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Newspaper
The Rittman Press
Location
Rittman, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1925
Page
4
Community gathering at the Smithville Grotto Thursday evening drew local residents including Mr and Mrs Gabh and others from nearby Rittman area. Attendance figures cited as 591.003 top the event report with notes of water supply concerns and a charity focus.
Local items report Ben Maibach’s tonsil operation in Wooster, Leona Thompson’s Cleveland visit, and community notes. Indictments include three murder cases. Ordinance 844 sets 1926 water works duties, bond and salary for John Hartford, with a six week effective date.
The annual stockholders meeting of the Rittman Savings Bank was called at 1 30 Wednesday afternoon. Directors elected included EH R Lance C R Schondal R V Fredrick J H Smith Ezra D Steiner Wm Swartz A Welser Harry Weiss and Ernest McConnel. The board organized and re elected R V Fredrick president J H Smith vice president and W M Lee secretary and cashier.
Ordinance 645 of the Village of Rittman Ohio hires J T Johnson as Assistant Water Works Superintendent in 1925 1926 with a $500 bond and annual compensation of 1800 payable as 12 monthly 150 installments He will assist the Water Works Superintendent and oversee street maintenance and repairs plus hire extra help as directed by the street committee and report time costs and bills.
A large crowd attended the public sale of Alvin Schnoll on Friday afternoon at the A. Brubaker farm near Seville. Luedy family members Charles, William, and Frank returned to the place earlier in the week after visiting home folks near Sardis Ohio. Elmer Myers was in town Saturday and Mrs. Lilian Beery remains bedridden with La Grippe.
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