Rittman High adds color to events and sports
A mix of local school humor and sports notes from Rittman highlights. Promoters mock up a pencil printing of the basketball schedule by the junior class while students stage stunts. Vincent Reigns gains front page recognition as a Golden Gloves contender in Cleveland. Rexall players Ramsier and Simonton shine with 22 and 20 points amid remarks about high school careers.
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Vricey
Rittman High
Rittman Recreation
Vincent Reigns
Cleveland
Wadsworth
Wadsworth Rexall
Ivan Ramsier
Robert Simonton
Ramsier
Simonton
School Executives Set Cage Dates For B Tourney
The annual Class B basketball tournament dates were fixed at Sterling in a three day format over two weeks to allow player rest. February 17 19 and 22 24 26 with March 1 set as the concluding day. Officials named include Alen Weigo Tuscarawas Ralph Sundheimer Walnut Creek and Leo Welty Chester as manager.
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School Executive Association
Sterling
Alen Weigo
Tuscarawas
Ralph Sundheimer
Walnut Creek
Leo Welty
Chester
Ralph Bathaway
Comrie Rites Held for Ada Native Alex Comrie
Funeral services were held Sunday in Ada Ohio for Alex Comrie a native of the area who died of influenza last Friday. He was the grandfather of C. E. Rhonemus and survived by a daughter and three other grandchildren.
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Ada
Ohio
Alex Comrie
C. E. Rhonemus
Robert Beachy Elected Wayne County Baby Beef Club Reporter
Robert Beachy was named news reporter as officers were elected at the first meeting of the Wayne County Baby Beef Club. The meeting was held Saturday afternoon at the Wooster courthouse.
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Robert Beachy
Wayne County
Baby Beef Club
Wooster
Volunteer Firemen Meet Hears Sid Wellock On Pay
Sid Wellock state secretary of the Volunteer Firemen's Association and Coventry fire chief spoke on compensation for firemen at a Wayne County Volunteer Firemen's Association meeting. About 82 people attended Monday evening at the city Ball.
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Sid Wellock
Volunteer Firemen's Association
Coventry
Wayne County Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Indians Lose Weekend Games To Dalton And Loudonville
Rittman high school basketball fell to Dalton 54 25 on the Dalton floor as Peters and Ramsler led Dalton with 13 16 point totals and Rittman battled injuries missing Milford and Zivkovich. The Indians later dropped to Loudonville 32 18 in a rough Central Buckeye League contest paced by Darling's 12 points for Loudonville while Spit and Riggs led Rittman with 4 points each. The Reserves added a ninth straight win, with Petkoff scoring 11 for Rittman.
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Rittman High School
Dalton
Martin
Rupp
Rittman
Milford
Zivkovich
Erwin
Bill Petkoff
Billi Petkoff
The
Varsity
Action
Ramsler
Riggs
Sandwich
Russell Riges
Beachy
Petkoff
Rittman Cage
Loudonville
Buckeye
1Angy
Loudonvillé
Oudonville
Darling
Indians
Junior Hiagers Win 17th Contest
The Rittman Junior Highs journeyed to Doylestown Friday afternoon and won their seventeenth game of the season against one loss. The half score stood 19 to 3. Orr led with 12 points on six field goals, while Leonard Wertz followed with nine points from three field goals and three foul shots.
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Rittman
Doylestown
Junior High
Orr
Leonard Wertz
Farm Account Books Available At Wooster
Farm account books for Wayne County farmers are available at the Agricultural Extension Office in the Court House Wooster. Priced at 15 cents, these simple ledgers are prepared by the Ohio Bankers Association and Extension Service in cooperation and are used to record farm receipts and expenses by farmers vocational students and tech high school programs.
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Court House
Wooster
Wayne County
Ohio Bankers’ Association
The
Extension Service Cooperating
Tech
Village hires street foreman and crew
Wayne Kurtz is employed as foreman of the street commission to head a crew of three assistants and operate the village truck. R. W. Fredrick was named street commissioner. An ordinance approved the hiring of a foreman at seventy cents per hour and outlined the three assistant positions. Other commission members are L. A. Branstetter Luther Raudebush and Joseph Pape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Kurtz
Street Commission
R. W. Fredrick
L. A. Branstetter
Luther Raudebush
Joseph Pape
Indian Cage Game Against Spartans Postponed
The Ruttzman High Indians top Central Buckeye League slate with a Friday home clash delayed by the influenza outbreak in Millersburg. No new date set as scheduling conflicts persist. Indians travel to Greensburg for a non league matchup with former coach Ashton Hall’s Greensburg team.
