Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club plans Wooster trip
HITS BITS reports Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club meets at the J A Building 7 p m Tuesday to tour Rubber Aid Co in Wooster then return to Williams Restaurant for coffee and meeting. Also St Francis Mission Circle 9 to meet at Mrs Sam Britton Thursday 1 30 bring baby clothes for Mississippi Mission and the Pope's Pantry.
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Welcome Wagon Newcomers Club
J. A
Wooster
Rubber‘aid Company
Williams
St. Francis Mission Circle 9
Sam Britton
Rotary Members Driving New School Drive In Wayne County
Glen Parman of the Rittman Rotary Club announced a major drive to build a Wayne County school for mentally retarded children. The $60,000 facility near Wooster will educate youngsters not suited for public schools, with $23,500 already raised. Local clubs from Rittman Wooster and Orrville aim to complete funds as county property transfers to the city for use by the society. Major donors include Akron Brass and Freedlander Foundation at $10,000 each, plus a personal trust fund and other sponsors providing bricks tiles and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Parman
Rittman Rotary Club
Wayne County
Wayne County Society For Handicapped Children
North Wooster
Rittman, Wooster
Orrville
F. O. Kanehl
John Zivick
Lindsey Williams
Grant Stitzinger
Wooster
Akron Brass
Freedlander Foundation
Medal Brick and Tile
Brick
Doric Corporation
Hospital Admissions in Wadsworth and Orrville Last Week
Last week admissions to Wadsworth Hospital include Nancy Griffith Rittman on Feb 17 and Joan Atkinson Creston on Feb 20 among medical cases. Orrville Community Osteopathic Hospital saw transfers from Rittman on Feb 17 through Feb 23 including Mrs Walter Boling Bessie Conover William Lamic Mrs Frank Wilson Sara Webb Leo Cattabiani.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadsworth Hospital
Nancy Griffith
Rittman
Kay Truax
Russell Raff
Ulysses Wheatley
Joan Atkinson
Creston
John J. Sadauskas
Surgical
Norbert Reffert
Orrville Community Osteopathic Hospital
Walter Boling
Bessie Conover
William Lamic
Frank Wilson
Sara Webb
Leo Cattabiani
Monday night joint session studies subdivision ordinances
Council and Planning Commission meet at 7:30 p.m. to review plats and subdivision laws. Obsolete provisions will be revised amid growth concerns. Public input welcomed as developers and real estate professionals weigh in on street paving costs and lot prices to ease sales.
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Planning Commission
Still Looking For Two In Milton Township Police Case
Police officials from Milton Township and Rittman meet to study police protection options. If township services shift, Merle Heffleman may handle county misdemeanor cases from within township limits and arrange one day of court weekly to avoid extra trips to Webster.
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Milton
Rittman
Merle Hefffleman
Heffleman
Heffelman
Icipal Court
Leap Year Open Season on Bachelors Bans and Bets
The piece notes leap year customs blamed on Scots governing female proposals in 1288 with fines for refusals. It cites World Book Encyclopedia on proposals by women of all statuses and warns men to expect advance notice of the bid. It adds France and Italian cities reportedly had similar laws before Columbus.
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Scotland
Lowe
May Charter Vote Faces Rittman Voters
The Charter Commission plans final approval next Wednesday with Squire Sanders Dempsey representing the firm studying the proposed charter. If approved, council will place the issue on the May ballot and voters will receive copies before the election. charter go into effect December 1, 1960. The mayor will be chief administrator and judicial authority with a two-year term and tie-breaking vote. Council will have six members elected at large with three up each year. A municipal manager will oversee most day-to-day affairs and enforce laws, with police and fire chiefs needing council advice for appointments and potential Civil Service Commission appeals. The manager will head three divisions safety utilities and service, with budgets duties and attendance at council meetings.
