Prayer with sister Lawrence Slater at piano. Organ by Mrs Ben Romich Jr. Pallbearers listed as Joe Harris Ben Romich John Coffey Harold Carter Frank McIntire Warren Knepp. Burial in Maple Mound Cemetery.
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Serevice Oil Co
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Murdock Drive
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International Printing Ink
Three Arts Club
Hie Amentan Legion Auxiliary
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John Wankler
Rotary Club
Missionary Guild of the First
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Esi
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Biel
Earl—Franks
Harry Ditch
Auxiliary of the American Legion
Edward Ramsier
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Men's Brotherhood
Lewis Burnett
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W. W . Bodager
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Missionary Society
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Westminster Guild
Virginia "Wenger
Jack Williams
Mary—Ethel—Gummings
World Service Group
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