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Spartans
Ruttzman High Indians
Millersburg
Willard Hauenstein
High Scnior
Hauenstein
Buckeye
Brother of Local Man Plays Way To Band Fame
Louis D Ashbrook, brother of Ray Ashbrook of Rittman, rose from playing clarinet in Marengo Ohio to leading his own band in Cleveland. He joined Ace Brigade’s Virginians, then Gray Gordon’s orchestra in Kansas City. They played at the Drake Hotel in St Louis, Marigold Gardens Chicago, college proms, and various parks before a two winter stint at the Ohio Edison Hotel Times Square New York, drawing local attention.
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Marengo
Ohio
Louis D Ashbrook
Ray Ashbrook
Rittman
Ashbrook
Cleveland
Ace Brogade
Virginians
Louis
Gray Gordon
Kansas City
Missouri
Drake Hotel
St. Louis
Marigold Gardens
Chicago
College Proms
Chippewa Lake
Euclid Beach
Idora Park
Youngstown
Meyers Lake Park
Canton
Ohio Edison
Times Square
New York City
Board to Hold Special Meeting To Fill Third Grade Vacancy
The Board of Education plans a special session next week to act on Charlotte M Brown’s resignation and fill her third grade post at the First St building. Until a replacement is hired Superintendent Garver may employ a substitute at $5 per day. The board also forms committees on salaries and building matters and finalizes the budget for April.
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Board of Education
Charlotte M. Brown
Miss Browns
First St
A. Garver
Harold Brown
Melvin, Ritter
Boyd Miller
Rittman
Brown
S. Squibbs
Boyd Muller
Brodbeck To Head Firemen In 1941
Don Brodbeck was named president of the Rittman fire department for 1941 at a recent meeting. Elected officers included Norman Beery as vice president, Lawrence Stogimiller as secretary, Herr Brickel as assistant secretary, and C B Shook as treasurer. Fire losses in 1940 totaled 1075 dollars. The department answered 16 calls: 14 town, 1 Doyle’s town, and 1 township. They laid 950 feet of 2 1/2 inch hose and 50 feet of booster hose, and operated one chemical tank in 1940 fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Brodbeck
Rittman Fire Department
Norman Beery
Lawrence Stogimiller
Herr Brickel
C B Shook
Everett Winkler
Doylestown
Orchestral musicians seek stable base near New York
Last summer the orchestra played for society at the Worcester Country Club in Rye New York a short drive from New York City. Ashbrook has appeared on major radio networks. Louis left rapid engagements to join Mark Fisher and his Chicago band for a steady home life. Gordon reformed the group and played recently in Akron.
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Worcester Country Club
Rye
New York
New York City
Gordon
Ashbrook
Louis
Mark Fisher
Chicago
Ill
Akron
J H Fisher Heads Local Committee On Greek Relief
J H Fisher leads the Wayne county Greek war relief drive with aid chapters in Rittman and Orrville to raise funds for food clothing and medicine for Greek civilians wounded soldiers and children. County chair Marion Craven vows all local money will fund US purchases and overseas shipments while Harold Vanderbilt serves as honorary national chair.
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Rittman
Wayne County
Greek War Relief Committee
Greece
Orrville
Marion Graven
United States
Harold Vanderbilt
County Families Plan Annual Farm Security Session at Wooster
Wayne County families in the Farm Security Administration Tenant Purchase program will hold their annual planning meeting in Wooster on January 28. They will review 1940 farm and home accounts to guide 1941 plans and determine loan repayment under the variable plan. Lawrence R. Young and George Dustman will assist, with expected growth of several participating families next year.