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Cleveland
Rhonemus—land
Dalbey
Council
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
Police
Fire Departments
Charley Beyner Sr of Sterling A Life Painted in Numbers and Color
Charley Beyner Sr born in Switzerland in 1911, now long settled in Sterling, pursues painting with numbers and freehand art. His work decorates his home and the Corner Store in Sterling. He loves fishing, trains, gardening, and cooking, and supports family life with wife Lillie’s help due to her vision. The Beyners have lived in the Sterling area for fifty years, with son Charles Jr and two grandchildren. He retired from Steiner Implement Company three years ago.
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Sterling
Charley Beyner
Charley
Lillie
Beyner's
Charles, Jr
Switzerland
America
Steiner Implement Company
Home Talent Night At Junior Mothers Club Meet
Home Talent will be the theme for the Junior Mothers Club meeting Wednesday evening at Diversion Hall. Each member is to bring a homemade article. Hostesses for the evening are Mrs. Ed Ramsier, Mrs. Willard Rush, Mrs. Robert Semler, and Mrs. Ed Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Mothers Club
Diversion Hall
Ed Ramsier
Williard Rush
Robert Semler
Ed Taylor
Local Romans Hold Annual Feast in School Cafeteria
The Rittman Romans held their annual feast in the cafeteria with members in period costumes. Doris Mae Bauman as Juno led the program, Paris was played by Eddie Weideman, and Hercules by Tom Gwaltney with Doris Mac Bauman narrating. A Venus dance featured eight freshmen girls and Don Mougey was named magister bibendi. A four course meal included eggs fish sticks and ham with a large helper staff listed.
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Rittman Romans
Doris Mae Bauman
Juno
Paris
Minerva
Elizabeth Hostcetarlen
Eddie Weideman
Venus
Weideman
Cules
Doris Mac Bauman
Tom Gwalt‘ney
Eurystheus
Wanda Bartram
Sharon—Bigler
Doris—Garnahan
Eileen Huff
Irene Huff
Judy Pittman
Patty Matye
Phyllis Ridgway
Don Mougey
Roy Welling
Jupiter's
WD. Hilty
Marvin Bauman
Harold Booth
Dallas—Copley
Herald Mougey
Jay Rohrer
George Sandrock
Janie Pyle
Shirley Felix
Carol McCammon
Nannette Tucker
Garden Club Plans Dirt to Hide Dump in Rittman Project
Rittman Garden Club representatives presented beautification plans to the village Monday and requested approximately 500 cubic yards of dirt to plant a privet hedge this spring. The project aims to mask a dump ahead of Route 94 widening, with trees later when the road work resumes. The council approved aiding the effort with village equipment and manpower.
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Council
Rittman Garden Club
Ken Osborne
The
Garden Club
Osborne
Rev William McComas Elected Erie Assoc President
The Rev William McComas of Calvary Baptist Church was elected Brother hood President of the Erie Association linked to the Southern Baptist Convention of Ohio at an Executive Board meeting in Shelby on February 13. He had earlier been chosen Census Chairman as part of preparations for the Revival Crusade from April 17 to May 1. the McComas family lives at 92 Ganyard Street and includes Karen 11, Connie 9, Deborah 4, and Daryl 1 with Karen serving as church pianist.
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William McComas
Calvary Baptist Church
Brotherhood
Erie Association
Southern Baptist Convention of Ohio
Shelby
Ohio
Association
McComas
Huntington
Wva
Rittmanares
Canton
Rittman
McComases
Ganyard Street
Karen
Connie
Deborah
Daryl
Lloyd Shankland Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Lloyd QC Shankland 57 of 52 South State Street are set for Saturday. Born in East Union and a WWII Navy veteran, he worked as a mechanic at Ohio Boxboard, lived in Rittman, and leaves wife Goldie daughter Mickey mother Delila and siblings Roy Clayton Orpha Zectta. Rites conducted by Reva J W Plummer at Gillman Haimnes Funeral Home with American Legion at Rittman Cemetery.
