Blood donors urged for August blood bank drive
Blood donors are still needed call today. Fifty more volunteers joined this week raising the total to 90 toward a goal of 180 for the August 14 Blood Bank. The appeal stresses patriotic duty and urges new volunteers aged 18 to 60 who are healthy and free of major surgery in the last year. Names of those already signing up are listed along with committee co chairmen and volunteer chairs across several towns.
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Rittman Blood Bank
John Walker
Harry Ditch
W. W. Bo
Doylestown
H. B Joyce
Sterling
Carl Slater
Creston
Cainine
Betty Neiman
J.J. Williams
Margaret Williams
William Selbee
Ed Lavery
Wes Peterman
W. H Hilty
Vernon Philips
Carl Rhodes
Icy Gish
Jack Schumacher
Harold Craig
David Porter
Charles Casteele
Doris Donaldson
Jerry Pickens
Ed Grace
Walter Sommer
Neil Milford
F. O. Kanehl
E. J. Hanson
James Witzberger
Delores Imhoff
W. H. Thompkins
John Burkhart
Former local man writes war book Fifty Thousand Corks
Russell Kauffman of Rittman writes of Navy life in World War II including Normandy invasion. A preview aired at the Rittman Press. autograph events July 13 15 at O'Neil's and Acme stores. possible July 20 signing in Akron. Kauffman born May 26 1904, 13 children, former Ohio Boxboard worker and car dealer. Reunion planned for 1917 Class No 9 Chippewa School July 27 at Yanko's Restaurant. Publisher urged a second book about a longtime unforgettable acquaintance.
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Russell. Kauffman
Rittman RD
Apostolic Christian Church
United States Navy
Normandy
Rittman Press
O’neil’s
Acme
Rittman Acme
Kauffman
Edwin Grossenbacher
Richard Berger
Ohio Boxboard Co
Wadsworth
Kenmore Blvd
Akron
East Avenue
Yanko
Rittman Crackdown Fines Fourteen Speeders in Mayor Court
The Rittman crackdown on speeders continues as fourteen violators appeared before Mayor John Baldwin. Fines ranged from 3 to 20 dollars plus costs for speeding and related offenses. several others were fined for traffic light violations and for operating without an operator's license.
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Rittman“ Contin
John Baldwin
Burnist Smith
William Everhard
Bert Wallace J
Charles Cook
Abbie Hodge
Betty Whitneck
William Patterson
Lawrence—Whims
Gordon 50th anniversary open house in Rittman area
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred B Gordon celebrate 50 years of marriage with an open house at their home 56 West Ohio in Rittman on Sunday July 28 from 2 to 5 pm. No formal invites. Mass of Thanksgiving follows at 8 am at St Ann's Church. They married August 1, 1907 in Doylestown. They have two daughters and two sons, 11 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Alfred B Gordon
West Ohio
Rittman
St. Ann's Church
Augusta Goffinet
Mr. Gordon
Sts. Peter and Paul
Doylestown
A.G. Herman
Sterling and
Gordon's
Charles
Marie) Belle
Seville
R.D
Jay
Mabel) Kinch
Kalamazoo, Mich
Carl
Rittman Rd
Put sewer bonds on Nov ballot in Rittman
Rittman voters will decide at the November election on a bond issue of 125000 to build two interceptor sanitary sewers. The move was approved at an emergency city council meeting after a needed Board of Public Works letter prompted action. The project funds include 18000 leftover from 1952 construction, with one sewer on Sterling Ave and another from the plant to newly annexed areas.