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Wayne County
Farm Security Administration
Willl
Wooster
Reining
Famly
Lawrence R. Young
George Dustman
Cummings Services Held Thursday Afternoon
Cummings, 54, died of a heart attack Monday evening while working at Ohio Boxboard Co. Funeral services were at United Brothers Church Thursday at 2 pm, conducted by Rev. C. J. McGee. Burial in Rittman Cemetery. Arrangements by A. L. Evert Funeral Home. Survived by wife Maude and two daughters Mrs. John Counted and Mrs. Diamond Eggeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United B.thren
B-Cummings
Ohio Boxboard Co
Servees
C. J. McGee
Rittman Cemetery
A. L Evert
Maude
John Counted
Diamond Eggeman
Births A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Richard O’Brien
A daughter was born Sunday night January 19 at Wadsworth Municipal Hospital to Mr and Mrs Richard O’Brien.
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Mre
Richard O’brien
Wadsworth” Municipal Hospital
Nine Rittman Men Answer Second Draft Call
Nine men from Rittman answered the second draft call under Selective Service Board No. 2 in Wayne County. The train car carried John H. Gumi until illness forced his withdrawal. Harry Hatfield of Orrville replaced him. List of Rittman draftees includes Nels son F Boyes William T Mitt W Garman Cletus Ghodsteat Matthew F Hublak Satchiles A Kuntz Charles EB Lockhart with questionnaires extending to Avery Kinch Harry Schaub Fanmett H Boyes Everett W Winkler and Floyd B Winkler.
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Rittman
Wayne County
Selective Service Board
John H. Gumi
Harry Hatfield
Orrville
Nelsson F. Boyes
William T
Mitt W. Garman
Cletus _Ghodsteat
Matthew F
Hublak
Satchiles A Kuntz
Charles EB
Everett W Winkler
Floyd B. Winkler
Police report on multiple traffic collisions and charges
Police: Melvin Murray of Seville entering Main from Sterling Ave collided with a southbound truck driven by D M Vore of Smithville at 1 0 p m Wednesday. Murray charged with reckless driving to be tried before Mayor Baldwin on January 29. Marshal Heffelman investigated another accident involving Otto Behoildt of Cleveland at Main and the high school drive. Burkett arrested Friday night January 17 for reckless driving, tried before Justice Sherrick, fined 9 10 with 5 suspended.
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Melvin Murray
Seville
Main At
Sterling Ave
Strickland
Main St
D. M. Vore
Sheller Brothers
Smithville
Murray
Baldwin
Aes Aident
Marshal Heffelman
Charles Tuner
Maturday
Otto Behoildt
Cleveland
Msinst
Schmidt
Turner
Marshal Meffelman
Charles Burkett
Wadsworth
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Sherrick
E J Fricke to Address Wayne County Farm Bureau
Indiana speaker E J Fricke will address the Wayne County Farm Bureau at the regular quarterly meeting. The event is set for January 29 at 8 p m at the Methodist Church in Woonsocket. Members and friends of the bureau are urged to attend this important session.
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E._J. Pricke
Indiana
Wayne County
Par Bureau
Ethoiist
Woos Needby
Friends of the Farm Bureau
Plank Elected President as Creston Board Names 1941 Committees
Paul Plank assumed the presidency of the Creston Board of Trade. The group named committees for 1941 with H A Stebbins D W Tyler FE Matteson Harry Haley T Long W C Newberry Will Harman Walter Weigley Dr Morrisus Gordon Paul Winkler J C Murray George Coffey and Rev C B Conn to oversee new industries membership entertainment civic improvement and investigation of Boy Scouts reorganizing efforts. The meeting featured short talks and humorous readings followed by film reels and a musical comedy.
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Paul Plank
Creston “Board of Trade
Creston School
H. A. Stebbins
D. W. Tyler
FE. Matteson
New Industries
Harry Haley
T.long
W.cv. Newberry
Wiill
Harman
Walter Weigley
Morrisus Gordon
Aoliei
Ing
Paul ‘Winkler
Arthur Beesley
C. B.conn
J. O._Murray
George Coffey
al Civic Improvement
W. I. Plough
J.C Murray
Kite Harmon
Harry Frey
Dooley and Hennessy
Mary Walker
Frey
Yizi
Ethel En
Creston Kews
Final Test for Tuberculosis Ends in California Areas
The final test for tuberculosis prevention recently concluded in two California counties. The nationwide program seeks to assess exposure risk and improve public health measures through coordinated testing and reporting.
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California
United
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Ferrer
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