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Lloyd QC Shankland
South State Street
Orrville Osteopathic Hospital
Gillman-Haimnes
Reva J W Plummer
American Legion
Rittman Cemetery
East Union
Creston
Rittman
Ohio Boxboard
Packaging Corporation — of America
Shankland
EUB
Goldie
Mickey
Delila Shankland
Canton
Roy
Clayton
Russell
Kan
Orpha Weigle
Greenwich
Zectta Beal
Ritbyan Athletics Banquet Honors Rittman Mish School
The Banter Club hosts the Ritbyan Athletics Banquet on May 10 at the Smithie Inn at 7:30 p.m. Akron University football coach Joe McMullen is the speaker. Booster members will sell tickets at $3 each.
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Tiake
Ritbyan
Banter Club
Rittman Mish School
Smith.ie Inn
Joe McMullen
Akron University
McMullen
Five DWI Fines In Houglan Court
Five driving-while-intoxicated fines were issued in Mayor Of Houglan's Court. Paul P. Robinson Earnest Smith Clarence Keaton Raymond Napier and Edward Trent each received $10.50 fines and three days in jail. Additional fines included Paul Purdy intoxication and disorderly conduct $29.50, Earnest Smith no driver's license $29.50, Robert Wengerd insufficient muffler $19.50, Elgin Bistor intoxication $29.50, Orville Justice assault and battery $29.50, Kenneth West reckless driving $19.50, Ralph Williams insufficient brakes $19.50.
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Kenneth West
Ralph Williams
Penny Reffert Named to Girls State Returns
The American Legion Auxiliary selected Penny Reffert for Girls State in June and named Janice Hessidence as alternate. The group donated to Future Homemakers of America for aiding the January Chamber of Commerce Dinner at Rittman High School. Mrs Bodager reported on the January County Council meeting in Creston. Blood donor cards were distributed, and the auxiliary will host a bloodmobile visit. Anniversary dinner planned March 15 with families attending. Hostesses were Mrs Willems and Mrs Pocte.
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American Lewion Auxiliary
Homemakers of America
Rittman High School
Chamber of Commerce
Penny Reffert
Girls State
Janice Hessidence
W W . Bodager
Creston
Raymond Varisco
Herbert Willems
Mary Pocte
Services Held For Accident Victim Hazel Baker
Funeral services were held in Barberton for Hazel Marie Baker 57 of Doylestown who died after an automobile accident. She had lived in Doylestown seven years previously residing in Barberton and leaves husband Ralph three sons Robert Kenneth Dale and Mrs Jean Prebynski ten grandchildren and several siblings.
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Barberton
Hazel Marie Baker
Doylestown
Baker
Ralph
Robert
Kenneth
Dale
Jean Prebynski
Buckeye Garden Club Hosts Shade Gardening Program
Buckeye Garden Club met Tuesday evening at Mrs. William Grygots home with Mrs. Herald Miller assisting. New member Mrs Frank Bostancic was welcomed. Mrs Charles Younger led a program titled Gardening in The Shade. The March meeting will be at Mrs Gladys Heiks home.
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Buckeye Garden Club
William Grygots
Herald Miller
Frank Bostancic
Charles Younger
Gladys Heiks
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Parents Club
Karl Melenbacker
Robert Wright
Harvey D. Ross
USN
Harvey Ross
Main Street
Henley
U.S. Sixth Fleet
Frank—Burns
United States
Raynor—Shook
John—Lunter
Columbus
Sterling Avenue
Cownei
Engineering Associates of
Hickin Avenue
Richard Simonton
Peat) Simonton
Akron
Children’s Hospital
West Sunset Dries
Rotary
Tripsro Webster
Violet Reynolds
Wooster Municipal Court
Jack Critchfield
Richard Kaufman
G—E—Rhonemus
O. A. Houglan
Council Safety Committee
Ashton Hall
France
Florence
Genoa
Columbis
Charter Commission
Cleveland Law Firm
Squire, Sanders ,and Dempsey
Charley Beryner, Sr
Paul Copley
Bacchus
Barbara Hauenstein
Merle Heffelman
Eric
B and C
Fredrick, Thonen
North Main
Sunset Drive
Beech Streets
Andrew Bauders
Police Pension Board
Lloyd Shankland
Mary Baker Eddy
William Shakespeare
DWI
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