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Rittman
Board of Public Works
Sterling Ave
Former Rittman resident James Hile dies in Michigan
Funeral services for James Hile a 66 year old former Rittman resident were held Sunday in Monroe Michigan after an illness of several months He is survived by his wife Mary two daughters Mrs Edna Volpi of Monroe and Mrs Pauline Bailey of Tecumseh Mich a son Kenneth of Monroe a sister Mrs R D Shook a niece Mrs Ralph E Fisher a nephew Weldon E Shook and several relatives in the Rittman area
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Monroe
Mich
James Hile
Rittman
Mary
Nee Bauman
Edna Volpi
Pauline Bailey
Tecumseh, Mich
Kenneth of
R. D. Shook
Ralph E. Fisher
Weldon E. Shook
Wooster
Rotary wives invited to hear Iron Curtain talk
Wives of Rotarians are invited to the Rittman Rotary Club meeting next Thursday July 25 as Russell W Frey publisher of the Rittman Press presents a slide talk on his automobile trip behind the Iron Curtain. Colored slides depict life in Poland East Germany and Czechoslovakia with notes on trip dangers and communist controlled cities. Frey is also slated to speak at the St Clairsville Club on Aug 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Rotary Club
Russell W. Frey
Rittman Press
Poland
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Frey
St. Clairsville
Homecoming Grand Prize Display Sunday
Rittman homecoming preparations begin Sunday with the grand prize display at Gable's Acc-Hi on South Ohio. The prize is an outboard motor boat and trailer, awarded to the holder of a lucky number. The Legion Grounds on E Sunset hosts the event with concessions run by the Lions American Legion and Volunteer Fire Department. Proceeds benefit the three sponsoring groups and include rides for children and the young at heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion, Fire Department
Lions
Mrs Ida Blough Lambert rites held in Sterling
Services were held Monday at Gillman Funeral Home for Mrs Ida Blough Lambert 91 who died Friday night at her daughter’s home. Born in Milton Township she lived here all her life and belonged to Ev United Brethren Church American Legion Auxiliary and Missionary Society. Survived by two daughters four sons 16 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren 11 great great grandchildren two sisters and one brother. Interment Mount Zion Cemetery near Sterling. Mrs Ella Bigler vacationing in Bellaire area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillman
Ida Blough Lambert
Stella Boling
Sterling Ave
Milton Township
Daniel
Margaret Fetzer Hoff
Ev. United Brethren Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Missionary Society of the Church
Lambert
Clara
Rittman
Roy Blough
Sterling
Floyd Blough
Lodi
Merlin Blough
Smithville
Ernest Blough
Pittsburgh
Cora Brenneman
Wooster
Ella Beery
Cleveland
Ora Hoff
Emanuel Blough
J. W. Plummer
Mount Zion Cemetery
Labor Day Radio Program Sends Greetings to Overseas Servicemen
Sponsors The Band W Oil Co and the Rittman Savings Bank present a Labor Day program on WHKK Akron. Families of service members overseas will broadcast greetings. The first program airs at 1 pm September 1. Call or write WHKK Akron to send a greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Oil Co
The
Rittman Savings Bank
WHKK
Akron
Local 150 OKs seven to ten cent raise and vacation extension
The contract, approved two weeks earlier by the union negotiating committee and management reps, raises pay seven to ten cents per hour based on job classification and adds a four week vacation for employees with 25 or more years of service. Union meetings at Rittman High heard Burke praise progress and shared credits for improved conditions, while noting many workers were on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman High Auditorium
Rudy Lamic
Toye
Chippewa Lake
International Union
John P. Burke
International Brotherhood of Paper and Sulphite Workers
Burke
Budget Not Available For Public Until Council Meeting Next Monday
The proposed city budget for 1958 will not be open for public inspection until the council meeting next Monday night. City clerk John Zivick cited heavy work as the reason. Public hearings will follow the advertised notice, with a preliminary form likely to be adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Zivick
Firefighters Stop Trash Can Blaze Saving City Funds
Dale Widmer Lewis Hoover and Bill Davis quickly tackled a trash can fire at the corner of Ohio and Main St saving the city about $100. Davis alerted volunteers who refused to respond and the trio used a fire extinguisher from Rich Motors to extinguish the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Widmer
Lewis Hoover
Bill Davis
Ohio
Main St
Davis
Rich Motors
1954 Grads Plan Reunion in Canal Fulton
Class of 1954 annual reunion will meet Sunday July 21 1957 at Rittman Square at 12 30 DST. Dinner is planned for 1 p m at Clay Park Canal Fulton Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rittman Square
Clay Park
Canal_Fulton
Ohio
East Germans Rally to Communism and West Berlin Countermoves
A travel letter from Russell W. Frey in Berlin compares East German propaganda and Moscow control with West Berlin’s counter efforts. It notes large United National Front banners in East Berlin, West Berlin’s Filmfestival, propaganda battles, and limited church activity in East Germany amid signs of economic strain and land state ownership.
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Sharon Leah Keffert
Austin Keffer
Marshalville
Croeslia
Barberton_Citizens—Hospital
Keffert
Keffert’s
Robert Dean
Carolyn Kutz
Lester Faucet
Sheila Walker
Eleanor Schneider
Wade Schaeffer
Roger Hessidence
Hugh Ridgeway
Ester Lance
Clarence Clegg
Russell Lewis
Donald Goffinet
L. H. Thompson
Russell Howell
Blanche Kimball
R. D. Wenger
Richard Palmer
Fred Orr Jr
William Bordacs
Ronnie Woyat
C. Graber
Nellie Duskey
Michigan
Rotary
Iron Curtain
Richard Manes
Rotary Club
Lewis Burnett
Ella Bigler
Bellaire
Arthur Scott
Ganyard St
Millersburg
Reunion
Europe
Berlin
Germany
Moscow
East Berlin
United National Front
Buckeyes
Wolverines
West Berlin
West
Bonn
Adenauer
West Germany
Adio Free Europe
Voice of America
Unter den Linden
Danker
East—Germany
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